“Cyber warfare is as much about psychological strategy as technical prowess.”
― James Scott
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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…
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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…
“Security used to be an inconvenience sometimes, but now it’s a necessity all the time.”
― Martina Navratilova