Significant cybersecurity M&A deals announced by Jamf, LevelBlue, Ping Identity, Twilio, and Veeam Software. The post Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 45 Deals Announced in October 2025 appeared first on SecurityWeek.
These days, the most important meeting attendee isn’t a person: It’s the AI notetaker. This system assigns action items and determines the importance of what is said. If it becomes necessary to revisit the facts of the meeting, its summary is treated as impartial evidence. But clever meeting attendees canRead More »AI Summarization Optimization
Security Operations Centers (SOC) today are overwhelmed. Analysts handle thousands of alerts every day, spending much time chasing false positives and adjusting detection rules reactively. SOCs often lack the environmental context and relevant threat intelligence needed to quickly verify which alerts are truly malicious. As a result, analysts spend excessiveRead More »The Evolution of SOC Operations: How Continuous Exposure Management Transforms Security Operations
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on two different Android trojans called BankBot-YNRK and DeliveryRAT that are capable of harvesting sensitive data from compromised devices. According to CYFIRMA, which analyzed three different samples of BankBot-YNRK, the malware incorporates features to sidestep analysis efforts by first checking its running within a virtualizedRead More »Researchers Uncover BankBot-YNRK and DeliveryRAT Android Trojans Stealing Financial Data
The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Kimsuky has distributed a previously undocumented backdoor codenamed HttpTroy as part of a likely spear-phishing attack targeting a single victim in South Korea. Gen Digital, which disclosed details of the activity, did not reveal any details on when the incident occurred, but notedRead More »New HttpTroy Backdoor Poses as VPN Invoice in Targeted Cyberattack on South Korea
PowerShell and .NET variants of the malware abuse AirWatch’s MDM API to establish a C&C communication channel. The post Chinese APT Uses ‘Airstalk’ Malware in Supply Chain Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The two bugs are high-severity type confusion and inappropriate implementation issues in the browser’s V8 JavaScript engine. The post Google Pays $100,000 in Rewards for Two Chrome Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
A Ukrainian man indicted in 2012 for conspiring with a prolific hacking group to steal tens of millions of dollars from U.S. businesses was arrested in Italy and is now in custody in the United States, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Sources close to the investigation say Yuriy Igorevich Rybtsov, a 41-year-oldRead More »Alleged Jabber Zeus Coder ‘MrICQ’ in U.S. Custody
The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has issued a bulletin about ongoing cyber attacks targeting unpatched Cisco IOS XE devices in the country with a previously undocumented implant known as BADCANDY. The activity, per the intelligence agency, involves the exploitation of CVE-2023-20198 (CVSS score: 10.0), a critical vulnerability that allows aRead More »ASD Warns of Ongoing BADCANDY Attacks Exploiting Cisco IOS XE Vulnerability
I can’t believe that I haven’t yet posted this picture of a giant squid at the Smithsonian. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Blog moderation policy.
