Threat hunters have uncovered similarities between a banking malware called Coyote and a newly disclosed malicious program dubbed Maverick that has been propagated via WhatsApp. According to a report from CyberProof, both malware strains are written in .NET, target Brazilian users and banks, and feature identical functionality to decrypt, targeting banking URLs and monitor banking applications.

Ideas open doors, lead to connections and make things better. But not all good ideas are good businesses. Crop rotation is a good idea. So is sous vide cooking and the sport of juggling. But these aren’t good businesses. A business thrives when it can charge a premium–selling something for more than it costs. That means that there has to be a competitive advantage, an asset that produces value. E

Are you overwhelmed by repetitive marketing tasks that eat up your entire day? Wondering how AI automation could give you back time to focus on what really matters in your business? In this article, you’ll discover how to use AI automation to streamline your marketing and social media workflows. Why AI Automation Matters for Marketing […]

Cl0p is claiming responsibility for a new data breach affecting the National Health Service ( NHS UK ). On November 11, 2026, the ransomware group posted on its dark web leak site, accusing the healthcare provider of neglecting its security, stating, “The company doesn’t care about its customers; it ignored their security.” Although the group has not revealed the volume of stolen data, the announ

Varonis recently helped a customer who observed a spike in CPU activity on a server in their environment, where a shallow review of the device revealed an in-progress compromise by an advanced threat actor we later attributed to RansomHub affiliates. Over the next 48 hours, our team worked closely with the customer to investigate, hunt, contain, and remediate the threat before it could become ran

Pierluigi Paganini November 11, 2025 Researchers found Fantasy Hub, a Russian MaaS Android RAT that lets attackers spy, steal data, and control devices via Telegram. Zimperium researchers uncovered Fantasy Hub, a Russian-sold Android RAT offered as Malware-as-a-Service, enabling spying, device control, and data theft via Telegram. The malware allows operators to take over infected devices, gathe

GlobalLogic, a provider of digital engineering services part of the Hitachi group, is notifying over 10,000 current and former employees that their data was stolen in an Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) data breach. Based in Santa Clara, California, this software and product development services company was founded in 2000. Since then, it has expanded to 59 product engineering centers and several of

SAP has released its November security updates that address multiple security vulnerabilities, including a maximum severity flaw in the non-GUI variant of the SQL Anywhere Monitor and a critical code injection issue in the Solution Manager platform. The security problem in SQL Anywhere Monitor is tracked as CVE-2025-42890 and consists of hardcoded credentials. Because of the elevated risk, the vu

Nov 11, 2025 ? Ravie Lakshmanan Malware / Network Security The malware known as GootLoader has resurfaced yet again after a brief spike in activity earlier this March, according to new findings from Huntress. The cybersecurity company said it observed three GootLoader infections since October 27, 2025, out of which two resulted in hands-on keyboard intrusions with domain controller compromise t

The malware known as GootLoader has resurfaced yet again after a brief spike in activity earlier this March, according to new findings from Huntress. The cybersecurity company said it observed three GootLoader infections since October 27, 2025, out of which two resulted in hands-on keyboard intrusions with domain controller compromise taking place within 17 hours of initial infection. “

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Most small businesses got pitched AI like it was some magic “do everything for you” button. Reality looked different: a few free trials, some half-finished experiments, and then everyone went back to email, spreadsheets, and sticky notes. You do not need a giant “AI transformation.” You need a small, boring […] The post appeared first on .

This is why AIs are not ready to be personal assistants: A new attack called ‘CometJacking’ exploits URL parameters to pass to Perplexity’s Comet AI browser hidden instructions that allow access to sensitive data from connected services, like email and calendar. In a realistic scenario, no credentials or user interaction are required and a threat actor can leverage the attack by simply exposing

Have I Been Pwned ( HIBP ), the popular breach notification service, has added another massive dataset to its platform. This time, 1.96 billion accounts connected to what’s known as the Synthient Credential Stuffing Threat Data. Users who subscribe to HIBP alerts, including this writer, received an email notification stating: “You’ve been pwned in the Synthient Credential Stuffing Threat Data dat

