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Winning Against AI-Based Attacks Requires a Combined Defensive Approach

26 Leden, 2026 - 12:30
If there’s a constant in cybersecurity, it’s that adversaries are always innovating. The rise of offensive AI is transforming attack strategies and making them harder to detect. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group, recently reported on adversaries using Large Language Models (LLMs) to both conceal code and generate malicious scripts on the fly, letting malware shape-shift in real-time to evade
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Winning Against AI-Based Attacks Requires a Combined Defensive Approach

26 Leden, 2026 - 12:30
If there’s a constant in cybersecurity, it’s that adversaries are always innovating. The rise of offensive AI is transforming attack strategies and making them harder to detect. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group, recently reported on adversaries using Large Language Models (LLMs) to both conceal code and generate malicious scripts on the fly, letting malware shape-shift in real-time to evade [email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Konni Hackers Deploy AI-Generated PowerShell Backdoor Against Blockchain Developers

26 Leden, 2026 - 09:54
The North Korean threat actor known as Konni has been observed using PowerShell malware generated using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to target developers and engineering teams in the blockchain sector. The phishing campaign has targeted Japan, Australia, and India, highlighting the adversary's expansion of the targeting scope beyond South Korea, Russia, Ukraine, and European nations, Check
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Konni Hackers Deploy AI-Generated PowerShell Backdoor Against Blockchain Developers

26 Leden, 2026 - 09:54
The North Korean threat actor known as Konni has been observed using PowerShell malware generated using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to target developers and engineering teams in the blockchain sector. The phishing campaign has targeted Japan, Australia, and India, highlighting the adversary's expansion of the targeting scope beyond South Korea, Russia, Ukraine, and European nations, CheckRavie Lakshmananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Multi-Stage Phishing Campaign Targets Russia with Amnesia RAT and Ransomware

24 Leden, 2026 - 12:09
A new multi-stage phishing campaign has been observed targeting users in Russia with ransomware and a remote access trojan called Amnesia RAT. "The attack begins with social engineering lures delivered via business-themed documents crafted to appear routine and benign," Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Cara Lin said in a technical breakdown published this week. "These documents and
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Multi-Stage Phishing Campaign Targets Russia with Amnesia RAT and Ransomware

24 Leden, 2026 - 12:09
A new multi-stage phishing campaign has been observed targeting users in Russia with ransomware and a remote access trojan called Amnesia RAT. "The attack begins with social engineering lures delivered via business-themed documents crafted to appear routine and benign," Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Cara Lin said in a technical breakdown published this week. "These documents and Ravie Lakshmananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

New DynoWiper Malware Used in Attempted Sandworm Attack on Polish Power Sector

24 Leden, 2026 - 09:21
The Russian nation-state hacking group known as Sandworm has been attributed to what has been described as the "largest cyber attack" targeting Poland's power system in the last week of December 2025. The attack was unsuccessful, the country's energy minister, Milosz Motyka, said last week. "The command of the cyberspace forces has diagnosed in the last days of the year the strongest attack on
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

New DynoWiper Malware Used in Attempted Sandworm Attack on Polish Power Sector

24 Leden, 2026 - 09:21
The Russian nation-state hacking group known as Sandworm has been attributed to what has been described as the "largest cyber attack" targeting Poland's power system in the last week of December 2025. The attack was unsuccessful, the country's energy minister, Milosz Motyka, said last week. "The command of the cyberspace forces has diagnosed in the last days of the year the strongest attack on Ravie Lakshmananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Who Approved This Agent? Rethinking Access, Accountability, and Risk in the Age of AI Agents

24 Leden, 2026 - 09:20
AI agents are accelerating how work gets done. They schedule meetings, access data, trigger workflows, write code, and take action in real time, pushing productivity beyond human speed across the enterprise. Then comes the moment every security team eventually hits: “Wait… who approved this?” Unlike users or applications, AI agents are often deployed quickly, shared broadly,
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Who Approved This Agent? Rethinking Access, Accountability, and Risk in the Age of AI Agents

