A multi-stage malware attack delivered via infected USB devices has been identified, raising concerns over the persistence of cryptomining threats in 2025. Analysts from CyberProof’s Managed Detection and Response (MDR) team discovered that the campaign used DLL search order hijacking… Read More "USB Malware Campaign Spreads Cryptominer Worldwide"
Aug 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Hacking News Power doesn’t just disappear in one big breach. It slips away in the small stuff—a patch that’s missed, a setting that’s wrong, a system no one is watching. Security usually doesn’t fail all… Read More "NFC Fraud, Curly COMrades, N-able Exploits, Docker Backdoors & More"
Beim Einsatz von KI in Unternehmen fehlt es oft an Schutzmaßnahmen. Digineer Station – shutterstock.com Immer mehr Unternehmen setzen KI-Tools für ihre Prozesse ein. Allerdings schulen nur zwei von fünf Firmen ihre Mitarbeitenden zur sicheren Nutzung oder haben unternehmensweite KI-Guidelines… Read More "Unternehmen zu lax bei KI-Sicherheit"
A newly identified Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) group is targeting web infrastructure providers in Taiwan, with a focus on long-term access and data theft, according to Cisco Talos. The report comes amid escalating cyber intrusions against critical infrastructure in… Read More "Chinese APT Group Targets Web Hosting Services in Taiwan"
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that introduces malicious behavior through a dependency that allows it to establish persistence and achieve code execution. The package, named termncolor, realizes its nefarious functionality through… Read More "Malicious PyPI and npm Packages Discovered Exploiting Dependencies in Supply Chain Attacks"
“Colt are being extorted by Warlock ransomware group, they have been for over a week, Colt are trying to cover it up,” Beaumont wrote on Mastodon on Friday, Aug 15. “Entry likely via sharehelp.colt.net via CVE-2025-53770 as they were interacting… Read More "UK’s Colt hit by cyberattack, support systems offline amid ransom threat"
Colt Technology Services is experiencing a “cyber incident” that has forced the company to shut down some services temporarily. On August 14, the London-based telecommunications giant publicly confirmed that an internal system was breached. Although this system was disconnected from… Read More "Colt Customers Face Prolonged Outages After Major Cyber Incident"
Aug 18, 2025The Hacker NewsData Breach / Regulatory Compliance Organizations handling various forms of sensitive data or personally identifiable information (PII) require adherence to regulatory compliance standards and frameworks. These compliance standards also apply to organizations operating in regulated sectors… Read More "Wazuh for Regulatory Compliance"
A Rotherham man has been sentenced to 20 months behind bars for a range of hacktivism-related offenses. Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky, 26, was arrested in 2022 by National Crime Agency (NCA) officers after they were tipped off by US investigators. Most of… Read More "Man Jailed for 20 Months After Compromising Millions of Accounts"
“Firing the CISO might seem like a necessary reset for CIOs or boards, but it’s not always a strategic move. If the incident response plan was followed, the detection tools worked, and recovery was within SLAs, then replacing the CISO… Read More "25% of security leaders replaced after ransomware attack"
