Palindrome Technologies Approved as Cybersecurity Label Administrator for FCC’s IoT Program

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a novel attack technique that allows threat actors to bypass Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) key protections by deceiving users into approving authentication requests from spoofed company login portals. The activity, observed by Expel as part of a phishing campaign in the wild, has been attributed to a threat actor named PoisonSeed,…

The United Nations, Carnegie Mellon University, and private organizations are all aiming to train the next generation of cybersecurity experts, boost economies, and disrupt pipelines to armed groups.

In 2024, global ransomware attacks hit 5,414, an 11% increase from 2023.  After a slow start, attacks spiked in Q2 and surged in Q4, with 1,827 incidents (33% of the year’s total). Law enforcement actions against major groups like LockBit caused fragmentation, leading to more competition and a rise in smaller gangs. The number of…

Threat hunters have uncovered a new threat actor named UAT-5918 that has been attacking critical infrastructure entities in Taiwan since at least 2023. “UAT-5918, a threat actor believed to be motivated by establishing long-term access for information theft, uses a combination of web shells and open-sourced tooling to conduct post-compromise activities to establish persistence in…

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The maintainers of the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository have issued a warning about an ongoing phishing attack that’s targeting users in an attempt to redirect them to fake PyPI sites. The attack involves sending email messages bearing the subject line “[PyPI] Email verification” that are sent from the email address noreply@pypj[.]org (note that the…