Sophos Firewall v21.5: DNS protection

NoMusica reports: Google has confirmed that it has removed more apps from the Play Store after researchers discovered a dangerous malware targeting Android users. Security company Zscaler reported that the malware, known as Anatsa or TeaBot, was hidden inside apps on the Play Store. The malware steals banking login details, tracks keystrokes, and enables fraudulent transactions. According to Zscaler’s……

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new attack called CometJacking targeting Perplexity’s agentic AI browser Comet by embedding malicious prompts within a seemingly innocuous link to siphon sensitive data, including from connected services, like email and calendar. The sneaky prompt injection attack plays out in the form of a malicious link that, when clicked,…

A month with no Critical-severity Windows bugs is overshadowed by a mass of Mariner mop-up Categories: X-ops Tags: threat research, featured, Microsoft, Patch Tuesday, zero days

Alys Keys reports: Former Buzzfeed journalist Anne Helen Petersen had been putting the final touches on the latest episode of her podcast last month when an email landed in her inbox. It warned of suspicious activity on her Substack account and said her ability to send emails would be frozen until she confirmed she wasn’t a bot…….

Security Operations Centers (SOCs) today face unprecedented alert volumes and increasingly sophisticated threats. Triaging and investigating these alerts are costly, cumbersome, and increases analyst fatigue, burnout, and attrition. While artificial intelligence has emerged as a go-to solution, the term “AI” often blurs crucial distinctions. Not all AI is built equal, especially in the SOC. Many

You don’t need a rogue employee to suffer a breach. All it takes is a free trial that someone forgot to cancel. An AI-powered note-taker quietly syncing with your Google Drive. A personal Gmail account tied to a business-critical tool. That’s shadow IT. And today, it’s not just about unsanctioned apps, but also dormant accounts,…