Tag: tool
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Cybercriminals Exploit Employee Monitoring and SimpleHelp Tools in Ransomware Attacks
Tags: attack, control, corporate, cyber, cybercrime, exploit, monitoring, network, ransomware, threat, toolThreat actors are abusing legitimate remote monitoring tools to hide inside corporate networks and launch ransomware attacks. Net Monitor for Employees Professional is a commercial workforce monitoring tool by NetworkLookout that offers remote screen viewing, full remote control, file management, shell command execution, and stealth deployment. While intended for productivity oversight, these rich administrative capabilities make it…
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Cryptographically Agile Policy Enforcement for LLM Tool Integration
Learn how to secure Model Context Protocol (MCP) deployments with post-quantum cryptography and agile policy enforcement for LLM tools. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/cryptographically-agile-policy-enforcement-for-llm-tool-integration/
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Companies are using ‘Summarize with AI’ to manipulate enterprise chatbots
Pushing falsehoods: A factor driving the recent popularity of recommendation poisoning appears to be the availability of open-source tools that make it easy to hide this function behind website Summarize buttons.This raises the uncomfortable possibility that poisoned buttons aren’t being added as an afterthought by SEO developers who get carried away. More likely, the intention…
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The SIEM Maturity Framework Workbook (v1.0): A Practical Scoring Tool for Security Analytics Platforms
Over the last few weeks I published a post on the architectural and operational gaps that created the new wave of SIEM and AI SOC vendors. A bunch of people asked the same follow-up question: “Ok, but how do I evaluate vendors consistently without falling back into feature checklists and marketing claims?” So I turned……
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AWS penetration testing: Definition, Policy Tools, and process
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud-computing platform offered by Amazon, which provides cloud services such as computing power, storage, databases, networking, and automated intelligence. AWS replaces data centres, builds applications, and offers pay-as-you-go. The unique features of AWS are scalability, global infrastructure, security, cost-effectiveness, and flexibility. AWS penetration testing involves a planned attempt to……
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AWS penetration testing: Definition, Policy Tools, and process
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud-computing platform offered by Amazon, which provides cloud services such as computing power, storage, databases, networking, and automated intelligence. AWS replaces data centres, builds applications, and offers pay-as-you-go. The unique features of AWS are scalability, global infrastructure, security, cost-effectiveness, and flexibility. AWS penetration testing involves a planned attempt to……
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Crazy ransomware gang abuses employee monitoring tool in attacks
A member of the Crazy ransomware gang is abusing legitimate employee monitoring software and the SimpleHelp remote support tool to maintain persistence in corporate networks, evade detection, and prepare for ransomware deployment. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/crazy-ransomware-gang-abuses-employee-monitoring-tool-in-attacks/
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Police arrest seller of JokerOTP MFA passcode capturing tool
The Netherlands Police have arrested a a 21-year-old man from Dordrecht, suspected of selling access to the JokerOTP phishing automation tool that can intercept one-time passwords (OTP) for hijacking accounts. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-arrest-seller-of-jokerotp-mfa-passcode-capturing-tool/
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Police arrest seller of JokerOTP MFA passcode capturing tool
The Netherlands Police have arrested a a 21-year-old man from Dordrecht, suspected of selling access to the JokerOTP phishing automation tool that can intercept one-time passwords (OTP) for hijacking accounts. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-arrest-seller-of-jokerotp-mfa-passcode-capturing-tool/
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DOJ says Trenchant boss sold exploits to Russian broker capable of accessing ‘millions of computers and devices’
The former boss of the L3Harris-owned hacking and surveillance tools maker Trenchant faces nine years in prison for selling several exploits to a Russian broker, which counts the Russian government among its customers. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/02/11/doj-says-trenchant-boss-sold-exploits-to-russian-broker-capable-of-accessing-millions-of-computers-and-devices/
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Best Tools for Test Data Management to Accelerate QA Teams in 2026
Test Data Management tools for 2026 ranked for QA and DevOps teams, comparing speed, self service, masking, CI/CD fit, and enterprise readiness. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/best-tools-test-data-management-accelerate-qa-teams-2026/
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Malicious 7-Zip site distributes installer laced with proxy tool
A fake 7-Zip website is distributing a trojanized installer of the popular archiving tool that turns the user’s computer into a residential proxy node. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-7-zip-site-distributes-installer-laced-with-proxy-tool/
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Writing Ransomware Using AI to Get Rich? Don’t Bet the Farm
