Category Security

Feb 28, 2025Ravie LakshmananFinancial Fraud / Cyber Espionage The threat actor known as Sticky Werewolf has been linked to targeted attacks primarily in Russia and Belarus with the aim of delivering the Lumma Stealer malware by means of a previously…

Following a busy January, the cybersecurity M&A market remained active in February 2025, with several key mergers and acquisitions (M&As) announced. The month saw continued consolidation in cloud security, API security, and identity access management. Large acquisitions by Sophos and…

Feb 28, 2025Ravie LakshmananAPI Security / AI Security Microsoft on Thursday unmasked four of the individuals that it said were behind an Azure Abuse Enterprise scheme that involves leveraging unauthorized access to generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) services in order to…

In their quest for network access, cyber threat actors are leveraging a broad spectrum of vulnerabilities, from the most recently disclosed to those left unpatched for over two decades. In its 2025 Mass Internet Exploitation Report, released on February 27,…

A dataset used to train large language models (LLMs) has been found to contain nearly 12,000 live secrets, which allow for successful authentication. The findings once again highlight how hard-coded credentials pose a severe security risk to users and organizations…

Law enforcement have arrested one of the most notorious cybercriminals operating in the Asia-Pacific region. The joint operation was carried out by Royal Thai Police and the Singapore Police Force with the support of cybersecurity company Group-IB. The individual was…

Feb 27, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Android Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an updated version of an Android malware called TgToxic (aka ToxicPanda), indicating that the threat actors behind it are continuously making changes in response to public reporting. “The modifications seen…

The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) has claimed a “significant milestone” after releasing a new set of best practices designed to improve the security posture of open source projects. The Open Source Project Security (OSPS) Baseline outlines the various tasks,…

Feb 27, 2025The Hacker NewsArtificial Intelligence / Browser Security Organizations are either already adopting GenAI solutions, evaluating strategies for integrating these tools into their business plans, or both. To drive informed decision-making and effective planning, the availability of hard data…

Companies are being warned that malicious hackers are using a novel technique to break into businesses – by pretending to offer audits of the company’s cybersecurity. With ransomware and other cybersecurity threats high in the mind of many business owners,…