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750,000 Impacted by Data Breach at The Alcohol & Drug Testing Service

The Alcohol & Drug Testing Service (TADTS) says personal information was stolen in a July 2024 ransomware attack. The post 750,000 Impacted by Data Breach at The Alcohol & Drug Testing Service appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Cybersecurity Isn’t Just an IT Line Item — It’s a Business Imperative 

Cybersecurity officers need to remember that the reality is, most attacks don’t begin with a dramatic break-in… they start with a login. The post Cybersecurity Isn’t Just an IT Line Item — It’s a Business Imperative  appeared first on ...

Microsoft Patches ‘ToolShell’ Zero-Days Exploited to Hack SharePoint Servers

Microsoft has started releasing updates to fix the exploited SharePoint zero-days tracked as CVE-2025-53770 and CVE-2025-53771. The post Microsoft Patches ‘ToolShell’ Zero-Days Exploited to Hack SharePoint Servers appeared first on ...

The Expiring Trust Model: CISOs Must Rethink PKI in the Era of Short-Lived Certificates and Machine Identity 

The way we manage certificates must transform. For CISOs, this is not a future problem; the time to re-architect digital trust is now. The post The Expiring Trust Model: CISOs Must Rethink PKI in the Era of Short-Lived Certificates and Machine ...

Exploited CrushFTP Zero-Day Provides Admin Access to Servers

Hackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in CrushFTP to gain administrative privileges on vulnerable servers via HTTPS. The post Exploited CrushFTP Zero-Day Provides Admin Access to Servers appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Who’s Watching You? FBI IG Looks to Plug Holes in Ubiquitous Technical Surveillance 

Security gaps, coupled with savvy cybercriminals, lend urgency to mitigating the potential for exploitation posed by surveillance tech. The post Who’s Watching You? FBI IG Looks to Plug Holes in Ubiquitous Technical Surveillance  appeared ...

How to land your first job in cybersecurity

According to LinkedIn, job applications have surged over 45% in the past year, with 11,000 applications submitted every minute. This flood of applications is making it harder than ever for qualified candidates to stand out. The industry has ...

World Health Organization CISO on securing global health emergencies

In this Help Net Security interview, Flavio Aggio, CISO at the World Health Organization (WHO), explains how the organization prepares for and responds to cyber threats during global health emergencies. These crises often lead to an increase in ...

Calico: Open-source solution for Kubernetes networking, security, and observability

Calico is an open-source unified platform that brings together networking, security, and observability for Kubernetes, whether you’re running in the cloud, on-premises, or at the edge. The solution uses the lowest amount of processing ...

Cyber turbulence ahead as airlines strap in for a security crisis

Aircraft systems are getting more connected and ground operations increasingly integrated, and attackers are taking notice. They’re shifting from minor disruptions to targeting critical systems with serious intent. Any time an aircraft ...

Are your employees using Chinese GenAI tools at work?

Nearly one in 12 employees are using Chinese-developed generative AI tools at work, and they’re exposing sensitive data in the process. That’s according to new research from Harmonic Security, which analyzed the behavior of roughly 14,000 ...

Microsoft SharePoint servers under attack via zero-day vulnerability with no patch (CVE-2025-53770)

Attackers are exploiting a zero-day variant (CVE-2025-53770) of a SharePoint remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-49706) that Microsoft patched earlier this month, the company has confirmed on Saturday. CVE-2025-53770 is being leveraged ...

The Day GitHub Copilot Wrote a Vulnerability Into Our Codebase

I was reviewing a junior developer’s pull request when my stomach dropped.Continue reading on DevSecOps & AI »

SharePoint Under Attack: Microsoft Warns of Zero-Day Exploited in the Wild – No Patch Available

Enterprises running SharePoint servers should not wait for a fix for CVE-2025-53770 and should commence threat hunting to search for compromise immediately. The post SharePoint Under Attack: Microsoft Warns of Zero-Day Exploited in the Wild – ...

Week in review: Google fixes zero-day vulnerability in Chrome, critical SQL injection flaw in FortiWeb

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Update Google Chrome to fix actively exploited zero-day (CVE-2025-6558) For the fifth time this year, Google has patched a Chrome zero-day ...

Score Your Share of AirSwap's Bonus Rollout and Enjoy lucrative rewards

Step-by-step directions to collect sAST through this bonus rollout.Continue reading on Medium »

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Unlock the Secrets of $sAST and Start Growing Your Crypto Portfolio

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Google Sues the Operators Behind the BadBox 2.0 Botnet

Google is suing the operators behind BadBox 2.0, accusing multiple Chinese threat groups of playing different roles in the operation of the massive botnet that rolled up more than 10 million devices to run large-scale ad fraud and other malicious ...

Ukraine Pwns Russian Drone Maker — Gaskar is ‘Paralyzed’

All Your UAVs Are Belong to UKR: Ukrainian Cyber Alliance and Black Owl team up to hack manufacturer of Russian military drones, sources say. The post Ukraine Pwns Russian Drone Maker — Gaskar is ‘Paralyzed’ appeared first on Security ...