There are various reasons entities may not want to disclose a data breach or respond to journalists’ inquiries. But when entities do not disclose a breach or deny it, and they do not respond to inquiries, they risk threat actors controlling the narrative. And if threat actors control the narrative, the entity may appear to…
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malicious extension in the Open VSX registry that harbors a remote access trojan called SleepyDuck. According to Secure Annex’s John Tuckner, the extension in question, juan-bianco.solidity-vlang (version 0.0.7), was first published on October 31, 2025, as a completely benign library that was subsequently updated to version 0.0.8 on November…
Mozilla on Monday announced a new controls section in its Firefox desktop browser settings that allows users to completely turn off generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) features. “It provides a single place to block current and future generative AI features in Firefox,” Ajit Varma, head of Firefox, said. “You can also review and manage individual AI…
Deeba Ahmed reports: Security experts in Germany are on high alert following a wave of digital attacks aimed at high-ranking officials and public figures. The warning comes from the country’s top security bodies- the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV). They have discovered that……
Cisco has released security patches to address a critical security flaw impacting the Identity Services Engine (ISE) that, if successfully exploited, could allow unauthenticated actors to carry out malicious actions on susceptible systems. The security defect, tracked as CVE-2025-20286, carries a CVSS score of 9.9 out of 10.0. It has been described as a static…
The Trump administration has disbanded the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB), ending one of the few bright spots at CISA. The post DHS Disbands Cyber Safety Review Board, Ending One of CISA’s Few Bright Spots appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Microsoft has disclosed details of a new version of the ClickFix social engineering tactic in which the attackers trick unsuspecting users into running commands that carry out a Domain Name System (DNS) lookup to retrieve the next-stage payload. Specifically, the attack relies on using the “nslookup” (short for nameserver lookup) command to execute a custom…
