“Cyber warfare is as much about psychological strategy as technical prowess.”
― James Scott
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A New Maturity Model for Browser Security: Closing the Last-Mile Risk [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Despite years of investment in Zero Trust, SSE, and endpoint protection, many enterprises are still leaving one critical layer exposed: the browser. It’s where 85% of modern work now happens. It’s also where copy/paste actions, unsanctioned GenAI usage, rogue extensions, and personal devices create a risk surface that most security stacks weren’t designed to handle.…
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What is a threat actor?
A threat actor, also called a malicious actor, is an entity that poses a security risk and seeks to cause harm to individuals, devices, networks or digital systems, often by exploiting vulnerabilities.Read More
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How to implement a risk-based security strategy: 5 steps
Making the move from compliance-based to risk-based security helps organizations prioritize threats using systematic assessment and strategic planning.Read More
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What is risk analysis?
Risk analysis is the process of identifying and analyzing potential issues that could negatively affect key business initiatives or projects.Read More
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Google Patches Critical Zero-Day Flaw in Chrome’s V8 Engine After Active Exploitation [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Google has released security updates to address a vulnerability in its Chrome browser for which an exploit exists in the wild. The zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-6554 (CVSS score: N/A), has been described as a type confusing flaw in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. “Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.96…
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U.S. Arrests Key Facilitator in North Korean IT Worker Scheme, Seizes $7.74 Million [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Monday announced sweeping actions targeting the North Korean information technology (IT) worker scheme, leading to the arrest of one individual and the seizure of 29 financial accounts, 21 fraudulent websites, and nearly 200 computers. The coordinated action saw searches of 21 known or suspected “laptop farms” across 14…
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Microsoft Removes Password Management from Authenticator App Starting August 2025 [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Microsoft has said that it’s ending support for passwords in its Authenticator app starting August 1, 2025. The changes, the company said, are part of its efforts to streamline autofill in the two-factor authentication (2FA) app. “Starting July 2025, the autofill feature in Authenticator will stop working, and from August 2025, passwords will no longer…
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U.S. Agencies Warn of Rising Iranian Cyberattacks on Defense, OT Networks, and Critical Infrastructure [email protected] (The Hacker News)
U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have issued a joint advisory warning of potential cyber-attacks from Iranian state-sponsored or affiliated threat actors. “Over the past several months, there has been increasing activity from hacktivists and Iranian government-affiliated actors, which is expected to escalate due to recent events,” the agencies said. “These cyber actors oftenRead More
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Europol Dismantles $540 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud Network, Arrests Five Suspects [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Europol on Monday announced the takedown of a cryptocurrency investment fraud ring that laundered €460 million ($540 million) from more than 5,000 victims across the world. The operation, the agency said, was carried out by the Spanish Guardia Civil, along with support from law enforcement authorities from Estonia, France, and the United States. Europol said…
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Blind Eagle Uses Proton66 Hosting for Phishing, RAT Deployment on Colombian Banks [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The threat actor known as Blind Eagle has been attributed with high confidence to the use of the Russian bulletproof hosting service Proton66. Trustwave SpiderLabs, in a report published last week, said it was able to make this connection by pivoting from Proton66-linked digital assets, leading to the discovery of an active threat cluster that…
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