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4+ hour, 45+ min ago (575+ words) Home " Cybersecurity " Network Security " China Hackers Using Brickstorm Backdoor to Target Government, IT Entities Google security researchers in September reported about China-linked hackers using a backdoor called Brickstorm to quietly gain access into networks and systems of U.S. companies in such sectors as the law, software-as-a-service (SaaS), business process outsourcing, and technology. The researchers from Google Threat Intelligence Group and Mandiant said the bad actors in some instances spent more than a year inside these organizations running operations ranging from espionage to IP theft to developing new zero-day vulnerabilities. Security agencies from the United States and Canada this week built on what researchers from Google and other vendors have found, detailing the sophisticated Brickstorm malware and the use by attackers they say are sponsored by the People's Republic of China (PRC) to ensure persistence in compromised systems. The threat groups primarily…...

5+ hour ago (428+ words) Note: Before we dive in, Check Point CloudGuard WAF customers were proactively protected and not affected by React2Shell. No password. No account. No user interaction. Just a single malicious request. Here's how it works (in everyday terms): In other words: a website using React Server Components " even with no extra "server function" features " may be accidentally exposing its backend to takeover if it hasn't patched this. To put this into real-world terms: Imagine a customer-facing web application"say, a platform that processes enrollment, handles travel reservations, manages insurance claims, books patient appointments, or provides digital banking services. These platforms often run on frameworks built with React. With React2Shell, an attacker can: In short: a customer-facing experience you rely on for revenue, brand trust, and daily operations could be silently taken over. This is not a theoretical risk"React sits at the center…...

10+ hour, 15+ min ago (224+ words) Our newsroom occasionally reports stories under a byline of "staff." Often, the "staff" byline is used when rewriting basic news briefs that originate from official sources, such as a city press release about a road closure, and which require little or no reporting. At times, this byline is used when a news story includes numerous authors or when the story is formed by aggregating previously reported news from various sources. If outside sources are used, it is noted within the story. FARGO " The Fargo Park District was hacked several weeks ago, according to a release issued Friday, Dec. 5. Park officials announced in a statement that the district "experienced a cybersecurity event that caused temporary disruptions to phone, email, and internal systems." The statement gave few details on the incident, other than to say it was discovered Oct. 27 and staff acted…...

11+ hour, 3+ min ago (577+ words) Home " Contributed Content " Cultural Lag Leaves Security as the Weakest Link For too long, security has been cast as a bottleneck " swooping in after developers build and engineers test to slow things down. The reality is blunt; if it's bolted on, you've already lost. The ones that win make security part of every decision, from the first line of code to the last boardroom conversation. That cultural shift is still missing in many enterprises. Too many security leaders operate as auditors. Too many development teams see security as someone else's problem. DevSecOps forces those worlds to collide, and that's exactly what makes it powerful. This shift is also rewriting what it means to be a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Once you take the role, you are an organisation leader, whether you like it or not. The job isn't just…...

11+ hour, 49+ min ago (491+ words) Intelligence and advice powered by decades of global expertise and comprehensive coverage of the tech markets. Las Vegas this week welcomed more than 60,000 attendees for AWS re:Invent, and the message was clear: AWS wants to be the platform of choice for the agentic era. In fact, CEO Matt Garman opened the keynote describing AWS as secure, available and resilient planet-scale infrastructure that is unmatched anywhere. "Security is priority one for us," he said. "Everything is built on that foundation." While AWS made dozens of announcements in areas including analytics, AI, storage, compute, migration and modernization, there were just a handful of announcements for security and compliance. However, many of the announcements have important security implications. Here is a rundown of key takeaways for security teams supporting cloud workloads. While organizations understand that under the shared responsibility model, where the…...

