Mirage Kitten’s new malware set: NightLedger backdoor and two tunneling tools
Introduction Mirage Kitten – also known as UNC1549, Smoke Sandstorm, and Nimbus Manticore – is an advanced persistent threat (APT) group focused […]
Cybersecurity
This month in security with Tony Anscombe – April 2026 edition
Warnings about helpdesk impersonation scams and Iran-linked hackers targeting critical sectors in the US, plus the most damaging scams of
Microsoft debuts AI cybersecurity offerings as competition heats up
Microsoft threw its hat into the ring Monday in the increasingly heated competition among AI-powered cybersecurity offerings, unveiling tools that
Marathon Petroleum’s CISO on OT security automation, supply chain risk
In this interview with Help Net Security, Mary Rose Martinez, CISO at Marathon Petroleum, talks about what happens to security
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You can’t have failed to hear the news headlines: “AI agent went rogue and hacked startup by itself, OpenAI reveals”,
LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps – Krebs on Security
The home appliance giant LG Electronics USA said this week it plans to suspend any apps built for its smart
Fake Notepad++ Plugin Delivers MATCHBOIL.V2 in UAC-0099 Attacks
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new campaign that involves the use of a
New BitLocker extortion activity: RDP, MSSQL, RMM Abuse
Recently, our teams in Latin America investigated a series of incidents involving misconfiguration, the deployment of BitLocker, and the exploitation
ScarCruft compromises gaming platform in a supply-chain attack
ESET researchers uncovered a multiplatform supply-chain attack by North Korea-aligned APT group ScarCruft, targeting the Yanbian region in China –
Why blocking AI models won’t stop the cyber threats they create
2026 has turned out to be the year when predictions about AI-powered cyberattacks, long hypothesized as a potential risk associated