Infosecurity News
ReliaQuest Rejects Compromise Claims After ShinyHunters Incident
ReliaQuest has detailed a social engineering attack linked to ShinyHunters, denying reports that the threat actor successfully compromised its systems
US Sanctions Mabna Institute Hackers for Iranian Cyber-Attacks
The US has sanctioned individuals connected to hacking-for-hire group the Mabna Institute
New Guidance Helps Businesses Verify Quantum-Safe Hardware Claims
TCG has released new guidance to help proving that trusted platform modules genuinely meet essential quantum-safe requirements
NIST Warns of Unique Security Risks in Multi-Cloud Environments
NIST has set out 23 novel challenges that arise in multi-cloud environments and has encouraged the cyber community to find solutions
Fake Codex Download Uses Google Sites to Deliver macOS Malware
Fake Codex pages used Google Sites, sponsored search and ClickFix to target Mac users
Doubloon Dredger Abuses Notion to Harvest Authentication Tokens
Doubloon Dredger abused Notion and malicious PDFs to harvest Microsoft authentication tokens
Wake-Up Call for CNI After Iranian Attack Shuts Down UK Power Plant
Experts argue Iranian cyber-attack on UK power plant lays bare frailty of critical national infrastructure
Researchers Uncover Thousands of Leaked AWS Keys
Truffle Security says it found over 9000 publicly accessible and active AWS key pairs
North Korean Hackers Tied to Rust Supply Chain Attack
Cybersecurity researchers have linked a malicious backdoor in compromised Rust packages to previous North Korean supply chain attacks
New Agent Tesla Malware Variant Boosts Evasion Capabilities
An Agent Tesla v4 malware campaign used novel emoji-based code obfuscation to evade detection, KnowBe4 has revealed
Cybersecurity Job Ads Requiring AI Skills Double
An analysis by the AI Workforce Consortium found that technical cybersecurity jobs are becoming more strategic due to the influence of AI
NCSC Urges Stronger Controls for Agentic AI Systems
NCSC urged sandboxing, oversight and tight access controls for autonomous AI agents
US Defense Contractors Admit Their Rising CMMC Scores May Not Be Accurate
Defense contractors in the US are doubting their own self-assessment scores under CMMC Phase I, even as those scores hit an all-time high
ICS Operators Warned of AI-Driven Attacks on Siemens PLCs
A US government advisory warned that attackers are deploying AI-generated exploitation scripts against exposed Siemens S7 Series PLCs
Updated ToxicPanda Variant Targets 140+ Banking and Crypto Apps
Zimperium lifts the lid on the ToxicPanda 2.0 Android banking Trojan
Def Con Attendees Targeted by Persistent Phishing Campaign
Huntress researcher explains how they were targeted by an elaborate and persistent phishing scam following Def Con
Exclusive: Linux Foundation's Akrites to Go Live in September
The Linux Foundation's Akrites initiative will become operational in September, when it will begin accepting AI-powered vulnerability reports for open-source projects
MaaS Campaign Combines ClickFix, ErrTraffic and Cruciferra
eSentire uncovered a malware campaign combining ClickFix lures with ErrTraffic and Cruciferra
Grandoreiro Resurfaces in Mexico With New DLL Sideloading Campaign
Grandoreiro is active after its 2024 disruption, with Mexico now accounting for 40% of detections
OpenAI Tightens AI Safeguards Following Hugging Face Incident
OpenAI is strengthening safeguards for its most advanced AI models, citing growing risks as frontier systems gain more powerful cyber capabilities
