The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Media contact: Kathryn Brown, Director of Global Strategic Communications and Events, INE Security, kbrown@ine.com The post News alert: INE Security shares cyber hygiene guidance for small- and medium-sized businesses first appeared on The Last Watchdog.

Small Business

The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Scott Kannry , CEO, Axio Kannry The SEC is serious about companies disclosing the details of an event if it is relevant to investors. Jim Routh, Chief Trust Officer, Saviynt Routh These events represent a clear shift in the regulatory landscape. Want to stay out of trouble?

CISO

The Hacker News

MAY 15, 2025

This campaign employs clever Unicode-based steganography to hide its initial malicious code and utilizes a Google Calendar event short link as a dynamic dropper for its final

Cybersecurity

Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2025

” DoubleClickjacking exploits timing differences between mousedown and onclick events to hijack user actions. “By exploiting the event timing between clicks, attackers can seamlessly swap out benign UI elements for sensitive ones in the blink of an eye. ” concludes the post.

Accountability

Google Security

MARCH 7, 2025

Between these two events, our bug hunters were rewarded $370,000 (and plenty of swag). Follow the Google VRP channel on X to stay tuned on future events. This year, we had a heightened focus on Android Automotive OS and WearOS, bringing actual automotive devices to multiple live hacking events and conferences. for $50,000 .

Mobile

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Meanwhile, Cisco will engage directly with customers if we determine they have been impacted by this event. Out of an abundance of caution, we have disabled public access to the site while we continue the investigation. The company has disabled public access to the site while we continue the investigation.

Cybercrime

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Proactive monitoring of Windows event logs, specifically from the “Microsoft-Windows-BitLocker-API/Management” source, can help organizations detect early stages of BitLocker attacks, such as when attackers test encryption capabilities.

Ransomware

The Hacker News

JUNE 21, 2025

retailers Marks & Spencer and Co-op have been classified as a "single combined cyber event." based independent, non-profit body set up by the insurance industry to categorize major cyber events. The April 2025 cyber attacks targeting U.K. That's according to an assessment from the Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC), a U.K.-based

Insurance

Schneier on Security

JUNE 25, 2025

a highly dramatic pelican or a Russian-accented walrus), yet they maintain engagement in technical and explanatory discussions. […] User frequently cross-validates information, particularly in research-heavy topics like emissions estimates, pricing comparisons, and political events. They request entertaining personas (e.g.,

Architecture

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2024

ZAGG announced the implementation of security measures to minimize the risk of a similar event occurring in the future. “If you believe there was fraudulent use of your information as a result of this event and would like to discuss how you may be able to resolve those issues, please reach out to an Experian agent. .

Data breaches

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Deepfakes are media content—such as videos, images, or audio—created using GAI to realistically manipulate faces, voices, or even entire events. Attackers can use them to fabricate events, impersonate influential figures, or create scenarios that manipulate public opinion.

Artificial Intelligence

Penetration Testing

APRIL 6, 2025

A security researcher has recently disclosed technical details and proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for a vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s Performance Events system component. This flaw, identified as CVE-2023-6931, carries a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a high severity risk.

Risk

Adam Shostack

JANUARY 2, 2025

[A] large number of commenters expressed concern about the aggregation requirement, saying, for example, that companies experience too many events to realistically communicate internally upward to senior management, and that retaining and analyzing data on past events would be too costly.

Cybersecurity

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2024

“The SEC’s order against Unisys finds that the company described its risks from cybersecurity events as hypothetical despite knowing that it had experienced two SolarWinds-related intrusions involving exfiltration of gigabytes of data. ” reads the press release published by SEC.

Hacking

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2024

” FakeCall relies on the Monitoring Dialer Activity service to monitor events from the com.skt.prod.dialer package (the stock dialer app), potentially allowing it to detect when the user is attempting to make calls using apps other than the malware itself. Upon detecting specific events (e.g.,

Banking

The Last Watchdog

JULY 17, 2025

The Browser Security Field Manual will be available at Black Hat and DEF CON 33 bookstores, with the authors participating in both stores’ book signing event. The Black Hat book signing event is taking place at the Black Hat bookstore on Thursday August 7 at 3:00pm – 3.30pm.

CISO

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Update the incident response plan to include procedures such as the internal process for responding to cybersecurity events, recovery from backups, and conducting a root cause analysis after an event. The feasibility of encryption and effectiveness of the compensating controls shall be reviewed by the CISO at least annually.

Financial Services

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2024

On day two of Pwn2Own Ireland 2024 , hackers demonstrated attacks against 51 zero-day vulnerabilities, earning a total of $358,625, prizes that we have sum to the $516,250 earned by participants on the first day of the event. ” reads the announcement published by ZDI.

Hacking

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

This event has compromised sensitive information for nearly half of the global population, including Social Security numbers and personal family details, raising significant concerns about data security and individual safety. billion records linked to the National Public Data (NPD) breach.

