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Why 24/7 Incident Response Is Now a Business Necessity in 2025

Why 24/7 Incident Response Is Now a Business Necessity in 2025

Nov 27, 2025 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
In 2025, businesses operate in a digital environment where cyber threats occur continuously, without regard for time zones, business hours, or team availability. The traditional model of reactive security, where businesses respond only after a breach is detected, is no longer sufficient. Attackers today rely on automation, AI-powered intrusion tools, and global networks of compromised devices that operate around the clock. This means a company that only monitors its systems during office hours is essentially leaving the door open for attackers the remaining sixteen hours of the day.
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acronis

Ivy League universities under siege: The cyberattacks targeting Harvard, Princeton and Penn

Nov 26, 2025 By Lee Pender In Acronis
The Ivy League is the promised land for thousands of high school students, but it has also become a target for cyberattackers. Three of the most prestigious universities in the United States suffered sophisticated cyberattacks in fall 2025. Harvard University, Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania have all disclosed data breaches that compromised sensitive information about alumni, donors, students and faculty members.
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kroll

Paying the Price: Enhancing the Retail Sector's Resilience to Scattered Spider and Cl0p

Nov 26, 2025 By Kroll In Kroll
This is the second in our Retail Resilience series. Check out the first article, Cyber Risk in UK Retail: A Golden Quarter Under Threat Threat actors have retail firmly in their sights. High profile breaches across giants, from Cartier, Co-op and Adidas to Marks & Spencer, underscore just how much is at stake. With sprawling customer data, complex supply chains and relentless digital transformation, the sector is a prime target for sophisticated threat groups.
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The Hidden Vulnerabilities Sitting On Everyday Work Devices

The Hidden Vulnerabilities Sitting On Everyday Work Devices

Nov 26, 2025 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
In the modern workplace, the hum of productivity is typically accompanied by the quiet, persistent glow of computer monitors, the chime of incoming emails, and the seamless operation of countless software applications. These devices, such as laptops, desktops, smartphones, and tablets, are the engines of business operations. However, beneath the surface of this digital efficiency lies a landscape of hidden vulnerabilities. These aren't the flaws of sophisticated cyber-attacks, but the mundane, overlooked security gaps inherent in the very tools employees use every day.
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Arctic Wolf

How To Combat AI-Enhanced Social Engineering Attacks

Nov 25, 2025 By Arctic Wolf In Arctic Wolf
Artificial intelligence (AI) has supercharged social engineering. Global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company reported a 1,200% global surge in phishing attacks since the rise of generative AI in the latter half of 2022. And it’s not just the number of attacks that’s climbing; it’s also the success rate. Arctic Wolf’s Human Risk Behavior Snapshot: 2nd Edition reveals that nearly two-thirds of IT and security leaders self-reported falling for a phishing attempt.
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foresiet

A New Wave of Supply-Chain Chaos: SHA1HULUD Malware Hijacks NPM Ecosystem and Exfiltrates Developer Secrets

Nov 25, 2025 By Foresiet In Foresiet
A previously known malware strain, SHA1-HULUD, has resurfaced with a large-scale software supply-chain attack targeting the NPM ecosystem. More than 300 open-source NPM packages were maliciously modified within a short window, leading to the theft of sensitive credentials and over 20,000 compromised GitHub repositories.
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Snyk

SHA1-Hulud, npm supply chain incident

Nov 24, 2025 By Brian Vermeer In Snyk
On November 24th, 2025, we identified a new supply chain attack in the npm ecosystem, referred to as SHA1-Hulud. We believe this is a second wave of the Shai-Hulud attack, which occurred in September 2025. Snyk will continue monitoring this active incident until it is resolved. Updates on this incident will be on our trust center.
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Stateless vs. Stateful: The Difference in Cyber Attacks #StatefulAttack #businesslogic #apisecurity

Nov 20, 2025 By Wallarm In Wallarm
The Hacker is Having a Conversation with Your API. There are two kinds of attacks you MUST understand: Stateless (Brute Force): One-and-done, instant gratification. Think SQL Injection. Stateful (Sophisticated): A persistent conversation over time. This is the signature of Business Logic Abuse. Why does this matter? Stateful attacks are executed by sophisticated threat actors who have done their due diligence on your architecture. You must evolve your defenses to monitor the entire session, not just single requests!
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safeaeon

