Google on Thursday revealed that the scam defenses built into Android safeguard users around the world from more than 10 billion suspected malicious calls and messages every month. The tech giant also said it has blocked over 100 million suspicious… Read More "Google’s Built-In AI Defenses on Android Now Block 10 Billion Scam Messages a Month"
Oct 30, 2025Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Vulnerability A severe vulnerability disclosed in Chromium’s Blink rendering engine can be exploited to crash many Chromium-based browsers within a few seconds. Security researcher Jose Pino, who disclosed details of the flaw, has codenamed… Read More "New “Brash” Exploit Crashes Chromium Browsers Instantly with a Single Malicious URL"
Security doesn’t fail at the point of breach. It fails at the point of impact. That line set the tone for this year’s Picus Breach and Simulation (BAS) Summit, where researchers, practitioners, and CISOs all echoed the same theme: cyber… Read More "BAS Is the Power Behind Real Defense"
Oct 30, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Hacking News The comfort zone in cybersecurity is gone. Attackers are scaling down, focusing tighter, and squeezing more value from fewer, high-impact targets. At the same time, defenders face growing blind spots — from spoofed… Read More "DNS Poisoning Flaw, Supply-Chain Heist, Rust Malware Trick and New RATs Rising"
Oct 29, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a set of 10 malicious npm packages that are designed to deliver an information stealer targeting Windows, Linux, and macOS systems. “The malware uses four layers of obfuscation to… Read More "10 npm Packages Caught Stealing Developer Credentials on Windows, macOS, and Linux"
Organizations in Ukraine have been targeted by threat actors of Russian origin with an aim to siphon sensitive data and maintain persistent access to compromised networks. The activity, according to a new report from the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat… Read More "Russian Hackers Target Ukrainian Organizations Using Stealthy Living-Off-the-Land Tactics"
Oct 29, 2025Ravie LakshmananMachine Learning / AI Safety Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new security issue in agentic web browsers like OpenAI ChatGPT Atlas that exposes underlying artificial intelligence (AI) models to context poisoning attacks. In the attack devised by… Read More "New AI-Targeted Cloaking Attack Tricks AI Crawlers Into Citing Fake Info as Verified Facts"
Oct 29, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Internet of Things Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a spike in automated attacks targeting PHP servers, IoT devices, and cloud gateways by various botnets such as Mirai, Gafgyt, and Mozi. “These automated campaigns exploit… Read More "Experts Reports Sharp Increase in Automated Botnet Attacks Targeting PHP Servers and IoT Devices"
BeyondTrust’s annual cybersecurity predictions point to a year where old defenses will fail quietly, and new attack vectors will surge. Introduction The next major breach won’t be a phished password. It will be the result of a massive, unmanaged identity… Read More "Ghost Identities, Poisoned Accounts, & AI Agent Havoc"
Oct 29, 2025The Hacker NewsArtificial Intelligence / Compliance Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC). It’s no longer a future concept—it’s here, and it’s already reshaping how teams operate. AI’s capabilities are profound: it’s speeding up… Read More "Discover Practical AI Tactics for GRC — Join the Free Expert Webinar"
