Beware the Hidden Costs of Pen Testing
Penetration testing helps organizations ensure IT systems are secure, but it should never be treated in a one-size-fits-all approach. Traditional...
AndyC
Andy Curtis is an award-winning security consultant, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by state and federal government, leading healthcare and banking providers across three continents. He has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and is a regular voice on TV and radio explaining IT security threats.
ThreatsDay Bulletin: $15B Crypto Bust, Satellite Spying, Billion-Dollar Smishing, Android RATs & More
Oct 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Hacking News The online world is changing fast. Every week, new scams, hacks, and tricks...
US and UK Lead Record Cybercrime Operation in Southeast Asia
Image: Oleksii/Adobe Stock The US and UK have carried out their largest joint action to date targeting cybercriminal networks operating...
AI and the Golden Age of Surveillance
In the Cold War and McCarthy era, surveillance was a matter of craft, not computation. It took people, patience and...
Designing Security for Developers, Not Around Them
Generative AI (GenAI) is improving productivity across many roles, especially for developers. There is no question about that. In fact,...
CISA Flags Adobe AEM Flaw with Perfect 10.0 Score — Already Under Active Attack
Oct 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Data Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a critical...
Qilin Ransomware announced new victims
Qilin Ransomware announced new victims Pierluigi Paganini October 15, 2025 Resecurity’s new report details how the Qilin RaaS group relies...
A sophisticated nation-state actor breached F5 systems, stealing BIG-IP source code and data on undisclosed flaw
A sophisticated nation-state actor breached F5 systems, stealing BIG-IP source code and data on undisclosed flaw Pierluigi Paganini October 15,...
Smashing Security podcast #439: A breach, a burnout, and a bit of Fleetwood Mac
A critical infrastructure hack hits the headlines – involving default passwords, boasts on Telegram, and a finale that will make...
Operation Zero Disco: Attackers Exploit Cisco SNMP Vulnerability to Deploy Rootkits
Hides certain running-config items in memory (disabled by default). When enabled, the rootkit hides specified account names, EEM scripts, and...
Qualys ROCon: From SOC To Roc, Evolving To Agentic Risk Surface Management
Global sales SVP at Qualys Shawn O’Brien kicked off the company’s Qualys ROCon 2025 event this week in Houston, Texas....
A View from the C-suite: Aligning AI security to the NIST RMF – FireTail Blog
In 2025, the AI race is surging ahead and the pressure to innovate is intense. For years, the NIST Cybersecurity...
NDSS 2025 – MADWeb 2025, Session 1: Network Meets The Web
Workshop on Measurements, Attacks, and Defenses for the Web (MADWeb) 2025, co-located with the Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS)...
News Alert: MCPTotal unveils the first platform to secure Model Context Protocol workflows
NEW YORK, Oct. 15, 2025, CyberNewswire — MCPTotal, a comprehensive secure Model Context Protocol (MCP) platform, today announced its flagship...
Microsoft accused of trying to manipulate AI pricing via its OpenAI investment
“If I was an enterprise CIO, the only immediate action is, if we are considering working with either of these...
