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Cybersecurity Professional Standards

Discover how unified cybersecurity professional standards and the UK Cyber Security Council are redefining trust, talent, and resilience in finance.
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Posted on Tue, 29 Jul 2025 11:41:52 +0000


TLPT: Threat Led Penetration Testing Explained

Discover how TLPT (threat led penetration testing) helps organizations validate defenses against real-world cyber threats. Learn who needs threat led pentesting, what drives demand, and how it differs from red teaming and classic pentesting...
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Posted on Fri, 20 Jun 2025 08:00:00 +0000


EUVD Vulnerability Database: Europe’s Answer to CVE Instability

The EUVD marks a strategic shift in vulnerability management, offering a transparent and sovereign alternative to the U.S.-centric CVE system—backed by EU law.
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Posted on Wed, 14 May 2025 09:11:06 +0000


Cyber Incident Response Tips for Small Businesses

Learn how small businesses can build cyber incident response plans by adapting practical strategies from the UK’s “Cyber Incident Grab Bag.”
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Posted on Sat, 03 May 2025 14:06:58 +0000


CVE Under Threat: What You Need to Know

MITRE’s CVE contract expired on April 16, putting global vulnerability tracking at risk. Learn what’s happening and how the security community is responding.
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Posted on Wed, 16 Apr 2025 15:01:36 +0000


Unforgivable Software Vulnerabilities

Some software vulnerabilities are unforgivable—easy to find, easy to fix, and never should’ve existed. Here’s how to spot and prevent them.
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Posted on Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:27:14 +0000


Preventing Crypto Exchange Hacks: Lessons from Bybit Heist

Bybit lost $1.4B in a North Korean hack via malware, fake UI, and blind signing. Learn key security strategies to protect exchanges from cyber threats!
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Posted on Wed, 26 Feb 2025 09:27:46 +0000


Cyber Defense Using Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK Explained

Learn how the Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK Framework enhance security by identifying, detecting, and responding to cyber threats effectively.
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Posted on Thu, 06 Feb 2025 13:41:48 +0000


The Future of Authentication: Passkeys vs Passwords and 2FA

Passkeys replace passwords with secure, easy logins using biometrics and cryptography, eliminating phishing, breaches, and 2FA issues.
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Posted on Wed, 22 Jan 2025 09:22:47 +0000


Lessons from 2024’s Worst Cyberattacks and How to Stay Secure

Analyzing 2024’s biggest cyberattacks: breaches, vulnerabilities exploited, and actionable steps to strengthen defenses for 2025.
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Posted on Mon, 13 Jan 2025 21:47:29 +0000


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ThreatsDay Bulletin: DNS Poisoning Flaw, Supply-Chain Heist, Rust Malware Trick and New RATs Rising

The comfort zone in cybersecurity is gone. Attackers are scaling down, focusing tighter, and squeezing more value from fewer, high-impact targets. At the same time, defenders face growing blind spots — from spoofed messages to large-scale social engineering...
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Posted on Thu, 30 Oct 2025 16:24:00 +0530


PhantomRaven Malware Found in 126 npm Packages Stealing GitHub Tokens From Devs

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered yet another active software supply chain attack campaign targeting the npm registry with over 100 malicious packages that can steal authentication tokens, CI/CD secrets, and GitHub credentials from developers' machines...
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Posted on Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:46:00 +0530


Experts Reports Sharp Increase in Automated Botnet Attacks Targeting PHP Servers and IoT Devices

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a spike in automated attacks targeting PHP servers, IoT devices, and cloud gateways by various botnets such as Mirai, Gafgyt, and Mozi. "These automated...
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Posted on Wed, 29 Oct 2025 21:08:00 +0530


New AI-Targeted Cloaking Attack Tricks AI Crawlers Into Citing Fake Info as Verified Facts

