[ad_1] Dr. Süleyman Özarslan, co-founder of Picus Security Cybersecurity teams are often overwhelmed by an endless backlog of vulnerabilities, but not all of them are high risk. Traditional exposure management emphasizes identifying and prioritizing risks, but without validation, teams often spend time remediating issues that don’t even put critical assets at risk. In this Q&A,...Read More

[ad_1] More than three-in-ten ransomware victims are being hit multiple times, thanks to ineffective defenses and security fragmentation. According to Barracuda Networks’ Ransomware Insights Report, 57% of organizations fell victim to a successful ransomware attack in the last 12 months, with 31% of victims affected more than once. A ransom was paid in 32% of...Read More

[ad_1] In today’s multi-stage attacks, neutralizing endpoint security solutions is a critical step in the process, allowing threat actors to operate undetected. Since 2022, we’ve seen an increase in the sophistication of malware designed to disable EDR systems on an infected system. Some of these tools are developed by ransomware groups. Others are purchased from...Read More

[ad_1] On July 22, 2025, the European police agency Europol said a long-running investigation led by the French Police resulted in the arrest of a 38-year-old administrator of XSS, a Russian-language cybercrime forum with more than 50,000 members. The action has triggered an ongoing frenzy of speculation and panic among XSS denizens about the identity of...Read More

[ad_1] Indian professor in California held in suspected child predator activity (image: X: @CollinRugg) An Indian-origin associate professor at the University of California, San Diego, has come under fire after a viral video posted by ‘People and Predators’ showed him being confronted in an alleged online child predator sting, as per reports. San Diego police...Read More

[ad_1] Security researchers have identified a sophisticated new tactic employed by Akira ransomware operators, who are exploiting legitimate Windows drivers to evade antivirus and endpoint detection systems while targeting SonicWall VPN infrastructure. This development represents a significant escalation in the group’s technical capabilities and poses serious challenges for enterprise cybersecurity defenses. Campaign Overview and Timeline...Read More

[ad_1] Critical infrastructure cybersecurity firm OPSWAT has published its inaugural Threat Landscape Report, revealing key findings from over 890,000 sandbox scans conducted over the past 12 months. The report highlights a 127% rise in malware complexity and warns that traditional detection methods are falling behind, with one in 14 files initially deemed ‘safe’ by legacy...Read More

[ad_1] Making a stronger case for a zero-day abuse, Arctic Wolf said, “In some instances, fully patched SonicWall devices were affected following credential rotation.” Some accounts were also compromised despite TOTP MFA being enabled, it added. Both times, Arctic Wolf confirmed, a short interval was observed between initial SSLVPN account access and ransomware encryption. SonicWall...Read More

[ad_1] Austin, TX, USA, August 6th, 2025, CyberNewsWire SpyCloud Investigations, now with AI Insights, empowers security teams to act decisively with finished intelligence built from billions of breach, malware, and phishing records. SpyCloud, the leader in identity threat protection, today announced a significant enhancement to its SaaS Investigations solution: the integration of advanced AI-powered insights...Read More

[ad_1] The PPC Group is actively participating in the European research project XTRUST-6G (Extended Zero-Trust and Intelligent Security for Resilient and Quantum-Safe 6G Networks and Services – GA no. 101192749), contributing to the pilot deployment of its technological solutions in PPC’s existing e-mobility infrastructure. Within this framework, advanced technologies are being tested to ensure secure...Read More