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Apple fixes zero-day flaw exploited in “extremely sophisticated” attack (CVE-2025-24200)

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Apple fixes zero-day flaw exploited in “extremely sophisticated” attack (CVE-2025-24200) 2025-02-11 at 12:48 By Zeljka Zorz Users of iPhones and iPads that run iOS/iPadOS 18 and iPadOS 17 are urged to implement the latest updates to plug a security feature bypass vulnerability (CVE-2025-24200) exploited in the wild in “an extremely sophisticated” attack. The vulnerability (CVE-2025-24200) […]

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Arvest Bank CISO on building a strong cybersecurity culture in banking

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Arvest Bank CISO on building a strong cybersecurity culture in banking 2025-02-11 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Mike Calvi, CISO at Arvest Bank, discusses building a strong cybersecurity culture within the banking sector. He explains how leadership, effective reporting, and proactive engagement with associates are key in strengthening security.

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Review: Inside Cyber Warfare, 3rd Edition

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Review: Inside Cyber Warfare, 3rd Edition 2025-02-11 at 07:00 By Mirko Zorz Inside Cyber Warfare, 3rd Edition by Jeffrey Caruso explores how nation-states, corporations, and hackers engage in digital warfare. It offers insights into the intersection of cybersecurity, geopolitics, and emerging technology. About the author Jeffrey Caruso is a globally recognized cybersecurity adviser, author, and

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How to detect and disable Apple AirTags that might be tracking you

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How to detect and disable Apple AirTags that might be tracking you 2025-02-11 at 06:39 By Help Net Security Apple’s AirTags are a convenient way to track personal items like keys and bags, but they also raise concerns about unwanted tracking and stalking. To help users stay safe, Apple has implemented several anti-stalking protections, including

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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: February 11, 2025

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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: February 11, 2025 2025-02-11 at 06:02 By Anamarija Pogorelec Application Offensive Security Consultant Sharp Decisions | USA | On-site – View job details As an Application Offensive Security Consultant, you will perform Offensive Security Testing against applications and APIs. Perform application threat hunting to evaluate risk to applications. Perform manual

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Trustwave Named a Top 100 Security MSP by CRN for 6th Consecutive Year

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Trustwave Named a Top 100 Security MSP by CRN for 6th Consecutive Year 2025-02-10 at 17:05 By For the sixth consecutive year, the leading channel publication CRN named Trustwave to its 2025 Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list in its Security 100 category. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source

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Malicious ML models found on Hugging Face Hub

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Malicious ML models found on Hugging Face Hub 2025-02-10 at 15:52 By Zeljka Zorz Researchers have spotted two machine learning (ML) models containing malicious code on Hugging Face Hub, the popular online repository for datasets and pre-trained models. Once one of them is downloaded and executed on the developer’s machine, the malicious payload checks if

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February 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: New directions for AI development

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February 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: New directions for AI development 2025-02-10 at 08:02 By Help Net Security The new year has started with a whirlwind of activity, and one of the hottest topics in the news is the increasing emphasis on AI. DeepSeek ad Stargate DeepSeek took the world by storm as millions of copies

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Security validation: The new standard for cyber resilience

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Security validation: The new standard for cyber resilience 2025-02-10 at 07:37 By Help Net Security Security validation has officially turned a corner. Once considered a “nice-to-have” it’s now a top priority for security leaders worldwide. This shift has been accelerated by frameworks like Gartner’s Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), introduced in 2022, which emphasizes the

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Political campaigns struggle to balance AI personalization and voter privacy

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Political campaigns struggle to balance AI personalization and voter privacy 2025-02-10 at 07:05 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Mateusz Łabuz, researcher at the IFSH, discusses the balance between using AI for personalized political campaigns and protecting voter privacy. Łabuz also discusses the potential of AI in fact-checking, the regulatory landscape, and

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Beelzebub: Open-source honeypot framework

