In the newly released 2025 State of Pentesting Report, Pentera surveyed 500 CISOs from global enterprises (200 from within the USA) to understand the strategies, tactics, and tools they use to cope with the thousands of security alerts, the persisting breaches and the growing cyber risks they have to handle. The findings reveal a complex picture of progress, challenges, and a shifting mindset
CloudSEK Raises $19 Million for Threat Intelligence Platform
Threat protection and intelligence firm CloudSEK raises $19 million in funding from new and existing investors.
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O2 Service Vulnerability Exposed User Location
A vulnerability in O2’s implementation of the IMS standard resulted in user location data being exposed in network responses.
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Madhu Gottumukkala Officially Announced as CISA Deputy Director
New CISA Deputy Director Madhu Gottumukkala has joined the agency from South Dakota’s Bureau of Information and Technology.
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Chinese Hackers Deploy MarsSnake Backdoor in Multi-Year Attack on Saudi Organization
Threat hunters have exposed the tactics of a China-aligned threat actor called UnsolicitedBooker that targeted an unnamed international organization in Saudi Arabia with a previously undocumented backdoor dubbed MarsSnake.
ESET, which first discovered the hacking group’s intrusions targeting the entity in March 2023 and again a year later, said the activity leverages spear-phishing emails using
ESET, which first discovered the hacking group’s intrusions targeting the entity in March 2023 and again a year later, said the activity leverages spear-phishing emails using
Go-Based Malware Deploys XMRig Miner on Linux Hosts via Redis Configuration Abuse
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new Linux cryptojacking campaign that’s targeting publicly accessible Redis servers.
The malicious activity has been codenamed RedisRaider by Datadog Security Labs.
“RedisRaider aggressively scans randomized portions of the IPv4 space and uses legitimate Redis configuration commands to execute malicious cron jobs on vulnerable systems,”
The malicious activity has been codenamed RedisRaider by Datadog Security Labs.
“RedisRaider aggressively scans randomized portions of the IPv4 space and uses legitimate Redis configuration commands to execute malicious cron jobs on vulnerable systems,”
Malicious PyPI Packages Exploit Instagram and TikTok APIs to Validate User Accounts
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered malicious packages uploaded to the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that act as checker tools to validate stolen email addresses against TikTok and Instagram APIs.
All three packages are no longer available on PyPI. The names of the Python packages are below –
All three packages are no longer available on PyPI. The names of the Python packages are below –
checker-SaGaF (2,605 downloads)
steinlurks (1,049 downloads)
sinnercore (3,300 downloads)
OpenAI plans to combine multiple models into GPT-5
OpenAI is planning to combine multiple products (features or models) into its next foundational model, which is called GPT-5. […]
Fake KeePass password manager leads to ESXi ransomware attack
Threat actors have been distributing trojanized versions of the KeePass password manager for at least eight months to install Cobalt Strike beacons, steal credentials, and ultimately, deploy ransomware on the breached network. […]
BreachRx Lands $15 Million as Investors Bet on Breach-Workflow Software
San Francisco incident response coordination startup banks $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Ballistic Ventures.
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