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How Online Casinos Became a Prime Target for Credential Stuffing and Account Takeover Attacks

In this post, I will show you how online casinos became a prime target for credential stuffing and account takeover attacks. Online casinos are everywhere these days. You’ll see adverts online or stumble upon influencers streaming casino games on social media. But with this interest naturally comes bad actors trying to take advantage of it,…

Bitdefender Launches Internal Attack Surface Assessment

Bitdefender recently announced the launch of Bitdefender Attack Surface Assessment to help enterprises discover hidden cybersecurity risks. Complimentary evaluation shines spotlight on hidden risk The assessment is a complimentary evaluation that helps organizations identify and reduce hidden internal cyber risk from unnecessary user access to applications, tools, and operating system utilities commonly exploited in modern…

Cybercriminals take aim at Hasbro, weeks of recovery ahead

Hasbro, an American toy maker with more than 5,000 employees, confirmed a cyberattack and proactively took certain systems offline. The intrusion was detected on March 28, and the company promptly activated its incident response protocols. The company said the investigation is ongoing with support from third-party cybersecurity professionals as it works to determine the scope…

HYCU Expands R-Shield With Halcyon Ransomware Defense

HYCU has expanded its R-Shield cyber resilience platform through a new integration with Halcyon, adding advanced ransomware prevention and data exfiltration protection.  The update aims to address persistent gaps in enterprise security strategies, particularly the fragmentation of tools that limits organizations’ ability to detect, stop, and recover from modern ransomware attacks across hybrid and multi-cloud…

European-Chinese geopolitical issues drive renewed cyberespionage campaign

A Chinese cyberespionage group has shifted its gaze back to Europe after years of focusing on other parts of the world, Proofpoint research published Wednesday found. The surge began in mid-2025, with a bevy of issues bubbling up between China and Europe, the company said. Proofpoint labels the government-linked group TA416, but other companies track…

Google links Axios npm supply chain attack to North Korea-linked APT UNC1069

Google links the Axios npm supply chain attack to North Korean threat group UNC1069, targeting financial gain. Google has attributed the recent Axios npm supply chain compromise to a North Korean threat group tracked as UNC1069. The attack, aimed at financial gain, exploited the package to target developers and organizations relying on Axios. John Hultquist…

Exabeam expands ABA to detect AI agent threats across ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini

Exabeam has announced the expansion of Exabeam Agent Behavior Analytics (ABA). Without direct visibility into how employees use AI assistants, what they query, what data they share, how frequently they interact, and from where, organizations cannot establish a baseline for normal AI behavior, investigate potential misuse, or detect emerging agentic insider threats. New support to…

TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Update 005 – First Confirmed Victim Disclosure, Post-Compromise Cloud Enumeration Documented, and Axios Attribution Narrows, (Wed, Apr 1st)

This is the fifth update to the TeamPCP supply chain campaign threat intelligence report, “When the Security Scanner Became the Weapon” (v3.0, March 25, 2026). Update 004 covered developments through March 30, including the Databricks investigation, dual ransomware operations, and AstraZeneca data release. This update consolidates two days of intelligence through April 1, 2026. HIGH: Mercor AI…

CIS Benchmarks March 2026 Update

The following CIS Benchmarks and CIS Build Kits have been updated or recently released. The Center for Internet Security has highlighted the major updates below. Each Benchmark and Build Kit includes a changelog that references all changes. Updated CIS Benchmarks overview CIS Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise Benchmark v5.0.0 CIS Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations Benchmark v3.1.0…

Exabeam Extends Behavior Detection and Response Analytics

Exabeam has recently announced the expansion of Exabeam Agent Behavior Analytics (ABA), extending behavior detection and response to OpenAI ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot. Capabilities close the visibility gap in AI usage The expansion applies behavior profiling and analytics to the digital workforce, as organizations don’t have direct visibility into how employees are using AI assistants,…

UAC-0255 Attack Detection: Threat Actors Impersonate CERT-UA to Infect Ukrainian Public and Private Sector Organizations With AGEWHEEZE RAT

Phishing remains one of the most effective tools in the cybercriminal arsenal, especially when threat actors abuse the credibility of trusted institutions and familiar digital services to increase victim interaction. In late March 2026, CERT-UA revealed a phishing campaign tracked as UAC-0255 in which attackers impersonated the agency and attempted to infect organizations across Ukraine’s…