24 Leden, 2026 - 09:20
AI agents are accelerating how work gets done. They schedule meetings, access data, trigger workflows, write code, and take action in real time, pushing productivity beyond human speed across the enterprise. Then comes the moment every security team eventually hits: “Wait… who approved this?” Unlike users or applications, AI agents are often deployed quickly, shared broadly, [email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

CISA Adds Actively Exploited VMware vCenter Flaw CVE-2024-37079 to KEV Catalog

24 Leden, 2026 - 09:09
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added a critical security flaw affecting Broadcom VMware vCenter Server that was patched in June 2024 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-37079 (CVSS score: 9.8), which refers to a heap overflow in the
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

CISA Adds Actively Exploited VMware vCenter Flaw CVE-2024-37079 to KEV Catalog

24 Leden, 2026 - 09:09
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added a critical security flaw affecting Broadcom VMware vCenter Server that was patched in June 2024 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-37079 (CVSS score: 9.8), which refers to a heap overflow in the Ravie Lakshmananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

CISA Updates KEV Catalog with Four Actively Exploited Software Vulnerabilities

23 Leden, 2026 - 16:24
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added four security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows - CVE-2025-68645 (CVSS score: 8.8) - A PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) that could allow a
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

CISA Updates KEV Catalog with Four Actively Exploited Software Vulnerabilities

23 Leden, 2026 - 16:24
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added four security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows - CVE-2025-68645 (CVSS score: 8.8) - A PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) that could allow a Ravie Lakshmananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Fortinet Confirms Active FortiCloud SSO Bypass on Fully Patched FortiGate Firewalls

23 Leden, 2026 - 13:30
Fortinet has officially confirmed that it's working to completely plug a FortiCloud SSO authentication bypass vulnerability following reports of fresh exploitation activity on fully-patched firewalls. "In the last 24 hours, we have identified a number of cases where the exploit was to a device that had been fully upgraded to the latest release at the time of the attack, which suggested a new
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Fortinet Confirms Active FortiCloud SSO Bypass on Fully Patched FortiGate Firewalls

23 Leden, 2026 - 13:30
Fortinet has officially confirmed that it's working to completely plug a FortiCloud SSO authentication bypass vulnerability following reports of fresh exploitation activity on fully-patched firewalls. "In the last 24 hours, we have identified a number of cases where the exploit was to a device that had been fully upgraded to the latest release at the time of the attack, which suggested a new Ravie Lakshmananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

TikTok Forms U.S. Joint Venture to Continue Operations Under 2025 Executive Order

23 Leden, 2026 - 12:30
TikTok on Friday officially announced that it formed a joint venture that will allow the hugely popular video-sharing application to continue operating in the U.S. The new venture, named TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, has been established in compliance with the Executive Order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump in September 2025, the platform said. The new deal will see TikTok's Chinese
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

TikTok Forms U.S. Joint Venture to Continue Operations Under 2025 Executive Order

23 Leden, 2026 - 12:30
TikTok on Friday officially announced that it formed a joint venture that will allow the hugely popular video-sharing application to continue operating in the U.S. The new venture, named TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, has been established in compliance with the Executive Order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump in September 2025, the platform said. The new deal will see TikTok's Chinese Ravie Lakshmananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Phishing Attack Uses Stolen Credentials to Install LogMeIn RMM for Persistent Access

23 Leden, 2026 - 12:18
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new dual-vector campaign that leverages stolen credentials to deploy legitimate Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) software for persistent remote access to compromised hosts. "Instead of deploying custom viruses, attackers are bypassing security perimeters by weaponizing the necessary IT tools that administrators trust," KnowBe4 Threat
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Phishing Attack Uses Stolen Credentials to Install LogMeIn RMM for Persistent Access

23 Leden, 2026 - 12:18
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new dual-vector campaign that leverages stolen credentials to deploy legitimate Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) software for persistent remote access to compromised hosts. "Instead of deploying custom viruses, attackers are bypassing security perimeters by weaponizing the necessary IT tools that administrators trust," KnowBe4 Threat Ravie Lakshmananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security