AI-enabled supply chain attacks jumped 156% last year. Discover why traditional defenses are failing and what CISOs must do now to protect their organizations. Download the full CISO’s expert guide to AI Supply chain attacks here. TL;DR AI-enabled supply chain attacks are exploding in scale and sophistication – Malicious package uploads to open-source repositories jumped 156% in

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious npm package named “@acitons/artifact” that typosquats the legitimate “@actions/artifact” package with the intent to target GitHub-owned repositories. “We think the intent was to have this script execute during a build of a GitHub-owned repository, exfiltrate the tokens available to the build environment, and then use those tokens to publish

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Android remote access trojan (RAT) called Fantasy Hub that’s sold on Russian-speaking Telegram channels under a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) model. According to its seller, the malware enables device control and espionage, allowing threat actors to collect SMS messages, contacts, call logs, images, and videos, as well as intercept, reply,

Cybersecurity researchers at Veracode discovered a campaign that was aimed at stealing critical credentials from GitHub’s own code base. The attack involved hackers planting a fake software component on npm (Node Package Manager) , which is a massive public library that developers use to share JavaScript code. For your information, an npm package is a folder containing code, documentation, and me

A new phishing automation platform named Quantum Route Redirect is using around 1,000 domains to steal Microsoft 365 users’ credentials. The kit comes pre-configured with phishing domains to allow less skilled threat actors to achieve maximum results with the least effort. Since August, analysts at security awareness company KnowBe4 have noticed Quantum Route Redirect (QRR) attacks in the wild ac

Mozilla announced a major privacy upgrade in Firefox 145 that reduces even more the number of users vulnerable to digital fingerprinting. The new protections will initially be available only in Private Browsing Mode and Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) Strict mode. After testing and optimization, they will be enabled by default in the Firefox web browser. Fingerprinting is a tracking technique

North Korean hackers are abusing Google’s Find Hub tool to track the GPS location of their targets and remotely reset Android devices to factory settings. The attacks are primarily targeting South Koreans, and start by approaching the potential victims over KakaoTalk messenger – the most popular instant messaging app in the country. South Korean cybersecurity solutions company Genians links the m

When companies open doors to their AI models , innovation often follows. But according to new research from Cisco, so do attackers. In a comprehensive study released this week, Cisco AI Threat Research found that open-weight models, those with freely available parameters, are highly vulnerable to adversarial manipulation, especially during longer user interactions. For your information, an open-w

In today’s competitive market, packaging does more than protect products—it tells a brand’s story. From logos to slogans and eye-catching colors, even something as simple as custom printed tape can elevate a brand’s image and leave a memorable impression on customers. Whether you run an e-commerce store or a local business, having your logo printed on tape adds professionalism and brand recogniti

This is a bonus post about a couple of my hobbies. We will return to our regular scheduled post tomorrow. Wonder is the feeling we have when our experience extends beyond our expectations. It’s uniquely human, and available whenever we can create the conditions for it to occur. Wonder is a fine place to do your work, but it’s also a reliable way to find joy in your hobbies. If most jobs are

Google’s Mandiant Threat Defense on Monday said it discovered n-day exploitation of a now-patched security flaw in Gladinet’s Triofox file-sharing and remote access platform. The critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-12480 (CVSS score: 9.1), allows an attacker to bypass authentication and access the configuration pages, resulting in the upload and execution of arbitrary payloads. The

The North Korea-affiliated threat actor known as Konni (aka Earth Imp, Opal Sleet, Osmium, TA406, and Vedalia) has been attributed to a new set of attacks targeting both Android and Windows devices for data theft and remote control. “Attackers impersonated psychological counselors and North Korean human rights activists, distributing malware disguised as stress-relief programs,” the Genians

A critical vulnerability in the popular expr-eval JavaScript library, with over 800,000 weekly downloads on NPM, can be exploited to execute code remotely through maliciously crafted input. The security issue was discovered by security researcher Jangwoo Choe and is tracked as CVE-2025-12735 . According to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the severity rating is cr

Intel, the leading computer chip maker, has filed a lawsuit seeking at least $250,000 in damages from a former software engineer, Jinfeng Luo, who is accused of stealing a huge amount of confidential company data before disappearing. This incident comes as Intel faces massive job cuts . The company, as we know it, has laid off around 35,500 employees over the last couple of years as it tries to f