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new security issue in agentic web browsers like OpenAI ChatGPT Atlas that exposes underlying artificial intelligence (AI) models to context poisoning attacks. In the attack devised by AI security company SPLX, a bad actor can set up websites that serve different content to browsers and AI crawlers run by ChatGPT and Perplexity...
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Posted on Wed, 29 Oct 2025 20:27:00 +0530


Discover Practical AI Tactics for GRC — Join the Free Expert Webinar

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC). It's no longer a future concept—it's here, and it's already reshaping how teams operate...
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Posted on Wed, 29 Oct 2025 17:28:00 +0530


Preparing for the Digital Battlefield of 2026: Ghost Identities, Poisoned Accounts, & AI Agent Havoc

BeyondTrust’s annual cybersecurity predictions point to a year where old defenses will fail quietly, and new attack vectors will surge. Introduction The next major breach won’t be a phished password...
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Posted on Wed, 29 Oct 2025 17:25:00 +0530


Russian Hackers Target Ukrainian Organizations Using Stealthy Living-Off-the-Land Tactics

Organizations in Ukraine have been targeted by threat actors of Russian origin with an aim to siphon sensitive data and maintain persistent access to compromised networks. The activity, according to a new report from the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team, targeted a large business services organization for two months and a local government entity in the country for a week...
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Posted on Wed, 29 Oct 2025 17:21:00 +0530


10 npm Packages Caught Stealing Developer Credentials on Windows, macOS, and Linux

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a set of 10 malicious npm packages that are designed to deliver an information stealer targeting Windows, Linux, and macOS systems. "The malware uses four...
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Posted on Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:04:00 +0530


Active Exploits Hit Dassault and XWiki — CISA Confirms Critical Flaws Under Attack

Threat actors are actively exploiting multiple security flaws impacting Dassault Systèmes DELMIA Apriso and XWiki, according to alerts issued by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and VulnCheck...
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Posted on Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:14:00 +0530


New TEE.Fail Side-Channel Attack Extracts Secrets from Intel and AMD DDR5 Secure Enclaves

A group of academic researchers from Georgia Tech, Purdue University, and Synkhronix have developed a side-channel attack called TEE.Fail that allows for the extraction of secrets from the trusted execution...
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Posted on Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:46:00 +0530


New Android Trojan 'Herodotus' Outsmarts Anti-Fraud Systems by Typing Like a Human

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Android banking trojan called Herodotus that has been observed in active campaigns targeting Italy and Brazil to conduct device takeover (DTO) attacks...
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Posted on Tue, 28 Oct 2025 22:03:00 +0530


Researchers Expose GhostCall and GhostHire: BlueNoroff's New Malware Chains

Threat actors tied to North Korea have been observed targeting the Web3 and blockchain sectors as part of twin campaigns tracked as GhostCall and GhostHire. According to Kaspersky, the campaigns are part of a broader operation called SnatchCrypto that has been underway since at least 2017...
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Posted on Tue, 28 Oct 2025 21:42:00 +0530


Why Early Threat Detection Is a Must for Long-Term Business Growth

In cybersecurity, speed isn’t just a win — it’s a multiplier. The faster you learn about emerging threats, the faster you adapt your defenses, the less damage you suffer, and the more confidently your business keeps scaling...
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Posted on Tue, 28 Oct 2025 17:25:00 +0530


Is Your Google Workspace as Secure as You Think it is?

The New Reality for Lean Security Teams If you’re the first security or IT hire at a fast-growing startup, you’ve likely inherited a mandate that’s both simple and maddeningly complex: secure the business without slowing it down...
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Posted on Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0530


Chrome Zero-Day Exploited to Deliver Italian Memento Labs' LeetAgent Spyware

The zero-day exploitation of a now-patched security flaw in Google Chrome led to the distribution of an espionage-related tool from Italian information technology and services provider Memento Labs, according to new findings from Kaspersky...
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Posted on Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:52:00 +0530


SideWinder Adopts New ClickOnce-Based Attack Chain Targeting South Asian Diplomats

