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LW ROUNDTABLE — How 2024’s cyber threats will transform the security landscape in 2025

The Last Watchdog

Part two of a four-part series The explosion of AI-driven phishing, insider threats, and business logic abuse has forced a shift toward more proactive, AI-enhanced defenses. Gen AI threats and quantum computing exposures must be accounted for. Attackers arent hacking in theyre logging in. The drivers are intensifying.

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Web Hacking Service ‘Araneida’ Tied to Turkish IT Firm

Krebs on Security

Cyber threat analysts at Silent Push said they recently received reports from a partner organization that identified an aggressive scanning effort against their website using an Internet address previously associated with a campaign by FIN7 , a notorious Russia-based hacking group. Araneida Scanner.

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FireEye Hacked

Schneier on Security

FireEye was hacked by — they believe — “a nation with top-tier offensive capabilities”: During our investigation to date, we have found that the attacker targeted and accessed certain Red Team assessment tools that we use to test our customers’ security. That group dumped the N.S.A.’s operator put it.

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The March Madness Cyber Threat

Adam Levin

Unfortunately, brackets create opportunities for a wide array of phishing and hacking campaigns, particularly in workplaces where a lot of brackets are distributed. The potential for hacks and scams is limited to the imagination of the person or group performing them. Guessing the brackets right usually means a nice chunk of change.

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Spike in Palo Alto Networks scanner activity suggests imminent cyber threats

Security Affairs

Given the unusual nature of this activity, organizations with exposed Palo Alto Networks systems should review their March logs and consider performing a detailed threat hunt on running systems to identify any signs of compromise. GreyNoise concludes.

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Breached Data Indexer ‘Data Viper’ Hacked

Krebs on Security

Data Viper , a security startup that provides access to some 15 billion usernames, passwords and other information exposed in more than 8,000 website breaches, has itself been hacked and its user database posted online. The incident also highlights the often murky area between what’s legal and ethical in combating cybercrime.

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China-Linked Cyber Threat Group Hacks US Treasury Department

Tech Republic Security

Threat actors entered Treasury Department systems through BeyondTrust. The breach may be related to the Salt Typhoon attacks reported throughout the year.