A long-term and ongoing campaign attributed to a China-nexus threat actor has embedded itself in telecom networks to conduct espionage against government networks. The strategic positioning activity, which involves implanting and maintaining stealthy access mechanisms within critical environments, has been attributed to Red Menshen, a threat cluster that’s also tracked as Earth Bluecrow,
Organizations repeatedly expose ports, reuse passwords, and skip patches, creating security gaps that attackers exploit for breaches. An industry veteran outlines ways to fix these common mistakes.
AI models often hallucinate or make costly mistakes when tasked with recommending software versions, upgrade paths, and security fixes — leading to significant technical debt.
Most teams have security tools in place. Alerts are firing, dashboards look clean, threat intel is flowing in. On the surface, everything feels under control. But one question usually stays unanswered: Would your defenses actually stop a real attack? That’s where things get shaky. A control exists, so it’s assumed to work. A detection rule…
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new payment skimmer that uses WebRTC data channels as a means to receive payloads and exfiltrate data, effectively bypassing security controls. “Instead of the usual HTTP requests or image beacons, this malware uses WebRTC data channels to load its payload and exfiltrate stolen payment data,” Sansec said in a report…
While US government sits out this year, EU officials are on the ground in San Francisco leading the conversations on today’s top cybersecurity challenges.
The alleged administrator of the LeakBase cybercrime forum has been arrested by Russian law enforcement authorities, state media reported Thursday. According to TASS and MVD Media, a news website linked to the Russian Interior Ministry, the suspect is a resident of the city of Taganrog. The suspect is said to have been detained for creating…
Publicly accusing an entity of a cyberattack could have negative consequences that organizations should consider before taking the plunge.
A series of campaigns that began in August aim to defraud job candidates, using psychological tactics and data scraped from LinkedIn profiles.
Ten finalists will each have three minutes to make their case for being the most innovative, promising young security company of the year. Geordie AI wins the 2026 contest.