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How To Harden GitLab Permissions with Tenable

Apr 4, 2025 12:42 AM

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Andy Stern

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If your organization uses GitLab for managing your software development lifecycle, you must ensure you’re not misconfiguring the permissions of this open source DevSecOps platform. Doing so can expose your source code, along with sensitive data, while creating security risks. In this blog, we’ll explain how new Tenable plugins can help you keep your GitLab…
How CISOs can use identity to advance zero trust

Apr 1, 2025 9:55 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, automation, business, ciso, compliance, control, credentials, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, governance, iam, identity, malware, organized, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, strategy, tactics, threat, unauthorized, vulnerability, zero-trust

Identity: The decision point Perimeter-based security models built to keep attackers out won’t work when 60% of breaches now involve valid credentials. As my colleague Andy Thompson says, “It’s much easier to log in than hack in.”Every entity (human or non-human) accessing a resource (applications, data or other entities) requires an identity. That’s why identities are so…
Europol warns of AIs growing role in organized crime operations

Mar 27, 2025 9:37 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: ai, crime, organized

First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/europol-warns-of-ais-growing-role-in-organized-crime-operations
Hybrid Threats and AI: Shaping the Future of EU’s Organized Threat Landscape in 2025

Mar 24, 2025 9:13 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: ai, crime, intelligence, organized, strategy, tactics, threat, tool

The European Union’s landscape of serious and organized crime is undergoing a significant transformation, according to the latest EU-SOCTA 2025 report released by Europol. This comprehensive assessment highlights how hybrid threats and artificial intelligence (AI) have become the core elements of the organized threat landscape in Europe, reshaping the tactics, tools, and strategies employed by…
How AI, corruption and digital tools fuel Europe’s criminal underworld

Mar 24, 2025 9:13 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: ai, crime, intelligence, organized, threat, tool

Europol has released its 2025 report on serious and organized crime in the EU. The EU Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (EU-SOCTA) is based on intelligence from EU … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/03/24/europe-criminal-underworld/
Cybersecurity Snapshot: Tenable Highlights Risks of AI Use in the Cloud, as UK’s NCSC Offers Tips for Post-Quantum Cryptography Adoption

Mar 22, 2025 9:13 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, banking, best-practice, breach, business, cctv, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, control, crime, crimes, cryptography, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, detection, encryption, exploit, google, group, hacker, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iot, law, linux, malicious, malware, mitigation, mobile, network, open-source, organized, phishing, programming, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, router, service, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, virus, vulnerability

Check out key findings and insights from the “Tenable Cloud AI Risk Report 2025.” Plus, get fresh guidance on how to transition to quantum-resistant cryptography. In addition, find out how AI is radically transforming cyber crime. And get the latest on open source software security; cyber scams; and IoT security. Dive into six things that…
Cybersecurity Snapshot: Tenable Highlights Risks of AI Use in the Cloud, as UK’s NCSC Offers Tips for Post-Quantum Cryptography Adoption

Mar 22, 2025 8:13 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, banking, best-practice, breach, business, cctv, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, control, crime, crimes, cryptography, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, detection, encryption, exploit, google, group, hacker, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iot, law, linux, malicious, malware, mitigation, mobile, network, open-source, organized, phishing, programming, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, router, service, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, virus, vulnerability

Check out key findings and insights from the “Tenable Cloud AI Risk Report 2025.” Plus, get fresh guidance on how to transition to quantum-resistant cryptography. In addition, find out how AI is radically transforming cyber crime. And get the latest on open source software security; cyber scams; and IoT security. Dive into six things that…
Cybersecurity Snapshot: Tenable Highlights Risks of AI Use in the Cloud, as UK’s NCSC Offers Tips for Post-Quantum Cryptography Adoption

Mar 22, 2025 7:13 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, banking, best-practice, breach, business, cctv, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, control, crime, crimes, cryptography, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, detection, encryption, exploit, google, group, hacker, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iot, law, linux, malicious, malware, mitigation, mobile, network, open-source, organized, phishing, programming, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, router, service, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, virus, vulnerability

Check out key findings and insights from the “Tenable Cloud AI Risk Report 2025.” Plus, get fresh guidance on how to transition to quantum-resistant cryptography. In addition, find out how AI is radically transforming cyber crime. And get the latest on open source software security; cyber scams; and IoT security. Dive into six things that…
Cybersecurity Snapshot: Tenable Highlights Risks of AI Use in the Cloud, as UK’s NCSC Offers Tips for Post-Quantum Cryptography Adoption