According to the new Browser Security Report 2025 , security leaders are discovering that most identity, SaaS, and AI-related risks converge in a single place, the user’s browser. Yet traditional controls like DLP, EDR, and SSE still operate one layer too low. What’s emerging isn’t just a blindspot. It’s a parallel threat surface: unmanaged extensions acting like supply chain implants, GenAI tool

New Attacks Against Secure Enclaves Encryption can protect data at rest and data in transit, but does nothing for data in use. What we have are secure enclaves. I’ve written about this before: Almost all cloud services have to perform some computation on our data. Even the simplest storage provider has code to copy bytes from an internal storage system and deliver them to the user. End-to-end enc

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2025 Denmark and Norway probe a security flaw in Chinese-made Yutong buses, deepening European fears over reliance on Chinese tech and potential cyber risks. Bus operators in Denmark and Norway are urgently probing a security vulnerability in Chinese-made Yutong electric buses, raising concerns about Western dependence on Chinese technology. The issue highlights g

A series of spear phishing operations targeting organizations across North America, Asia and Europe has been linked to a China-aligned group known as UTA0388. The campaigns, initially detected by Volexity from June to August 2025, used tailored messages impersonating senior researchers from fabricated institutions to trick recipients into downloading malware-laden archive files. New Techniques an

? Nov 10, 2025 ? Ravie Lakshmanan Malware / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new set of three extensions associated with the GlassWorm campaign, indicating continued attempts on part of threat actors to target the Visual Studio Code (VS Code) ecosystem. The extensions in question , which are still available for download, are listed below – GlassWorm, first documented

Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a massive phishing campaign targeting the hospitality industry that lures hotel managers to ClickFix-style pages and harvest their credentials by deploying malware like PureRAT . “The attacker’s modus operandi involved using a compromised email account to send malicious messages to multiple hotel establishments,” Sekoia said . “This campaign leve

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2025 Nine NuGet packages by “shanhai666” can deploy delayed payloads to disrupt databases and industrial systems. Socket’s Threat Research Team discovered nine malicious NuGet packages, published between 2023 and 2024 by “ shanhai666 ,” that can deploy time-delayed payloads to disrupt databases and industrial control systems. Scheduled to trigger in August 2027 an

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Cyber threats didn’t slow down last week—and attackers are getting smarter. We’re seeing malware hidden in virtual machines, side-channel leaks exposing AI chats, and spyware quietly targeting Android devices in the wild. But that’s just the surface. From sleeper logic bombs to a fresh alliance between major threat groups, this week’s roundup highlights a clear shift: cybercrime is evolving fast

According to the new Browser Security Report 2025, security leaders are discovering that most identity, SaaS, and AI-related risks converge in a single place, the user’s browser. Yet traditional controls like DLP, EDR, and SSE still operate one layer too low. What’s emerging isn’t just a blindspot. It’s a parallel threat surface: unmanaged extensions acting like supply chain implants, GenAI

When I first started at HubSpot, I needed a new headshot fast. So, I turned to generative AI tools — and no one had any idea, at least not initially. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, generative AI tools are impressive . From text and data analysis to uncanny photos and celebrity videos, AI’s ability to imitate human voices and forms has improved dramatically in the past year. While they raise a lot of ethic

If you’ve ever tried updating an old HTML website, you know how frustrating it can be. Every small change means opening code, saving files, and re-uploading them just to fix a line of text or replace an image. That’s one of the main reasons so many people move their websites to WordPress. It’s a full content management system that lets you make updates right from your dashboard. No coding, no FTP

Most marketers already have a couple of SEO tools open all day long. Rank trackers, site auditors, keyword tools. Those still matter. But in 2025, you are not just fighting for a spot in blue links. You are also fighting for visibility in Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, and answer […] The post appeared first on .

