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Crowd Strike takes down major botnet targeting developers across the world
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (248+ words) The Glassworm botnet is no more Cybersecurity researchers from Crowd Strike, Google, and the Shadowsever Foundation have teamed up to take down a major botnet targeting software developers all over the world. In an announcement, the company said on May…...
Charter Communications confirms data breach, 40 million records apparently affected
4+ hour, 4+ min ago (302+ words) Shiny Hunters claims 40 million stolen records, including names Charter Communications has confirmed to the media it suffered a data breach and that it was currently alerting the relevant authorities about the incident. As one of the largest telecommunications and broadband…...
Windows Users Targeted in New Phishing Campaign
4+ hour, 11+ min ago (347+ words) Research from Forti Guard Labs reveals a new phishing campaign leveraging emails posing as purchase orders, prompting targets to open malicious attachments. " Windows users are the primary target of this phishing threat." This campaign is evasive and challenging for conventional…...
Trap Door Attack Compromises Software Supply Chains Across npm, Py PI, and Crates. io
11+ hour, 13+ min ago (142+ words) The Trap Door campaign is a cross-ecosystem software supply chain attack affecting npm, Py PI, and Crates. io, distributing malware to steal developer credentials. The attack targets developers in specific industries and uses various methods to infiltrate and persist within…...
Sentinel One strengthens sovereign AI-driven cybersecurity strategy across KSA, UAE
6+ hour, 19+ min ago (459+ words) Tahawul Tech. com Ezzeldin Hussein, Regional Senior Director, Solution Engineering, META, Sentinel One Ezzeldin Hussein, Regional Senior Director, Solution Engineering, META at Sentinel One, discusses Saudi RHQ expansion, secure cloud transformation with Google Cloud in Dammam, agentic AI in SOC…...
Health Systems Can't Ignore Legacy Cybersecurity Risks
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (271+ words) Navigating the shift from volume to value in healthcare Healthcare organizations spend a lot of time preparing for cyberattacks, but far less time confronting a quieter source of exposure: the unsupported applications that remain in their environments long after their…...
Mapping a hack
10+ hour, 34+ min ago (576+ words) Meet Jane Hacker. As her name suggests, Jane is a hacker, and she's about to break into a new South African bank. This fictional bank is called Bueno Bank. When Jane reads about Bueno Bank's new app, she sees an…...
AI helps hackers find flaws no scanner can catch, Google warns
13+ hour, 7+ min ago (626+ words) Artificial intelligence has made it easier to write emails, generate spreadsheets and plan holidays, as the widespread popularity of the various AI models can attest. It has also, according to a recent Google report, made it considerably easier to figure…...
Pure Logs Variant Steals Data via Purchase Order Lures
12+ hour, 19+ min ago (394+ words) A variant of the Pure Logs infostealer malware has been distributed through purchase-order-themed phishing emails that use a malicious Java Script file to launch a multi-stage infection chain on Windows systems. According to new analysis from Forti Guard Labs, the…...
CERT-In Urges Firms to Patch Critical Vulnerabilities Within 12 Hours Amid AI Threat Surge
10+ hour, 24+ min ago (253+ words) The guidance was published in a 38-page blueprint released on Monday and reflects mounting fears around AI-assisted cyber exploitation. According to CERT-In, the rapid adoption of AI and LLMs by threat actors is significantly shrinking the time between the discovery…...