by Stephen Gielda Founder, Packetderm LLC Understanding Global Surveillance In discussions of online privacy, you’ll often hear passionate debates about jurisdiction, with particular focus on avoiding the “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance countries (USA, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand). The argument goes that by choosing a service provider outside these nations, you can somehow escape…
AI agents are changing the way businesses work. They can answer questions, automate tasks, and create better user experiences. But with this power comes new risks — like data leaks, identity theft, and malicious misuse. If your company is exploring or already using AI agents, you need to ask: Are they secure? AI agents work with…
Another client of Nationwide Recovery Services has announced they were affected by the vendor’s breach. Robert Sorrell reports: BRISTOL, Tenn. — A data breach at a third-party vendor used by the city of Bristol, Tennessee, may have exposed sensitive personal information of residents whose accounts had been turned over for collection. During a City Council…
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered three malicious Go modules that include obfuscated code to fetch next-stage payloads that can irrevocably overwrite a Linux system’s primary disk and render it unbootable. The names of the packages are listed below – github[.]com/truthfulpharm/prototransform github[.]com/blankloggia/go-mcp github[.]com/steelpoor/tlsproxy “Despite appearing legitimate,
Oracle Health is becoming this year’s poster child for how NOT to respond to an incident. Lawrence Abrams reports: A breach at Oracle Health impacts multiple US healthcare organizations and hospitals after a threat actor stole patient data from legacy servers. Oracle Health has not yet publicly disclosed the incident, but in private communications sent to…
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a series of cyber attacks that have targeted Chinese-speaking regions like Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mainland China with a known malware called ValleyRAT. The attacks leverage a multi-stage loader dubbed PNGPlug to deliver the ValleyRAT payload, Intezer said in a technical report published last week. The infection chain commences…
Five Eyes cybersecurity agencies have released guidance on securing edge devices against increasing threats. The post Five Eyes Agencies Release Guidance on Securing Edge Devices appeared first on SecurityWeek.