Casbaneiro Phishing Targets Latin America and Europe Using Dynamic PDF Lures

A multi-pronged phishing campaign is targeting Spanish-speaking users in organizations across Latin America and Europe to deliver Windows banking trojans like Casbaneiro (aka Metamorfo) via another malware called Horabot. The activity has been attributed to a Brazilian cybercrime threat actor tracked as Augmented Marauder and Water Saci. The e-crime group was first documented by Trend…

Major Cyber Attacks in March 2026: OAuth Phishing, SVG Smuggling, Magecart, and More 

March 2026 brought a wave of cyber attacks that reflected how quickly modern threats can move from subtle early signals to serious business impact. ANY.RUN analysts identified and explored several major threats this month, exposing phishing campaigns, stealthy malware, payment-skimming activity, and resilient botnet infrastructure affecting organizations across industries. From Microsoft 365 token abuse and…

Major Cyber Attacks in March 2026: OAuth Phishing, SVG Smuggling, Magecart, and More 

March 2026 brought a wave of cyber attacks that reflected how quickly modern threats can move from subtle early signals to serious business impact. ANY.RUN analysts identified and explored several major threats this month, exposing phishing campaigns, stealthy malware, payment-skimming activity, and resilient botnet infrastructure affecting organizations across industries. From Microsoft 365 token abuse and…

Microsoft Warns of WhatsApp-Delivered VBS Malware Hijacking Windows via UAC Bypass

Microsoft is calling attention to a new campaign that has leveraged WhatsApp messages to distribute malicious Visual Basic Script (VBS) files. The activity, beginning in late February 2026, leverages these scripts to initiate a multi-stage infection chain for establishing persistence and enabling remote access. It’s currently not known what lures the threat actors use to…

New Chrome Zero-Day CVE-2026-5281 Under Active Exploitation — Patch Released

Google on Thursday released security updates for its Chrome web browser to address 21 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw that it said has been exploited in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2026-5281 (CVSS score: N/A), concerns a use-after-free bug in Dawn, an open-source and cross-platform implementation of the WebGPU standard. “Use-after-free in Dawn in Google…

Google fixes Chrome zero-day with in-the-wild exploit (CVE-2026-5281)

Google has fixed 21 vulnerabilities affecting its popular Chrome browser, among them a zero-day (CVE-2026-5281) with an in-the-wild exploit. About CVE-2026-5281 As per usual, information about the fixed zero-day is limited, and there’s no details about the exploit (or how/if it’s being used by attackers). CVE-2026-5281’s official description says it’s a use-after-free (UAF) vulnerability in…

WhatsApp malware campaign uses malicious VBS files to gain persistent access

Microsoft is warning WhatsApp users of a new malware campaign that tricks them into executing malicious Visual Basic Script (VBS) files, ultimately enabling persistence and remote access. In a March 31 report, Microsoft Defender Experts said attackers have been distributing malicious Visual Basic Script (VBS) files through WhatsApp since at least late February, relying on…

Asana’s chief product officer: Why enterprise AI agents should be ‘multiplayer by design’

As AI agents become more embedded in workplace tools, Asana is positioning its approach around collaboration rather than individual productivity. “We believe in AI being ‘multiplayer’ by design,” said chief product officer Arnab Bose. “The future of the agentic enterprise will only be realized if agents can work independently and with multiple people, versus just…

3 Reasons Attackers Are Using Your Trusted Tools Against You (And Why You Don’t See It Coming)

For years, cybersecurity has followed a familiar model: block malware, stop the attack. Now, attackers are moving on to what’s next. Threat actors now use malware less frequently in favor of what’s already inside your environment, including abusing trusted tools, native binaries, and legitimate admin utilities to move laterally, escalate privileges, and persist without raising…

Hacker zielen auf Exilportal Iranwire

Unbekannte sollen das Exilportal Iranwire gehackt haben. PX Media – shutterstock.com Hacker haben nach Angaben der iranischen Justiz mutmaßlich Zugriff auf Daten eines bekannten Exilportals erlangt. Dabei seien große Menge an Daten erbeutet worden, darunter Schriftwechsel, Listen von Angestellten, Informanten sowie streng vertrauliche Daten, berichtete das Sprachrohr der iranischen Justiz, die Nachrichtenagentur Misan.  Bei dem Portal handelte…

9 ways CISOs can combat AI hallucinations

AI hallucinations are a well-known problem and, when it comes to compliance assessments, these convincing but inaccurate assessments can cause real damage with poor risk assessments, incorrect policy guidance, or even inaccurate incident reports. Cybersecurity leaders say the real trouble starts when AI moves past writing summaries and begins making judgment calls. That’s when it’s…

Security awareness is not a control: Rethinking human risk in enterprise security