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Beelzebub: Open-source honeypot framework 2025-02-10 at 06:30 By Mirko Zorz Beelzebub is an open-source honeypot framework engineered to create a secure environment for detecting and analyzing cyber threats. It features a low-code design for seamless deployment and leverages AI to emulate the behavior of a high-interaction honeypot. “I created Beelzebub because my research activities require

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Week in review: Exploited 7-Zip 0-day flaw, crypto-stealing malware found on App Store, Google Play

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Week in review: Exploited 7-Zip 0-day flaw, crypto-stealing malware found on App Store, Google Play 2025-02-09 at 11:11 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Russian cybercrooks exploiting 7-Zip zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-0411) CVE-2025-0411, a Mark-of-the-Web bypass vulnerability in the open-source archiver tool 7-Zip

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Attackers compromise IIS servers by leveraging exposed ASP.NET machine keys

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Attackers compromise IIS servers by leveraging exposed ASP.NET machine keys 2025-02-07 at 14:22 By Zeljka Zorz A ViewState code injection attack spotted by Microsoft threat researchers in December 2024 could be easily replicated by other attackers, the company warned. “In the course of investigating, remediating, and building protections against this activity, we observed an insecure

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Ghidra 11.3 released: New features, performance improvements, bug fixes

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Ghidra 11.3 released: New features, performance improvements, bug fixes 2025-02-07 at 07:53 By Help Net Security NSA’s Research Directorate released version 11.3 of Ghidra, an open-source software reverse engineering (SRE) framework. It offers advanced analysis tools, enabling users to dissect and examine compiled code across multiple platforms, including Windows, macOS, and Linux. Ghidra 11.3 is

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Infosec pros struggle under growing compliance

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Infosec pros struggle under growing compliance 2025-02-07 at 07:07 By Help Net Security The implementation of new regulatory measures that impact the UK, EU, and beyond are driving organizations to enhance vigilance in addressing evolving cybersecurity and operational risks, according to AuditBoard. The research showed 91% of respondents report feeling concerned about cybersecurity threats to

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Overconfident execs are making their companies vulnerable to fraud

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Overconfident execs are making their companies vulnerable to fraud 2025-02-07 at 06:44 By Help Net Security Cyber fraud (which includes activity such as hacking, deepfakes, voice cloning and highly sophisticated phishing schemes) rose by 14% year over year, according to Trustpair. US faces cyber fraud growth The proprietary research, which is based on a survey

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New infosec products of the week: February 7, 2025

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New infosec products of the week: February 7, 2025 2025-02-07 at 06:11 By Help Net Security Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Dynatrace, Nymi, Qualys, SafeBreach, and Satori. Qualys TotalAppSec enables organizations to address risks across web applications and APIs Qualys TotalAppSec unifies API security, web

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Will the UK’s Ransomware Proposal Work? Trustwave Weighs in on the Potential Impact

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Will the UK’s Ransomware Proposal Work? Trustwave Weighs in on the Potential Impact 2025-02-06 at 22:03 By The recent UK Home Office proposal designed to hinder and disrupt ransomware operations through several proposed measures, including a targeted ban on ransomware payments, has again brought this question into the public square. The question of whether to pay a

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Ransomware payments plummet as more victims refuse to pay

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Ransomware payments plummet as more victims refuse to pay 2025-02-06 at 15:49 By Zeljka Zorz Chainalysis’ latest report on how the ransomware landscape changed from 2023 to 2024 shows a promising trend: An increasing number of victims refuses to pay the ransom. The total volume of ransom payments decreased year-over-year by approximately 35%, the blockchain

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Suspected NATO, UN, US Army hacker arrested in Spain

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Suspected NATO, UN, US Army hacker arrested in Spain 2025-02-06 at 13:26 By Zeljka Zorz The Spanish National Police has arrested a hacker suspected of having breached national and international agencies (including the United Nation’s International Civil Aviation Organization and NATO), Spanish universities and companies, and released stolen data on the dark web. The attacks

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