CVE-2025-0411, a Mark-of-the-Web bypass vulnerability in the open-source archiver tool 7-Zip that was fixed in November 2024, has been exploited in zero-day attacks to deliver malware to Ukrainian entities, Trend Micro researchers have revealed. The 7-Zip vulnerability (CVE-2025-0411) Mark-of-the-Web (MotW)…
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Nymi Band 4 delivers passwordless MFA to deskless workers in OT environments
Nymi launched next-generation wearable authenticator, the Nymi Band 4, which introduces design upgrades and expanded passwordless use cases for regulated industries, while retaining its core authentication functionality. This latest development from Nymi offers industries with complex operations a handsfree solution…
Casio UK site compromised, equipped with web skimmer
Japanese electronics maker Casio has had its UK website injected with a web skimmer that collected buyers’ personal and payment card information, Jscrambler has discovered. The company says that the same skimmer has been added to at least seventeen (and…
Man charged with stealing $65 million by exploting DeFI protocols vulnerabilities
A Canadian man has been indicted in federal court in New York for exploiting vulnerabilities in two decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols to fraudulently obtain about $65 million from the protocols’ investors. The fraudulent scheme According to court documents, from 2021…
Why logs aren’t enough: Enhancing SIEM with AI-driven NDR
Join cybersecurity expert Jonathan Mayled from 5-hour Energy as he uncovers the limitations of log-based SIEMs and the transformative role of AI-driven Network Detection and Response (NDR). Logs alone can’t deliver the visibility and context required to secure modern, hybrid…
Aim for crypto-agility, prepare for the long haul
While organizations have long experimented with various facets of digital transformation, the journey toward crypto-agility is one of the most significant technological transitions of our time. Success in the emerging quantum era will require technical expertise, strategic foresight, careful planning,…
What you can do to prevent workforce fraud
In this Help Net Security interview, Benjamin Racenberg, Senior Intelligence Services Manager at Nisos, discusses the threat of workforce fraud, particularly DPRK-affiliated IT workers infiltrating remote roles. With HR teams and recruiters often unprepared to detect these sophisticated schemes, businesses…
8 steps to secure GenAI integration in financial services
GenAI offers financial services institutions enormous opportunities, particularly in unstructured dataset analysis and management, but may also increase security risks, according to FS-ISAC. GenAI can organize oceans of information and retrieve insights from it that you can use to improve…
Cybersecurity jobs available right now: February 3, 2025
Application Security Architect ReversingLabs | Ireland | Remote – View job details As an Application Security Architect, you will conduct security assessments and vulnerability scans of applications, APIs, and other software components. Identify, analyze, and report security vulnerabilities and risks.…
Qualys TotalAppSec enables organizations to address risks across web applications and APIs
Qualys announced TotalAppSec, its new AI-powered application risk management solution to enable organizations to monitor and mitigate cyber risk from critical web applications and APIs. Qualys TotalAppSec unifies API security, web application scanning, and web malware detection across on-premises to…