Mar 22, 2025 6:13 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, banking, best-practice, breach, business, cctv, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, control, crime, crimes, cryptography, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, detection, encryption, exploit, google, group, hacker, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iot, law, linux, malicious, malware, mitigation, mobile, network, open-source, organized, phishing, programming, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, router, service, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, virus, vulnerability

Check out key findings and insights from the “Tenable Cloud AI Risk Report 2025.” Plus, get fresh guidance on how to transition to quantum-resistant cryptography. In addition, find out how AI is radically transforming cyber crime. And get the latest on open source software security; cyber scams; and IoT security. Dive into six things that…
Cybersecurity Snapshot: Tenable Highlights Risks of AI Use in the Cloud, as UK’s NCSC Offers Tips for Post-Quantum Cryptography Adoption

Mar 22, 2025 5:13 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, banking, best-practice, breach, business, cctv, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, control, crime, crimes, cryptography, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, detection, encryption, exploit, google, group, hacker, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iot, law, linux, malicious, malware, mitigation, mobile, network, open-source, organized, phishing, programming, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, router, service, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, virus, vulnerability

Check out key findings and insights from the “Tenable Cloud AI Risk Report 2025.” Plus, get fresh guidance on how to transition to quantum-resistant cryptography. In addition, find out how AI is radically transforming cyber crime. And get the latest on open source software security; cyber scams; and IoT security. Dive into six things that…
Cybersecurity Snapshot: Tenable Highlights Risks of AI Use in the Cloud, as UK’s NCSC Offers Tips for Post-Quantum Cryptography Adoption

Mar 22, 2025 1:13 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, banking, best-practice, breach, business, cctv, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, control, crime, crimes, cryptography, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, detection, encryption, exploit, google, group, hacker, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iot, law, linux, malicious, malware, mitigation, mobile, network, open-source, organized, phishing, programming, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, router, service, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, virus, vulnerability

Check out key findings and insights from the “Tenable Cloud AI Risk Report 2025.” Plus, get fresh guidance on how to transition to quantum-resistant cryptography. In addition, find out how AI is radically transforming cyber crime. And get the latest on open source software security; cyber scams; and IoT security. Dive into six things that…
Cybersecurity Snapshot: Tenable Highlights Risks of AI Use in the Cloud, as UK’s NCSC Offers Tips for Post-Quantum Cryptography Adoption

Mar 22, 2025 12:13 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, banking, best-practice, breach, business, cctv, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, control, crime, crimes, cryptography, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, detection, encryption, exploit, google, group, hacker, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iot, law, linux, malicious, malware, mitigation, mobile, network, open-source, organized, phishing, programming, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, router, service, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, virus, vulnerability

Check out key findings and insights from the “Tenable Cloud AI Risk Report 2025.” Plus, get fresh guidance on how to transition to quantum-resistant cryptography. In addition, find out how AI is radically transforming cyber crime. And get the latest on open source software security; cyber scams; and IoT security. Dive into six things that…
Cybersecurity Snapshot: Tenable Highlights Risks of AI Use in the Cloud, as UK’s NCSC Offers Tips for Post-Quantum Cryptography Adoption

Mar 21, 2025 11:13 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, banking, best-practice, breach, business, cctv, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, control, crime, crimes, cryptography, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, detection, encryption, exploit, google, group, hacker, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iot, law, linux, malicious, malware, mitigation, mobile, network, open-source, organized, phishing, programming, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, router, service, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, virus, vulnerability

Check out key findings and insights from the “Tenable Cloud AI Risk Report 2025.” Plus, get fresh guidance on how to transition to quantum-resistant cryptography. In addition, find out how AI is radically transforming cyber crime. And get the latest on open source software security; cyber scams; and IoT security. Dive into six things that…
Cybersecurity Snapshot: Tenable Highlights Risks of AI Use in the Cloud, as UK’s NCSC Offers Tips for Post-Quantum Cryptography Adoption

Mar 21, 2025 10:13 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, banking, best-practice, breach, business, cctv, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, control, crime, crimes, cryptography, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, detection, encryption, exploit, google, group, hacker, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iot, law, linux, malicious, malware, mitigation, mobile, network, open-source, organized, phishing, programming, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, router, service, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, virus, vulnerability

Check out key findings and insights from the “Tenable Cloud AI Risk Report 2025.” Plus, get fresh guidance on how to transition to quantum-resistant cryptography. In addition, find out how AI is radically transforming cyber crime. And get the latest on open source software security; cyber scams; and IoT security. Dive into six things that…
Cybersecurity Snapshot: Tenable Highlights Risks of AI Use in the Cloud, as UK’s NCSC Offers Tips for Post-Quantum Cryptography Adoption

