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Hackers Abuse EDRSilencer Tool to Bypass Security and Hide Malicious Activity

Threat actors are attempting to abuse the open-source EDRSilencer tool as part of efforts to tamper endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions and hide malicious activity.
Trend Micro said it detected “threat actors attempting to integrate EDRSilencer in their attacks, repurposing it as a means of evading detection.”
EDRSilencer, inspired by the NightHawk FireBlock tool from MDSec, is

Understand these seven password attacks and how to stop them

Hackers are always looking for new ways to crack passwords and gain access to your organization’s data and systems. In this post, Specops Software discusses the seven most common password attacks and provide tips on how to defend against them. […]

Malicious ads exploited Internet Explorer zero day to drop malware

The North Korean hacking group ScarCruft launched a large-scale attack in May that leveraged an Internet Explorer zero-day flaw to infect targets with the RokRAT malware and exfiltrate data. […]

FIDO Alliance Drafts New Protocol to Simplify Passkey Transfers Across Different Platforms

The FIDO Alliance said it’s working to make passkeys and other credentials more easier to export across different providers and improve credential provider interoperability, as more than 12 billion online accounts become accessible with the passwordless sign-in method.
To that end, the alliance said it has published a draft for a new set of specifications for secure credential exchange,

OT Risk Management Firm DeNexus Raises $17.5 Million

DeRisk is an AI and ML-driven data analytics platform that focuses on managing the cyber risk to the underserved operational technology of critical industries.

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Varsity Brands Data Breach Impacts 65,000 People

Apparel giant Varsity Brands has disclosed some information about a data breach impacting more than 65,000 individuals.

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Microsoft Patches Vulnerabilities in Power Platform, Imagine Cup Site

Microsoft has patched ‘critical’ privilege escalation and information disclosure vulnerabilities in Power Platform, Dataverse and the Imagine Cup website.

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Dane Stuckey Joins OpenAI as CISO

Former Palantir CISO joins ChatGPT maker OpenAI to lead cybersecurity efforts.

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CISA and FBI Release Product Security Bad Practices for Public Comment

From Misuse to Abuse: AI Risks and Attacks

AI from the attacker’s perspective: See how cybercriminals are leveraging AI and exploiting its vulnerabilities to compromise systems, users, and even other AI applications
Cybercriminals and AI: The Reality vs. Hype
“AI will not replace humans in the near future. But humans who know how to use AI are going to replace those humans who don’t know how to use AI,” says Etay Maor, Chief Security

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