Why Your Security Culture is Critical to Mitigating Cyber Risk
After two decades of developing increasingly mature security architectures, organizations are running up against a hard truth: tools and technologies alone are not enough to…
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U.K. Government Drops Apple Encryption Backdoor Order After U.S. Civil Liberties Pushback
Aug 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananEncryption / Cloud Security The U.K. government has apparently abandoned its plans to force Apple to weaken encryption protections and include a…
PyPI Blocks 1,800 Expired-Domain Emails to Prevent Account Takeovers and Supply Chain Attacks
Aug 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananSupply Chain Security The maintainers of the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository have announced that the package manager now checks for expired…
Noodlophile Malware Campaign Expands Global Reach with Copyright Phishing Lures
Aug 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Enterprise Security The threat actors behind the Noodlophile malware are leveraging spear-phishing emails and updated delivery mechanisms to deploy the…
Microsoft Windows Vulnerability Exploited to Deploy PipeMagic RansomExx Malware
Aug 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Cloud Security Cybersecurity researchers have lifted the lid on the threat actors’ exploitation of a now-patched security flaw in Microsoft…
Malicious PyPI and npm Packages Discovered Exploiting Dependencies in Supply Chain Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that introduces malicious behavior through a dependency that allows it to…
Wazuh for Regulatory Compliance
Aug 18, 2025The Hacker NewsData Breach / Regulatory Compliance Organizations handling various forms of sensitive data or personally identifiable information (PII) require adherence to regulatory…
ERMAC V3.0 Banking Trojan Source Code Leak Exposes Full Malware Infrastructure
Aug 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananAndroid / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have detailed the inner workings of an Android banking trojan called ERMAC 3.0, uncovering serious shortcomings in…
Russian Group EncryptHub Exploits MSC EvilTwin Vulnerability to Deploy Fickle Stealer Malware
Aug 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Vulnerability The threat actor known as EncryptHub is continuing to exploit a now-patched security flaw impacting Microsoft Windows to deliver…
Taiwan Web Servers Breached by UAT-7237 Using Customized Open-Source Hacking Tools
Aug 15, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Open Source A Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat (APT) actor has been observed targeting web infrastructure entities in Taiwan using customized…
Privacy in the Age of Agentic AI
We used to think of privacy as a perimeter problem: about walls and locks, permissions, and policies. But in a world where artificial agents are…
U.S. Sanctions Garantex and Grinex Over $100M in Ransomware-Linked Illicit Crypto Transactions
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday renewed sanctions against Russian cryptocurrency exchange platform Garantex for facilitating ransomware…