“A boxer derives the greatest advantage from his sparring partner…” — Epictetus, 50–135 AD Hands up. Chin tucked. Knees bent. The bell rings, and both boxers meet in the center and circle. Red throws out three jabs, feints a fourth, and—BANG—lands a right hand on Blue down the center. This wasn’t Blue’s first day and…
When people think of cybersecurity threats, they often picture external hackers breaking into networks. However, some of the most damaging breaches stem from within organizations. Whether through negligence or malicious intent, insiders can expose your organization to significant cybersecurity risks. According to Verizon’s 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report, 57% of companies experience over
Threat actors are leveraging an e-crime tool called Atlantis AIO Multi-Checker to automate credential stuffing attacks, according to findings from Abnormal Security. Atlantis AIO “has emerged as a powerful weapon in the cybercriminal arsenal, enabling attackers to test millions of stolen credentials in rapid succession,” the cybersecurity company said in an analysis. Credential stuffing is…
Three cybersecurity firms worked with Interpol and authorities in Nigeria, South Africa, Rwanda, and four other African nations to arrest more than 300 cybercriminals.
Google has released out-of-band fixes to address a high-severity security flaw in its Chrome browser for Windows that it said has been exploited in the wild as part of attacks targeting organizations in Russia. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-2783, has been described as a case of “incorrect handle provided in unspecified circumstances in Mojo on…
Broadcom has issued security patches to address a high-severity security flaw in VMware Tools for Windows that could lead to an authentication bypass. Tracked as CVE-2025-22230, the vulnerability is rated 7.8 on the ten-point Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS). “VMware Tools for Windows contains an authentication bypass vulnerability due to improper access control,” Broadcom said…
What is the Attack?Recently, a popular third-party GitHub Action tj-actions/changed-files GitHub Action (CVE-2025-30066)- used by over 23,000 repositories- was compromised, potentially exposing sensitive workflow secrets in any pipeline that integrated it.It was later discovered that the compromise of tj-actions/changed-files may be due to a similar compromise of another GitHub Action, reviewdog/action-setup@v1 (tracked as CVE-2025-30154). Multiple…
The recent report of how Volt Typhoon compromised systems at a water utility highlight security technologies and processes that helped detect the compromise and clean up the network.
Experts say the leakage of US military plans to a reporter this month reflects a severe operational security failure on the part of US leadership.
The company reports that no sensitive information was breached or stolen in the cyber intrusion and that its operations are running normally again.