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Redefining Cyber Value: Why Business Impact Should Lead the Security Conversation

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 impact, and avoiding loss. The

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Iran-Linked BladedFeline Hits Iraqi and Kurdish Targets with Whisper and Spearal Malware

An Iran-aligned hacking group has been attributed to a new set of cyber attacks targeting Kurdish and Iraqi government officials in early 2024. The activity is tied to a threat group ESET tracks as BladedFeline, which is assessed with medium confidence to be a sub-cluster within OilRig, a known Iranian nation-state cyber actor. It's said to be active since September 2017, when it targeted

DoJ Seizes 145 Domains Tied to BidenCash Carding Marketplace in Global Takedown

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced the seizure of cryptocurrency funds and about 145 clearnet and dark web domains associated with an illicit carding marketplace called BidenCash. "The operators of the BidenCash marketplace use the platform to simplify the process of buying and selling stolen credit cards and associated personal information," the DoJ said. "BidenCash

Newly identified wiper malware “PathWiper” targets critical infrastructure in Ukraine

Cisco Talos observed a destructive attack on a critical infrastructure entity within Ukraine, using a previously unknown wiper we are calling “PathWiper.”

What Really Happened in the Aftermath of the Lizard Squad Hacks

On Christmas Day in 2014 hackers knocked out the Xbox and PlayStation gaming networks, impacting how video game companies handled cybersecurity for years.

Iranian APT 'BladedFeline' Hides in Network for 8 Years

ESET published research on the Iranian APT "BladedFeline," which researchers believe is a subgroup of the cyber-espionage entity APT34.

CVE-2025-47966: Power Automate Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor in Power Automate allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

GHSA-v3c8-3pr6-gr7p: llama_index vulnerable to SQL Injection

Multiple vector store integrations in run-llama/llama_index version v0.12.21 have SQL injection vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities allow an attacker to read and write data using SQL, potentially leading to unauthorized access to data of other users depending on the usage of the llama-index library in a web application.

Cybersecurity Training in Africa Aims to Bolster Professionals' Ranks

The United Nations, Carnegie Mellon University, and private organizations are all aiming to train the next generation of cybersecurity experts, boost economies, and disrupt pipelines to armed groups.

Critical Cisco ISE Auth Bypass Flaw Impacts Cloud Deployments on AWS, Azure, and OCI

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 credential vulnerability. "A