Schneier on Security

MAY 12, 2025

A Florida bill requiring encryption backdoors failed to pass.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 13, 2025

The cybersecurity landscape has never moved faster and the people tasked with defending it have never felt more exposed. Related: How real people are really using GenAI Todays Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) operate in a pressure cooker: responsible for protecting critical assets, expected to show up in the boardroom with fluency, yet rarely granted the authority, resources or organizational alignment to succeed.

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Troy Hunt

MAY 8, 2025

Today we welcome the 39th government and first self-governing British Crown Dependency to Have I Been Pwned, The Isle of Man. Their Office of Cyber-Security & Information Assurance (OCSIA) now has free and open access to query the government domains of their jurisdiction. We're delighted and encouraged to see HIBP put to good use across such a wide variety of government use cases and look forward to seeing many more in the future.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 7, 2025

A Texas firm recently charged with conspiring to distribute synthetic opioids in the United States is at the center of a vast network of companies in the U.S. and Pakistan whose employees are accused of using online ads to scam westerners seeking help with trademarks, book writing, mobile app development and logo designs, a new investigation reveals.

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The Hacker News

MAY 7, 2025

Cisco has released software fixes to address a maximum-severity security flaw in its IOS XE Wireless Controller that could enable an unauthenticated, remote attacker to upload arbitrary files to a susceptible system. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-20188, has been rated 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system.

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Zero Day

MAY 9, 2025

The LG Gram 17 (2025) with Intel's Lunar Lake chip feels like a big upgrade in terms of battery life and staying cool.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 13, 2025

The case is over : A jury has awarded WhatsApp $167 million in punitive damages in a case the company brought against Israel-based NSO Group for exploiting a software vulnerability that hijacked the phones of thousands of users. I’m sure it’ll be appealed. Everything always is.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 13, 2025

Cary, NC, May 13, 2025, CyberNewswire –Fresh from a high-impact presence at RSAC 2025, where INE Security welcomed thousands of visitors to its interactive booth at San Franciscos Moscone Center, the global cybersecurity training and certification provider is addressing some of the top cybersecurity priorities emerging from the industry-leading event.

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The Hacker News

MAY 9, 2025

A joint law enforcement operation undertaken by Dutch and U.S. authorities has dismantled a criminal proxy network that's powered by thousands of infected Internet of Things (IoT) and end-of-life (EoL) devices, enlisting them into a botnet for providing anonymity to malicious actors.

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Penetration Testing

MAY 12, 2025

Sophos X-Ops has uncovered a cunning cybercrime campaign using fake CAPTCHA pages to trick users into running PowerShell The post CAPTCHA Trap: Fake Verification Unleashes Lumma Stealer on Unsuspecting Users appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity.

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Zero Day

MAY 9, 2025

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Malwarebytes

MAY 9, 2025

Google has expressed plans to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to stop tech support scams in Chrome. With the launch of Chrome version 137, Google plans to use the on-device Gemini Nano large language model (LLM) to recognize and block tech support scams. Users already have the ability to chose Enhanced Protection under Settings > Privacy and security > Security > Safe Browsing.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2025

Lockbit ransomware group has been compromised, attackers stole and leaked data contained in the backend infrastructure of their dark web site. Hackers compromised the dark web leak site of the LockBit ransomware gang and defaced it, posting a message and a link to the dump of the MySQL database of its backend affiliate panel. “Don’t do crime CRIME IS BAD xoxo from Prague,” reads the message published on the group dark web leak site.

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The Hacker News

MAY 8, 2025

A China-linked unnamed threat actor dubbed Chaya_004 has been observed exploiting a recently disclosed security flaw in SAP NetWeaver. Forescout Vedere Labs, in a report published today, said it uncovered a malicious infrastructure likely associated with the hacking group weaponizing CVE-2025-31324 (CVSS score: 10.0) since April 29, 2025.

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Penetration Testing

MAY 7, 2025

Aikido Security has uncovered a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) embedded in rand-user-agent, a JavaScript package downloaded ~45,000 times The post Aikido Uncovers Malicious Code in Popular npm Package rand-user-agent appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity.

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Zero Day

MAY 9, 2025

Microsoft really doesn't want customers to upgrade older PCs, but there are workarounds for many models. Here's everything you need to know.