A European embassy located in the Indian capital of New Delhi, as well as multiple organizations in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, have emerged as the target of a new campaign orchestrated by a threat actor known as SideWinder in September 2025...
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Posted on Tue, 28 Oct 2025 09:31:00 +0530


X Warns Users With Security Keys to Re-Enroll Before November 10 to Avoid Lockouts

Social media platform X is urging users who have enrolled for two-factor authentication (2FA) using passkeys and hardware security keys like Yubikeys to re-enroll their key to ensure continued access to the service...
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Posted on Mon, 27 Oct 2025 21:42:00 +0530


New ChatGPT Atlas Browser Exploit Lets Attackers Plant Persistent Hidden Commands

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new vulnerability in OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas web browser that could allow malicious actors to inject nefarious instructions into the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered assistant's memory and run arbitrary code...
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Posted on Mon, 27 Oct 2025 20:01:00 +0530


⚡ Weekly Recap: WSUS Exploited, LockBit 5.0 Returns, Telegram Backdoor, F5 Breach Widens

Security, trust, and stability — once the pillars of our digital world — are now the tools attackers turn against us. From stolen accounts to fake job offers, cybercriminals keep finding new ways to exploit both system flaws and human behavior...
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Posted on Mon, 27 Oct 2025 18:21:00 +0530


Qilin Ransomware Combines Linux Payload With BYOVD Exploit in Hybrid Attack

The ransomware group known as Qilin (aka Agenda, Gold Feather, and Water Galura) has claimed more than 40 victims every month since the start of 2025, barring January, with the number of postings on its data leak site touching a high of 100 cases in June...
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Posted on Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:25:00 +0530


ChatGPT Atlas Browser Can Be Tricked by Fake URLs into Executing Hidden Commands

The newly released OpenAI ChatGPT Atlas web browser has been found to be susceptible to a prompt injection attack where its omnibox can be jailbroken by disguising a malicious prompt as a seemingly harmless URL to visit...
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Posted on Mon, 27 Oct 2025 12:59:00 +0530


Smishing Triad Linked to 194,000 Malicious Domains in Global Phishing Operation

The threat actors behind a large-scale, ongoing smishing campaign have been attributed to more than 194,000 malicious domains since January 1, 2024, targeting a broad range of services across the world, according to new findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42...
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Posted on Sat, 25 Oct 2025 00:05:00 +0530


Newly Patched Critical Microsoft WSUS Flaw Comes Under Active Exploitation

Microsoft on Thursday released out-of-band security updates to patch a critical-severity Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) vulnerability with a proof-of-concept (Poc) exploit publicly available and has come under active exploitation in the wild...
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Posted on Fri, 24 Oct 2025 22:00:00 +0530


APT36 Targets Indian Government with Golang-Based DeskRAT Malware Campaign

A Pakistan-nexus threat actor has been observed targeting Indian government entities as part of spear-phishing attacks designed to deliver a Golang-based malware known as DeskRAT. The activity, observed in August and September 2025 by Sekoia, has been attributed to Transparent Tribe (aka APT36), a state-sponsored hacking group known to be active since at least 2013...
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Posted on Fri, 24 Oct 2025 19:30:00 +0530


The Cybersecurity Perception Gap: Why Executives and Practitioners See Risk Differently

Does your organization suffer from a cybersecurity perception gap? Findings from the Bitdefender 2025 Cybersecurity Assessment suggest the answer is probably “yes” — and many leaders may not even realize it...
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Posted on Fri, 24 Oct 2025 16:30:00 +0530


3,000 YouTube Videos Exposed as Malware Traps in Massive Ghost Network Operation

A malicious network of YouTube accounts has been observed publishing and promoting videos that lead to malware downloads, essentially abusing the popularity and trust associated with the video hosting platform for propagating malicious payloads...
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Posted on Fri, 24 Oct 2025 15:30:00 +0530


Self-Spreading 'GlassWorm' Infects VS Code Extensions in Widespread Supply Chain Attack

