Blog – Page 18 – VigilantAI

July 21, 2025
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Assessing the Role of AI in Zero Trust

July 21, 2025
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⚡ Weekly Recap: SharePoint 0-Day, Chrome Exploit, macOS Spyware, NVIDIA Toolkit RCE and More

July 21, 2025
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PoisonSeed Hackers Bypass FIDO Keys Using QR Phishing and Cross-Device Sign-In Abuse

July 21, 2025
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Hard-Coded Credentials Found in HPE Instant On Devices Allow Admin Access

July 21, 2025
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Microsoft Releases Urgent Patch for SharePoint RCE Flaw Exploited in Ongoing Cyber Attacks

July 21, 2025
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3,500 Websites Hijacked to Secretly Mine Crypto Using Stealth JavaScript and WebSocket Tactics

July 20, 2025
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EncryptHub Targets Web3 Developers Using Fake AI Platforms to Deploy Fickle Stealer Malware

July 20, 2025
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Malware Injected into 6 npm Packages After Maintainer Tokens Stolen in Phishing Attack

July 20, 2025
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Hackers Exploit Critical CrushFTP Flaw to Gain Admin Access on Unpatched Servers

July 20, 2025
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Critical Unpatched SharePoint Zero-Day Actively Exploited, Breaches 75+ Global Organizations

CrowdStrike Thwarts Malvertising Drive for SHAMOS on macOS August 25, 2025
Between June and August this year, CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform stopped a coordinated malware campaign aimed at more than 300 customer environments. The operation involved SHAMOS, a variant of the Atomic macOS Stealer (AMOS), built and rented out by the cybercriminal group COOKIE SPIDER. The scheme was simple. Malvertising lured users searching for macOS fixes to […]
Kirsten Doyle
Ransomware Surges as AI Drives New Cyber Threats August 25, 2025
The number of publicly known ransomware victims jumped early 70% compared to the same period in 2023 and 2024, according to the newly released Acronis Cyberthreats Report H1 2025. The surge underscores ransomware’s continuing grip on businesses worldwide, especially as attackers increasingly exploit AI to sharpen their tactics. While the endgame for cybercriminals is still […]
Josh Breaker Rolfe
Out of Office, Not Out of Mind: Staying Cyber-Smart Over the Holidays August 22, 2025
We’re back with another expert interview! This time, we’re joined by Matt Warner, CEO and co-founder of Blumira, to talk about how businesses can stay ahead of cyber threats during the summer months and why this quieter season might be the best time to strengthen their security defenses. It’s the holiday season, and attacks often […]
Dilki Rathnayake
Cybercrime Is Hiring: AI, IoT, and Cloud Experts Power the Next Wave of Attacks August 22, 2025
The dark web has its own job boards. Its own recruiters. Its own economy of skills. There, posts read like the listings on LinkedIn or Indeed, only the roles are not for project managers or analysts. They are for AI specialists, cloud exploiters, and social engineers fluent in English. The recruits are not employees. They […]
Kirsten Doyle
From VPS to Phishing: Darktrace Exposes SaaS Hijacks through Virtual Infrastructure Abuse August 22, 2025
Darktrace has uncovered a coordinated campaign of SaaS account takeovers. Attackers hid behind Virtual Private Servers, slipping into accounts, moving unseen, and wiping away the traces of phishing. The pattern was consistent: suspicious logins from VPS-linked infrastructure, swift creation of inbox rules, and deleted emails, particularly those tied to phishing. What researchers found was a […]
Kirsten Doyle
Scamlexity: When AI Agents Become the Target, Not Just the Human August 22, 2025
AI Browsers promise a future where an Agentic AI can handle your online life. From shopping to emails, they are designed to act autonomously, to save time, to make life easier. Yet convenience has a price. Recent researach by Guardio reveals a worrying truth: security guardrails are inconsistent, sometimes absent entirely. The AI clicks, pays, […]
Kirsten Doyle
Manufacturers Scramble to Adopt AI as Cyber Threats Escalate August 22, 2025
Cybersecurity has risen to the top of the manufacturing industry’s risk agenda. A new report from Rockwell Automation reveals that 61% of IT and security professionals plan to adopt AI and machine learning (ML) for cyber defense in the next year – 12 points ahead of general AI adoption across the sector. Meanwhile, 30% of […]
Josh Breaker Rolfe
Your Microsoft 365 Email Security Needs a Smarter Ally August 22, 2025
On a Friday afternoon, a finance executive at a mid-sized firm receives a short email. No links. No attachments. Just a familiar name, a sense of urgency, and a request to move funds. It looked right, and it felt right. But it wasn’t. The transfer went through, and the money vanished without the bad actor […]
Usman Choudhary
Russian Espionage Group Exploits Old Cisco Flaw to Target Critical Infrastructure August 21, 2025
The FBI and Cisco Talos have issued fresh warnings about a Russian cyber espionage campaign that has quietly compromised network devices around the world. The threat actor, tracked as Static Tundra, is linked to the Federal Security Service’s (FSB) Center 16 unit and has been active for more than a decade. At the heart of […]
Kirsten Doyle
Patching for Persistence: DripDropper Malware Secures the Door It Broke Open August 21, 2025
It sounds counterintuitive. An adversary exploits a system, gains access, and then patches the very hole they used to break in. Yet that is exactly what Red Canary researchers observed in a recent campaign targeting cloud-based Linux servers. The logic is simple. By fixing the exploited vulnerability, a malefactor can lock out rivals and mask […]
Kirsten Doyle