Organizations have been responding to phishing, business email compromise, and credential theft in essentially the same manner for over ten years. They essentially follow a playbook that involves investing in awareness training, running phishing simulations, and requiring employees to complete annual security modules. The reason behind this is simple and the reasoning behind these efforts…

SentinelOne autonomous detection blocks trojaned LiteLLM triggered by Claude Code

SentinelOne AI stopped a LiteLLM supply chain attack in seconds, blocking malicious code automatically without human intervention. SentinelOne’s AI-based security detected and blocked a supply chain attack involving a compromised LiteLLM package. SentinelOne’s macOS agent detected and stopped a malicious process chain triggered by Claude Code after it unknowingly installed a compromised LiteLLM package. The…

Free VPNs leak your data while claiming privacy

Most free Android VPNs track users, request dangerous permissions, and connect to risky servers, privacy comes at a hidden cost. Free VPN apps are some of the most popular downloads on Android, promising privacy at no cost. But the reality is far from what they advertise. Most users tap “install” without a second thought, unaware…

Egnyte expands Content Cloud with AI Governance and built-in Assistant

Egnyte has announced two major additions to the Egnyte Content Cloud: AI Safeguards, which give organizations granular control over how AI interacts with sensitive content, and an AI Assistant that acts as a built-in collaborator across Egnyte workspaces. AI Safeguards As organizations accelerate AI adoption, ungoverned access to sensitive content by AI systems represents a…

Microsoft facing CMA probe of its business software portfolio

The regulatory body which last year accused Microsoft of inflating its office software’s license prices when it was run on rival cloud platforms to make those platforms less appealing, said Tuesday it will conduct a further investigation into the company’s entire business software ecosystem. The probe by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), scheduled…

Malware detectors trained on one dataset often stumble on another

Machine learning models built to catch malware on Windows systems are typically evaluated on data that closely resembles their training set. In practice, the malware arriving on enterprise endpoints looks different, comes from different sources, and in many cases has been deliberately obfuscated to evade detection. A study from researchers at the Polytechnic of Porto…

Anthropic employee error exposes Claude Code source

An Anthropic employee accidentally exposed the entire proprietary source code for its AI programming tool, Claude Code, by including a source map file in a version of the tool posted on Anthropic’s open npm registry account, a risky mistake, says an AI expert. “A compromised source map is a security risk,” said US-based cybersecurity and…

White House executive order purports to limit mail-in voting, mandate federal voter lists 

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that purports to limit mail-in voting, though critics say the move will almost certainly be challenged in court on constitutional grounds. The order instructs the Homeland Security secretary, the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Services and the commissioner of the Social Security Administration to compile lists…

The Invisible Breach: How AI Agents Became the Most Dangerous Attack Surface of 2025–2026

The Attack That Requires No Click In June 2025, Microsoft patched a critical vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot — one that its discoverers at Aim Security described as something that had never been seen before. A threat actor needed only to send a carefully crafted email to any employee within a target organization. No link.…

The Ultimate Guide to Secure Sweepstakes Gaming Platforms

Discover the most secure sweepstakes gaming platforms. Learn how fair play technology and encrypted social casino platforms protect your virtual currency entertainment. The digital entertainment landscape has shifted dramatically, with social casinos becoming a powerhouse of online play. However, as the industry grows, so does the importance of discernment. Choosing secure sweepstakes gaming platforms isn’t…

Construction Safety Compliance Software: Keep Your Site Safe and Audit‑Ready Every Day

Discover how Construction Safety Compliance Software: Keep Your Site Safe and Audit‑Ready Every Day can enhance safety and streamline your site’s compliance. Key Highlights Embrace construction safety software to streamline your site safety and compliance management. In Australia, some of the most popular construction safety compliance software solutions include HammerTech, SiteDocs, and Procore, which are…

How Company Liquidators Manage Insolvent Winding‑Up Processes

Discover how company liquidators manage insolvent winding-up processes effectively. Our blog explains the essential steps and strategies involved. Key Highlights Company liquidators are appointed to manage the winding up of insolvent companies in a legally compliant way. The process involves assessing and realizing the company’s assets to repay creditors. Liquidators handle all communications with creditors,…

Report: Many Orgs Still Rely on Traditional OS Deployment Workflows

Recently, Recast surveyed IT professionals to attempt to understand where organizations stand with ConfigMgr, Intune, and OS Deployment. With Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) retiring in January 2026, cloud-only isn’t enough for the industry, and SysAdmins are actively seeking tools to make their jobs easier. Recast says replacement planning for MDT is crucial in 2026 IT…