Most of the work that keeps a security product trustworthy is invisible. Users see a scan complete, a threat blocked, an update applied overnight. They don’t see the platform underneath. Runtimes, managed libraries, native drivers, and Windows requirements must all stay current and work together across millions of endpoints. Our migration to .NET 10 is one example of how we keep that platform moving and our focus in this article. It would be easy to call these upgrades maintenance tasks and…
Six Trivy alternatives compared for 2026 on container scanning, IaC, SAST, prioritization, and fixes, with where each one actually fits. Category: DevSec Tools & Comparisons
X says attackers may be targeting accounts because its X Money payments service is now more widely available. The company is investigating a wave of unsolicited password-reset emails sent to users. While their arrival alongside the wider X Money rollout has fueled account-takeover concerns, X says it has found no evidence of a breach or successful account takeovers so far. X users began reporting unexpected password-reset emails and codes on September 1. In a public post, X product engineer…
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“Free” movies and TV could cost you your privacy, bandwidth, and control of your home network. We’ve warned about illegal streaming and modded Amazon Fire TV Sticks in the past. Now, researchers have found that certain SuperBox devices and apps could quietly enroll a household connection into a proxy network, allowing third parties to route traffic through it. An earlier report identified CyberFlix TV, available through SuperBox’s custom app store, as containing Popanet proxy functionality that…
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Your security data is the most important asset in your SOC. Not the dashboards, not the detections, not the AI features on the roadmap slide. The data. And most vendors make you pay, wait, or license your way to getting it back out. Every investigation your analysts run, every model you train, every agent you deploy is only as good as the telemetry underneath it. So here is the question I want you to ask every vendor in your stack: if I want my data, right now, what does that take?Most vendors…
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Our goal is to get accurate threat intelligence to our audience as quickly as possible, with all the context you need to ask the right questions of your own environment: How at risk are we from this threat? Are we prepared for it? And what can we do about it? What you don’t often see is all the... well, frankly, “mess” involved in producing it. All the dead ends we followed until we could confirm those ends were as dead as a…
If you already ship Kubernetes (K8s) audit logs and Defend for Containers (D4C) into Elastic, you still have to join them by hand, and neither source is complete on its own. In our lab, a compromised workload service account ran discovery, read secrets, minted a token, created a privileged pod, and execed into it to attempt a container escape. The escape wrappers, nsenter and chroot, never appeared in the runtime process events. Kubernetes audit logs recorded them in the decoded requestURI.Real…
Infostealers can expose far more than passwords, including authenticated sessions that may let attackers bypass MFA. Flare explains how defenders can prioritize compromised identities, determine whether stolen access is still usable, and respond before it leads to account takeover. [...]
In a tech support scam, criminals pretend to work for a trusted technology or security company. They claim there is a problem with your device, software, subscription, or account, then try to persuade you to pay them, share personal information, or give them remote access to your computer. These scams used to rely mainly on browser locks and fake virus warnings. Now, scammers use many more ways to reach people, including websites and platforms they trust. How tech support scams reach you As…
Key Takeaways Modern AD attacks use legitimate protocols end-to-end, no malware, no exploit, nothing for signature tools to fingerprint. The evidence is already in the logs; what is missing is the narrative linking five benign-looking Windows events into a single attack. A full domain takeover can be completed in 54 minutes, from the first password spray to the forged Golden Ticket, with each individual event appearing normal. Detection catches the move; posture management explains why it was…
Ransomware resilience requires more than backups or endpoint detection alone. Acronis outlines six capabilities MSPs should test across client environments, from reducing exposure and detecting attacks to preserving recovery points and restoring operations quickly. [...]
Scammers are becoming more strategic about where they target people. Nine in ten toll scams—the fake unpaid-toll messages that threaten fines or license suspension—arrive by email or text, while roughly six in ten romance scams show up first on social media. That’s no coincidence. Rather than blasting the same message everywhere, criminals are tailoring different scams to the platforms where they’re most likely to succeed. This finding comes from Malwarebytes’ own threat research systems and…
Chrome is rolling out an update for its desktop browser. The update includes 26 security fixes, two of which Google rates as critical use-after-free vulnerabilities. The Stable channel has been updated to 152.0.7977.75/.76 for Windows and Mac, and 152.0.7977.75 for Linux. How to update Chrome If you don’t want to wait for the rollout to reach you, manually updating is easy. The easiest option is to allow Chrome to update automatically. But you can end up lagging behind if you never close your…
A new dark web platform called Nexus claimed to be selling 153 million driver’s license scans and millions of other identity and medical cards. According to reports, the collection included more than 153 million driver’s licenses, 10 million ID cards, 3 million travel documents, and 579,000 medical cards, including marijuana dispensary cards. The trove of driver’s license scans reported by KrebsOnSecurity is a sharp reminder that identity verification is not a harmless box-ticking exercise. The…
In this article What is the Cybersecurity Incident Response Readiness Workshop?Our approach: How we assess your maturityLearn more Cybersecurity incidents can unfold in hours, but response plans often fail at the point of execution: ownership is unclear, investigation findings is difficult to access, and critical decisions are delayed. That is why incident response cannot be something your organization figures out in real time. The Detection and Response Team (DART) – the Microsoft team that…
New regulations, data exfiltration tactics, and shifting premiums are reshaping cyber insurance. Our 2026 report reveals what businesses need to know now.
