The Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART) has issued advice on how organizations and their security teams should respond to the rising issue of AI-powered cyber threats. “AI is amazing, it makes our job easier. “But the same AI that’s… Read More "AI Adoption Creates New Opportunities for Attackers"
A critical vulnerability in the Everest Forms Pro plugin for WordPress has been actively exploited to hijack vulnerable websites. According to new analysis from WordPress security firm Wordfence, the remote code execution flaw lets unauthenticated attackers run PHP on a… Read More "Everest Forms Pro Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution"
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 Access control (AC), Audit & accountability (AU), Identification & authentication (IA), Configuration management (CM) Widely used baseline for federal and enterprise environments. Maps directly to GPO-enforced controls.[4] NIST SP 800-63B Rev. 4 (2025) 15-character minimum… Read More "Active Directory Hardening: Plan, Checklist, and Best Practices"
An Iranian hacking group affiliated with Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) has been wielding a previously undocumented modular command-and-control (C2) framework dubbed Cavern (aka Cav3rn) targeting Israeli organizations. The activity, which has primarily singled out IT providers and… Read More "Iran-Linked Hackers Use New Cavern C2 Framework to Target Israeli Organizations"
Cybersecurity leaders are increasingly concerned about their ability to detect threats as attackers shift beyond email to collaboration platforms such as Slack and Microsoft Teams. According to new research from KnowBe4, many organizations lack confidence in their visibility across these… Read More "Confidence Lacks in Threat Detection Across Non-Email Channels"
Securonix has uncovered a sophisticated multi-stage malware delivery framework that uses compromised websites and social engineering to infect users with information stealers. Dubbed Veil#Drop, the framework combines JavaScript launchers and PowerShell download cradles for the deployment and execution of malware… Read More "Blogspot-Hosted Payloads Delivered in ‘Veil#Drop’ Attacks"
What kind of deceptions do you see being applied to cloud or hybrid environments? The deception in the cloud and hybrid world involves the strategic placement of fake assets, credentials, breadcrumbs and workloads throughout cloud services, cloud endpoints, identities, and… Read More "How Deception Works in Cloud and Hybrid Environments"
A use-after-free bug in Linux’s KVM hypervisor can be triggered from a guest virtual machine to corrupt the shadow-page state of the host kernel that runs it. Dubbed ‘Januscape‘ and tracked as CVE-2026-53359, the flaw sits in the shadow MMU code… Read More "16-Year-Old Linux KVM Flaw Lets Guest VMs Escape to Host on Intel and AMD x86 Systems"
A major cybercriminal network involving thousands of infected websites used to distribute malware has been disrupted by an international law enforcement takedown. The action against the SocGholish malware group formed the latest part of Operation Endgame, an ongoing global police… Read More "Operation Endgame Disrupts Malware Linked to Major Ransomware Gang"
Technical details and proof-of-concept (PoC) code targeting a recent Linux kernel vulnerability that could allow unprivileged processes to gain root privileges on desktops, servers, and Android phones are now public. The security defect, tracked as CVE-2026-46242 (CVSS score of 7.8)… Read More "Proof-of-Concept Exploit Released for Linux ‘Bad Epoll’ Root Access Vulnerability"
