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CISA Announces Steve Casapulla as Executive Assistant Director for Infrastructure Security

CISA Announces Steve Casapulla as Executive Assistant Director for Infrastructure Security

WASHINGTON – Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced the appointment of Stephen L. Casapulla as the Executive Assistant Director for Infrastructure Security. “I am pleased to have Steve expand his role on CISA’s leadership… 

ShadowV2 Botnet Exploits Misconfigured AWS Docker Containers for DDoS-for-Hire Service

ShadowV2 Botnet Exploits Misconfigured AWS Docker Containers for DDoS-for-Hire Service

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new botnet that customers can rent access to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against targets of interest. The ShadowV2 botnet, according to Darktrace, predominantly targets misconfigured Docker containers… 

GitHub Mandates 2FA and Short-Lived Tokens to Strengthen npm Supply Chain Security

GitHub Mandates 2FA and Short-Lived Tokens to Strengthen npm Supply Chain Security

Sep 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananSupply Chain Attack / Malware GitHub on Monday announced that it will be changing its authentication and publishing options “in the near future” in response to a recent wave of supply chain… 

BadIIS Malware Spreads via SEO Poisoning — Redirects Traffic, Plants Web Shells

BadIIS Malware Spreads via SEO Poisoning — Redirects Traffic, Plants Web Shells

Sep 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananSEO Poisoning / Malware Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning campaign likely undertaken by a Chinese-speaking threat actor using a malware called BadIIS in attacks targeting… 

ComicForm and SectorJ149 Hackers Deploy Formbook Malware in Eurasian Cyberattacks

ComicForm and SectorJ149 Hackers Deploy Formbook Malware in Eurasian Cyberattacks

Organizations in Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia have emerged as the target of a phishing campaign undertaken by a previously undocumented hacking group called ComicForm since at least April 2025. The activity primarily targeted industrial, financial,…