Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a nascent artificial intelligence (AI) assisted ransomware family called FunkSec that sprang forth in late 2024, and has claimed more than 85 victims to… Read More »AI-Driven Ransomware FunkSec Targets 85 Victims Using Double Extortion Tactics
Cybersecurity reporting is a critical yet often overlooked opportunity for service providers managing cybersecurity for their clients, and specifically for virtual Chief Information Security Officers (vCISOs). While reporting is seen… Read More »Taking the Pain Out of Cybersecurity Reporting: A Practical Guide for MSPs
Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike is alerting of a phishing campaign that exploits its own branding to distribute a cryptocurrency miner that’s disguised as an employee CRM application as part of a… Read More »CrowdStrike Warns of Phishing Scam Targeting Job Seekers with XMRig Cryptominer
Mongolia, Taiwan, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Cambodia have been targeted by the China-nexus RedDelta threat actor to deliver a customized version of the PlugX backdoor between July 2023 and December 2024.… Read More »RedDelta Deploys PlugX Malware to Target Mongolia and Taiwan in Espionage Campaigns
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a now-patched security flaw impacting Monkey’s Audio (APE) decoder on Samsung smartphones that could lead to code execution. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-49415 (CVSS score:… Read More »Google Project Zero Researcher Uncovers Zero-Click Exploit Targeting Samsung Devices
Network segmentation remains a critical security requirement, yet organizations struggle with traditional approaches that demand extensive hardware investments, complex policy management, and disruptive network changes. Healthcare and manufacturing sectors face… Read More »Hands-On Walkthrough: Microsegmentation For all Users, Workloads and Devices by Elisity
Palo Alto Networks has released software patches to address several security flaws in its Expedition migration tool, including a high-severity bug that an authenticated attacker could exploit to access sensitive… Read More »Major Vulnerabilities Patched in SonicWall, Palo Alto Expedition, and Aviatrix Controllers
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new, stealthier version of a macOS-focused information-stealing malware called Banshee Stealer. “Once thought dormant after its source code leak in late 2024, this new iteration… Read More »New Banshee Stealer Variant Bypasses Antivirus with Apple’s XProtect-Inspired Encryption
As SaaS providers race to integrate AI into their product offerings to stay competitive and relevant, a new challenge has emerged in the world of AI: shadow AI. Shadow AI… Read More »Product Review: How Reco Discovers Shadow AI in SaaS
Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) and National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NCSC) accused a China-linked threat actor named MirrorFace of orchestrating a persistent attack campaign targeting… Read More »MirrorFace Leverages ANEL and NOOPDOOR in Multi-Year Cyberattacks on Japan