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BEARDSHELL Malware and COVENANT
24
Jun
2025

APT28 Uses Signal Chat to Deploy BEARDSHELL Malware and COVENANT in Ukraine

Jun 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new…

U.S. House Bans WhatsApp
24
Jun
2025

U.S. House Bans WhatsApp on Official Devices Over Security and Data Protection Issues

Jun 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Protection / Mobile Security The U.S. House of Representatives has formally banned congressional staff members from…

China-linked Salt Typhoon
24
Jun
2025

China-linked Salt Typhoon Exploits Critical Cisco Vulnerability to Target Canadian Telecom

Jun 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Chinese Hackers The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security and the U.S. Federal Bureau of…

Pro-Iranian Hackers
23
Jun
2025

DHS Warns Pro-Iranian Hackers Likely to Target U.S. Networks After Iranian Nuclear Strikes

Jun 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananHacktivism / Cyber Warfare The United States government has warned of cyber attacks mounted by pro-Iranian groups…

Echo Chamber Jailbreak Tricks LLMs
23
Jun
2025

Echo Chamber Jailbreak Tricks LLMs Like OpenAI and Google into Generating Harmful Content

Jun 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananLLM Security / AI Security Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new jailbreaking method called Echo…

XDigo Malware Exploits Windows LNK Flaw in Eastern European Government Attacks
23
Jun
2025

XDigo Malware Exploits Windows LNK Flaw in Eastern European Government Attacks

Jun 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a Go-based malware called XDigo that has been used…

AI-Enabled SoC Workflow Automation
23
Jun
2025

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…

Google Adds Multi-Layered Defenses to Secure GenAI from Prompt Injection Attacks
23
Jun
2025

Google Adds Multi-Layered Defenses to Secure GenAI from Prompt Injection Attacks

Google has revealed the various safety measures that are being incorporated into its generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems to mitigate…

Scattered Spider Cyberattacks
21
Jun
2025

Scattered Spider Behind Cyberattacks on M&S and Co-op, Causing Up to $592M in Damages

Jun 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Critical Infrastructure The April 2025 cyber attacks targeting U.K. retailers Marks & Spencer and…

Qilin Ransomware Adds "Call Lawyer" Feature to Pressure Victims for Larger Ransoms
20
Jun
2025

Qilin Ransomware Adds “Call Lawyer” Feature to Pressure Victims for Larger Ransoms

The threat actors behind the Qilin ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) scheme are now offering legal counsel for affiliates to put more pressure…

Iran Israel  Cyber Attacks
20
Jun
2025

Iran’s State TV Hijacked Mid-Broadcast Amid Geopolitical Tensions; $90M Stolen in Crypto Heist

Jun 20, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Warfare / Hacktivism Iran’s state-owned TV broadcaster was hacked Wednesday night to interrupt regular programming and…

Massive DDoS Attack
20
Jun
2025

Massive 7.3 Tbps DDoS Attack Delivers 37.4 TB in 45 Seconds, Targeting Hosting Provider

Cloudflare on Thursday said it autonomously blocked the largest ever distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack ever recorded, which hit a peak…