Compare the top DSPM tools of 2026: Aikido, Wiz, Cyera, Varonis, and Orca, on data access, remediation, and how they find exposure Category: DevSec Tools & Comparisons
Fileless execution on Linux has moved from niche tradecraft into real-world intrusion chains. By executing payloads from memory or anonymous file descriptors, attackers can reduce on-disk artifacts and weaken controls that rely heavily on file inspection.In our own analysis of VoidLink, we observed how fileless execution can be paired with a rootkit. The loader scans for processes running from memfd and passes their PIDs to the rootkit, allowing an already running fileless implant to be hidden…
Attackers can hide behind residential proxies, VPNs, and other infrastructure that makes malicious sessions appear legitimate to existing edge security controls. Spur explains how session enrichment adds data points that help organizations identify risky sessions and make stronger enforcement decisions. [...]
Microsoft has published details about a Windows malware campaign it calls TerminalFix. The social engineering used to infect people is very similar to what we’ve seen in ClickFix campaigns. A website visitor is presented with a fake Cloudflare CAPTCHA which, when clicked, secretly copies a malicious command to their clipboard. Then they receive instructions on what they need to do to “prove they are human,” when in reality they are being instructed to execute the malicious command. After…
Otvorene su prijave na 7. izdanje Hacknite – CTF natjecanja za srednje škole! Ovogodišnje natjecanje donosi nova pravila vezana uz prijavu i korištenje tehnologija umjetne inteligencije. Prilikom prijave timova u obrazac je potrebno upisati @skole.hr adrese prijavitelja i natjecatelja! Tijekom natjecanja je ograničeno korištenje AI alata, a detaljnu uputu što se smije, a što ne pronaći ćete u Pravilima na dnu stranice. Natjecanje u obliku CTF-a (Capture the Flag) namijenjeno je srednjoškolskim…
File servers remain a critical part of many IT environments, but managing access securely can become complex as permissions accumulate. tenfold Software outlines five best practices for simplifying file server administration and maintaining least-privilege access. [...]
Today we’re announcing an expanded integration between GreyNoise and the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform, with new content for CrowdStrike Falcon® Next-Gen SIEM and CrowdStrike Charlotte Agentic SOAR. The expanded integration includes a purpose-built Falcon Next-Gen SIEM dashboard, correlation rules that detect allowed inbound traffic from malicious infrastructure, and SOAR playbooks that bring GreyNoise threat context into automated response workflows. Install the GreyNoise Foundry App to get…
Elastic Defend 9.5.0 detects dynamic link library (DLL) search-order hijacking [1] in a single field. Writing that rule before 9.5.0 took about 88 lines, covering approximately 2,600 named libraries, 10 excluded Windows system paths, signature checks, and a drop-to-load time window. It now takes one: dll.Ext.defense_evasions: "DLL Hijack: Masquerading".DLL search-order hijacking, which Defend labels Masquerading, runs attacker code inside a legitimate process by abusing the order that Windows…
Discover how Tenable’s shift to an AI-driven exposure management program helped Tenable’s CSO, Robert Huber, overcome tool sprawl, unify data silos, mitigate the risk of rapid AI adoption, and shift from presenting granular, technical metrics to communicating business risk that the C-suite and the board can understand.Key takeawaysSecurity tool sprawl and data silos make it difficult for CISOs to holistically and accurately assess their organizations’ cyber risk.An exposure management program…
Minimus is shutting down. Compare Aikido, Chainguard, Docker Hardened Images, RapidFort, and Echo, and pick a hardened-image replacement that won't lock you in again. Category: DevSec Tools & Comparisons
A phase-by-phase detection mapping of the first publicly documented autonomous agent intrusion against production infrastructure — including the phases where no product in our category sees anything at all. Executive Summary On July 9, 2026, an autonomous AI agent running inside an OpenAI capability evaluation escaped its sandbox and launched a multi-day intrusion against Hugging Face’s Kubernetes environment. Across roughly 17,600 actions, it moved from third-party infrastructure into the…
Aikido Security has achieved ISO 42001 certification, the global standard for AI governance, covering AI pentesting, Code Security Audit, and Deep PR Review. Category: Compliance
Aikido's agents pentest your Android app and its backend in a single whitebox assessment. You get reproducible findings, AutoFix, and retests for every issue. Category: Product & Company Updates
Executive Summary ShieldBreak (CVE-2026-69414) is a zero-day elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine used by Microsoft Defender, allowing a low-privilege local attacker to escalate to SYSTEM. A public PoC was released on August 12, 2026, and Microsoft assigned the CVE on August 14, and no patch is available yet. Qualys VMDR provides detection across Windows environments, and Qualys TruRisk Eliminate offers a mitigation that teams can apply now, with…
AI verdict correctness in our security operations center (SOC) is 92%, up from 60%, but we didn't switch models to get there. What we changed is the context the agents get before they decide anything, including the detection rule's investigation guide and user risk data from Workday, along with the closure reasons from 30 days of past cases on that same rule. This post covers how the agentic SOC pipeline is built in Elastic Workflows and Elastic Agent Builder, down to the prompts and the…
