ESET researchers observed tens of thousands of machines infected with AsyncRAT and its variants over the past year. The open-source malware is a popular tool among cybercriminals.
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The bipartisan legislation would codify the agency’s position as the one in charge of coordinating responses to incidents like the breach on U.S. telecoms.
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The number of Citrix customers impacted by CVE-2025-5777 remains unknown, but researchers have already observed more than 11.5 million attack attempts, targeting thousands of sites.
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An AI red-teaming company found that xAI’s Grok 4 is “not suitable for enterprises” without substantial security prompting.
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Organizations must turn Cyber Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) into executable pipelines, a Microsoft security product manager argues.
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XBOW’s AI bug-hunter landed a big funding round while dominating HackerOne’s leaderboards. But even its founder says it hasn’t fully replaced the need for humans to be involved in the bug-hunting process.
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“PerfektBlue” impacts tech used in Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, and Skoda automobiles.
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Virtru's technology centers on the Trusted Data Format, an open standard that embeds security controls directly into data files rather than relying on traditional perimeter defenses.
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Daniil Kasatkin played briefly for Penn State University. It’s the second European arrest on cyber allegations at the request of the United States to be revealed this week.
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The U.K.’s National Crime Agency claims the four were involved in attacks on Marks & Spencer. The cybersecurity industry attributed those attacks to Scattered Spider.
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Witnesses at a Senate hearing Wednesday connected One Big Beautiful Bill provisions to potential cyber issues in the health care sector, much to GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy’s chagrin.
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The court vacated the district court’s decision to dismiss the case against NSO Group, saying it abused its discretion in doing so.
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Researchers are especially concerned about a high-severity defect in SQL Server and a critical vulnerability in SPNEGO, a foundational protocol.
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The arrest came at the request of the United States, which hailed the development as a sign that patience in pursuing cybercriminals in court is rewarded.
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A North Korean man was the focus of Tuesday’s announcement, which also included a Russian man, his companies and North Korean firms.
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Application Attack Matrix is a community effort designed to help defenders and organizations better understand and define how attackers use and exploit weaknesses in applications.
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Gamemakers have only said they are investigating an unspecified “issue.” Players are posting videos of their computers being compromised.
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The cybercrime ring has infiltrated more than 100 businesses since 2022, including more than a dozen since it regrouped earlier this year.
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Democrats have critiqued the bill for not protecting funds for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
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AI coding is a big security problem when most security teams are still relying on tools designed for a world where human-written code remains prevalent.
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