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Chinese hackers remotely accessed US Treasury Department workstations after compromising a cloud-based service operated by BeyondTrust. The post Chinese Hackers Accessed US Treasury Workstations in ‘Major’ Cybersecurity Incident appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new phishing campaign that conceals malicious payloads by abusing link wrapping services from Proofpoint and Intermedia to bypass defenses. “Link wrapping is designed by vendors like Proofpoint to protect users by routing all clicked URLs through a scanning service, allowing them to block known malicious destinations at the…

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Palo Alto Networks has revealed that it’s observing brute-force login attempts against PAN-OS GlobalProtect gateways, days after threat actors warned of a surge in suspicious login scanning activity targeting its appliances. “Our teams are observing evidence of activity consistent with password-related attacks, such as brute-force login attempts, which does not indicate exploitation of a

Security teams face growing demands with more tools, more data, and higher expectations than ever. Boards approve large security budgets, yet still ask the same question: what is the business getting in return? CISOs respond with reports on controls and vulnerability counts – but executives want to understand risk in terms of financial exposure, operational…

The threat actor linked to Operation ForumTroll has been attributed to a fresh set of phishing attacks targeting individuals within Russia, according to Kaspersky. The Russian cybersecurity vendor said it detected the new activity in October 2025. The origins of the threat actor are presently unknown. “While the spring cyberattacks focused on organizations, the fall…