39+ min ago   (487+ words) Akira ransomware affiliates were seen using a new technique to evade endpoint detection and response (EDR), where they rebooted a compromised Windows system into Safe Mode with Networking enabled. According to Huntress, the technique successfully took both its agent and…...

51+ min ago   (278+ words) Cybersecurity teams should be responsible for risk oversight, rather than for executing every corrective action. Assigning security teams the tasks of finding, prioritizing, assigning, implementing, tracking and validating every remediation does not foster accountability. Instead, it results in an organizational…...

1+ hour, 26+ min ago   (799+ words) For years, cybersecurity leaders have worked to convince organizations that security deserves a seat at the executive table. Today, that conversation is changing. The challenge is no longer proving that cybersecurity matters; it is demonstrating how security leaders can help…...

7+ hour, 5+ min ago   (766+ words) AI’s potential as a security tool and the danger of autonomous AI agents as a new attack surface were key themes of the presentations and product announcements at Black Hat and DEFCON in Las Vegas last week. Here are some…...

13+ hour, 8+ min ago   (278+ words) Security researchers have seen evidence that attackers are attempting to exploit a currently unpatched SQL injection vulnerability in GeoServer, an open-source web server for managing and publishing geospatial data. The software is widely used by organizations in many industries, including…...

20+ hour, 28+ min ago   (816+ words) Autonomous AI agents built on open-source frameworks breached Taiwanese government systems, compromised credentials, and probed a nuclear safety agency in a multi-day cyberattack that researchers say signals a new phase in AI-enabled operations. The campaign unfolded over four days in…...

21+ hour, 36+ min ago   (524+ words) Researchers at XM Cyber found that a standard domain user with no Microsoft SCCM privileges can chain multiple flaws to reach remote code execution, although the attack does require network access to the SCCM environment. Enterprises use Microsoft System Center…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1154+ words) Cyber defenders need to shake off traditional best practices and switch from reactive patching to building inherently resilient systems in the face of AI-accelerated vulnerability discovery, according to a senior security manager at Microsoft. David Weston, group manager in the…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (608+ words) Just weeks after Microsoft patched a critical hole in Microsoft Defender, a cybersecurity researcher has posted an apparent bypass that provides system-level control to attackers once they gain any level of access. The researcher, who goes by the name Nightmare…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (539+ words) Just weeks after Microsoft patched a critical hole in Microsoft Defender, a cybersecurity researcher has posted an apparent workaround that provides system-level control to attackers once they gain any level of access. The researcher, who goes by the name Nightmare…...