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Strong security doesnβt just rely on toolsβit starts with trust, clarity, and sincerity from the top down. The post Why Sincerity Is a Strategic Asset in Cybersecurity appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Published on: June 25, 2025 | Source:A high-severity vulnerability in GitHub Enterprise Server could have allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. The post Code Execution Vulnerability Patched in GitHub Enterprise Server appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Published on: June 25, 2025 | Source:If you invite guest users into your Entra ID tenant, you may be opening yourself up to a surprising risk. A gap in access control in Microsoft Entraβs subscription handling is allowing guest users to create and transfer subscriptions into the tenant they are invited into, while maintaining full ownership of them. All the guest user needs are the permissions to create subscriptions in
Published on: June 25, 2025 | Source:Chrome 138 and Firefox 140 are rolling out with fixes for two dozen vulnerabilities, including high-severity memory safety issues. The post Chrome 138, Firefox 140 Patch Multiple Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Published on: June 25, 2025 | Source:Mainline Health and Select Medical Holdings have suffered data breaches that affect more than 100,000 individuals. The post Mainline Health, Select Medical Each Disclose Data Breaches Impacting 100,000 People appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Published on: June 25, 2025 | Source:Unknown threat actors have been distributing a trojanized version of SonicWall's SSL VPN NetExtender application to steal credentials from unsuspecting users who may have installed it. "NetExtender enables remote users to securely connect and run applications on the company network," SonicWall researcher Sravan Ganachari said. "Users can upload and download files, access network drives, and use
Published on: June 25, 2025 | Source:Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a fresh batch of malicious npm packages linked to the ongoing Contagious Interview operation originating from North Korea. According to Socket, the ongoing supply chain attack involves 35 malicious packages that were uploaded from 24 npm accounts. These packages have been collectively downloaded over 4,000 times. The complete list of the JavaScript
Published on: June 25, 2025 | Source:Russia-linked APT28 deployed new malware against Ukrainian government targets through malicious documents sent via Signal chats. The post Russian APT Hits Ukrainian Government With New Malware via Signal appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Published on: June 25, 2025 | Source:Cybercrime accounts for more than 30% of all reported crime in East Africa and West Africa, with online scams, ransomware, business email compromise, and digital sextortion taking off.
Published on: June 25, 2025 | Source:Microsoft on Tuesday announced that it's extending Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) for an extra year by letting users either pay a small fee of $30 or by sync their PC settings to the cloud. The development comes ahead of the tech giant's upcoming October 14, 2025, deadline, when it plans to officially end support and stop providing security updates for devices running Windows 10. The
Published on: June 25, 2025 | Source:A threat actor hacked a version of SonicWall's NetExtender SSL VPN application in an effort to trick users into installing a Trojanized version of the product.
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:The chamberβs chief administrative officer issued a memo Monday that the messaging app is not approved for official use. The post Meta confused over WhatsApp ban issued to House staffers appeared first on CyberScoop.
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:The campaign infected devices in the US and Southeast Asia to build an operational relay box (ORB) network for use as an extensive cyber-espionage infrastructure.
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:The United States Embassy in India has announced that applicants for F, M, and J nonimmigrant visas should make their social media accounts public. The new guideline seeks to help officials verify the identity and eligibility of applicants under U.S. law. The U.S. Embassy said every visa application review is a "national security decision." "Effective immediately, all individuals applying for an
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:America's largest steel producer initially disclosed the breach in May and took potentially affected systems offline to investigation the intrusion and contain any malicious activity.
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:Experts told CyberScoop the research 'doesnβt pass a sniff test' and detracts from needed conversations around credential abuse and information stealers. The post The β16 billion password breachβ story is a farce appeared first on CyberScoop.
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:Cybersecurity researchers have detailed two novel methods that can be used to disrupt cryptocurrency mining botnets. The methods take advantage of the design of various common mining topologies in order to shut down the mining process, Akamai said in a new report published today. "We developed two techniques by leveraging the mining topologies and pool policies that enable us to reduce a
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:Trust no longer comes from network boundaries alone but from continuously validating and protecting data and identities at every interaction.
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:Siemens is working with Microsoft to address a Defender Antivirus problem that can lead to no malware alerts or plant disruptions. The post Siemens Notifies Customers of Microsoft Defender Antivirus Issue appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:Unidentified threat actors have been observed targeting publicly exposed Microsoft Exchange servers to inject malicious code into the login pages that harvest their credentials. Positive Technologies, in a new analysis published last week, said it identified two different kinds of keylogger code written in JavaScript on the Outlook login page - Those that save collected data to a local file
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:The Canadian Center for Cybersecurity has confirmed that the Chinese state-sponsored cyber-threat actor targeted one of its telecommunications companies in February via a Cisco flaw, as part of global attack wave.
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:Scientists can manipulate air bubbles trapped in ice to encode messages.
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:The future of secure digital engagement depends on continuous identity verification and proofing that can scale with risk. The post Identity Is the New Perimeter: Why Proofing and Verification Are Business Imperatives appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:I had the honor of hosting the first episode of the Xposure Podcast live from Xposure Summit 2025. And I couldnβt have asked for a better kickoff panel: three cybersecurity leaders who donβt just talk security, they live it. Let me introduce them. Alex Delay, CISO at IDB Bank, knows what it means to defend a highly regulated environment. Ben Mead, Director of Cybersecurity at Avidity
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:Misconfigured Docker instances are the target of a campaign that employs the Tor anonymity network to stealthily mine cryptocurrency in susceptible environments. "Attackers are exploiting misconfigured Docker APIs to gain access to containerized environments, then using Tor to mask their activities while deploying crypto miners," Trend Micro researchers Sunil Bharti and Shubham Singh said in an
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:A Chinese APT has been infecting SOHO routers with the ShortLeash backdoor to build stealthy espionage infrastructure. The post Chinese APT Hacking Routers to Build Espionage Infrastructure appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:The U.S. House of Representatives has formally banned congressional staff members from using WhatsApp on government-issued devices, citing security concerns. The development was first reported by Axios. The decision, according to the House Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), was motivated by worries about the app's security. "The Office of Cybersecurity has deemed WhatsApp a high-risk to users
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new cyber attack campaign by the Russia-linked APT28 (aka UAC-0001) threat actors using Signal chat messages to deliver two previously undocumented malware families dubbedd BEARDSHELL and COVENANT. BEARDSHELL, per CERT-UA, is written in C++ and offers the ability to download and execute PowerShell scripts, as well as
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:Tech support scammers are using sponsored ads and search parameter injection to trick users into calling them. The post Apple, Netflix, Microsoft Sites βHackedβ for Tech Support Scams appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have issued an advisory warning of cyber attacks mounted by the China-linked Salt Typhoon actors to breach major global telecommunications providers as part of a cyber espionage campaign. The attackers exploited a critical Cisco IOS XE software (CVE-2023-20198, CVSS score: 10.0) to access configuration
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:Like its predecessor, SparkCat, the new malware appears to be going after sensitive data β such as seed phrases for cryptocurrency wallets β in device photo galleries.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:Despite being sentenced to five years in prison, the court released the four men on time served. The post Russian court releases several REvil ransomware gang members appeared first on CyberScoop.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:An AI security researcher has developed a proof of concept that uses subtle, seemingly benign prompts to get GPT and Gemini to generate inappropriate content.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:IBM is integrating its governance and AI security tools to address the risks associated with the AI adoption boom.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:Citrix is recommending its customers upgrade their appliances to mitigate potential exploitation of the vulnerabilities.
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