Shifting from Monitoring Alerts to Measuring Risk
Introduction: Security at a Tipping Point Security Operations Centers (SOCs) were built for a different era, one defined by perimeter-based thinking, known threats, and manageable…
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Ransomware Gangs Exploit Unpatched SimpleHelp Flaws to Target Victims with Double Extortion
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday disclosed that ransomware actors are targeting unpatched SimpleHelp Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) instances to…
Apple Zero-Click Flaw in Messages Exploited to Spy on Journalists Using Paragon Spyware
Apple has disclosed that a now-patched security flaw present in its Messages app was actively exploited in the wild to target civil society members in…
How VexTrio and Affiliates Run a Global Scam Network
Jun 12, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Malware The threat actors behind the VexTrio Viper Traffic Distribution Service (TDS) have been linked to other TDS services…
New TokenBreak Attack Bypasses AI Moderation with Single-Character Text Changes
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a novel attack technique called TokenBreak that can be used to bypass a large language model’s (LLM) safety and content moderation…
AI Agents Run on Secret Accounts — Learn How to Secure Them in This Webinar
Jun 12, 2025The Hacker NewsArtificial Intelligence / SaaS Security AI is changing everything — from how we code, to how we sell, to how we…
How to Address the Expanding Security Risk
Human identities management and control is pretty well done with its set of dedicated tools, frameworks, and best practices. This is a very different world…
Zero-Click AI Vulnerability Exposes Microsoft 365 Copilot Data Without User Interaction
A novel attack technique named EchoLeak has been characterized as a “zero-click” artificial intelligence (AI) vulnerability that allows bad actors to exfiltrate sensitive data from…
ConnectWise to Rotate ScreenConnect Code Signing Certificates Due to Security Risks
Jun 12, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Software Security ConnectWise has disclosed that it’s planning to rotate the digital code signing certificates used to sign ScreenConnect, ConnectWise…
Over 80,000 Microsoft Entra ID Accounts Targeted Using Open-Source TeamFiltration Tool
Jun 12, 2025Ravie LakshmananEnterprise Security / Active Directory Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new account takeover (ATO) campaign that leverages an open-source penetration testing framework…
Former Black Basta Members Use Microsoft Teams and Python Scripts in 2025 Attacks
Jun 11, 2025Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Cybercrime Former members tied to the Black Basta ransomware operation have been observed sticking to their tried-and-tested approach of email…
295 Malicious IPs Launch Coordinated Brute-Force Attacks on Apache Tomcat Manager
Jun 11, 2025Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Threat Intelligence Threat intelligence firm GreyNoise has warned of a “coordinated brute-force activity” targeting Apache Tomcat Manager interfaces. The…