Is AI Coming for Your Role?
We’ve been hearing the same story for years: AI is coming for your job. In fact, in 2017, McKinsey printed a report, Jobs Lost, Jobs Gained: Workforce Transitions in a Time of Automation, predicting that…
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Microsoft Patches 57 Security Flaws, Including 6 Actively Exploited Zero-Days
Mar 12, 2025Ravie LakshmananPatch Tuesday / Vulnerability Microsoft on Tuesday released security updates to address 57 security vulnerabilities in its software, including a whopping six zero-days that it said have been actively exploited in the…
Apple Releases Patch for WebKit Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited in Targeted Attacks
Mar 12, 2025Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Vulnerability Apple on Tuesday released a security update to address a zero-day flaw that it said has been exploited in “extremely sophisticated” attacks. The vulnerability has been assigned the…
Blind Eagle Hacks Colombian Institutions Using NTLM Flaw, RATs and GitHub-Based Attacks
The threat actor known as Blind Eagle has been linked to a series of ongoing campaigns targeting Colombian institutions and government entities since November 2024. “The monitored campaigns targeted Colombian judicial institutions and other government…
Ballista Botnet Exploits Unpatched TP-Link Vulnerability, Infects Over 6,000 Devices
Mar 11, 2025Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability Unpatched TP-Link Archer routers have become the target of a new botnet campaign dubbed Ballista, according to new findings from the Cato CTRL team. “The botnet exploits a…
Adversarial Exposure Validation Exposes Real Threats
Mar 11, 2025The Hacker NewsBreach Simulation / Penetration Testing In cybersecurity, confidence is a double-edged sword. Organizations often operate under a false sense of security, believing that patched vulnerabilities, up-to-date tools, polished dashboards, and glowing…
How XWorm Hides Inside Images
Inside the most innocent-looking image, a breathtaking landscape, or a funny meme, something dangerous could be hiding, waiting for its moment to strike. No strange file names. No antivirus warnings. Just a harmless picture, secretly…
SideWinder APT Targets Maritime, Nuclear, and IT Sectors Across Asia, Middle East, and Africa
Mar 11, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Maritime Security Maritime and logistics companies in South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa have become the target of an advanced persistent threat (APT) group dubbed SideWinder.…
Moxa Issues Fix for Critical Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in PT Switches
Mar 11, 2025Ravie LakshmananICS Security / Vulnerability Taiwanese company Moxa has released a security update to address a critical security flaw impacting its PT switches that could permit an attacker to bypass authentication guarantees. The…
CISA Adds Five Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities in Advantive VeraCore and Ivanti EPM to KEV List
Mar 11, 2025Ravie LakshmananEnterprise Security / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added five security flaws impacting Advantive VeraCore and Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV)…