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WIRED Threat Level

MAY 7, 2025

CBP says it has disabled its use of TeleMessage following reports that the app, which has not cleared the US governments risk assessment program, was hacked.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 8, 2025

Meta has won almost $170m in damages from Israel-based NSO Group, maker of the Pegasus spyware. The ruling comes after a six-year legal case against the company after Meta accused it of misusing its servers to spy on users. According to the original complaint against NSO Group, filed in October 2019, the spyware vendor used WhatsApp servers to send malware to around 1400 mobile phones.

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The Hacker News

MAY 7, 2025

The Russia-linked threat actor known as COLDRIVER has been observed distributing a new malware called LOSTKEYS as part of an espionage-focused campaign using ClickFix-like social engineering lures.

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Penetration Testing

MAY 9, 2025

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has recently announced the release of the Bluetooth 6.1 specification, a minor The post Bluetooth 6.1 Enhances Privacy with Randomized Addresses appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity.

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Zero Day

MAY 9, 2025

Heard of polymorphic browser extensions yet? You will. These savage imposters threaten the very future of credential management. Here's what you need to know - and do.

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Javvad Malik

MAY 8, 2025

In the quaint town of Everyville, USA, Sarah starts her day with a familiar routine. She wakes up in her rented apartment, checks her phone (leased through her mobile plan), and streams her favourite morning playlist on Spotify. As she sips her coffee, brewed from beans delivered monthly by a subscription service, Sarah reflects on how different her life is from her parents’ at her age.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 9, 2025

Google's Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has identified a new malware strain, dubbed "LOSTKEYS," attributed to the Russian state-sponsored hacking group COLDRIVER. The development marks a significant escalation in COLDRIVER's cyber espionage activities, which have traditionally focused on credential phishing. Historically, COLDRIVERalso known as Star Blizzard, UNC4057, and Callistohas targeted high-profile individuals and organizations, including NATO governments, NGOs, journalists, and former

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The Hacker News

MAY 13, 2025

A recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting SAP NetWeaver is being exploited by multiple China-nexus nation-state actors to target critical infrastructure networks. "Actors leveraged CVE-2025-31324, an unauthenticated file upload vulnerability that enables remote code execution (RCE)," EclecticIQ researcher Arda Bykkaya said in an analysis published today.

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Penetration Testing

MAY 12, 2025

Apple has released a patch for a newly disclosed vulnerability in macOS, tracked as CVE-2025-31258, that could allow The post PoC Released: CVE-2025-31258 Sandbox Escape in macOS via RemoteViewServices appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity.

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Zero Day

MAY 9, 2025

I found a solution to make AirTags, the best finder tags right now, easier to use despite their awkward UFO-like design.

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Speaker: Sierre Lindgren

Fraud is a battle that every organization must face – it’s no longer a question of “if” but “when.” Every organization is a potential target for fraud, and the finance department is often the bullseye. From cleverly disguised emails to fraudulent payment requests, the tactics of cybercriminals are advancing rapidly. Drawing insights from real-world cases and industry expertise, we’ll explore the vulnerabilities in your processes and how to fortify them effectively.

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Adam Shostack

MAY 13, 2025

Think like a what??! Theres an amazing moment of dialog in Andor: Luthen: Youre thinking like a thief! Andor: Im thinking like a soldier! Luthen: I need you to think like a leader! Now, maybe this just hit me because of my own rebellion against think like an attacker, but I think its a great small bit. Luthen doesnt explain how a leader thinks, but then, many leaders dont know how leaders think.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2025

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape iClicker site hack targeted students with malware via fake CAPTCHA New Noodlophile Stealer Distributes Via Fake AI Video Generation Platforms Backdoor found in popular ecommerce components Stealthy Linux backdoor leveraging residential proxies and NHAS reverse SSH TerraStealerV2 and TerraLogger: Golden Chickens’ New Malware Families Discovered I StealC You:

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The Hacker News

MAY 9, 2025

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged three malicious npm packages that are designed to target the Apple macOS version of Cursor, a popular artificial intelligence (AI)-powered source code editor.

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Penetration Testing

MAY 12, 2025

Cybercriminals are now hijacking the hype surrounding AI to deliver sophisticated malware, as revealed in a new threat The post AI Tools Turn Trojan: Fake Video Platforms Drop Noodlophile Stealer and XWorm Payloads appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity.

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