13+ hour, 22+ min ago (305+ words) From record-breaking DDoS attacks to millions infected by malicious extensions, this week delivered some of the most alarming cyber incidents of the year. I'm PCMag's executive editor of reviews, steering our coverage to make sure we're testing the products you're interested in buying and telling you whether they're worth it. I've been here for more than 10 years. I previously managed the consumer electronics reviews team, and before that, I covered mobile, smart home, and wearable technology for PCMag and Gigaom." But for now, you're probably doing your holiday shopping (check out all the great deals we've found and our gift guides for everyone), and we have tons of great tips for staying safe while you shop, as well as avoiding this year's most common scams. This is the time of year the scammers ramp up their attacks. Meanwhile, this week…...

14+ hour, 16+ min ago (527+ words) Critical React, Next.js flaw lets hackers execute code on servers North Korea lures engineers to rent identities in fake IT worker scheme CISA warns of Chinese "BrickStorm" malware attacks on VMware servers Cloudflare blames today's outage on emergency React2Shell patch Pharma firm Inotiv discloses data breach after ransomware attack InfoSec4TC lifetime cybersecurity training is now $53 in this deal American pharmaceutical firm Inotiv is notifying thousands of people that they're personal information was stolen in an'August 2025 ransomware attack. Inotiv is an Indiana-based contract research organization specializing in drug development, discovery, and safety assessment, as well as live-animal research modeling. The company has about 2,000 employees and an annual revenue exceeding $500 million. When it disclosed the incident, Inotiv said that the attack had disrupted business operations after some of its networks and systems (including databases and internal applications) were taken down. Earlier this week,…...

14+ hour, 22+ min ago (859+ words) A Real ID QR code is displayed as people show their Real ID in a check point at Newark International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., May 7, 2025. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz) Kevin Stocklin is a reporter on business and politics, and an award-winning writer/producer of documentary films. His work has been published in The Epoch Times, The Federalist, The Daily Signal and The American Conservative. Previously, he worked more than a decade on Wall Street." As Americans adapt to new regulations requiring Real ID to board flights, critics assert that these documents are more than upgraded driver's licenses; they are the latest component in the creation of national biometric databases and surveillance systems. "Most people look at the card and they say, "This is just a driver's license with a star,' but that's not true," Twila Brase, president of Citizens' Council…...

15+ hour, 21+ min ago (544+ words) When Senator Ben Ray Luj'n warned that the United States was facing "the largest telecommunications hack in our nation's history," it marked a turning point in how we understand national cyber risk. On December 4, 2024, the White House confirmed a sprawling cyber-espionage campaign targeting 80 global telecom providers across dozens of countries. A joint task force'the Operation Enduring Security Framework'was launched by the NSA, Pentagon, and CISA to contain the damage. The adversary behind it: a sophisticated nation-state threat actor Microsoft calls Salt Typhoon, also tracked as Ghost Emperor, FamousSparrow, Earth Estrie, UNC2286, and earlier as LightBasin / UNC1945 / LIMINAL PANDA. And the campaign isn't over. A DHS memo released in June 2025 revealed Salt Typhoon had "extensively" breached a U.S. state's Army National Guard network, gathering administrator credentials and sensitive configuration data'with indications of broader penetration across all 50 states. This is what happened'and the blueprint for…...

16+ hour, 14+ min ago (594+ words) Home " Cybersecurity " ShadyPanda Takes its Time to Weaponize Legitimate Extensions" ShadyPanda has been playing the long game. Over the last seven years, the group has been uploading malicious extensions on the downlow, gaining user trust and then weaponizing them." The threat actors have uploaded somewhere north of 100 malicious extensions, say Koi Security researchers, who said the extensions can track and profile Chrome and Microsoft Edge users as well as execute a payload on systems." According to Koi Security researchers, ShadyPanda has published more than 100 malicious extensions that can track and profile Chrome and Microsoft Edge users as well as execute a payload on their systems. Seems like users have fallen for their machinations " the extensions have been downloaded more than four million times, with some still available to unsuspecting users." "Malicious code poses a real challenge since it closely resembles…...