Cybersecurity
New $50 Battering RAM Attack Breaks Intel and AMD Cloud Security Protections
A group of academics from KU Leuven and the University of Birmingham has demonstrated a new vulnerability called Battering RAM to bypass the latest defenses on Intel and AMD cloud processors. “We built a simple, $50 interposer that sits quietly in the memory path, behaving transparently during startup and passing all trust checks,” researchers Jesse…
Wie CISOs schlechte Produkte enttarnen
Drum prüfe… Ground Picture | shutterstock.com Security-Anbietern stehen viele Wege offen, um CISOs und Sicherheitsentscheider mit Lobpreisungen und Angeboten zu ihren jeweils aktuellen Produkten und Lösungen zu penetrieren. Und die nutzen sie auch: Manche Sicherheitsverantwortliche erhalten mehr als 30 solcher Anfragen pro Woche – per Telefon, E-Mail oder auch über LinkedIn. Um erkennen zu können,…
What Is Regulatory Compliance? | Definition From TechTarget
Regulatory compliance is an organization’s adherence to laws, regulations, guidelines and specifications relevant to its business processes. Violations of regulatory compliance often result in legal punishment, including federal fines. Examples of regulatory compliance laws and regulations include the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, or PCI DSS; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); Federal…
ThreatBook Launches Best-of-Breed Advanced Threat Intelligence Solution
Singapore, Singapore, September 29th, 2025, CyberNewsWire Analyzing over 14 billion cyber-attack records daily, ThreatBook ATI is a global solution enriched with granular, local insights; and can offer organizations a truly APAC perspective. Boasting low false positive rates, the solution is highly compatible with existing security stacks. ThreatBook ATI provides actionable insights for threat detection and…
Week in review: Cisco ASA zero-day vulnerabilities exploited, Fortra GoAnywhere instances at risk – Help Net Security
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: How Juventus protects fans, revenue, and reputation during matchdaysIn this Help Net Security interview, Mirko Rinaldini, Head of ICT at Juventus Football Club, discusses the club’s approach to cyber risk strategy. Juventus has developed a threat-led, outcomes-driven program that balances…
HeartCrypt’s wholesale impersonation effort
Over the past year and a bit more, we’ve monitored a constellation of events that share a set of general attributes: Malware impersonating, subverting, and embedding itself in legitimate software applications Position-independent loader code (PIC) injected near package entry points, overwriting the original code Encrypted malicious payloads inserted as an additional resource Use of a…
Small business, big risk: How SMBs can fight back against ransomware
Long known to be a sweet spot for cybercriminals, small businesses are more likely to be victimized by ransomware than large enterprises 18 Sep 2025 • , 5 min. read Think your business is too small to be singled out for digital extortion? Think again. Indeed, if you’re an SMB owner, you’d better assume you’re…
Crash Tests for Security: Why BAS Is Proof of Defense, Not Assumptions
Sep 26, 2025The Hacker NewsSecurity Validation / Enterprise Security Car makers don’t trust blueprints. They smash prototypes into walls. Again and again. In controlled conditions. Because design specs don’t prove survival. Crash tests do. They separate theory from reality. Cybersecurity is no different. Dashboards overflow with “critical” exposure alerts. Compliance reports tick every box. But…
Feds Tie ‘Scattered Spider’ Duo to $115M in Ransoms – Krebs on Security
U.S. prosecutors last week levied criminal hacking charges against 19-year-old U.K. national Thalha Jubair for allegedly being a core member of Scattered Spider, a prolific cybercrime group blamed for extorting at least $115 million in ransom payments from victims. The charges came as Jubair and an alleged co-conspirator appeared in a London court to face…
6 novel ways to use AI in cybersecurity
AI is already widely recognized as a powerful cybersecurity protection tool. AI-driven systems can detect threats in real-time, allowing rapid response and mitigation. AI can also adapt and evolve, continuously learning from new data, improving its ability to identify and address emerging threats. Has your cybersecurty team considered using AI to stay a step ahead…