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

The Last Watchdog

Dunham Ken Dunham , Cyber Threat Director, Qualys Threat Research Unit Nation-state attacks and cloud compromises with long dwell times are rising as security lags behind post-Covid digital transformation. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be.

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Israel–Iran Conflict Escalates in Cyberspace: Banks and Crypto Hit, Internet Cut

SecureWorld News

As kinetic conflict continues to unfold between Israel and Iran, a parallel battle is raging in cyberspace—one that is disrupting financial systems, wiping out crypto holdings, hijacking broadcast channels, and even triggering a near-total internet shutdown.

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Iranian Cyber Threats Loom as DHS Issues National Terrorism Advisory

SecureWorld News

Instead, Dornbush encourages security leaders to lean on existing cyber threat intelligence channels and focus on proactive resilience measures. The renewed DHS advisory and expert warnings serve as a reminder that Iranian cyber capabilities are real, persistent, and increasingly destructive.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: U.S. Gov’t Urges Adoption of Memory-Safe Languages and Warns About Iran Cyber Threat

Security Boulevard

government’s latest call for developers to use memory-safe programming languages, as well as its warning for cybersecurity teams regarding cyber risk from hackers tied to Iran. Plus, get the latest on ransomware trends, the quantum computing cyber threat and more! Check out the U.S. and the U.K.)

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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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LW ROUNDTABLE: Wrist slap or cultural shift? SEC fines cyber firms for disclosure violations

The Last Watchdog

As organizations continue facing escalating cyber threats, how they communicate multiplying and rapidly morphing cyber exposures – in essence how much they choose to abide by industry standards and embrace ethical practices — remains under intense scrutiny. There is only one path forward: transparency.

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Iranian group Pay2Key.I2P ramps Up ransomware attacks against Israel and US with incentives for affiliates

Security Affairs

“In the volatile aftermath of the Israel-Iran-USA conflict, a sophisticated cyber threat has reemerged, targeting organizations across the West. Morphisec’s threat research team has uncovered the revival of Pay2Key, an Iranian-backed ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, now operating as Pay2Key.I2P.”