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a self-propagating worm that spreads via Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions on the Open VSX Registry and the Microsoft Extension Marketplace, underscoring how developers have become a prime target for attacks...
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Posted on Fri, 24 Oct 2025 12:30:00 +0530


North Korean Hackers Lure Defense Engineers With Fake Jobs to Steal Drone Secrets

Threat actors with ties to North Korea have been attributed to a new wave of attacks targeting European companies active in the defense industry as part of a long-running campaign known as Operation Dream Job...
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Posted on Thu, 23 Oct 2025 20:59:00 +0530


Secure AI at Scale and Speed — Learn the Framework in this Free Webinar

AI is everywhere—and your company wants in. Faster products, smarter systems, fewer bottlenecks. But if you're in security, that excitement often comes with a sinking feeling. Because while everyone else is racing ahead, you're left trying to manage a growing web of AI agents you didn’t create, can’t fully see, and weren’t designed to control...
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Posted on Thu, 23 Oct 2025 17:25:00 +0530


ThreatsDay Bulletin: $176M Crypto Fine, Hacking Formula 1, Chromium Vulns, AI Hijack & More

Criminals don’t need to be clever all the time; they just follow the easiest path in: trick users, exploit stale components, or abuse trusted systems like OAuth and package registries. If your stack or habits make any of those easy, you’re already a target...
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Posted on Thu, 23 Oct 2025 17:00:00 +0530


Why Organizations Are Abandoning Static Secrets for Managed Identities

As machine identities explode across cloud environments, enterprises report dramatic productivity gains from eliminating static credentials. And only legacy systems remain the weak link. For decades, organizations have relied on static secrets, such as API keys, passwords, and tokens, as unique identifiers for workloads...
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Posted on Thu, 23 Oct 2025 16:30:00 +0530


'Jingle Thief' Hackers Exploit Cloud Infrastructure to Steal Millions in Gift Cards

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a cybercriminal group called Jingle Thief that has been observed targeting cloud environments associated with organizations in the retail and consumer services sectors for gift card fraud...
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Posted on Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:22:00 +0530


Over 250 Magento Stores Hit Overnight as Hackers Exploit New Adobe Commerce Flaw

E-commerce security company Sansec has warned that threat actors have begun to exploit a recently disclosed security vulnerability in Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source platforms, with more than 250 attack attempts recorded against multiple stores over the past 24 hours...
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Posted on Thu, 23 Oct 2025 11:17:00 +0530


Critical Lanscope Endpoint Manager Bug Exploited in Ongoing Cyberattacks, CISA Confirms

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a critical security flaw impacting Motex Lanscope Endpoint Manager to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, stating it has been actively exploited in the wild...
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Posted on Thu, 23 Oct 2025 11:07:00 +0530


Iran-Linked MuddyWater Targets 100+ Organisations in Global Espionage Campaign

The Iranian nation-state group known as MuddyWater has been attributed to a new campaign that has leveraged a compromised email account to distribute a backdoor called Phoenix to various organizations across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, including over 100 government entities...
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Posted on Wed, 22 Oct 2025 22:51:00 +0530


Ukraine Aid Groups Targeted Through Fake Zoom Meetings and Weaponized PDF Files

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a coordinated spear-phishing campaign dubbed PhantomCaptcha targeting organizations associated with Ukraine's war relief efforts to deliver a remote access trojan that uses a WebSocket for command-and-control (C2)...
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Posted on Wed, 22 Oct 2025 22:25:00 +0530


Chinese Threat Actors Exploit ToolShell SharePoint Flaw Weeks After Microsoft's July Patch

Threat actors with ties to China exploited the ToolShell security vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint to breach a telecommunications company in the Middle East after it was publicly disclosed and patched in July 2025...
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Posted on Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:26:00 +0530


