F5 asserts limited impact from prolonged nation-state attack on its systems
F5 CEO François Locoh-Donou said on a company earnings call that there were two categories of impact on customers following a nation-state attacker’s long-term, persistent…
Category: Cyberscoop
Exclusive: OpenAI’s Atlas browser — and others — can be tricked by manipulated web content
As AI browser agents enter the market promising to help people shop, hire employees or assist with other online tasks, security researchers are warning that…
Attackers bypass patch in deprecated Windows Server update tool
Attackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in Windows Server Update Services, bypassing a patch Microsoft issued earlier this month that failed to mitigate the…
Hacking Team successor linked to malware campaign, new ‘Dante’ commercial spyware
Kaspersky researchers said Monday that they’ve unearthed a malware campaign they’re linking to the successor company of the infamous Italy-based surveillance tech firm Hacking Team,…
National cyber director says U.S. needs to counter Chinese surveillance, push American tech
The United States needs to counter China’s “attempt to export a surveillance state across planet Earth,” and instead push a “clean American tech stack” globally,…
Shifting from reactive to proactive: Cyber resilience amid nation-state espionage
In recent years, the cybersecurity industry has made significant strides in securing endpoints with advanced Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions, and we have been…
North Korea’s Lazarus group attacked three companies involved in drone development
North Korea’s Lazarus threat group attacked three Europe-based companies with active operations in the defense sector last spring to potentially steal sensitive data about drone…
Ex-L3Harris executive accused of selling trade secrets to Russia
Federal prosecutors have accused a former executive at L3Harris Technologies’ cyber division of stealing trade secrets and selling them to an undisclosed buyer in Russia,…
New York updates third-party risk guidance, adds AI provisions
The New York Department of Financial Services published updates this week to longstanding industry guidance that urges financial services companies to closely watch their third-party…
F5 vulnerability highlights weak points in DHS’s CDM program
Last week, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency officials spoke candidly about the challenges they faced tracking the use of F5 products across the civilian federal…
Researchers track surge in high-level Smishing Triad activity
Researchers have uncovered a long-running phishing campaign that uses text messages to trick victims, and it’s both bigger and more complex than previously thought. The…
Researchers track surge in high-level Smishing Triad activity
Researchers have uncovered a long-running phishing campaign that uses text messages to trick victims, and it’s both bigger and more complex than previously thought. The…