> TODAY'S SUMMARY (9 articles)
Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights several critical threats and trends. The CikaBika Bot, a Rust-based malware, is exploiting Discord to control infected Windows systems, enabling command execution and data theft. In the job market, cybersecurity postings in the US have dropped by 26%, while demand for AI security engineers is surging, indicating a shift in hiring priorities. Meanwhile, a data breach at FFTir has resulted in the sale of 40 GB of sensitive information, including athletes' medical certificates. Additionally, ConnectWise has suspended its cloud backup services after attackers compromised Microsoft 365 tenants. Lastly, concerns over data security are further emphasized by a breach affecting 117,574 accounts at Gîtes de France.
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The fresh investment comes less than six months after the startup’s seed funding announcement.
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The company plans to accelerate product development, scale go-to-market efforts, and hire new talent.
The post Verisoul Raises $8.8 Million for Fraud Prevention appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Labeling adversary activity with ATT&CK techniques is a tried-and-true method for classifying behavior. But it rarely tells defenders how those behaviors are executed in real environments.
The post Extracting the How: Scaling Adversary Procedures Intelligence with AI appeared first on Secu...
Android users spent 2025 walking a tighter rope than ever, with malware, data-stealing apps, and SMS-borne scams all climbing sharply.
Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd, deputy chief of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, has been nominated to lead U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency.
We recently overhauled the entire OSINT VM build including the following. Updated all steps within the install.sh script and linux.txt file for Debian 13. Only use Debian 13 for new VMs! Modified all pip3 commands to match pip. Transitioned many installations to pipx. The big one: Updated install.sh...
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:
“You should fly. It’s safer.”
It’s a fact. The odds are in your favor when compared to auto travel. It’s not even close, we often remind the flight-fearing traveler.
Yet two of the smartest people I have known refuse to fly despite agreeing with this statistic. I think...
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- Media drivers;
- Network drivers;
- Netfilter;
- TLS protocol;
(CVE-2025-21729, CVE-2025-38227, CVE-2025-38616...
After years of exploiting zero-day and n-day vulnerabilities, Russian state-sponsored threat actors are shifting to misconfigured devices.
The post Amazon: Russian Hackers Now Favor Misconfigurations in Critical Infrastructure Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Law enforcement agencies from several European countries have arrested twelve persons suspected of being involved in scamming victims across Europe, Eurojust announced today. “The fraudsters used various scams, such as posing as police officers to withdraw money using their victims’ cards and detail...
Key Findings Introduction Check Point Research tracks a sustained, highly capable espionage cluster, which we refer to as Ink Dragon, and is referenced in other reports as CL-STA-0049, Earth Alux, or REF7707. This cluster is assessed by several vendors to be PRC-aligned. Since at least early 2023, I...
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 16th December 2025, CyberNewsWire
The post Link11 Identifies Five Cybersecurity Trends Set to Shape European Defense Strategies in 2026 appeared first on Security Boulevard.
As organizations accelerate the adoption of Artificial Intelligence, from deploying Large Language Models (LLMs) to integrating autonomous agents and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, risk management has transitioned from a theoretical exercise to a critical business imperative. The NIST AI Risk...
Microsoft announced on Monday that it will soon block mobile devices running outdated email software from accessing Exchange Online services until they're updated. [...]
Breaking Free from Security Silos in the Modern Enterprise Today’s organizations face an unprecedented challenge: securing increasingly complex IT environments that span on-premises data centers, multiple cloud platforms, and hybrid architectures. Traditional security approaches that rely on dispara...
Adult site, streaming platform, and Japanese retailer expose user info, but not credentials Three very different companies have now confirmed data breaches affecting millions of users – each insisting the damage stopped well short of passwords and payment details.…
Amazon's threat intelligence team has disclosed details of a "years-long" Russian state-sponsored campaign that targeted Western critical infrastructure between 2021 and 2025.
Targets of the campaign included energy sector organizations across Western nations, critical infrastructure providers in No...