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Phishing Campaigns Use Real-Time Checks to Validate Victim Emails Before Credential Theft [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new type of credential phishing scheme that ensures that the stolen information is associated with valid online accounts. The technique has been codenamed precision-validating phishing by Cofense, which it said employs real-time email validation so that only a select set of high-value targets are served the fake login…
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⚡ Weekly Recap: Windows 0-Day, VPN Exploits, Weaponized AI, Hijacked Antivirus and More [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Attackers aren’t waiting for patches anymore — they are breaking in before defenses are ready. Trusted security tools are being hijacked to deliver malware. Even after a breach is detected and patched, some attackers stay hidden. This week’s events show a hard truth: it’s not enough to react after an attack. You have to assume…
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How to configure and manage sudo commands
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Cybersecurity in the AI Era: Evolve Faster Than the Threats or Get Left Behind [email protected] (The Hacker News)
AI is changing cybersecurity faster than many defenders realize. Attackers are already using AI to automate reconnaissance, generate sophisticated phishing lures, and exploit vulnerabilities before security teams can react. Meanwhile, defenders are overwhelmed by massive amounts of data and alerts, struggling to process information quickly enough to identify real threats. AI offers a way toRead…
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What is cloud security?
Cloud security, or cloud computing security, is a set of policies, practices and controls deployed to protect cloud-based data, applications and infrastructure from cyberattacks and cyberthreats.Read More
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What is corporate governance?
Corporate governance is the combination of rules, processes and laws by which businesses are operated, regulated and controlled.Read More
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How to conduct ransomware awareness training for employees
As your organization’s first line of defense, hold regular employee training on how to prevent, detect and respond to ransomware attacks.Read More
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How to create custom sudo configuration files in /etc/sudoers
Sudo offers administrators a lot of flexibility. Creating custom sudo configurations can go a long way toward easing management and service upgrade challenges.Read More
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Pakistan-Linked Hackers Expand Targets in India with CurlBack RAT and Spark RAT [email protected] (The Hacker News)
A threat actor with ties to Pakistan has been observed targeting various sectors in India with various remote access trojans like Xeno RAT, Spark RAT, and a previously undocumented malware family called CurlBack RAT. The activity, detected by SEQRITE in December 2024, targeted Indian entities under railway, oil and gas, and external affairs ministries, marking…
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Fortinet Warns Attackers Retain FortiGate Access Post-Patching via SSL-VPN Symlink Exploit [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Fortinet has revealed that threat actors have found a way to maintain read-only access to vulnerable FortiGate devices even after the initial access vector used to breach the devices was patched. The attackers are believed to have leveraged known and now-patched security flaws, including, but not limited to, CVE-2022-42475, CVE-2023-27997, and CVE-2024-21762. “A threat actor…