How AI-Driven Attacks Are Putting Gmail Security At Risk

Nov 20, 2025 By SafeAeon Inc. In SafeAeon
Gmail has always been a common target for cybercriminals, and with the arrival of advanced AI tools, the threat level has increased significantly. Now, attackers no longer rely on generic phishing emails or scam methods. They are using AI to create convincing messages and imitate real support agents to make attacks look more genuine. This change in attack patterns has made Gmail users more vulnerable because they can’t differentiate between real and fake messages.
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Multimodal Attacks and Model Drift: The Future of AI Exploitation

Nov 20, 2025 By A10 Networks In A10 Networks
Multimodal Attacks and Model Drift: The Future of AI Exploitation A10 security experts Jamison Utter, Diptanshu Purwar, and Madhav Aggarwal discuss the critical vulnerabilities emerging from multimodal AI agents (systems that perceive, decide, and act) and the absolute need for security mechanisms external to the Large Language Model (LLM) itself. The experts dive into why traditional security is failing and what the next evolution of defense must look like.
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The MemcycoFM Show: Ep 18 - SOC Defense Against Credential Replay Attacks

Nov 19, 2025 By Memcyco In Memcyco
In a recent blog post from @Memcyco , we discussed how credential replay remains one of the most efficient ways attackers turn stolen usernames, passwords, or tokens into real account access. Verizon’s 2024 DBIR shows that over 40% of breaches involve stolen credentials, underscoring the durability of this tactic. Even strong authentication is not immune. Techniques like pass-the-cookie and adversary-in-the-middle phishing allow attackers to replay tokens and sidestep MFA. Remote-access scams add another layer, handing fraudsters direct control of devices and sessions.
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upguard

Lookalike Domain Attacks Explained

Nov 18, 2025 By Revashni Moodley In UpGuard
Your potential customers could be interacting with a malicious website that resembles your company's website. This dangerous cyber risk, known as a lookalike domain, is on the rise, with 80% of registered web domains in 2024 resembling 2000 global brands. This article explains what lookalike domains are, their impact on your brand, and why these attacks are increasing, providing real-time strategies to protect your business from domain spoofing.
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CrowdStrike

Defeating BLOCKADE SPIDER: How CrowdStrike Stops Cross-Domain Attacks

Nov 18, 2025 By Chris Prall In CrowdStrike
Cross-domain attacks exemplify adversaries’ drive for speed and stealth. In these attacks, threat actors navigate multiple domains such as endpoint, cloud, and identity systems to maximize their reach and impact. Their goal is to exploit the weaknesses in organizations’ fast-growing and complex environments.
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safeaeon

What is a Salami Attack in Cyber Security? How to Detect and Prevent this Attack?

Nov 18, 2025 By SafeAeon Inc. In SafeAeon
A cyberattack is a malicious and intentional attempt by an individual or organization to compromise the information system of another individual or organization. Attackers use different methods to gain unauthorized access to the victim’s system and steal sensitive data. One of the most innovative types of cyberattacks is known as a ‘Salami attack’. In this attack, criminals steal small amounts of data and funds from multiple accounts over time without being detected.
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Hacked Architecture, Not Code: What is a Business Logic Attack? #businesslogic #cybersecurity

Nov 18, 2025 By Wallarm In Wallarm
Why do hackers ignore your firewalls and clean code? Because they exploit your business logic and application architecture. A Business Logic Attack (BLA) is a sophisticated manipulation that uses your own system's design against you. Learn the key difference between code flaws and architectural exploits.
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Invisible Instructions: Multimodal AI is Already Being Tricked

Nov 17, 2025 By A10 Networks In A10 Networks
Invisible Instructions: Multimodal AI is Already Being Tricked In this clip from "Securing AI Part 4: The Rising Threat of Hidden Attacks in Multimodal AI," Diptanshu Purwar and Madhav Aggarwal respond to Jamison Utter's example of a new, well-known form of multimodal attack: abusing AI resume screeners by exploiting both text and visual processing. The Resume Attack: White-on-White Text.
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bluevoyant