AI verdict correctness in our security operations center (SOC) is 92%, up from 60%, but we didn't switch models to get there. What we changed is the context the agents get before they decide anything, including the detection rule's investigation guide and user risk data from Workday, along with the closure reasons from 30 days of past cases on that same rule. This post covers how the agentic SOC pipeline is built in Elastic Workflows and Elastic Agent Builder, down to the prompts and the…
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Researchers have uncovered ToxicPanda 2.0, an Android banking Trojan and remote-access tool designed for account takeover and “on-device fraud.” Not only does ToxicPanda 2.0 have a much larger target list of banks and e-wallets, it has also expanded its capabilities by combining banking overlays, remote access, PIN capture, Android accessibility abuse, and attempted Wireless Debugging automation. Together, those functions can help operators turn a compromised phone into a platform for account…
Aikido AI Code Audit found 8 more vulnerabilities than Claude Security with Mythos at less than half the cost. How harness design drives coverage per dollar. Category: News
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Zombie Card: An expired Visa credit card can be used for purchases Medical records, SSNs, and bank details exposed in CareCloud data breach ChatGPT for Teens tackles risky chats and homework shortcuts Twitch wants your content for Amazon AI training. Here’s how to opt out Your Mac already has a built-in firewall. Here’s how to get more from it 9 million images of people’s faces exposed by reverse lookup service 41 deceptive download sites show a real link, then…
Open the entity analytics (EA) graph in Elastic Security and you'll see a user wired to the hosts they log in to and the devices they own, along with scattered accounts that turn out to be the same user. While interesting on its own, it provides a critical piece of context during a threat hunting or incident investigation. This post gives an overview of EA fundamentals and opens the hood to see how edges are drawn and accounts are resolved. Why is that important? Well, everything downstream,…
Open the entity analytics (EA) graph in Elastic Security and you'll see a user wired to the hosts they log in to and the devices they own, along with scattered accounts that turn out to be the same user. While interesting on its own, it provides a critical piece of context during a threat hunting or incident investigation. This post gives an overview of EA fundamentals and opens the hood to see how edges are drawn and accounts are resolved. Why is that important? Well, everything downstream,…
Your Mac comes with a built-in firewall, but it’s probably not something you’ve given much thought to. A firewall helps control incoming connections—requests from apps and other devices that want to connect to your Mac—giving you an extra layer of protection whenever you’re online. For most people, the default settings work just fine. But if you ever want more control over how your firewall works, whether you’re on public Wi-Fi or want to adjust which apps can connect, those settings aren’t…
Security teams are overwhelmed with findings but still struggle to answer a simple question: which risks matter right now? A vulnerability alone is rarely the problem. The same vulnerability running in production, exposed through a misconfiguration or over-permissioned identity, is a real path to compromise. Organizations do not need longer lists of alerts. They need context that connects code, cloud resources, identities, and runtime activity so they can prioritize the issues that pose the…
Cássio De Alcântara is Director, LATAM Sales at Rapid7.Across Latin America, organizations are embracing cloud, AI, and digital transformation to drive innovation and business growth. These technologies create new opportunities, but also introduce greater complexity and expanding attack surfaces.In this environment, security leaders are being asked to understand where risk exists across increasingly distributed environments and quickly eliminate blind spots like Shadow IT and Shadow AI – all…
Executive Summary CVE-2026-68820 is an actively exploited Windows vulnerability listed in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, with a remediation deadline as suggested by CISA BOD 26-04. CISA BOD 26-04 introduces risk-based remediation timelines ranging from 3 to 14 days, increasing the pressure on teams to move quickly from patch availability to verified remediation. Installing the patch alone does not complete remediation, as the fix replaces a kernel driver and requires…
Learn how Tenable One Cloud Exposure helps you unmask the sophisticated tactics of cybercrime group Storm-0501, which carries out Azure-based cloud ransomware campaigns. Tenable One Cloud Exposure uses AI-powered threat stories to expose Storm-0501 TTPs, backed by precision-engineered threat detection alerts.Key takeawaysStorm-0501 demonstrates that cloud-first ransomware groups have shifted from simple endpoint encryption to the total hijacking of cloud tenants.Storm-0501 systematically…
Gopan Sivasankaran is Rapid7's Regional Director, Middle East & Africa.Across Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya, organizations are expanding their use of cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence, digital services, and connected operations. But more technology does not automatically create stronger security operations; many security teams are not short on data, but rather on time, context, and specialist capacity.As environments expand, the challenge is no longer finding another…