New U.S. Visa Rule Requires Applicants to Set Social Media Account Privacy to Public
Jun 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananSocial Media / Privacy The United States Embassy in India has announced that applicants for F, M, and J nonimmigrant visas should…
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Hackers Target Over 70 Microsoft Exchange Servers to Steal Credentials via Keyloggers
Jun 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Malware Unidentified threat actors have been observed targeting publicly exposed Microsoft Exchange servers to inject malicious code into the login…
Researchers Find Way to Shut Down Cryptominer Campaigns Using Bad Shares and XMRogue
Jun 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cryptocurrency Cybersecurity researchers have detailed two novel methods that can be used to disrupt cryptocurrency mining botnets. The methods take…
The CTEM Conversation We All Need
Jun 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Exposure Management I had the honor of hosting the first episode of the Xposure Podcast live from Xposure Summit 2025. And…
Hackers Exploit Misconfigured Docker APIs to Mine Cryptocurrency via Tor Network
Jun 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Cryptojacking Misconfigured Docker instances are the target of a campaign that employs the Tor anonymity network to stealthily mine…
APT28 Uses Signal Chat to Deploy BEARDSHELL Malware and COVENANT in Ukraine
Jun 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new cyber attack campaign by the…
U.S. House Bans WhatsApp on Official Devices Over Security and Data Protection Issues
Jun 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Protection / Mobile Security The U.S. House of Representatives has formally banned congressional staff members from using WhatsApp on government-issued devices,…
China-linked Salt Typhoon Exploits Critical Cisco Vulnerability to Target Canadian Telecom
Jun 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Chinese Hackers The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have issued an…
DHS Warns Pro-Iranian Hackers Likely to Target U.S. Networks After Iranian Nuclear Strikes
Jun 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananHacktivism / Cyber Warfare The United States government has warned of cyber attacks mounted by pro-Iranian groups after it launched airstrikes on…
Echo Chamber Jailbreak Tricks LLMs Like OpenAI and Google into Generating Harmful Content
Jun 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananLLM Security / AI Security Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new jailbreaking method called Echo Chamber that could be leveraged…
XDigo Malware Exploits Windows LNK Flaw in Eastern European Government Attacks
Jun 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a Go-based malware called XDigo that has been used in attacks targeting Eastern European…
How AI-Enabled Workflow Automation Can Help SOCs Reduce Burnout
It sure is a hard time to be a SOC analyst. Every day, they are expected to solve high-consequence problems with half the data and…