Attackers that want to use artificial intelligence tools to build ransomware or help run their cyber operations risk getting much less than they bargained for, said security expert Candid Wuest, in part because they’ll still rely on known tactics that can be readily spotted and blocked. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/writing-ransomware-using-ai-to-get-rich-dont-bet-farm-i-5523
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Reco Secures $30M as Enterprises Struggle With Governing AI
Series B Funding Targets AI Agent Security Across Hundreds of SaaS Apps. Reco’s $30 million Series B round will fuel expansion of its AI SaaS governance platform as enterprises adopt generative AI at scale. CEO Ofer Klein says traditional security tools can’t keep up with the explosion of AI agents embedded across SaaS environments. First…
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Reynolds Ransomware Embeds BYOVD Driver to Disable EDR Security Tools
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an emergent ransomware family dubbed Reynolds that comes embedded with a built-in bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) component for defense evasion purposes within the ransomware payload itself.BYOVD refers to an adversarial technique that abuses legitimate but flawed driver software to escalate privileges and disable Endpoint Detection First seen…
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Reynolds Ransomware Embeds BYOVD Driver to Disable EDR Security Tools
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an emergent ransomware family dubbed Reynolds that comes embedded with a built-in bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) component for defense evasion purposes within the ransomware payload itself.BYOVD refers to an adversarial technique that abuses legitimate but flawed driver software to escalate privileges and disable Endpoint Detection First seen…
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Next Gen Spotlights: Turning Behavioural Intelligence into a Powerful Tool Against Fraud and Crime QA with Paddy Lawton, Co-Founder of FACT360
Founded on pioneering British research and real-world intelligence applications, FACT360 is using behavioural analytics to help governments and organisations detect fraud, terrorism and serious crime without breaching privacy. The Gurus spoke to Paddy Lawton, Founder of FACT360, about the origins of the company, the problem it solves and how government-backed programmes have helped accelerate its…
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ZeroDayRAT malware grants full access to Android, iOS devices
A new commercial mobile spyware platform dubbed ZeroDayRAT is being advertised to cybercriminals on Telegram as a tool that provides full remote control over compromised Android and iOS devices. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/zerodayrat-malware-grants-full-access-to-android-ios-devices/
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APT36 Targets Linux Systems With New Tools Designed to Disrupt Services
Critical infrastructure worldwide faces mounting threats from sophisticated, state-sponsored >>espionage ecosystems.<< These well-funded organizations deploy various tools designed to disrupt essential services and gather intelligence. Some launch denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against transport hubs and supply chains. In contrast, others seek geopolitical advantage by mining sensitive information and bypassing traditional security measures. For over a decade,…
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ZAST.AI Raises $6M Pre-A to Scale “Zero False Positive” AI-Powered Code Security
January 5, 2026, Seattle, USA, ZAST.AI announced the completion of a $6 million Pre-A funding round. This investment came from the well-known investment firm Hillhouse Capital, bringing ZAST.AI’s total funding close to $10 million. This marks a recognition from leading capital markets of a new solution: ending the era of high false positive rates in…
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OpenClaw ist ein Weckruf für die KI-Sicherheit
Tools wie OpenClaw, vormals bekannt unter Clawdbot oder Moltbot, ein autonomer KI-Agent, werden in vielen Fällen zunächst von Einzelpersonen genutzt: Ingenieure, die Nebenprojekte automatisieren, Analysten, die Arbeitsabläufe miteinander verknüpfen, Betreiber, die Routineaufgaben mithilfe offener und von der Community entwickelter Agent-Frameworks beschleunigen. Sobald diese Tools mit realen Systemen in Berührung kommen, indem sie Zugriff auf Posteingänge,…
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Notepad++ lieferte monatelang Backdoors statt Updates – Notepad++-Super-GAU: Wie das Admin-Tool zur APT-Waffe wurde
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/notepad-plus-plus-super-gau-apt-backdoor-a-5db1240aced2e8b2a1b4739eea71cf01/
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Bloody Wolf Cybercrime Group Uses NetSupport RAT to Breach Organizations
The latest campaign, they have switched to misusing a legitimate remote administration tool called NetSupport RAT. A cybercriminal group known as >>Stan Ghouls<< (or Bloody Wolf) has launched a fresh wave of attacks targeting organizations across Central Asia and Russia. Active since at least 2023, this group focuses heavily on the manufacturing, finance, and IT…
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Untersuchung von Tenable – Kritische Sicherheitslücken in Business-Intelligence-Tool Google Looker
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/kritische-sicherheitsluecken-google-looker-a-897f9eac9a222e74007a18ba636f6393/
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Anthropic’s DXT poses “critical RCE vulnerability” by running with full system privileges
Difference are ‘stark’: Principal AI Security Researcher at LayerX Security Roy Paz said that he tested DXT against Perplexity’s Comet, OpenAI’s Atlas, and Microsoft’s CoPilot, and the differences were stark.”When you ask Copilot, Atlas, or Perplexity to use a tool, then it will use that tool for you. But Claude DXT allows tools to talk…