“Cyber warfare is as much about psychological strategy as technical prowess.”
― James Scott
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The Identities Behind AI Agents: A Deep Dive Into AI & NHI [email protected] (The Hacker News)
AI agents have rapidly evolved from experimental technology to essential business tools. The OWASP framework explicitly recognizes that Non-Human Identities play a key role in agentic AI security. Their analysis highlights how these autonomous software entities can make decisions, chain complex actions together, and operate continuously without human intervention. They’re no longer just tools,Read More
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Gamaredon Uses Infected Removable Drives to Breach Western Military Mission in Ukraine [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The Russia-linked threat actor known as Gamaredon (aka Shuckworm) has been attributed to a cyber attack targeting a foreign military mission based in Ukraine with an aim to deliver an updated version of a known malware called GammaSteel. The group targeted the military mission of a Western country, per the Symantec Threat Hunter team, with…
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Europol Arrests Five SmokeLoader Clients Linked by Seized Database Evidence [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Law enforcement authorities have announced that they tracked down the customers of the SmokeLoader malware and detained at least five individuals. “In a coordinated series of actions, customers of the Smokeloader pay-per-install botnet, operated by the actor known as ‘Superstar,’ faced consequences such as arrests, house searches, arrest warrants or ‘knock and talks,’” Europol said…
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AkiraBot Targets 420,000 Sites with OpenAI-Generated Spam, Bypassing CAPTCHA Protections [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an artificial intelligence (AI) powered platform called AkiraBot that’s used to spam website chats, comment sections, and contact forms to promote dubious search engine optimization (SEO) services such as Akira and ServicewrapGO. “AkiraBot has targeted more than 400,000 websites and successfully spammed at least 80,000 websites since SeptemberRead More
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How to prevent and protect against ransomware
Organizations sometimes learn difficult lessons about gaps in their cybersecurity defenses. Here’s what to know about ransomware preparation, detection, response and recovery.Read More
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Lovable AI Found Most Vulnerable to VibeScamming — Enabling Anyone to Build Live Scam Pages [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Lovable, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) powered platform that allows for creating full-stack web applications using text-based prompts, has been found to be the most susceptible to jailbreak attacks, allowing novice and aspiring cybercrooks to set up lookalike credential harvesting pages. “As a purpose-built tool for creating and deploying web apps, its capabilities line up…
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Exploited Windows zero-day addressed on April Patch Tuesday
Microsoft delivers fixes for 121 vulnerabilities with 11 rated critical this month. Admins will have extra mitigation work to correct three flaws.Read More
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New TCESB Malware Found in Active Attacks Exploiting ESET Security Scanner [email protected] (The Hacker News)
A Chinese-affiliated threat actor known for its cyber-attacks in Asia has been observed exploiting a security flaw in security software from ESET to deliver a previously undocumented malware codenamed TCESB. “Previously unseen in ToddyCat attacks, [TCESB] is designed to stealthily execute payloads in circumvention of protection and monitoring tools installed on the device,” Kaspersky said…
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QR code phishing: 14 quishing prevention tips
Quishing is an offputting word for an on-the-rise attack method. Learn how to defend against it.Read More
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Explosive Growth of Non-Human Identities Creating Massive Security Blind Spots [email protected] (The Hacker News)
GitGuardian’s State of Secrets Sprawl report for 2025 reveals the alarming scale of secrets exposure in modern software environments. Driving this is the rapid growth of non-human identities (NHIs), which have been outnumbering human users for years. We need to get ahead of it and prepare security measures and governance for these machine identities as…
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