Email Bombing Followed by Teams IT Impersonation Attacks Continue

Nov 17, 2025 By Joshua Green and Josh Trinh In BlueVoyant
BlueVoyant’s Threat Fusion Cell and SOC have been tracking a significant and persistent social engineering campaign that cleverly exploits trusted communication channels to gain initial access to target networks. Since at least mid-October 2025, BlueVoyant has observed a consistent playbook where threat actors employ inbox sabotage as a pretext for highly convincing IT support impersonation over Microsoft Teams.
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one identity

Protecting your financial institution from cyberattack: Identity security solutions to real-world problems

Nov 17, 2025 By Eric Hibar Jr. In One Identity
Today’s financial institutions face evolving threats on a global scale. Online attackers without expertise (known as ‘script kiddies’) have had access to as-a-service malware for quite some time. AI is being weaponized for social engineering attacks at unprecedented speeds. And along with the potential of monetary rewards, today’s thefts also involve taking something that’s often even more profitable: Data.
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Zenity

Claude Moves to the Darkside: What a Rogue Coding Agent Could Do Inside Your Org

Nov 15, 2025 By Greg Zemlin In Zenity
On November 13, 2025, Anthropic disclosed the first known case of an AI agent orchestrating a broad-scale cyberattack with minimal human input. The Chinese state-sponsored threat actor GTG-1002 weaponized Claude Code to carry out over 80% of a sophisticated cyber espionage campaign autonomously. This included reconnaissance, exploitation, credential harvesting, and data exfiltration across more than 30 major organizations worldwide. The impact was real. And the AI was in control.
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jumpsec

How Are Cyber Security Companies Managing AI Attacks?

Nov 13, 2025 By Daniel Tannenbaum In JUMPSEC
AI attacks pose real risks for companies because of their ability to scale and automate attacks like brute force attacks, smarter malware, deep fakes and advanced phishing. Attacks that were once slow, manual and easy to spot are now becoming faster, more sophisticated and harder to detect. UK government research shows that 32% of UK businesses have experienced a cyber attack in the last year, and experts warn that AI could make this number rise significantly.
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foresiet

The Critical Inflection Point: Navigating Apex Risks from AI to Stolen Credentials

Nov 12, 2025 By Foresiet In Foresiet
The global cyber threat landscape has accelerated beyond traditional defense, reaching a critical inflection point. Today, organizations are no longer battling isolated attackers; instead, they are confronting industrialized, financially motivated cyber syndicates that leverage cutting-edge technologies to maximize their impact. Moreover, the rise of AI in Cybersecurity has created both opportunities and threats.
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knowbe4

Warning: ClickFix Attacks are Growing More Sophisticated

Nov 12, 2025 By KnowBe4 Team In KnowBe4
Researchers at Push Security warn of an extremely convincing ClickFix attack posing as a Cloudflare verification check. ClickFix is a social engineering technique that tricks the victim into copying and pasting a malicious command, then running it on their computer. In the instance observed by Push Security, the phishing page has a pop-up box that appears to be from Cloudflare, instructing the user to press the keyboard shortcuts necessary to open a terminal and run a command.
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Arctic Wolf

What's Behind The Rise of Spear Phishing Attacks on IT Leaders?

Nov 11, 2025 By Arctic Wolf In Arctic Wolf
Phishing has been a mainstay of cybercrime for decades – and for good reason. Threat actors continually evolve their phishing tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), adapting the method with new tools and technologies to ensure it remains highly effective. IT leaders have become especially attractive targets: their privileged access amplifies the impact of a successful compromise.
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CalCom

NTLM Relay Attacks: Back from the Dead - and Still Haunting Active Directory

Nov 11, 2025 By CalCom In CalCom
NTLM Relay attacks should be history. Yet in 2025, they remain one of the most effective ways to compromise Active Directory. We first covered this problem back in 2020, when we wrote about a troubling vulnerability that refused to die: NTLM Relay attacks. At the time, many believed NTLM Relay attacks were a relic of the past, an old problem long solved by Kerberos and modern authentication protocols.
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knowbe4

Quantum Route Redirect: Anonymous Tool Streamlining Global Phishing Attack

Nov 10, 2025 By KnowBe4 Threat Lab In KnowBe4
KnowBe4 Threat Labs has uncovered an emerging advanced phishing campaign targeting Microsoft 365 users globally to steal their credentials. The attackers are wielding a powerful new tool that’s completely changing the game for cybercriminals—turning what used to be complex, technical phishing setups into simple one-click launches that can bypass certain technical controls. Welcome to the era of “Quantum Route Redirect.".
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safeaeon

What Is a Dictionary Attack In Cyber Security? How To Detect & Prevent It?

