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Moving Beyond Awareness: How Threat Hunting Builds Readiness

Every October brings a familiar rhythm – pumpkin-spice everything in stores and cafés, alongside a wave of reminders, webinars, and checklists in my inbox. Halloween may be just around the corner, yet for those of us in cybersecurity, Security Awareness Month is the true seasonal milestone.
Make no mistake, as a security professional, I love this month. Launched by CISA and the National

Pixnapping Attack Steals Data From Google, Samsung Android Phones

Google has released a partial patch for the Pixnapping attack and is working on an additional fix.

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RMPocalypse: Single 8-Byte Write Shatters AMD’s SEV-SNP Confidential Computing

Chipmaker AMD has released fixes to address a security flaw dubbed RMPocalypse that could be exploited to undermine confidential computing guarantees provided by Secure Encrypted Virtualization with Secure Nested Paging (SEV-SNP).
The attack, per ETH Zürich researchers Benedict Schlüter and Shweta Shinde, exploits AMD’s incomplete protections that make it possible to perform a single memory

New Pixnapping Android Flaw Lets Rogue Apps Steal 2FA Codes Without Permissions

Android devices from Google and Samsung have been found vulnerable to a side-channel attack that could be exploited to covertly steal two-factor authentication (2FA) codes, Google Maps timelines, and other sensitive data without the users’ knowledge pixel-by-pixel.
The attack has been codenamed Pixnapping by a group of academics from the University of California (Berkeley), University of

What AI Reveals About Web Applications— and Why It Matters

Before an attacker ever sends a payload, they’ve already done the work of understanding how your environment is built. They look at your login flows, your JavaScript files, your error messages, your API documentation, your GitHub repos. These are all clues that help them understand how your systems behave. AI is significantly accelerating reconnaissance and enabling attackers to map your

CISO Conversations: Are Microsoft’s Deputy CISOs a Signpost to the Future?

SecurityWeek talks to Microsoft Deputy CISOs (dCISOs) Ann Johnson and Mark Russinovich.

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RMPocalypse: New Attack Breaks AMD Confidential Computing

A vulnerability in RMP initialization allows the AMD processor’s x86 cores to maliciously control parts of the initial RMP state.

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Windows 10 Still on Over 40% of Devices as It Reaches End of Support

Users can continue receiving important security updates for Windows 10 by enrolling in the ESU program.

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npm, PyPI, and RubyGems Packages Found Sending Developer Data to Discord Channels

Cybersecurity researchers have identified several malicious packages across npm, Python, and Ruby ecosystems that leverage Discord as a command-and-control (C2) channel to transmit stolen data to actor-controlled webhooks.
Webhooks on Discord are a way to post messages to channels in the platform without requiring a bot user or authentication, making them an attractive mechanism for attackers to

Researchers Expose TA585’s MonsterV2 Malware Capabilities and Attack Chain

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a previously undocumented threat actor called TA585 that has been observed delivering an off-the-shelf malware called MonsterV2 via phishing campaigns.
The Proofpoint Threat Research Team described the threat activity cluster as sophisticated, leveraging web injections and filtering checks as part of its attack chains.
“TA585 is notable because it

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