A study by OMICRON has revealed widespread cybersecurity gaps in the operational technology (OT) networks of substations, power plants, and control centers worldwide. Drawing on data from more than 100 installations, the analysis highlights recurring technical, organizational, and functional issues that leave critical energy infrastructure vulnerable to cyber threats. The findings are based on
Beyond the direct impact of cyberattacks, enterprises suffer from a secondary but potentially even more costly risk: operational downtime, any amount of which translates into very real damage. That’s why for CISOs, it’s key to prioritize decisions that reduce dwell time and protect their company from risk. Three strategic steps you can take this year…
SolarWinds has released security updates to address multiple security vulnerabilities impacting SolarWinds Web Help Desk, including four critical vulnerabilities that could result in authentication bypass and remote code execution (RCE). The list of vulnerabilities is as follows – CVE-2025-40536 (CVSS score: 8.1) – A security control bypass vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated
An actively targeted vulnerability has been identified in SmarterTools SmarterMail, tracked as CVE-2025-52691, with a CVSS score of 10.0 (Critical). The flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files to any location on the mail server, potentially resulting in remote code execution (RCE).
Google on Wednesday announced that it worked together with other partners to disrupt IPIDEA, which it described as one of the largest residential proxy networks in the world. To that end, the company said it took legal action to take down dozens of domains used to control devices and proxy traffic through them. As of…
Ransomware defense requires focusing on business resilience. This means patching issues promptly, improving user education, and deploying multifactor authentication.
Russian and Chinese nation-state attackers are exploiting a months-old WinRAR vulnerability, despite a patch that came out last July.
To stop the ongoing attacks, the cybersecurity vendor took the drastic step of temporarily disabling FortiCloud single sign-on (SSO) authentication for all devices.
The retail sector must adapt as consumers become more cybersecurity-conscious. Increased attack transparency is a good place to start.
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension for Moltbot (formerly Clawdbot) on the official Extension Marketplace that claims to be a free artificial intelligence (AI) coding assistant, but stealthily drops a malicious payload on compromised hosts. The extension, named “ClawdBot Agent – AI Coding Assistant” (“clawdbot.clawdbot-agent”)