Nov 10, 2025 By SafeAeon Inc. In SafeAeon
Most people are aware of ways to ensure their online security, yet they often fail to implement them fully. A common guideline when signing up for an account on any website is to create a strong password; however, 65% of people reuse passwords across websites. Not just that, people use passwords that are easier to guess, like ‘123456’, ‘iloveyou’, ‘welcome’, and personal details. These passwords regularly appear in data breach leaks.
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netwrix

Understanding the golden ticket attack with Mimikatz

Nov 10, 2025 By Jeff Warren In Netwrix
Golden ticket attacks target the KRBTGT account in Active Directory, allowing attackers to forge Kerberos tickets and impersonate domain admins. Tools like Mimikatz make this attack simple and long-lasting, since forged tickets can remain valid for years. Netwrix Threat Manager, Privilege Secure, and Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR) help detect anomalies, rotate KRBTGT credentials, and enforce Just-in-Time access to prevent compromise.
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Language Switching Attacks: The New Threat Vector in LLM Security

Nov 10, 2025 By A10 Networks In A10 Networks
Language Switching Attacks: The New Threat Vector in LLM Security In this clip from "Securing AI Part 4: The Rising Threat of Hidden Attacks in Multimodal AI," Diptanshu Purwar discusses the growing trend of language-switching attacks. These techniques exploit the ongoing development and training gaps in Large Language Models (LLMs). Diptanshu explains how attackers can evade an LLM's built-in filters and guardrails by rapidly shifting between different languages, particularly less common ones, to find weaknesses where the model's safety data is sparse.
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Trustwave

The Cat's Out of the Bag: A 'Meow Attack' Data Corruption Campaign Simulation via MAD-CAT

Nov 7, 2025 By Karl Biron In Trustwave
In 2024, I published Feline Hackers Among Us? (A Deep Dive and Simulation of the Meow Attack), which explored the notorious Meow attack campaign that had plagued unsecured databases since 2020. That article focused on demonstrating the attack against a single MongoDB instance using a simple Python script. A proof-of-concept that illustrates how devastating misconfigurations can be.
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safeaeon

What Happened During St Paul Cyber Attack? How did the City Recover from it?

Nov 7, 2025 By SafeAeon Inc. In SafeAeon
On July 25, 2025, St. Paul, Minnesota, suffered a digital crisis. Initially, it looked like a few irregular system alerts. In reality, it was a coordinated ransomware attack by the notorious Interlock gang. This gang has been on the radar of federal investigators for quite some time. The St Paul cyber attack forced the city to shut down its networks and suspend online services. People switched to paper-based operations to prevent further damage.
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safeaeon

How to Survive a Cyber Attack? Steps to Prepare, Respond, and Recover

Nov 7, 2025 By SafeAeon Inc. In SafeAeon
Cybercrime is growing at a rapid pace, and ransomware has become one of the most significant threats to businesses today. These attacks spread quickly across networks using strong encryption and target companies of all sizes. Security leaders, such as CISOs and CIOs, now carry far greater responsibility. They need to protect digital assets, manage crises, and maintain business operations even in the event of an attack.
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knowbe4

Human Error is Still a Top Contributor to Cyberattacks

Nov 5, 2025 By KnowBe4 Team In KnowBe4
Human error remains the primary exploitation vector in mobile security incidents, according to Verizon’s latest Mobile Security Index (MSI). “At 44%, user behavior is the top cited breach contributor, just ahead of app threats, network threats, and internet threats, which were each cited by 43% of survey respondents,” the report says.
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ionix

Let's be blunt, External Attack Surface Management (EASM) has run its course. It's now all about External Exposure Management (EEM).

Nov 3, 2025 By Marc Gaffan In IONIX
Part of our two-part series on the evolution from EASM to EEM. This post introduces the core shift from visibility to real-world exposure validation and why the legacy approach to external risk is no longer enough. External Attack Surface Management, or EASM, was once revolutionary. It gave organizations their first real visibility into the sprawling digital footprint created by cloud adoption, remote work, and third-party services. But the threat landscape has evolved. And EASM has not kept up.
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