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May 3, 2025
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Iranian Hackers Maintain 2-Year Access to Middle East CNI via VPN Flaws and Malware

May 3, 2025
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U.S. Charges Yemeni Hacker Behind Black Kingdom Ransomware Targeting 1,500 Systems

May 2, 2025
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TikTok Slammed With €530 Million GDPR Fine for Sending E.U. Data to China

May 2, 2025
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How to Automate CVE and Vulnerability Advisory Response with Tines

May 2, 2025
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MintsLoader Drops GhostWeaver via Phishing, ClickFix — Uses DGA, TLS for Stealth Attacks

May 2, 2025
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Microsoft Sets Passkeys Default for New Accounts; 15 Billion Users Gain Passwordless Support

May 1, 2025
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Fake Security Plugin on WordPress Enables Remote Admin Access for Attackers

May 1, 2025
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Claude AI Exploited to Operate 100+ Fake Political Personas in Global Influence Campaign

May 1, 2025
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Why top SOC teams are shifting to Network Detection and Response

May 1, 2025
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DarkWatchman, Sheriff Malware Hit Russia and Ukraine with Stealth and Nation-Grade Tactics

Sovereignty vs Convenience September 23, 2026
Technology decisions have traditionally been driven by functionality, price, and ease of use. If a solution met the business need and integrated with existing systems, it was usually considered the right choice. Who owns the service provider and which legal jurisdiction governs rights to the service rarely features in procurement discussions. That is beginning to […]
Nick Case
Gemini crosses the line in cybersecurity test September 22, 2026
Google has confirmed that its Gemini AI accessed systems belonging to three companies during a cybersecurity evaluation after mistaking them for targets included in the test. The incidents happened in May while independent AI evaluator Irregular was testing Gemini’s cybersecurity capabilities. The Wall Street Journal reported that Gemini had unintended internet access during the exercise […]
Kirsten Doyle
Texas utility CenterPoint confirms breach after attacker leaks customer data September 22, 2026
Texas utility CenterPoint Energy has confirmed a data breach after a threat actor published customer information online and claimed to have stolen around 7.5 million records. CenterPoint said an unsanctioned third party accessed personal information through one of its external-facing systems. The company has brought in cybersecurity experts to investigate the breach. An attacker using […]
Kirsten Doyle
Rogue AI agents put trusted access under scrutiny September 22, 2026
Two newly disclosed incidents involving rogue AI agents are raising questions about what happens when autonomous software operates through apparently legitimate access. In both cases, agents were able to use valid accounts or credentials and continue searching for ways into systems and data beyond the access they had been given. OpenAI this week disclosed more […]
Kirsten Doyle
Filigran, CyberASAP and Pulse Conferences Unite to Champion Cybersecurity’s Unsung Heroes September 18, 2026
London, UK – 18th September 2026 –Eskenzi PR, the cybersecurity PR agency, are pleased to announce that Filigran, the European open-source threat management company, has joined as a sponsor for this year’s Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards. Filigran joins CultureAI, OneAdvanced and The Zensory as sponsors of this year’s event. With the help of these sponsors, the […]
ISB Editorial Staff
Prophet Security research finds AI is cutting SOC investigation times, but nearly half of in-house builds fail to stick September 14, 2026
Security teams are turning to AI as they struggle to investigate the volume of alerts coming into the SOC, according to new research from Prophet Security. The State of AI in Security Operations 2026 report surveyed 250 IT and cybersecurity professionals. Forty percent said AI is already part of their day-to-day SOC workflow, and 56% […]
Kirsten Doyle
Architectural intent is the cornerstone for the future of software security September 2, 2026
With agentic AI further boosting productivity, human code review becomes a serious bottleneck. Developers need to move upstream, establishing the ground rules to ensure that AI plays by the rules. No matter how drastically artificial intelligence has changed the way software is created, human developers are still indispensable to the software development process. But the […]
Pieter Danhieux
There is no Zero Trust in Zero Trust September 2, 2026
In January, the Cloud Security Alliance asked security professionals how they handle the identities on which their AI systems run. Fewer than a quarter of organizations had a documented, formally adopted policy for creating or removing one. More than 16% do not track when a new identity is created at all. Those identities hold tokens […]
Dirk Schrader
A reverse image search platform exposed more than 9 million facial images August 24, 2026
A publicly accessible database linked to reverse image search service ClarityCheck exposed more than nine million images, including photographs of adults, teenagers, and children. Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered the database, which was neither password-protected nor encrypted. It contained approximately 9,042,977 image files, amounting to 450.2GB of data. Most were stored in folders labeled “faces” […]
Kirsten Doyle
Post-DEF CON phishing campaign delivered AMOS and NetSupport malware August 24, 2026
A phishing campaign targeting attendees of Black Hat and DEF CON conferences involved distributing information-stealing malware and remote access malware via a malicious Google Doc and fake DocSend installers for macOS and Windows. The Huntress team learned about the phishing attack after one of its researchers received a direct message on X on August 9. […]
Kirsten Doyle

Category: Blog

Iranian Hackers Maintain 2-Year Access to Middle East CNI via VPN Flaws and Malware

U.S. Charges Yemeni Hacker Behind Black Kingdom Ransomware Targeting 1,500 Systems

TikTok Slammed With €530 Million GDPR Fine for Sending E.U. Data to China

How to Automate CVE and Vulnerability Advisory Response with Tines

MintsLoader Drops GhostWeaver via Phishing, ClickFix — Uses DGA, TLS for Stealth Attacks

Microsoft Sets Passkeys Default for New Accounts; 15 Billion Users Gain Passwordless Support

Fake Security Plugin on WordPress Enables Remote Admin Access for Attackers

Claude AI Exploited to Operate 100+ Fake Political Personas in Global Influence Campaign

Why top SOC teams are shifting to Network Detection and Response

DarkWatchman, Sheriff Malware Hit Russia and Ukraine with Stealth and Nation-Grade Tactics

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