Bridging the Remediation Gap: Introducing Pentera Resolve

From Detection to Resolution: Why the Gap Persists A critical vulnerability is identified in an exposed cloud asset. Within hours, five different tools alert you about it: your vulnerability scanner, XDR, CSPM, SIEM, and CMDB each surface the issue in their own way, with different severity levels, metadata, and context...
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Posted on Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:25:00 +0530


Fake Nethereum NuGet Package Used Homoglyph Trick to Steal Crypto Wallet Keys

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new supply chain attack targeting the NuGet package manager with malicious typosquats of Nethereum, a popular Ethereum .NET integration platform, to steal victims' cryptocurrency wallet keys...
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Posted on Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:13:00 +0530


Why You Should Swap Passwords for Passphrases

The advice didn't change for decades: use complex passwords with uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and symbols. The idea is to make passwords harder for hackers to crack via brute force methods. But more recent guidance shows our focus should be on password length, rather than complexity...
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Posted on Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:56:00 +0530


Researchers Identify PassiveNeuron APT Using Neursite and NeuralExecutor Malware

Government, financial, and industrial organizations located in Asia, Africa, and Latin America are the target of a new campaign dubbed PassiveNeuron, according to findings from Kaspersky. The cyber espionage...
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Posted on Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:28:00 +0530


TARmageddon Flaw in Async-Tar Rust Library Could Enable Remote Code Execution

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a high-severity flaw impacting the popular async-tar Rust library and its forks, including tokio-tar, that could result in remote code execution under certain conditions...
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Posted on Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:35:00 +0530


TP-Link Patches Four Omada Gateway Flaws, Two Allow Remote Code Execution

TP-Link has released security updates to address four security flaws impacting Omada gateway devices, including two critical bugs that could result in arbitrary code execution. The vulnerabilities in question are listed below - CVE-2025-6541 (CVSS score: 8...
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Posted on Wed, 22 Oct 2025 10:08:00 +0530


Meta Rolls Out New Tools to Protect WhatsApp and Messenger Users from Scams

Meta on Tuesday said it's launching new tools to protect Messenger and WhatsApp users from potential scams. To that end, the company said it's introducing new warnings on WhatsApp when users attempt to share their screen with an unknown contact during a video call so as to prevent them from giving away sensitive information like bank details or verification codes...
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Posted on Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:33:00 +0530


PolarEdge Targets Cisco, ASUS, QNAP, Synology Routers in Expanding Botnet Campaign

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on the inner workings of a botnet malware called PolarEdge. PolarEdge was first documented by Sekoia in February 2025, attributing it to a campaign targeting routers from Cisco, ASUS, QNAP, and Synology with the goal of corralling them into a network for an as-yet-undetermined purpose...
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Posted on Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:17:00 +0530


Securing AI to Benefit from AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) holds tremendous promise for improving cyber defense and making the lives of security practitioners easier. It can help teams cut through alert fatigue, spot patterns faster, and bring a level of scale that human analysts alone can’t match...
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Posted on Tue, 21 Oct 2025 16:30:00 +0530


Google Identifies Three New Russian Malware Families Created by COLDRIVER Hackers

A new malware attributed to the Russia-linked hacking group known as COLDRIVER has undergone numerous developmental iterations since May 2025, suggesting an increased "operations tempo" from the threat actor...
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Posted on Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:59:00 +0530


Hackers Used Snappybee Malware and Citrix Flaw to Breach European Telecom Network

A European telecommunications organization is said to have been targeted by a threat actor that aligns with a China-nexus cyber espionage group known as Salt Typhoon. The organization, per Darktrace, was targeted in the first week of July 2025, with the attackers exploiting a Citrix NetScaler Gateway appliance to obtain initial access...
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Posted on Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:53:00 +0530


Five New Exploited Bugs Land in CISA's Catalog — Oracle and Microsoft Among Targets

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added five security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, officially confirming a recently disclosed vulnerability impacting Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) has been weaponized in real-world attacks...
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Posted on Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:30:00 +0530


⚡ Weekly Recap: F5 Breached, Linux Rootkits, Pixnapping Attack, EtherHiding & More