Mar 21, 2025 9:13 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, banking, best-practice, breach, business, cctv, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, control, crime, crimes, cryptography, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, detection, encryption, exploit, google, group, hacker, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iot, law, linux, malicious, malware, mitigation, mobile, network, open-source, organized, phishing, programming, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, router, service, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, virus, vulnerability

Check out key findings and insights from the “Tenable Cloud AI Risk Report 2025.” Plus, get fresh guidance on how to transition to quantum-resistant cryptography. In addition, find out how AI is radically transforming cyber crime. And get the latest on open source software security; cyber scams; and IoT security. Dive into six things that…
Cybersecurity Snapshot: Tenable Highlights Risks of AI Use in the Cloud, as UK’s NCSC Offers Tips for Post-Quantum Cryptography Adoption

Mar 21, 2025 8:13 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, banking, best-practice, breach, business, cctv, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, control, crime, crimes, cryptography, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, detection, encryption, exploit, google, group, hacker, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iot, law, linux, malicious, malware, mitigation, mobile, network, open-source, organized, phishing, programming, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, router, service, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, virus, vulnerability

Check out key findings and insights from the “Tenable Cloud AI Risk Report 2025.” Plus, get fresh guidance on how to transition to quantum-resistant cryptography. In addition, find out how AI is radically transforming cyber crime. And get the latest on open source software security; cyber scams; and IoT security. Dive into six things that…
Cybercriminals Taking Advantage of ‘Shadow’ Alliances, AI

Mar 20, 2025 6:13 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: ai, crime, cybercrime, network, organized

A Europol report says nation-state actors are increasingly working with organized crime networks to achieve geopolitical goals, including the destabilization of the EU. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/cybercriminals-taking-advantage-ai-shadow-alliances
Cybercriminals Taking Advantage Of AI, ‘Shadow’ Alliances

Mar 20, 2025 5:13 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: ai, crime, cybercrime, network, organized

A Europol report says nation-state actors are increasingly working with organized crime networks to achieve geopolitical goals, including the destabilization of the EU. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/cybercriminals-taking-advantage-ai-shadow-alliances
AI Is Turbocharging Organized Crime, EU Police Agency Warns

Mar 18, 2025 9:52 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: ai, crime, organized

AI and other technologies “are a catalyst for crime, and drive criminal operations’ efficiency by amplifying their speed, reach, and sophistication,” the report said. The post AI Is Turbocharging Organized Crime, EU Police Agency Warns appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/ai-is-turbocharging-organized-crime-eu-police-agency-warns/
CIOs and CISOs take on NIS2: Key challenges, security opportunities

Mar 14, 2025 7:52 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, cio, ciso, compliance, cybersecurity, data, GDPR, group, healthcare, ISO-27001, jobs, monitoring, nis-2, office, organized, privacy, regulation, risk, skills, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, training

Compliance will be easier for some: There are CIOs and CISOs who have found NIS2 compliance relatively easy: those who have worked toward ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, whether they remained in the preparation phase or actually got certified.Those who have the certification report having found themselves with “80% of the work done”: the company is ready…
The dirty dozen: 12 worst ransomware groups active today

Mar 5, 2025 10:34 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, ai, alphv, apt, attack, backup, breach, cloud, cyber, cybercrime, dark-web, data, detection, email, encryption, endpoint, exploit, extortion, finance, government, group, healthcare, infrastructure, intelligence, korea, law, leak, linux, lockbit, malicious, malware, moveIT, network, north-korea, organized, phishing, ransom, ransomware, russia, service, social-engineering, software, strategy, threat, tool, usa, vmware, vulnerability, windows, zero-day

Black Basta: History: Black Basta appeared on the ransomware scene in early 2022 and is believed to be a spin-off from Conti, a group notorious for attacking major organizations.How it works: Black Basta usually deploys malware through exploitation of known vulnerabilities and social engineering campaigns. “Employees in the target environment are email bombed and then…
Europol Cracks Down on European Document Forgery and Smuggling Ring

Feb 21, 2025 11:20 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: crime, group, organized

Europol has announced a successful operation against a significant organized crime group involved in forging official documents and First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/europol-cracks-down-on-european-document-forgery-and-smuggling-ring/
Getting the Most Value out of the OSCP: Pre-Course Prep

