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Pentesting remains one of the most effective ways to identify real-world security weaknesses before adversaries do. But as the threat landscape has evolved, the way we deliver pentest results hasn't kept pace. Most organizations still rely on traditional reporting methodsβstatic PDFs, emailed documents, and spreadsheet-based tracking. The problem? These outdated workflows introduce delays,
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Chinese Hackers Murky, Genesis, and Glacial Panda Escalate Cloud and Telecom Espionage
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to malicious activity orchestrated by a China-nexus cyber espionage group known as Murky Panda that involves abusing trusted relationships in the cloud to breach enterprise networks. "The adversary has also shown considerable ability to quickly weaponize N-day and zero-day vulnerabilities and frequently achieves initial access to their targets by
INTERPOL Arrests 1,209 Cybercriminals Across 18 African Nations in Global Crackdown
INTERPOL on Friday announced that authorities from 18 countries across Africa have arrested 1,209 cybercriminals who targeted 88,000 victims. "The crackdown recovered $97.4 million and dismantled 11,432 malicious infrastructures, underscoring the global reach of cybercrime and the urgent need for cross-border cooperation," the agency said. The effort is the second phase of an ongoing law
AI Agents Need Data Integrity
Think of the Web as a digital territory with its own social contract. In 2014, Tim Berners-Lee called for a βMagna Carta for the Webβ to restore the balance of power between individuals and institutions. This mirrors the original charterβs purpose: ensuring that those who occupy a territory have a meaningful stake in its governance. Web 3.0βthe distributed, decentralized Web of tomorrowβis finally poised to change the...
Developer Who Hacked Former Employerβs Systems Sentenced to Prison
Davis Lu was sentenced to four years in prison for installing malicious code on employerβs systems and for deleting encrypted data. The post Developer Who Hacked Former Employerβs Systems Sentenced to Prison appeared first on SecurityWeek.
CPAP Medical Data Breach Impacts 90,000 People
CPAP Medical Supplies and Services has disclosed a data breach resulting from an intrusion that occurred in December 2024. The post CPAP Medical Data Breach Impacts 90,000 People appeared first on SecurityWeek.
AWS Trusted Advisor Tricked Into Showing Unprotected S3 Buckets as Secure
AWS has addressed a vulnerability that could have been leveraged to bypass Trusted Advisorβs S3 bucket permissions check. The post AWS Trusted Advisor Tricked Into Showing Unprotected S3 Buckets as Secure appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Hundreds Targeted in New Atomic macOS Stealer Campaign
Between June and August, over 300 entities were targeted with the Atomic macOS Stealer via malvertising. The post Hundreds Targeted in New Atomic macOS Stealer Campaign appeared first on SecurityWeek.
MITRE Updates List of Most Common Hardware Weaknesses
MITRE has updated the list of Most Important Hardware Weaknesses to align it with evolving hardware security challenges. The post MITRE Updates List of Most Common Hardware Weaknesses appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Ex-Developer Jailed Four Years for Sabotaging Ohio Employer with Kill-Switch Malware
A 55-year-old Chinese national has been sentenced to four years in prison and three years of supervised release for sabotaging his former employer's network with custom malware and deploying a kill switch that locked out employees when his account was disabled. Davis Lu, 55, of Houston, Texas, was convicted of causing intentional damage to protected computers in March 2025. He was arrested and
Apple discloses actively exploited zero-day affecting iOS, iPadOS and macOS
The defect, which affects the companyβs most popular devices, has been exploited in an βextremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals,β Apple said. The post Apple discloses actively exploited zero-day affecting iOS, iPadOS and macOS appeared first on CyberScoop.
System Shocks? EV Smart Charging Tech Poses Cyber-Risks
Trend Micro's Salvatore Gariuolo talks with the Black Hat USA 2025 News Desk about how the new ISO 15118 standard for electric vehicle smart charging and vehicle-to-grid communications can be weaponized by threat actors.
Scattered Spider Member Sentenced to a Decade in Prison
Noah Michael Urban, 20, was one of several members of the Scattered Spider collective who were arrested and charged in 2024 in connection with high-profile cyberattacks.
Easy ChatGPT Downgrade Attack Undermines GPT-5 Security
By using brief, plain clues in their prompts that are likely to influence the app to query older models, a user can downgrade ChatGPT for malicious ends.
Why Video Game Anti-Cheat Systems Are a Cybersecurity Goldmine
Sam Collins and Marius Muench of the University of Birmingham, UK, join the Black Hat USA 2025 News Desk to explain how anti-cheat systems in video games provide valuable lessons on defending against threat actors' techniques and strategies.
House lawmakers take aim at education requirements for federal cyber jobs
The bipartisan Cybersecurity Hiring Modernization Act would give the edge to skills-based hiring for cyber jobs at federal agencies. The post House lawmakers take aim at education requirements for federal cyber jobs appeared first on CyberScoop.
How Architectural Controls Help Can Fill the AI Security Gap
NCC Group's David Brauchler III shares how foundational controls and threat modeling strategies can help secure agentic AI tools in ways traditional guardrails can't.
