Threatline

Cyber Security News From Around The World

Latest news as of 7/14/2025, 9:29:40 PM

Graham Cluley

2 months ago

Damascened Peacock: Russian hackers targeted UK Ministry of Defence

The UK’s Ministry of Defence has revealed that it was the target of a sophisticated cyber attack that saw Russia-linked hackers pose as journalists. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

Dark Reading

2 months ago

ConnectWise Breached, ScreenConnect Customers Targeted

The software company, which specializes in remote IT management, said a "sophisticated nation state actor" was behind the attack but provided few details.

Dark Reading

2 months ago

Vibe Coding Changed the Development Process

AI tools changed your development process. Now product security must change too.

The Hacker News

2 months ago

New EDDIESTEALER Malware Bypasses Chrome's App-Bound Encryption to Steal Browser Data

A new malware campaign is distributing a novel Rust-based information stealer dubbed EDDIESTEALER using the popular ClickFix social engineering tactic initiated via fake CAPTCHA verification pages. "This campaign leverages deceptive CAPTCHA verification pages that trick users into executing a malicious PowerShell script, which ultimately deploys the infostealer, harvesting sensitive data such as

Dark Reading

2 months ago

Tenable to Acquire AI Security Startup Apex

Apex will enhance Tenable's AI Aware tool by mitigating the threats of AI applications and tools not governed by organizations, while enforcing existing security policies.

Dark Reading

2 months ago

CISO Stature Rises, but Security Budgets Remain Tight

The rate of compensation gains has slowed from the COVID years, and budgets remain largely static due to economic fears, but CISOs are increasingly gaining executive status and responsibilities.

Dark Reading

2 months ago

From Code Red to Rust: Microsoft's Security Journey

At this year's Build developer conference, Microsoft reflects on what the company learned about securing features and writing secure code in the early 2000s.

Dark Reading

2 months ago

NSA, CISA Urge Organizations to Secure Data Used in AI Models

New guidance includes a list of 10 best practices to protect sensitive data throughout the AI lifecycle as well as addressing supply chain and data poisoning risks.

The Hacker News

2 months ago

From the "Department of No" to a "Culture of Yes": A Healthcare CISO's Journey to Enabling Modern Care

Breaking Out of the Security Mosh Pit When Jason Elrod, CISO of MultiCare Health System, describes legacy healthcare IT environments, he doesn't mince words: "Healthcare loves to walk backwards into the future. And this is how we got here, because there are a lot of things that we could have prepared for that we didn't, because we were so concentrated on where we were." This chaotic approach has

The Hacker News

2 months ago

China-Linked Hackers Exploit SAP and SQL Server Flaws in Attacks Across Asia and Brazil

The China-linked threat actor behind the recent in-the-wild exploitation of a critical security flaw in SAP NetWeaver has been attributed to a broader set of attacks targeting organizations in Brazil, India, and Southeast Asia since 2023. "The threat actor mainly targets the SQL injection vulnerabilities discovered on web applications to access the SQL servers of targeted organizations," Trend