Feb 12, 2025 5:57 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, antivirus, attack, compliance, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, detection, exploit, finance, framework, guide, hacker, hacking, infosec, infrastructure, jobs, kali, linux, mandiant, metric, microsoft, mitre, network, organized, password, penetration-testing, PurpleTeam, RedTeam, risk, service, skills, software, tactics, technology, tool, training, vulnerability, windows

The first post in a five-part practical guide series on maximizing the professional, educational, and financial value of the OffSec certification pursuit for a successful career in offensive cybersecurity consulting Disclaimer: All opinions expressed in this article are solely my own. I have reviewed the content to ensure compliance with OffSec’s copyright policies and agreements.…
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025: Takeaways, reflections, and learnings for the future

Feb 11, 2025 3:55 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: attack, best-practice, ceo, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, finance, fortinet, group, intelligence, international, law, lessons-learned, mitigation, open-source, organized, risk, strategy, tactics, technology, threat

Increasingly sophisticated threat actors in the evolving cybersecurity landscape In a world where cybercriminals often operate with a level of efficiency mirroring that of Fortune 500 companies, it is essential that we look to ways we can better collaborate to counter them. Unfortunately, there is still a lot of room for improvement; in 2023, 87%…
Justice Department Disrupts Cybercrime Network Selling Hacking Tools to Organized Crime Groups

Feb 3, 2025 10:12 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: crime, cybercrime, fraud, group, hacking, international, network, organized, tool

The Justice Department made a new move in disrupting an international network of cybercriminals by announcing the coordinated seizure of 39 cybercrime websites. These websites, associated with a Pakistan-based operation called the HeartSender, were used to sell hacking tools and fraud-enabling resources to transnational organized crime groups. The action was carried out in collaboration with…
Lynx Ransomware Architecture to Attack Windows, Linux, ESXi Uncovered

Jan 29, 2025 6:36 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: attack, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, encryption, extortion, linux, organized, ransomware, service, tool, windows

The emergence of the Lynx Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) platform has drawn significant attention in cybersecurity circles, owing to its advanced technical capabilities, structured affiliate workflow, and expansive ransomware arsenal. Lynx has proven to be a highly organized and efficient cybercriminal operation, offering its affiliates a user-friendly interface, robust encryption capabilities, and extortion tools that underline its…
Lynx Ransomware Group Unveiled with Sophisticated Affiliate Program

Jan 28, 2025 6:36 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: data-breach, group, organized, ransomware, service

Group-IB researchers have exposed the highly organized affiliate platform and sophisticated operations of the Lynx Ransomware-as-a-Service group First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/lynx-ransomware-sophisticated/
10 top XDR tools and how to evaluate them

Jan 23, 2025 11:22 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: ai, attack, automation, business, cloud, computing, container, corporate, credentials, data, defense, detection, edr, email, encryption, endpoint, finance, firewall, google, guide, Hardware, iam, ibm, identity, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, marketplace, microsoft, mitigation, network, office, okta, open-source, organized, risk, security-incident, service, siem, skills, soar, software, spam, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, zero-day

Little in the modern IT world lends itself to manual or siloed management, and this is doubly true in the security realm. The scale of modern enterprise computing and modern application stack architecture requires security tools that can bring visibility into the security posture of modern IT components and integrate tightly to bring real-time threat…
How organizations can secure their AI code

Jan 20, 2025 8:22 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: ai, application-security, awareness, backdoor, breach, business, chatgpt, ciso, compliance, control, credentials, crime, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, finance, github, healthcare, LLM, malicious, ml, open-source, organized, programming, risk, risk-management, software, startup, strategy, supply-chain, technology, tool, training, vulnerability

In 2023, the team at data extraction startup Reworkd was under tight deadlines. Investors pressured them to monetize the platform, and they needed to migrate everything from Next.js to Python/FastAPI. To speed things up, the team decided to turn to ChatGPT to do some of the work. The AI-generated code appeared to function, so they…
Microsoft sues overseas threat actor group over abuse of OpenAI service

Jan 14, 2025 8:46 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, ai, computer, country, credentials, crime, crimes, cybercrime, data-breach, exploit, fraud, group, hacker, Internet, law, malicious, microsoft, openai, organized, service, software, threat, tool

Microsoft has filed suit against 10 unnamed people (“Does”), who are apparently operating overseas, for misuse of its Azure OpenAI platform, asking the Eastern District of Virginia federal court for damages and injunctive relief.The suit was filed in late December but was not made public until last Friday, when the initial sealed filings were revealed.…