Jun 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananEspionage / National Security A former U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst has been sentenced to little more than three years in prison for unlawfully retaining and transmitting top secret National Defense…
Jun 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananLinux / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday placed a security flaw impacting the Linux kernel in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, stating it has been…
Jun 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Data Protection Veeam has rolled out patches to contain a critical security flaw impacting its Backup & Replication software that could result in remote code execution under certain conditions. The…
Jun 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananHacktivism / Cyber Warfare Iran has throttled internet access in the country in a purported attempt to hamper Israel’s ability to conduct covert cyber operations, days after the latter launched an unprecedented…
Jun 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Espionage A now-patched security flaw in Google Chrome was exploited as a zero-day by a threat actor known as TaxOff to deploy a backdoor codenamed Trinper. The attack, observed…
Jun 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / LLM Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a now-patched security flaw in LangChain’s LangSmith platform that could be exploited to capture sensitive data, including API keys and user prompts. The vulnerability,…
Jun 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Email Security Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a new phishing campaign that’s targeting users in Taiwan with malware families such as HoldingHands RAT and Gh0stCringe. The activity is part of…
Jun 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Identity Security The notorious cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider (aka UNC3944) that recently targeted various U.K. and U.S. retailers has begun to target major insurance companies, according to…
For many organizations, Active Directory (AD) service accounts are quiet afterthoughts, persisting in the background long after their original purpose has been forgotten. To make matters worse, these orphaned service accounts (created for legacy applications,…
Jun 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Enterprise Software Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed three security flaws in the popular Sitecore Experience Platform (XP) that could be chained to achieve pre-authenticated remote code execution. Sitecore Experience Platform is…