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Cyber Security News From Around The World

Latest news as of 6/18/2025, 6:32:56 PM

Bleeping Computer

14 days ago

Kerberos AS-REP roasting attacks: What you need to know

Think your passwords are strong enough? AS-REP Roasting is back in the spotlight — and it's targeting weak spots in Active Directory. Learn more from Specops Software how attackers exploit missing Kerberos pre-auth and how to stop them with strong password policies. [...]

Bleeping Computer

14 days ago

Google: Hackers target Salesforce accounts in data extortion attacks

Google has observed hackers claiming to be the ShinyHunters extortion group conducting social engineering attacks against multi-national companies to steal data from organization's SalesForce platforms. [...]

The Register

14 days ago

Crims stole 40,000 people's data from our network, admits publisher Lee Enterprises

Did somebody say ransomware? Not the newspaper group, not even to deny it Regional newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises says data belonging to around 40,000 people was stolen during an attack on its network earlier this year.…

The Hacker News

14 days ago

Your SaaS Data Isn't Safe: Why Traditional DLP Solutions Fail in the Browser Era

Traditional data leakage prevention (DLP) tools aren't keeping pace with the realities of how modern businesses use SaaS applications. Companies today rely heavily on SaaS platforms like Google Workspace, Salesforce, Slack, and generative AI tools, significantly altering the way sensitive information is handled. In these environments, data rarely appears as traditional files or crosses networks

Dark Reading

14 days ago

How to Approach Security in the Era of AI Agents

Organizations need to implement these five essential security controls to safely harness the power of autonomous AI agents while still protecting enterprise assets.

The Hacker News

14 days ago

Malicious PyPI, npm, and Ruby Packages Exposed in Ongoing Open-Source Supply Chain Attacks

Several malicious packages have been uncovered across the npm, Python, and Ruby package repositories that drain funds from cryptocurrency wallets, erase entire codebases after installation, and exfiltrate Telegram API tokens, once again demonstrating the variety of supply chain threats lurking in open-source ecosystems. The findings come from multiple reports published by Checkmarx,

The Register

14 days ago

UK CyberEM Command to spearhead new era of armed conflict

Government details latest initiative following announcement last week Revealing more details about the Cyber and Electromagnetic (CyberEM) military domain, the UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD) says "there are pockets of excellence" but improvements must be made to ensure the country's capability meets the needs of national defense.…

The Register

14 days ago

Ukraine war spurred infosec vet Mikko Hyppönen to pivot to drones

Why? There's a war in Europe, Finland has a belligerent neighbor, and cyber is a settled field Mikko Hyppönen has spent the last 34 years creating security software that defends against criminals and state-backed actors, but now he's moving onto drone warfare.… Interview

The Hacker News

15 days ago

HPE Issues Security Patch for StoreOnce Bug Allowing Remote Authentication Bypass

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has released security updates to address as many as eight vulnerabilities in its StoreOnce data backup and deduplication solution that could result in an authentication bypass and remote code execution. "These vulnerabilities could be remotely exploited to allow remote code execution, disclosure of information, server-side request forgery, authentication bypass,

The Register

15 days ago

‘Deliberate attack’ deletes shopping app’s AWS and GitHub resources

CEO of India's KiranaPro, which brings convenience stores online, vows to name the perp The CEO of Indian grocery ordering app KiranaPro has claimed an attacker deleted its GitHub and AWS resources in a targeted and deliberate attack and vowed to name the perpetrator.…