A web-based file management application, Monsta FTP, was recently found to have a serious security problem that could allow hackers to completely take over a web server . Cybersecurity firm watchTowr discovered and reported this issue in a technical blog post, shared with Hackread.com. For your information, Monsta FTP is a handy tool that lets users move and manage website files, performing uploa

Seth Seiders, (Al Capone’s accountant) wrote a book about the “pivot man.” This is a key function in industrial organizations, bureaucracies and any organization with more than thirty people. It’s someone (often not a ‘man’) with a boss and with employees. In our modern world, this person goes to meetings. That’s their job. The company can afford to pay them well and give them resources to help k

Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a massive phishing campaign targeting the hospitality industry that lures hotel managers to ClickFix-style pages and harvest their credentials by deploying malware like PureRAT. “The attacker’s modus operandi involved using a compromised email account to send malicious messages to multiple hotel establishments,” Sekoia said. “This campaign

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new set of three extensions associated with the GlassWorm campaign, indicating continued attempts on part of threat actors to target the Visual Studio Code (VS Code) ecosystem. The extensions in question, which are still available for download, are listed below – ai-driven-dev.ai-driven-dev (3,402 downloads) adhamu.history-in-sublime-merge

Three newly disclosed vulnerabilities in the runC container runtime used in Docker and Kubernetes could be exploited to bypass isolation restrictions and get access to the host system. The security issues, tracked as CVE-2025-31133, CVE-2025-52565, and CVE-2025-52881 (all ), were reported this week and disclosed by SUSE software engineer and Open Container Initiative (OCI) board member Aleksa Sar

The U.S. government is reportedly preparing to ban the sale of wireless routers and other networking gear from TP-Link Systems , a tech company that currently enjoys an estimated 50% market share among home users and small businesses. Experts say while the proposed ban may have more to do with TP-Link’s ties to China than any specific technical threats, much of the rest of the industry serving th

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Most SEO still starts with this question: “What keywords should we target?” In 2025, that’s only half the game. Google and AI assistants care less about exact keywords and more about entities—the things in the world you talk about: topics, brands, people, places, products, and how they all connect. If […] The post appeared first on .

The GlassWorm malware campaign, which impacted the OpenVSX and Visual Studio Code marketplaces last month, has returned with three new VSCode extensions that have already been downloaded over 10,000 times. GlassWorm is a campaign and malware that leverages Solana transactions to fetch a payload targeting GitHub, NPM, and OpenVSX account credentials, as well as cryptocurrency wallet data from 49 e

Pierluigi Paganini November 08, 2025 A China-linked group targeted a U.S. non-profit to gain long-term access, part of wider attacks on U.S. entities tied to policy matters. China-linked hackers breached a U.S. policy-focused nonprofit in April 2025, maintaining weeks of access. They used DLL sideloading via vetysafe.exe , a tactic used by other Chinese APT groups like Space Pirates , Kelp , and

It might be your website, your brochure, the inside of your store… This is a fine thing to do, but it’s not particularly effective. The secret isn’t to optimize the landing page. It’s to optimize the reason people are coming to your site. You can’t convert people who don’t want what you have… you need to attract people who do. When we build a system and create the conditions for engagement and

Microsoft has disclosed details of a novel side-channel attack targeting remote language models that could enable a passive adversary with capabilities to observe network traffic to glean details about model conversation topics despite encryption protections under certain circumstances. This leakage of data exchanged between humans and streaming-mode language models could pose serious risks to th

Pierluigi Paganini November 08, 2025 An Italian political adviser was targeted with Paragon’s Graphite spyware, becoming the fifth Italian in the ongoing government surveillance activity. Italian political adviser Francesco Nicodemo said he was targeted with Paragon’s Graphite spyware , becoming the fifth Italian in the ongoing government surveillance activity. Graphite is an invasive, non-audit

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has launched a probe to find the person or group behind the widely used archiving website Archive.today , and its alternate domains like Archive.is and Archive.ph . Operating since 2012, the site creates snapshots of web pages, a feature generally used to bypass news paywalls or save content like government documents. While similar to the Internet Archive

Microsoft has disclosed details of a novel side-channel attack targeting remote language models that could enable a passive adversary with capabilities to observe network traffic to glean details about model conversation topics despite encryption protections under certain circumstances. This leakage of data exchanged between humans and streaming-mode language models could pose serious risks to

Most blog posts are written like someone will read them top-to-bottom. AI assistants don’t read like that. They skim, chunk, and summarize. They’re trying to answer a question in a few seconds by pulling the clearest, most self-contained pieces from the web. If your post is just “pretty good writing,” […] The post appeared first on .

