The incident should serve as a critical wake-up call. The stakes are simply too high to treat AI security as an afterthought — especially when the Dark Web stands ready to capitalize on every vulnerability.
The threat actor uses sophisticated social engineering techniques to infect a victim's device, either with an infostealer or remote access Trojan (RAT).
Cyberthreat groups increasingly see small and medium-sized businesses, especially those with links to larger businesses, as the weak link in the supply chain for software and IT services.
Cybersecurity firms tend to be more software- and service-oriented than their peers, and threats tend to increase during a downturn, leaving analysts hopeful that the industry will buck a recession.
The vulnerability is only found in the vendor's router series and can be triggered by an attacker using a crafted request — all of which helps make it a highly critical vulnerability with a 9.2 CVSS score.
Identity verification, insurance claims, and financial services are all seeing surges in AI-enabled fraud, but organizations are taking advantage of AI systems to fight fire with fire.
The notorious nation-state-backed threat actor has added two new keyloggers, a lateral movement tool, and an endpoint detection and response (EDR) evasion driver to its arsenal.
The agency is recommending that organizations and individuals implement its recommendations to prevent the misuse of stolen data, though Oracle has yet to publicly do the same for its customers.
Around the world, governments are setting higher-bar regulations with clear corporate accountability for breaches on the belief organizations won't drive up security maturity for operational technology unless they're made to.
The technology giant said two zero-day vulnerabilities were used in attacks on iOS devices against "specific targeted individuals," which suggests spyware or nation-state threat activity.
The president revoked the former CISA director's security clearance, half a decade after Krebs challenged right-wing election disinformation, prompting his eventual resignation.
The AI security startup has already made waves with critical vulnerability discoveries and seeks to address emerging AI concerns with its PromptArmor platform.
After threatening to slash support for the CVE program, CISA threw MITRE a lifeline at the last minute — extending its government contract for another 11 months. After that, it looks like it's up to the private sector to find the cash to keep it going.