Data breaches

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

” NKTsKI recommends organizations to strengthen monitoring of threats and information security events in systems provided by LANIT. LANIT Group (Laboratory of New Information Technologies) is one of Russia’s largest IT service and software providers.

Telecommunications

The Last Watchdog

JULY 21, 2025

Drawing on behavioral data from more than 100 enterprises and hundreds of millions of user events, the study offers a first-of-its-kind, data-driven map of where cyber risk actually lives in the workforce and how leading organizations are shrinking it. The full report is available for download at: [link].

Cyber Risk

Doctor Chaos

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This can trigger a series of events t

Malware

Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2025

The backdoor can drop additional payloads, block input, clear event logs, wipe clipboard, delete browser data, and erase profiles for apps like Skype and Telegram. Google researchers provided event rules within Google Security Operations to dete ctPLAYFULGHOST activity.

Malware

Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Most recently, in December of 2024, we attended the Gartner IAM conference interoperability event, where we demonstrated the power of Shared Signals in detecting and preventing session theft, a top security concern for our customers. Session theft is just one threat that the Shared Signals Framework can help protect against.

Authentication

SecureList

JULY 14, 2025

UserAssist data update workflow Any interaction with a program that displays a GUI is a triggering event that results in a call to the CUserAssist::FireEvent function. There are four types of triggering events: Program executed. The triggering event determines the execution workflow of the CUserAssist::FireEvent function.

Encryption

Hacker's King

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Activities during this week include engaging workshops, informative webinars, and community events, all designed to empower individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate today’s cyber threats effectively. This practice minimizes the impact of data loss, especially in the event of ransomware attacks or hardware failures.

Cybersecurity

Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2025

Forensics showed rapid version changes, installer file use, and event log entries tied to EDR tampering. Stroz Friedberg discovered the technique while investigating an incident where a threat actor gained local administrative access and bypassed these protections without the anti-tamper code. The attackers did not use any vulnerable drivers.

Ransomware

The Hacker News

JUNE 30, 2025

Over the past several months, there has been increasing activity from hacktivists and Iranian government-affiliated actors, which is expected to escalate due to recent events," the agencies said. These cyber actors often

Cyber Attacks

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2024

“[Leonardo Maria del Vecchio] eagerly awaiting the completion of preliminary investigations to be able to prove he has nothing to do with the events in question and that charges laid against him have no basis.” ” reads a statement from a lawyer for Del Vecchio.

Computers and Electronics

The Hacker News

JULY 24, 2025

But in many organizations, offensive security is still treated as a one-time event: an annual pentest, a quarterly red team engagement, maybe an audit sprint Your cybersecurity teams are under intense pressure to be proactive and to find your network’s weaknesses before adversaries do.

Cybersecurity

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2024

“The statement claims that in a “shameful and disgruntled set of events” a lead developer went “rogue”, withdrawing small amounts of Bitcoin (BTC) over a period of just over a month. On November 20, a verified Bohemia administrator provided on the dark web forum Dread information about the disruptions affecting the marketplace.

Marketing

Cisco Security

JUNE 30, 2025

With this enhancement, Cisco XDR now ingests, and correlates Exploit Prevention events from Secure Endpoint, unlocking new levels of visibility and automation for your security operations. Advanced Threat Detection: Secure Endpoint Exploit Prevention Meets Cisco XDR Detecting and mitigating sophisticated cyberattacks just got easier.

Threat Detection

Joseph Steinberg

APRIL 7, 2025

And, of course, all versions of Cybersecurity For Dummies also help guide people to recovering in the event that their computers, phones, or information has already been compromised.

Cybersecurity

Security Boulevard

JUNE 7, 2025

Originating from the conference’s events located at the Hilton Berlin ; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Authors/Presenters: Daniel Klischies and David Hirsch Our sincere appreciation to OffensiveCon by Binary Gecko , and the Presenters/Authors for publishing their outstanding OffensiveCon 2025 video content.

Penetration Testing

SecureWorld News

APRIL 29, 2025

Hospitals operated on emergency generators, and events like the Madrid Open tennis tournament were suspended due to power loss. This event is another wake-up call that our increasingly interconnected energy systems require comprehensive resilience strategies that anticipate failure.

Cyber Attacks

Jane Frankland

MAY 16, 2025

Ticket & Holiday Scams Fake tickets for concerts, sports events, or festivals. Fake Charity Appeals: Especially after major disasters or global events. Catfishing & Sextortion Fake online identities used to lure victims into romantic or sexual conversations. Victims are then blackmailed with intimate content.

Scams

Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2025

” Amnesty International said that a 23-year-old student activist (named Vedran to preserve his privacy) was attending a ruling party event in Serbia on December 25, 2024. Timestamp (Local Time) Event 2024-12-25 18:36:10 Vedran turned his phone off. 2024-12-25 20:01:14 Phone turned on for the first time in police station.

Hacking