How to Protect Your Backups
Ransomware has become a highly coordinated and pervasive threat, and traditional defenses are increasingly struggling to neutralize it. Today’s ransomware attacks initially target your last…
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Silver Fox APT Targets Taiwan with Complex Gh0stCringe and HoldingHands RAT Malware
Jun 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Email Security Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a new phishing campaign that’s targeting users in Taiwan with malware families such…
Hard-Coded ‘b’ Password in Sitecore XP Sparks Major RCE Risk in Enterprise Deployments
Jun 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Enterprise Software Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed three security flaws in the popular Sitecore Experience Platform (XP) that could be chained…
Google Warns of Scattered Spider Attacks Targeting IT Support Teams at U.S. Insurance Firms
Jun 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Identity Security The notorious cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider (aka UNC3944) that recently targeted various U.K. and U.S.…
Are Forgotten AD Service Accounts Leaving You at Risk?
For many organizations, Active Directory (AD) service accounts are quiet afterthoughts, persisting in the background long after their original purpose has been forgotten. To make…
New Flodrix Botnet Variant Exploits Langflow AI Server RCE Bug to Launch DDoS Attacks
Jun 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananBotnet / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a new campaign that’s actively exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw in…
TP-Link Router Flaw CVE-2023-33538 Under Active Exploit, CISA Issues Immediate Alert
Jun 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / IoT Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a high-severity security flaw in TP-Link…
Meta Starts Showing Ads on WhatsApp After 6-Year Delay From 2018 Announcement
Jun 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Data Protection Meta Platforms on Monday announced that it’s bringing advertising to WhatsApp, but emphasized that the ads are “built…
U.S. Seizes $7.74M in Crypto Tied to North Korea’s Global Fake IT Worker Network
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said it has filed a civil forfeiture complaint in federal court that targets over $7.74 million in cryptocurrency, non-fungible…
Anubis Ransomware Encrypts and Wipes Files, Making Recovery Impossible Even After Payment
Jun 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Ransomware An emerging ransomware strain has been discovered incorporating capabilities to encrypt files as well as permanently erase them, a…
Transforming Your Cybersecurity Practice Into An MRR Machine
Introduction The cybersecurity landscape is evolving rapidly, and so are the cyber needs of organizations worldwide. While businesses face mounting pressure from regulators, insurers, and…
Malicious PyPI Package Masquerades as Chimera Module to Steal AWS, CI/CD, and macOS Data
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that’s capable of harvesting sensitive developer-related information, such as credentials, configuration…