A China-linked threat actor has been attributed to a cyber attack targeting an U.S. non-profit organization with an aim to establish long-term persistence, as part of broader activity aimed at U.S. entities that are linked to or involved in policy issues. The organization, according to a report from Broadcom’s Symantec and Carbon Black teams, is “active in attempting to influence U.S. government

If the answer is over there, then we’re off the hook. If it comes from the future, comes from away, comes from someone else, then our job is to simply wait for it to arrive. But it could be that your organization already has all the resources it needs to change the dynamic in the marketplace. It could be that your keyboard has all the letters needed to allow you to type the book you have inside

Online casino spam has been without a doubt one of the most prevalent types of spam content that we’ve seen on infected websites in recent years. An extremely common method of promoting low-quality or otherwise undesirable websites is for spammers to hack websites and fill them full of backlinks to pump their SEO. Historically this has been most common with pharma spam as well as essay writing se

If you want a faster website, you’ll eventually run into the same three pieces of advice: The problem: almost nobody explains how caching, CDNs, and web hosting actually work together—or which one will make the biggest difference for your site. If you care about website speed optimization, Core Web Vitals, […] The post appeared first on .

A now-patched security flaw in Samsung Galaxy Android devices was exploited as a zero-day to deliver a “commercial-grade” Android spyware dubbed LANDFALL in targeted attacks in the Middle East. The activity involved the exploitation of CVE-2025-21042 (CVSS score: 8.8), an out-of-bounds write flaw in the “libimagecodec.quram.so” component that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary

A China-linked threat actor has been attributed to a cyber attack targeting an U.S. non-profit organization with an aim to establish long-term persistence, as part of broader activity aimed at U.S. entities that are linked to or involved in policy issues. The organization, according to a report from Broadcom’s Symantec and Carbon Black teams, is “active in attempting to influence U.S. government

Sekoia, a cyber threat detection and response specialist, has released details on a widespread and ongoing cybercrime operation that first targets hotels and then directly goes after their guests. Researchers began investigating after a partner reported a phishing campaign hitting hospitality customers. They named the report “I Paid Twice” after an email subject line from a victim tricked into pa

A new scam is tricking cryptocurrency users into giving away their funds by promising instant, massive profits. The scheme targets users of swapzone.io , a popular site for finding the best crypto exchange rates, using a simple but effective piece of code that manipulates what victims see on their screen. The research team at Bolster AI’s Threat Intelligence Lab recently investigated this powerfu

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2025 The Clop Ransomware group claims the breach of The Washington Post and added the American daily newspaper to its Tor data leak site. The Clop Ransomware group announced the hack of the prestigious American daily newspaper The Washington Post. The cybercrime group created a page for the university on its Tor data leak site and announced it will leak the stolen

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirms it suffered a cybersecurity incident after a suspected foreign hacker breached its network, potentially exposing sensitive data. In a statement shared with BleepingComputer, CBO spokesperson Caitlin Emma confirmed the “security incident” and said the agency acted quickly to contain it. “The Congressional Budget Office has identified the security

In early November 2025, researchers disclosed a severe unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in Ubiquiti’s UniFi OS ecosystem. Tracked as CVE-2025-52665 , the flaw originates in the input handling of the backup orchestration endpoint ( /api/ucore/backup/export ). Instances were observed where the backup API, intended to run only on the local loopback was instead reachable from exter

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a malicious Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension with basic ransomware capabilities that appears to be created with the help of artificial intelligence – in other words, vibe-coded. Secure Annex researcher John Tuckner, who flagged the extension ” susvsex ,” said it does not attempt to hide its malicious functionality. The extension was uploaded on Novembe

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2025 Russia-linked group InedibleOchotense used fake ESET installers in phishing attacks on Ukrainian targets in May 2025. Russia-linked group InedibleOchotense used trojanized ESET installers in phishing attacks against Ukrainian entities detected in May 2025. The campaign used emails and Signal messages to deliver trojanized ESET installers that installed both l

Most blogs don’t need more content. They need their existing content not to suck anymore. If you’ve been publishing for a few years, you’re likely sitting on: In 2025, with AI search chewing through the web and Google pushing hard on “helpfulness,” you can’t just keep shipping new stuff and […] The post appeared first on .