How Architectural Controls Can Help Fill the AI Security Gap
NCC Group's David Brauchler III shares how foundational controls and threat modeling strategies can help secure agentic AI tools in ways traditional guardrails can't.
FTC warns tech companies not to weaken encryption, free speech practices for foreign governments
Chair Ferguson cited the E.U.βs Digital Service Act and the U.K.βs Online Safety Act as statutes that incentivize U.S. tech companies βto censor speech, including speech outside of Europe.β The post FTC warns tech companies not to weaken encryption, free speech practices for foreign governments appeared first on CyberScoop.
CrowdStrike warns of uptick in Silk Typhoon attacks this summer
The China-affiliated espionage group, which CrowdStrike tracks as Murky Panda, has been linked to more than a dozen incident response cases since late spring. The post CrowdStrike warns of uptick in Silk Typhoon attacks this summer appeared first on CyberScoop.
Hackers Abuse VPS Infrastructure for Stealth, Speed
New research highlights how threat actors abuse legitimate virtual private server offerings in order to spin up infrastructure cheaply, quietly, and fast.
K-12 School Incident Response Plans Fall Short
Quick recovery relies on three security measures.
Pre-Auth Exploit Chains Found in Commvault Could Enable Remote Code Execution Attacks
Commvault has released updates to address four security gaps that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution on susceptible instances. The list of vulnerabilities, identified in Commvault versions before 11.36.60, is as follows - CVE-2025-57788 (CVSS score: 6.9) - A vulnerability in a known login mechanism allows unauthenticated attackers to execute API calls without requiring user
Cybercriminals Deploy CORNFLAKE.V3 Backdoor via ClickFix Tactic and Fake CAPTCHA Pages
Threat actors have been observed leveraging the deceptive social engineering tactic known as ClickFix to deploy a versatile backdoor codenamed CORNFLAKE.V3. Google-owned Mandiant described the activity, which it tracks as UNC5518, as part of an access-as-a-service scheme that employs fake CAPTCHA pages as lures to trick users into providing initial access to their systems, which is then
Tree of AST: A Bug-Hunting Framework Powered by LLMs
Teenaged security researchers Sasha Zyuzin and Ruikai Peng discuss how their new vulnerability discovery framework leverages LLMs to address limitations of the past.
Telecom Firm Colt Confirms Data Breach as Ransomware Group Auctions Files
Colt Technology Services is working on restoring systems disrupted by a ransomware attack that involved data theft. The post Telecom Firm Colt Confirms Data Breach as Ransomware Group Auctions Files appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Florida man gets 10 years in prison in first Scattered Spider sentencing
Noah Urbanβs sentence stems from a broader conspiracy involving four other defendants who conducted attacks from September 2021 to April 2023. The post Florida man gets 10 years in prison in first Scattered Spider sentencing appeared first on CyberScoop.
Prepping the Front Line for MFA Social Engineering Attacks
Attackers will continue to evolve, and the help desk will always be a target. But with the right mix of training, support, and trust, frontline agents can become your biggest security assets.
Tailing Hackers, Columbia University Uses Logging to Improve Security
Logging netflows provided valuable insight about attacker tactics during a breach by state-sponsored hackers targeting Columbia's research labs.
DARPA: Closing the Open Source Security Gap With AI
DARPA's Kathleen Fisher discusses the AI Cyber Challenge at DEF CON 33, and the results that proved how automation can help patch vulnerabilities at scale.
Scattered Spider Hacker Sentenced to Prison
Noah Urban was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in the notorious cybercriminal operation known as Scattered Spider. The post Scattered Spider Hacker Sentenced to Prison appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Password Managers Vulnerable to Data Theft via Clickjacking
A researcher has tested nearly a dozen password managers and found that they were all vulnerable to clickjacking attacks. The post Password Managers Vulnerable to Data Theft via Clickjacking appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Jim Sanborn Is Auctioning Off the Solution to Part Four of the Kryptos Sculpture
Well, this is interesting: The auction, which will include other items related to cryptology, will be held Nov. 20. RR Auction, the company arranging the sale, estimates a winning bid between $300,000 and $500,000. Along with the original handwritten plain text of K4 and other papers related to the coding, Mr. Sanborn will also be providing a 12-by-18-inch copper plate that has three lines of alphabetic characters cut...
Weak Passwords and Compromised Accounts: Key Findings from the Blue Report 2025
As security professionals, it's easy to get caught up in a race to counter the latest advanced adversary techniques. Yet the most impactful attacks often aren't from cutting-edge exploits, but from cracked credentials and compromised accounts. Despite widespread awareness of this threat vector, Picus Security's Blue Report 2025 shows that organizations continue to struggle with preventing
Hackers Using New QuirkyLoader Malware to Spread Agent Tesla, AsyncRAT and Snake Keylogger
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new malware loader called QuirkyLoader that's being used to deliver via email spam campaigns an array of next-stage payloads ranging from information stealers to remote access trojans since November 2024. Some of the notable malware families distributed using QuirkyLoader include Agent Tesla, AsyncRAT, Formbook, Masslogger, Remcos RAT,