It’s easy to think your defenses are solid — until you realize attackers have been inside them the whole time. The latest incidents show that long-term, silent breaches are becoming the norm...
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Posted on Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:57:00 +0530


Student Loan Breach Exposes 2.5M Records

2.5 million people were affected, in a breach that could spell more trouble down the line.
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Posted on Wed, 31 Aug 2022 12:57:48 +0000


Watering Hole Attacks Push ScanBox Keylogger

Researchers uncover a watering hole attack likely carried out by APT TA423, which attempts to plant the ScanBox JavaScript-based reconnaissance tool.
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Posted on Tue, 30 Aug 2022 16:00:43 +0000


Tentacles of ‘0ktapus’ Threat Group Victimize 130 Firms

Over 130 companies tangled in sprawling phishing campaign that spoofed a multi-factor authentication system.
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Posted on Mon, 29 Aug 2022 14:56:19 +0000


Ransomware Attacks are on the Rise

Lockbit is by far this summer’s most prolific ransomware group, trailed by two offshoots of the Conti group.
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Posted on Fri, 26 Aug 2022 16:44:27 +0000


Cybercriminals Are Selling Access to Chinese Surveillance Cameras

Tens of thousands of cameras have failed to patch a critical, 11-month-old CVE, leaving thousands of organizations exposed.
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Posted on Thu, 25 Aug 2022 18:47:15 +0000


Twitter Whistleblower Complaint: The TL;DR Version

Twitter is blasted for security and privacy lapses by the company’s former head of security who alleges the social media giant’s actions amount to a national security risk.
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Posted on Wed, 24 Aug 2022 14:17:04 +0000


Firewall Bug Under Active Attack Triggers CISA Warning

CISA is warning that Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS is under active attack and needs to be patched ASAP.
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Posted on Tue, 23 Aug 2022 13:19:58 +0000


Fake Reservation Links Prey on Weary Travelers

Fake travel reservations are exacting more pain from the travel weary, already dealing with the misery of canceled flights and overbooked hotels.
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Posted on Mon, 22 Aug 2022 13:59:06 +0000


iPhone Users Urged to Update to Patch 2 Zero-Days

Separate fixes to macOS and iOS patch respective flaws in the kernel and WebKit that can allow threat actors to take over devices and are under attack.
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Posted on Fri, 19 Aug 2022 15:25:56 +0000


Google Patches Chrome’s Fifth Zero-Day of the Year

An insufficient validation input flaw, one of 11 patched in an update this week, could allow for arbitrary code execution and is under active attack.
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Posted on Thu, 18 Aug 2022 14:31:38 +0000


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A Note on Our Domain Update

Between The Hacks has updated its default domain name to betweenthehacks.com. Everything is still here, but a few links might need attention. Learn more about this update and let us know if you spot any issues...
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Posted on Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:46:00 +0000


Passkeys: The Beginning of the End for Passwords

Still using passwords? It might be time to move on. Passkeys are a simpler, more secure way to log in—no typing, no phishing, no stress. In this post, I break down how passkeys work, why they matter, and how you can start using them today...
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Posted on Thu, 03 Apr 2025 14:41:00 +0000


I Finally Segmented My Network… by Cutting the Ethernet Cable!

After years of preaching network segmentation, I took it to the next level—by physically disconnecting everything. Scissors, copper mesh, and a rotating SSID script. What could go wrong?
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Posted on Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:36:55 +0000


Unlimited Access: Every Device on Your Network Can Talk to the Internet

Most home devices can access the entire internet—and often each other. Segmentation helps, but without visibility into what your devices are doing, you’re still exposed.
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Posted on Sun, 30 Mar 2025 20:32:00 +0000


If Troy Hunt Can Fall for Phishing, So Can You

Even cybersecurity experts fall for phishing attacks. When Troy Hunt, creator of Have I Been Pwned, clicked a malicious link and entered his credentials, it was a wake-up call for all of us. In this post, we break down what happened, why today’s phishing is more convincing than ever, and what you can do to protect yourself...
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Posted on Fri, 28 Mar 2025 17:34:13 +0000


AI Magic: My Blog, LinkedIn, and a 7-Minute Podcast!