A set of nine malicious NuGet packages has been identified as capable of dropping time-delayed payloads to sabotage database operations and corrupt industrial control systems. According to software supply chain security company Socket, the packages were published in 2023 and 2024 by a user named “shanhai666” and are designed to run malicious code after specific trigger dates in August 2027 and

Imagine this: Sarah from accounting gets what looks like a routine password reset email from your organization’s cloud provider. She clicks the link, types in her credentials, and goes back to her spreadsheet. But unknown to her, she’s just made a big mistake. Sarah just accidentally handed over her login details to cybercriminals who are laughing all the way to their dark web

We can’t change the past. But the future might be up to us. It might be best to daydream about what might be, not what already happened.

Google on Thursday said it’s rolling out a dedicated form to allow businesses listed on Google Maps to report extortion attempts made by threat actors who post inauthentic bad reviews on the platform and demand ransoms to remove the negative comments. The approach is designed to tackle a common practice called review bombing, where online users intentionally post negative user reviews in an

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a malicious Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension with basic ransomware capabilities that appears to be created with the help of artificial intelligence – in other words, vibe-coded. Secure Annex researcher John Tuckner, who flagged the extension “susvsex,” said it does not attempt to hide its malicious functionality. The extension was uploaded on

A new report from Tenable Research has exposed seven security flaws in OpenAI’s ChatGPT (including GPT-5) that can be used to steal private user data and even give attackers persistent control over the AI chatbot . The research , primarily conducted by Moshe Bernstein and Liv Matan, with contributions from Yarden Curiel, demonstrated these issues using Proof-of-Concept (PoC)

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A previously unknown threat activity cluster has been observed impersonating Slovak cybersecurity company ESET as part of phishing attacks targeting Ukrainian entities. The campaign, detected in May 2025, is tracked by the security outfit under the moniker InedibleOchotense, describing it as Russia-aligned. “InedibleOchotense sent spear-phishing emails and Signal text messages, containing a link

Cisco on Wednesday disclosed that it became aware of a new attack variant that’s designed to target devices running Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software releases that are susceptible to CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362. “This attack can cause unpatched devices to unexpectedly reload, leading to denial-of-service

Russian state-backed hacker group Sandworm has deployed multiple data-wiping malware families in attacks targeting Ukraine’s education, government, and the grain sector, the country’s main revenue source. The attacks occurred in June and September, cybersecurity company ESET says in a report today, and continue Sandworm’s (a.k.a. APT44) string of destructive operations in Ukraine. As the name ind

Rigged Poker Games The Department of Justice has indicted thirty-one people over the high-tech rigging of high-stakes poker games. In a typical legitimate poker game, a dealer uses a shuffling machine to shuffle the cards randomly before dealing them to all the players in a particular order. As set forth in the indictment, the rigged games used altered shuffling machines that contained hidden tec

Cybersecurity researchers at Doctor Web have discovered a targeted attack against a Russian government-owned organisation carried out by a hacker group known as Cavalry Werewolf. The operation, which surfaced in July 2025, began after the organisation noticed spam emails being sent from its own corporate address, a red flag that led to an in-depth internal investigation. Doctor Web’s researchers

Programmatic SEO used to be a growth hack. You’d find a pattern (“best dentists in {city}”), build one template, plug in a spreadsheet of locations, and ship hundreds or thousands of pages at once. If you did it halfway decently, traffic followed. In the age of AI and “helpful content” […] The post appeared first on .

Introduction Financial institutions are facing a new reality: cyber-resilience has passed from being a best practice, to an operational necessity, to a prescriptive regulatory requirement. Crisis management or Tabletop exercises, for a long time relatively rare in the context of cybersecurity, have become required as a series of regulations has introduced this requirement to FSI organizations in

Cybercrime has stopped being a problem of just the internet — it’s becoming a problem of the real world. Online scams now fund organized crime, hackers rent violence like a service, and even trusted apps or social platforms are turning into attack vectors. The result is a global system where every digital weakness can be turned into physical harm, economic loss, or political leverage.

