AI is widening the attack surface of the critical infrastructure facilities and services that state, local, and education (SLED) organizations run. In the final post of our Cybersecurity Awareness Month series, we explain how a whole-of-state security approach can help SLED agencies protect their critical infrastructure.Key takeawaysBecause cyber attackers prey on under-resourced targets, they often go after SLED org…
The company says it reacted to an issue affecting some of its systems, including DreamHost webmail. The post Unexplained DreamHost Incident Prompts Email, FTP Password Resets appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Ukraine warns that attackers can remotely access Dahua cameras and recorders via Easy4IP, viewing video and changing settings. Ukraine’s cyber incident response team CERT-UA has warned about attackers taking over video surveillance systems made by Dahua. In its alert dated October 23, 2026, it reports unauthorized remote access to IP cameras and video recorders. The […]
Every SOC struggles with a pile of alerts. Very few of those alerts explain how an attack started or how it progressed. Network data, like that from a network detection and response (NDR) platform, connects individual alerts into one timeline, and it feeds the defensive systems that can tie all events together into one coordinated view. SOC teams often first see the shape of an intrusion
We look at best practices for deploying AI tools securely in corporate environments, with Kaspersky Security Center and Kaspersky Endpoint Security as examples. We also cover ways that EDR and TIP can detect AI agents.
The number of cybersecurity startups attempting to cash in on the AI boom is staggering. But an analysis of the cybersecurity marketplace indicates that the incumbents, rather than resting on their laurels and opening themselves up for disruption, are quickly adapting to the new AI-centric threat environment. The major players are integrating AI technology throughout their platforms, and offering innovative AI produc…
When Anthropic introduced Claude Mythos Preview, the cybersecurity debate quickly turned to what AI could do: uncover decades-old vulnerabilities, develop working exploits and accelerate tasks that once required specialist expertise. Anthropic noted that Mythos discovered software flaws no human had caught, and early tests showed it could carry out multi-stage network attacks in minutes, tasks that once took skilled…
Vijendra Katiyar, Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer, CleanStart Fintech businesses build and operate products across payments, lending, wealth management, insurance, financial infrastructure and embedded finance. Despite their differences, they share a common dependency: software assembled from components developed and maintained across a global ecosystem. Open-source libraries, container images and third-party co…
Two critical PHP vulnerabilities sent criminal forum operators scrambling to protect their own infrastructure, revealing that threat actors face the same exposure management challenges as the organizations they target.Key takeawaysThe adversary economy operates on the same fundamental principles as the legitimate economy. Forum self-evacuations: Criminal forums including BreachForums initiated emergency infrastructur…
IntroductionIn September 2026, Zscaler Threat Hunting identified an SEO poisoning campaign that used fake websites impersonating the Chocolatey package manager and the Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS) tool to distribute a Python-based malware family we track as Armorsteal. The fake websites targeted users searching for Chocolatey or MAS software installation commands. Each lure page displayed a malicious PowerShell…
When an IOC hits the SOC, the clock is already running. An IP address, domain, file hash, or suspicious URL can trigger a detection, but an analyst still needs to understand what it is, whether it is connected to known malicious activity, and what happened around it. The longer it takes to build that context, […] The post Cyber Threat Context for Early Response: Enriching SOC Telemetry with Real-Time Intel from 16K O…
Vendors are checking their products for PHP2Shell, security firms are shipping detections, and governments are urging immediate patching. The post Tech and Security Companies Respond to PHP2Shell Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Hackers hijacked the software release pipeline of LiteLLM, a popular open-source AI gateway, to distribute credential-stealing malware, marking the project’s second supply chain compromise this year despite security measures introduced after an earlier attack. The compromised version, 1.107.0, was distributed through the Python Package Index (PyPI) and official Docker images on October 21. LiteLLM said the malicious…
A China-state-aligned threat actor compromised a ConnectWise cloud backup application and used an open-source agentic AI framework to turn its stolen credentials against more than 2,250 Microsoft 365 tenants, Microsoft said. Microsoft Threat Intelligence attributed the activity to Storm-0940, which it said has used the ARTEX framework since as early as September 2026 to automate attacks on hundreds of organizations.…
*October 26, 2026: This advisory has been updated to clarify language describing exploitability and potential impact.*October 23, 2026: This advisory has been updated with new ThreatLabz analysis and Zscaler Deception telemetry on exploitation activity observed during the first 48 hours following disclosure.IntroductionOn October 21, 2026, two critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and…
