CyberSecure Specialist

13 Nov

Watch out for SVG files booby-trapped with malware

Information, Malware

What you see is not always what you get as cybercriminals increasingly weaponize SVG files as delivery vectors for stealthy malware Camilo Gutiérrez Amaya 22 Sep 2025  •  , 4 min. read A recent malware campaign making the rounds in Latin America offers a stark example of how cybercriminals are evolving and finetuning their playbooks. But first, here’s what’s not so new: The attacks rely on social engineering, with victims receiving emails that are dressed…

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13 Nov

Google Sues to Disrupt Chinese SMS Phishing Triad

Information, Insights

Google is suing more than two dozen unnamed individuals allegedly involved in peddling a popular China-based mobile phishing service that helps scammers impersonate hundreds of trusted brands, blast out text message lures, and convert phished payment card data into mobile wallets from Apple and Google. In a lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York on November 12, Google sued to unmask and disrupt 25 “John Doe” defendants allegedly linked to the sale of…

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13 Nov

CISA Releases 18 Industrial Control Systems Advisories

Attacks, Insights, Malware

CISA released 18 Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Advisories. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS.   ICSA-25-317-01 Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F Series ICSA-25-317-02 AVEVA Application Server IDE ICSA-25-317-03 AVEVA Edge ICSA-25-317-04 Brightpick Mission Control / Internal Logic Control ICSA-25-317-05 Rockwell Automation Verve Asset Manager ICSA-25-317-06 Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Simulation Interface ICSA-25-317-07 Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk DataMosaix Private Cloud ICSA-25-317-08 General Industrial Controls Lynx+ Gateway ICSA-25-317-09 Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Policy…

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13 Nov

CISA and Partners Release Advisory Update on Akira Ransomware

Attacks, Insights, Malware

Today, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center, Department of Health and Human Services, and international partners, released an updated joint Cybersecurity Advisory, #StopRansomware: Akira Ransomware, to provide network defenders with the latest indicators of compromise, tactics, techniques, and procedures, and detection methods associated with Akira ransomware activity. This advisory reflects new findings as of Nov. 13, 2025, highlighting Akira ransomware’s evolution and continued threat…

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12 Nov

DeceptiveDevelopment: From primitive crypto theft to sophisticated AI-based deception

Information

This blogpost introduces our latest white paper, presented at Virus Bulletin 2025, where we detail the operations of the North Korea-aligned threat actor we call DeceptiveDevelopment and its connections to North Korean IT worker campaigns. The white paper provides full technical details, including malware analysis, infrastructure, and OSINT findings. Here, we summarize the key insights and highlight the broader implications of this hybrid threat. Key points of this blogpost: The invention and focus of the…

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12 Nov

Roblox executors: It’s all fun and games until someone gets hacked

Information

Kids Online You could be getting more than you bargained for when you download that cheat tool promising quick wins 26 Sep 2025  •  , 3 min. read Every day, tens of millions of young people dive into Roblox to build, connect and compete. But with that scale comes opportunity, not just for game designers and players, but also for cybercriminals who disguise malware as cheat tools promising quick wins. There are countless threads on…

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12 Nov

Why shadow AI could be your biggest security blind spot

Information

Business Security From unintentional data leakage to buggy code, here’s why you should care about unsanctioned AI use in your company Phil Muncaster 11 Nov 2025  •  , 5 min. read Shadow IT has long been a thorn in the side of corporate security teams. After all, you can’t manage or protect what you can’t see. But things could be about to get a lot worse. The scale, reach and power of artificial intelligence (AI)…

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12 Nov

Update: Implementation Guidance for Emergency Directive on Cisco ASA and Firepower Device Vulnerabilities

Attacks, Insights, Malware

CISA has released Emergency Cisco Directive 25-03 Implementation Guidance to assist federal agencies in addressing critical vulnerabilities in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) and Firepower devices. Emergency Directive 25-03: Identify and Mitigate Potential Compromise of Cisco Devices, issued on Sept. 25, identified known vulnerabilities CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362, and mandated immediate action to mitigate risks. Threat actors continue to target these devices, posing significant risk to all organizations.  The implementation guidance provides information on the minimum software versions that…

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11 Nov

This month in security with Tony Anscombe – September 2025 edition

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The past 30 days have seen no shortage of new threats and incidents that brought into sharp relief the need for well-thought-out cyber-resilience plans 29 Sep 2025 As September 2025 comes to a close, ESET Chief Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe reviews a selection of the top cybersecurity stories that have made the headlines over the past 30 days and offers insights that they hold for your own cyber-defenses. So what were some of the key…

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11 Nov

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025: Knowledge is power

Information

We’re kicking off the month with a focus on the human element: the first line of defense, but also the path of least resistance for many cybercriminals 01 Oct 2025 October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and what better way to open it than with a reminder that the human element is the first and crucial line of defense against all manner of cyberthreats. Cybercriminals are adept at targeting not just technical flaws, but also take…

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