Building a B2B Loop Marketing strategy represents more than adopting new tactics — it’s about architecting a self-reinforcing system that transforms every customer interaction into compound growth, from initial B2B lead generation through long-term customer expansion. The challenge? B2B organizations must: Orchestrate complex buying committees, navigate multi-stakeholder decisions Manage extended

Have you ever lost a customer because they couldn’t find an answer fast enough? Maybe they had one simple question before checkout… but couldn’t reach anyone for help. That lost sale probably went straight to your competitor. Now, imagine if you could instantly interact with every visitor on your website. That means you can answer their questions, guide their decisions, and close the sale instant

Bitdefender has once again been recognized as a Representative Vendor in the Gartner® Market Guide for Managed Detection and Response (MDR) — marking the fourth consecutive year of inclusion. According to Gartner, more than 600 providers globally claim to deliver MDR services, yet only a select few meet the criteria to appear in the Market Guide. While inclusion is not a ranking or comparative

AI search is changing how people find answers. Instead of “best email marketing software” in a search bar, they ask: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Copilot—these tools respond with summaries and citations. If your site never shows up in those summaries, you’re invisible to a growing slice of your audience. The […] The post appeared first on .

Online shopping is inflating at breakneck speed, and that’s exciting. But it also means to protect payment systems. In 2024 alone, eCommerce fraud losses worldwide accounted for more than $48 billion. A stark reminder of why merchant payment security cannot be ignored. Customers like to feel safe while sharing their financial information online. As a business, offering diversified and secure mode

Are you putting in hours of work creating content, but your client list still depends almost entirely on word-of-mouth referrals? Do you wish you could leverage the power of long-form video to become the undisputed authority in your niche without the overwhelming pressure of going viral? In this article, you will discover how to use […] The post appeared first on Social Media Examiner .

? TL;DR | Go Straight to the Adobe Acrobat End of Life Audit Report The 2020 versions of Acrobat Reader, Standard, and Pro is are going end of life on the 30th of November 2025. This marks the end of perpetual licensing for Acrobat, in favor of an automatically updated subsciption-based model. Adobe Acrobat has long been the leading tool for creating, editing, and managing PDFs. If you still have

Each task brings three options. But first, let’s be clear what we mean by “delegate.” If I can hire someone to do a task so well that my customer can’t tell, I can choose to delegate this work. The Uber driver is probably capable of changing the oil in the car, but if the passenger can’t tell, doing it herself is a choice, not a requirement. Same goes for the restaurant that buys pre-minced garli

Go Straight to the Fedora Linux End of Life Audit Report Version 41 of the popular Linux distribution Fedora will be going end-of-life on November 19th, 2025. Fedora has a new version coming out every 6 months along with older versions usually reaching their end of support around the same time. What is Fedora Linux? With its initial v1 release back in 2003, Fedora Linux is one of the mo

The threat actor known as Curly COMrades has been observed exploiting virtualization technologies as a way to bypass security solutions and execute custom malware. According to a new report from Bitdefender, the adversary is said to have enabled the Hyper-V role on selected victim systems to deploy a minimalistic, Alpine Linux-based virtual machine. “This hidden environment, with its lightweight

SonicWall has formally implicated state-sponsored threat actors as behind the September security breach that led to the unauthorized exposure of firewall configuration backup files. “The malicious activity – carried out by a state-sponsored threat actor – was isolated to the unauthorized access of cloud backup files from a specific cloud environment using an API call,” the company said in a

Healthcare businesses vary in scope, from wellness centers to doctors’ offices to hospitals. But they share one important need: They all must safeguard any protected health information (PHI) they possess, especially when doing email marketing. Email marketing tools for healthcare help keep patients informed of promotions, upcoming appointments, and ways to stay healthy. But not all are created eq

The Gootloader malware loader operation has returned after a 7-month absence and is once again performing SEO poisoning to promote fake websites that distribute the malware. Gootloader is a JavaScript-based malware loader spread through compromised or attacker-controlled websites, used to trick users into downloading malicious documents. The websites are promoted in search engines either via ads

Hyundai AutoEver America is notifying individuals that hackers breached the company’s IT environment and gained access to personal information. The company discovered the intrusion on March 1 but the investigation revealed that the attacker had access to the systems since February 22nd. Hyundai AutoEver America (HAEA) is an affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group that provides IT consulting, managed ser

Nikkei Inc., the massive Japanese financial news and media group and the owner of the Financial Times, made an announcement this week confirming a major break-in to its networks. The company, one