Cybersecurity

Academic institutions have a unique set of characteristics that makes them attractive to bad actors. What's the right antidote to cyber-risk? ...
I'm home! Well, for a day, then it's off to the other side of the country (which I just flew over last night on the way back from Dublin 🤦‍♂️) for an event at the Microsoft...

Industrial-strength April Patch Tuesday covers 135 CVEs – Sophos News

Microsoft on Tuesday released 135 patches affecting 19 product families. Ten of the addressed issues, all remote code execution issues, are considered by Microsoft...

Fortinet Warns Attackers Retain FortiGate Access Post-Patching via SSL-VPN Symlink Exploit

Apr 11, 2025Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability Fortinet has revealed that threat actors have found a way to maintain read-only access to vulnerable FortiGate devices...

Stealing user credentials with evilginx – Sophos News

Evilginx, a tool based on the legitimate (and widely used) open-source nginx web server, can be used to steal usernames, passwords, and session tokens,...

GOFFEE’s recent attacks: new tools and techniques

GOFFEE is a threat actor that first came to our attention in early 2022. Since then, we have observed malicious activities targeting exclusively entities...

Network Infraxploit [Guest Diary] – SANS Internet Storm Center

Background I recently had the opportunity to get hands on with some Cisco networking devices. Due to being a network engineer prior to my current...

The Turing test falls to GPT-4.5 • Graham Cluley

In episode 45 of The AI Fix, our hosts discover that ChatGPT is running the world,...

Grifter – Darknet Diaries

Full Transcript Grifter is a longtime hacker, DEF CON organizer, and respected voice in the infosec community. From his early days...

What is penetration testing? | Unlocked 403 cybersecurity podcast (ep. 10)

Ever wondered what it's like to hack for a living – legally?...

Weekly Update 446

After an unusually long day of travelling from Iceland, we've finally made it to the land of Guinness, Leprechauns, and a tax haven for...

Qilin affiliates spear-phish MSP ScreenConnect admin, targeting customers downstream – Sophos News

Late in January 2025, a Managed Service Provider (MSP) administrator received a well-crafted phishing email containing what appeared to be an authentication alert for...

Microsoft Warns of Tax-Themed Email Attacks Using PDFs and QR Codes to Deliver Malware

Microsoft is warning of several phishing campaigns that are leveraging tax-related themes to deploy malware and steal credentials. "These campaigns notably use redirection methods such...

The 2025 Sophos Active Adversary Report – Sophos News

The Sophos Active Adversary Report celebrates its fifth anniversary this year. The report grew out of a simple question: What happens after attackers breach...

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