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Protecting Oil and Gas Industry Infrastructure: Strategies for Resilience

SecureWorld News

Digital transformation: The integration of IoT, SCADA systems, and advanced analytics has increased operational efficiency but also expanded the attack surface. Regularly updating and patching systems, including antivirus software, firewalls, and SCADA networks, can mitigate this risk. This reduces downtime and minimizes costs.

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Story of the Year: global IT outages and supply chain attacks

SecureList

The breach allowed the threat actor to download SMS message logs. Fortinet firewall vulnerabilities What happened? The packages imitated libraries for LLMs, whereas in fact they downloaded the JarkaStealer malware to the victim’s system. Why does it matter? However, targeted attacks remain a viable possibility.

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Cisco Contributes to Cyber Hard Problems Report

Cisco Security

A PDF of the report can be downloaded directly from the National Academies, and a webinar that walks viewers through the report’s findings is also available. Most applications and data still lived behind enterprise edge firewalls. The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same Two decades is a long time in the cybersecurity world.

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Chinese national charged for hacking thousands of Sophos firewalls

Security Affairs

has charged a Chinese national for hacking thousands of Sophos firewall devices worldwide in 2020. has charged the Chinese national Guan Tianfeng (aka gbigmao and gxiaomao) for hacking thousands of Sophos firewall devices worldwide in 2020. It was designed to download payloads intended to exfiltrate XG Firewall-resident data.

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AI in the Enterprise: Key Findings from the ThreatLabz 2025 AI Security Report

Security Boulevard

For the full analysis and security guidance, download the ThreatLabz 2025 AI Security Report now. Additionally, ThreatLabz uncovered a malware campaign in which attackers created a fake AI platform to exploit interest in AI and trick victims into downloading malicious software.

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Zxyel Flaw Powers New Mirai IoT Botnet Strain

Krebs on Security

In February, hardware maker Zyxel fixed a zero-day vulnerability in its routers and VPN firewall products after KrebsOnSecurity told the company the flaw was being abused by attackers to break into devices. which boasts some 100 million devices deployed worldwide.

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P2P Weakness Exposes Millions of IoT Devices

Krebs on Security

iLnkP2p is bundled with millions of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including security cameras and Webcams, baby monitors, smart doorbells, and digital video recorders. He found that 39 percent of the vulnerable IoT things were in China; another 19 percent are located in Europe; seven percent of them are in use in the United States.

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