“Cyber warfare is as much about psychological strategy as technical prowess.”
― James Scott
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What is business continuity software?
Business continuity software is an application or suite designed to make business continuity planning/business continuity management (BCP/BCM) processes, metrics and compliance more efficient and accurate.Read More
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What is the principle of least privilege (POLP)?
The principle of least privilege (POLP) is a concept in computer security that limits users’ access rights to only what is strictly required to do their jobs.Read More
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What is SIEM (security information and event management)?
SIEM (security information and event management) is software that helps organizations detect, analyze, and respond to security threats by collecting and correlating security event data from across the IT environment in real time.Read More
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What is quantum key distribution (QKD)?
Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a secure communication method for exchanging encryption keys only known between shared parties.Read More
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U.S. Sanctions Russian Bulletproof Hosting Provider for Supporting Cybercriminals Behind Ransomware [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has levied sanctions against Russia-based bulletproof hosting (BPH) service provider Aeza Group to assist threat actors in their malicious activities and targeting victims in the country and across the world. The sanctions also extend to its subsidiaries Aeza International Ltd., the U.K. branch…
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Vercel’s v0 AI Tool Weaponized by Cybercriminals to Rapidly Create Fake Login Pages at Scale [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Unknown threat actors have been observed weaponizing v0, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool from Vercel, to design fake sign-in pages that impersonate their legitimate counterparts. “This observation signals a new evolution in the weaponization of Generative AI by threat actors who have demonstrated an ability to generate a functional phishing site from simple text…
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How to build a cybersecurity strategy and plan in 4 steps
A cybersecurity strategy isn’t meant to be perfect, but this high-level plan must be proactive, effective, actively supported and evolving. Here are four key steps to get there.Read More
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Critical Vulnerability in Anthropic’s MCP Exposes Developer Machines to Remote Exploits [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a critical security vulnerability in artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) Inspector project that could result in remote code execution (RCE) and allow an attacker to gain complete access to the hosts. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-49596, carries a CVSS score of 9.4 out of a maximum of…
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TA829 and UNK_GreenSec Share Tactics and Infrastructure in Ongoing Malware Campaigns [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged the tactical similarities between the threat actors behind the RomCom RAT and a cluster that has been observed delivering a loader dubbed TransferLoader. Enterprise security firm Proofpoint is tracking the activity associated with TransferLoader to a group dubbed UNK_GreenSec and the RomCom RAT actors under the moniker TA829. The latter is…
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New Flaw in IDEs Like Visual Studio Code Lets Malicious Extensions Bypass Verified Status [email protected] (The Hacker News)
A new study of integrated development environments (IDEs) like Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, and Cursor has revealed weaknesses in how they handle the extension verification process, ultimately enabling attackers to execute malicious code on developer machines. “We discovered that flawed verification checks in Visual Studio Code allow publishers to add functionalityRead…
“Security used to be an inconvenience sometimes, but now it’s a necessity all the time.”
― Martina Navratilova