So, here’s something that blew my mind: I decided to test Google’s NotebookLM AI tool. I casually uploaded the URLs for my LinkedIn page and my blog, not expecting much more than a basic summary...
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Posted on Mon, 30 Sep 2024 17:01:00 +0000


How I Introduced the Cybersecurity World to a Cold War Hero

If you told me a year ago that I would meet a cold war hero at a birthday party, I wouldn’t have believed you. And I would be even more skeptical if you told me she would be an unintimidating, approachable music professor with an infectious smile...
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Posted on Thu, 30 Jun 2022 00:39:31 +0000


log4shell

UPDATED December 16, 2021 If you are reading this, you likely have heard about Log4Shell, the December, 2021 critical zero-day remote-code execution vulnerability in the popular Log4j software library that is developed and maintained by the Apache Software Foundation...
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Posted on Tue, 14 Dec 2021 18:56:34 +0000


Hacking Humble Bundle

Last year, Humble Bundle teamed up with the great tech publisher, No Starch Press, to offer deeply discounted hacking ebooks for as little as one dollar with the Hacking 101 By No Starch Press Humble Bundle of ebooks...
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Posted on Tue, 30 Nov 2021 17:11:00 +0000


Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2021

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Since this is a cybersecurity blog, we will focus on cybersecurity but let’s take a moment to talk about the important topic of breast cancer...
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Posted on Fri, 01 Oct 2021 16:58:53 +0000


Colonial Pipeline: Lessons Learned

The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack took down the largest fuel pipeline in the United States and resulted in consumer hoarding of fuel and a short-term shortage of gasoline on the east coast of the U...
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Posted on Fri, 04 Jun 2021 21:23:00 +0000


President Biden's Cybersecurity Executive Order

Aiming to improve cybersecurity in the United States, President Biden signed an executive order (EO) on May 12, 2021. Although the EO focuses on U.S. federal departments’ and agencies’ cybersecurity, it will likely result in standards that will change the way the private sector manages cybersecurity within the United States and globally...
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Posted on Fri, 28 May 2021 19:08:00 +0000


World Password Day - May 6, 2021

It’s World Password Day! Are your passwords strong enough? Do you have a long, unique password for every account? Do you use multi-factor authentication where available? If you answered, “no”...
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Posted on Thu, 06 May 2021 13:30:00 +0000


Facebook Leak Leads To Smishing

I have always considered myself pretty lucky in that I rarely receive fraudulent text messages. That luck recently ran out. Over the past few weeks I have noticed an uptick in the number of SMS phishing (smishing) messages that I receive on my phone...
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Posted on Mon, 05 Apr 2021 14:42:00 +0000


2021 Cybersecurity Report Roundup

Annual cybersecurity reports are a rich resource of statistics and information for cybersecurity professionals, academics, journalists and anyone who is interested in cybersecurity. Below is a categorized...
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Posted on Fri, 02 Apr 2021 12:27:00 +0000


2021 Top Cybersecurity Leaders

The March 2021 issue of Security magazine, partnering with (ISC)2, featured their inaugural list of the Top Cybersecurity Leaders for 2021. As the author of this blog, I am both humbled and honored, to not only be part of the inaugural team, but also to be recognized with these accomplished cybersecurity professionals...
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Posted on Sun, 07 Mar 2021 19:54:37 +0000


ILoveYou.txt.vbs

Since today is known for love, let’s look back 21 years to one of the more destructive, costly and famous viruses in history. The “ILoveYou” worm, also known as the “Love Bug” or “Love Letter For You” infected more than ten million Windows computers, beginning on May 5, 2000...
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Posted on Sun, 14 Feb 2021 19:36:17 +0000


Safer Internet Day 2021

Tuesday, February 9th, 2021, marks the 18th edition of Safer Internet Day with the theme "Together for a better Internet." Safer Internet Day (SID) started as an EU SafeBorders project in 2004 and is now celebrated in approximately 170 countries worldwide...
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Posted on Tue, 09 Feb 2021 16:00:00 +0000


Happy New Year!