On October 21, 2026, the Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) published the following advisories. To remediate the vulnerabilities that were disclosed on October 21, 2026, Cisco strongly recommends that customers upgrade to the fixed software that is indicated in the advisories. For more information about changes in Cisco PSIRT vulnerability disclosure, see Strengthening the Foundation: A Predictable…
During triage, analysts may overlook valuable threat intelligence simply because they don’t know it exists. Previous investigations, related malicious activity, and industry-specific observations could provide the context needed to decide what to investigate next. Now, all that valuable context is finally within reach! With Related Threat Context, now available to ANY.RUN Enterprise clients, SOC and […] The post Your…
Broken object-level authorization ranks first on the OWASP API Security Top 10, and OWASP says that traditional static application security testing (SAST) tools struggle to find access control flaws. A missing authorization check is an absence of code, so a scanner that matches patterns has nothing to match. You can find the gap only if you already know what the endpoint is meant to enforce.We're building Business Lo…
Advisory at a Glance Title #StopRansomware: SafePay Ransomware Original Publication October 20, 2026 Executive Summary This advisory details recent activity by the SafePay ransomware group. SafePay actors have been highly active since August 2024, targeting businesses and critical infrastructure across North America, South America, Europe, and Australia. SafePay actors typically gain access to networks by stealing or…
Why the controls on an AI agent have to live outside of it, and what a security operations team can do to implement and maintain those controls.The new privileged user in your environmentSecurity teams spent two decades learning how to work with the people they trust most. Domain admins, DBAs, finance approvers and contractors with VPN access all get a mature playbook: verified identity, scoped access, logged activit…
OverviewOn October 15, 2026, BeyondTrust disclosed a critical authentication bypass in Remote Support (RS), its platform for remotely troubleshooting and administering endpoints. Tracked as CVE-2026-102764 and assigned a CVSSv4 score of 9.3, the vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to perform file operations on an affected appliance without user interaction. Versions 26.2.3 and earlier are affected u…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Security Agency’s Super Intelligence Security Center (NSA SISC) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published Key Practices for Incident Readiness and Response in Super Intelligence Training and Evaluation. The product outlines ten voluntary core practices to help organizations that train and evaluate highly capable super inte…
The DORA TLPT requirements push selected EU financial entities beyond standard penetration testing. TLPT must be based on realistic threat scenarios, relevant threat actors, and current intelligence about how attacks are actually carried out. That makes threat intelligence a core part of the process. It helps define what should be tested, which TTPs matter, and […] The post DORA TLPT Requirements Explained: Where Thr…
In the space of a month, a new category of AI model went from nonexistent to everywhere. TypeSafe AI released Jev on September 15 and called it a System One model, a nod to Kahneman's fast, intuitive thinking. OpenAI announced its own Decisions API at DevDay and opened a public beta on October 6. Cribl published cribl-decision, an open LoRA adapter you can run locally. Others, like Laya, are
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM QRadar SIEM ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, um Informationen offenzulegen, um Dateien zu manipulieren, um einen Cross-Site Scripting Angriff durchzuführen und um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.
Fresh research suggests recent panic over AI-generated malware may be overblown. Last month Anthropic detailed how Russia-linked cyberespionage group Midnight Blizzard used Claude to rebuild malware each time security tools flagged its backdoor as malign. “We observed GTG-20006 operate through customized AI-driven workflows that automated much of their operations from development, infrastructure acquisition, phishing…
Supermarket freezers that cooked their own stock overnight. Text messages about traffic fines that quietly steal payment PINs. North Korean IT workers paying Americans to keep remote jobs at U.S. companies. This weekly cybersecurity roundup brings together incidents that reached well beyond stolen data, causing spoiled food, store fires, disrupted grocery deliveries and drained bank accounts. Here are the stories tha…
Parts 1 and 2 of this series looked at two pressures facing higher education security teams. First, the threat landscape: universities are dealing with more frequent attacks across complex, distributed environments, while campus-by-campus security can make it harder to share intelligence and coordinate response. Second, the compliance burden: overlapping requirements across FERPA, GLBA, HIPAA, and CMMC make it diffic…
Contextual defense helps security teams connect the signals, anticipate what comes next, and stop threats before they escalate. The post Context Is King in the Fight Against Modern Cyberattacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.
