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How AI agents could undermine computing infrastructure security
2025-03-25 05:30

In this Help Net Security video, Ev Kontsevoy, CEO at Teleport, explores the risks AI agents pose to computing infrastructure, particularly when exposed to social engineering attacks. Unlike...

UAT-5918 Targets Taiwan's Critical Infrastructure Using Web Shells and Open-Source Tools
2025-03-21 13:54

Threat hunters have uncovered a new threat actor named UAT-5918 that has been attacking critical infrastructure entities in Taiwan since at least 2023. "UAT-5918, a threat actor believed to be...

CISA: Medusa ransomware hit over 300 critical infrastructure orgs
2025-03-12 19:26

CISA says the Medusa ransomware operation has impacted over 300 organizations in critical infrastructure sectors in the United States until last month. [...]

US charges Chinese hackers linked to critical infrastructure breaches
2025-03-05 17:23

The US Justice Department has charged Chinese state security officers along with APT27 and i-Soon hackers for network breaches and cyberattacks that have targeted victims globally since 2011. [...]

Give users confidence in your digital infrastructure
2025-01-22 17:00

Why Digital Trust and crypto-agility are essential to authentication and data security Sponsored Post Research firm IDC estimates that over 53 percent of organizations are now mostly or completely...

Iran-linked crew used custom 'cyberweapon' in US critical infrastructure attacks
2024-12-13 23:56

IOCONTROL targets IoT and OT devices from a ton of makers, apparently An Iranian government-linked cybercriminal crew used custom malware called IOCONTROL to attack and remotely control US and...

New IOCONTROL malware used in critical infrastructure attacks
2024-12-12 20:46

Iranian threat actors are utilizing a new malware named IOCONTROL to compromise Internet of Things (IoT) devices and OT/SCADA systems used by critical infrastructure in Israel and the United States. [...]

CISA, FBI Issue Guidance for Securing Communications Infrastructure
2024-12-04 14:17

The caution comes after Chinese-state-affiliated breaches of American telecommunication networks. Organizations with Cisco infrastructure should take particular note.

Volunteer DEF CON hackers dive into America's leaky water infrastructure
2024-11-24 15:27

Six sites targeted for security clean-up, just 49,994 to go A plan for hackers to help secure America's critical infrastructure has kicked off with six US water companies signing up to let coders...

Microsoft disrupts ONNX phishing-as-a-service infrastructure
2024-11-21 17:00

​Microsoft has seized 240 domains used by customers of ONNX, a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform, to target companies and individuals across the United States and worldwide since at least 2017. [...]