“Cyber warfare is as much about psychological strategy as technical prowess.”
― James Scott
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Nebulous Mantis Targets NATO-Linked Entities with Multi-Stage Malware Attacks [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a Russian-speaking cyber espionage group called Nebulous Mantis that has deployed a remote access trojan called RomCom RAT since mid-2022. RomCom “employs advanced evasion techniques, including living-off-the-land (LOTL) tactics and encrypted command and control (C2) communications, while continuously evolving its infrastructure – leveragingRead More
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RansomHub Went Dark April 1; Affiliates Fled to Qilin, DragonForce Claimed Control [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers have revealed that RansomHub’s online infrastructure has “inexplicably” gone offline as of April 1, 2025, prompting concerns among affiliates of the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation. Singaporean cybersecurity company Group-IB said that this may have caused affiliates to migrate to Qilin, given that “disclosures on its DLS [data leak site] have doubled sinceRead More
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Meta Launches LlamaFirewall Framework to Stop AI Jailbreaks, Injections, and Insecure Code [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Meta on Tuesday announced LlamaFirewall, an open-source framework designed to secure artificial intelligence (AI) systems against emerging cyber risks such as prompt injection, jailbreaks, and insecure code, among others. The framework, the company said, incorporates three guardrails, including PromptGuard 2, Agent Alignment Checks, and CodeShield. PromptGuard 2 is designed to detect directRead More
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Indian Court Orders Action to Block Proton Mail Over AI Deepfake Abuse Allegations [email protected] (The Hacker News)
A high court in the Indian state of Karnataka has ordered the blocking of end-to-end encrypted email provider Proton Mail across the country. The High Court of Karnataka, on April 29, said the ruling was in response to a legal complaint filed by M Moser Design Associated India Pvt Ltd in January 2025. The complaint…
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WhatsApp Launches Private Processing to Enable AI Features While Protecting Message Privacy [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Popular messaging app WhatsApp on Tuesday unveiled a new technology called Private Processing to enable artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in a privacy-preserving manner. “Private Processing will allow users to leverage powerful optional AI features – like summarizing unread messages or editing help – while preserving WhatsApp’s core privacy promise,” the Meta-owned service said in aRead…
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New Reports Uncover Jailbreaks, Unsafe Code, and Data Theft Risks in Leading AI Systems [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Various generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) services have been found vulnerable to two types of jailbreak attacks that make it possible to produce illicit or dangerous content. The first of the two techniques, codenamed Inception, instructs an AI tool to imagine a fictitious scenario, which can then be adapted into a second scenario within the first…
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SentinelOne Uncovers Chinese Espionage Campaign Targeting Its Infrastructure and Clients [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity company SentinelOne has revealed that a China-nexus threat cluster dubbed PurpleHaze conducted reconnaissance attempts against its infrastructure and some of its high-value customers. “We first became aware of this threat cluster during a 2024 intrusion conducted against an organization previously providing hardware logistics services for SentinelOne employees,” securityRead More
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Product Walkthrough: Securing Microsoft Copilot with Reco [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Find out how Reco keeps Microsoft 365 Copilot safe by spotting risky prompts, protecting data, managing user access, and identifying threats – all while keeping productivity high. Microsoft 365 Copilot promises to boost productivity by turning natural language prompts into actions. Employees can generate reports, comb through data, or get instant answers just by asking…
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Google Reports 75 Zero-Days Exploited in 2024 — 44% Targeted Enterprise Security Products [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Google has revealed that it observed 75 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild in 2024, down from 98 in 2023. Of the 75 zero-days, 44% of them targeted enterprise products. As many as 20 flaws were identified in security software and appliances. “Zero-day exploitation of browsers and mobile devices fell drastically, decreasing by about a…
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RSAC Conference 2025
Follow SearchSecurity’s RSAC 2025 guide for insightful pre-conference insights and reports on notable presentations and breaking news at the world’s biggest infosec event.Read More
“Security used to be an inconvenience sometimes, but now it’s a necessity all the time.”
― Martina Navratilova