2020 was a difficult year and Between The Hacks wants to congratulate everyone who pulled through the challenges. We have all lived through a year that delivered a global pandemic, civil unrest, and...
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Posted on Thu, 31 Dec 2020 20:58:00 +0000


Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Between The Hacks! Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza or Festivus, we hope you and your family are doing well, staying healthy and surviving 20...
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Posted on Fri, 25 Dec 2020 02:51:00 +0000


Safeguarding the Backbone of the Global Economy: OT/ICS Security in the Oil and Gas Industry

The oil and gas industry is an essential pillar of the global economy, enabling energy production, transportation, and storage that fuel every aspect of modern life. At the core of these operations lie Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS), critical systems responsible for monitoring and controlling key industrial processes...
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Posted on Sun, 12 Jan 2025 09:37:30 +0000


Detailed Guide to SOAR and SIEM

What Is SOAR? SOAR stands for Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response. It’s a cybersecurity tool designed to simplify and enhance the efficiency of IT teams by automating responses to various security threats...
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Posted on Sun, 12 Jan 2025 09:20:49 +0000


What is a cyberattack?

What is a cyberattack? Cyberattacks aim to damage or gain control or access to important documents and systems within a business or personal computer network. Cyberattacks are distributed by individuals or organizations for political, criminal, or personal intentions to destroy or gain access to classified information...
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Posted on Wed, 30 Oct 2024 04:02:41 +0000


What is SIEM ?

Security information and event management, SIEM for short, is a solution that helps organizations detect, analyze, and respond to security threats before they harm business operations. SIEM, pronounced “sim,” combines both security information management (SIM) and security event management (SEM) into one security management system...
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Posted on Tue, 29 Oct 2024 08:06:47 +0000


Cyber Security Operation Center Guidelines for best practices SOC Design

Cyber Security is become most needed services for all business and industries in 2024. Every business is concerned about Cyber Security. Security operations (SecOps) leaders face a multifaceted challenge:...
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Posted on Tue, 30 Jan 2024 16:32:57 +0000


HOW TO BECOME CERTIFIED LEAD IMPLEMENTER – ISO 27001

ABOUT CERTIFIED LEAD IMPLEMENTER TRAINING AND EXAMINATION FOR INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ISO / IEC 27001 Learn and get certified as a professional in implementation of ISO 27001 standard through our self-paced E-learning interactive course which comprises of 4 modules...
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Posted on Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:21:59 +0000


YouTube disrupted in Pakistan as former PM Imran Khan streams speech

NetBlocks metrics confirm the disruption of YouTube on multiple internet providers in Pakistan on Sunday 21 August 2022. The disruption comes as former Prime Minister Imran Khan makes a live broadcast to the public, despite a ban issued by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA)...
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Posted on Mon, 22 Aug 2022 05:04:16 +0000


Recommendations for Parents about Cyber Bullying

Here are some dedicated tips for keeping younger children safe online. One of these training tips goes into the risks of young children on the Internet, covers cyber bullying and other risky Internet behavior...
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Posted on Wed, 20 Oct 2021 06:36:27 +0000


WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram server down in Pakistan?

Facebook-owned social media platforms, WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram are facing a worldwide outage, according to Downdetector, which offers real-time status and outage information for all kinds of services...
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Posted on Mon, 04 Oct 2021 17:32:57 +0000


Cloudflare reports record-breaking HTTP-request DDoS attack

Cloudflare reports thwarting the largest known HTTP-request distributed denial of service attack in history, approximately three times larger than any other previously reported. The attack in July reached 17...
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Posted on Sun, 22 Aug 2021 19:26:02 +0000


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