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Palo Alto Networks
Attackers are chaining flaws to breach Palo Alto Networks firewalls

Exploitation attempts targeting CVE-2025-0108, a recently disclosed authentication bypass vulnerability affecting the management web interface of Palo Alto Networks’ …

Kunai
Kunai: Open-source threat hunting tool for Linux

Kunai is an open-source tool that provides deep and precise event monitoring for Linux environments. “What sets Kunai apart is its ability to go beyond simple event …

cyber hygiene habits
Cyber hygiene habits that many still ignore

Cybersecurity advice is everywhere. We’re constantly reminded to update our passwords, enable two-factor authentication, and avoid clicking suspicious links. Yet, beneath …

ransomware
BlackLock ransomware onslaught: What to expect and how to fight it

BlackLock is on track to become the most active ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) outfit in 2025, according to ReliaQuest. Its success is primarily due to their unusually active …

social media
Cybercriminals shift focus to social media as attacks reach historic highs

A new report from Gen highlights a sharp rise in online threats, capping off a record-breaking 2024. Between October and December alone, 2.55 billion cyber threats were …

Oded Hareven
The risks of autonomous AI in machine-to-machine interactions

In this Help Net Security, Oded Hareven, CEO of Akeyless Security, discusses how enterprises should adapt their cybersecurity strategies to address the growing need for …

CIS Hardened Images
Balancing cloud security with performance and availability

Your business can’t realize the many benefits of cloud computing without ensuring performance and availability in its cloud environments. Let’s look at some …

cybersecurity jobs
Cybersecurity jobs available right now: February 18, 2025

Some of the jobs listed here are no longer accepting applications. For a fresh list of open cybersecurity jobs, go here. Airport Cybersecurity Engineer II Salt Lake City …

Apple Xcode
The XCSSET info-stealing malware is back, targeting macOS users and devs

A new, improved variant of the XCSSET macOS malware has been spotted “in limited attacks” by Microsoft’s threat researchers. XCSSET macOS malware XCSSET in …

OSINT books
Unlocking OSINT: Top books to learn from

Discover the top Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) books in this curated list. From investigative techniques to digital footprint analysis, these titles offer insights for …

PostgreSQL
A PostgreSQL zero-day was also exploited in US Treasury hack (CVE-2025-1094)

The suspected Chinese state-sponsored hackers who breached workstations of several US Treasury employees in December 2024 did so by leveraging not one, but two zero-days, …

Bitcoin
Two Estonians plead guilty in $577M cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme

Two Estonian nationals may spend the next 20 years in prison for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars through a massive cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, the US Department of …

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