U.S. Public Sector Under Siege

Discover why Government and Education must prioritize Cyber Risk Management...

AI-Driven Intrusion Detection for UAV in Smart Urban Ecosystems: A Comprehensive Survey

UAVs have the potential to revolutionize urban management and provide valuable services to citizens. They can be deployed across diverse applications, including traffic monitoring, disaster response, environmental monitoring, and numerous other domains. However, this integration introduces novel...

Security strategies for safeguarding governmental data

The Deputy CISO blog series is where Microsoft Deputy Chief Information Security Officers CISOs share their thoughts on what is most important in their respective domains. In this series, you will get practical advice, tactics to start and stop deploying, forward-looking commentary on where the...

Toward Risk Thresholds for AI-Enabled Cyber Threats: Enhancing Decision-Making under Uncertainty with Bayesian Networks

Artificial intelligence AI is increasingly being used to augment and automate cyber operations, altering the scale, speed, and accessibility of malicious activity. These shifts raise urgent questions about when AI systems introduce unacceptable or intolerable cyber risk, and how risk thresholds...

Why AI-Powered Cyber Defense Is No Longer Optional for Modern Businesses

Large businesses or governments aren't the only ones threatened by cyber attacks. Every organization is now equally threatened.…...

SHIELD: Securing Healthcare IoT with Efficient Machine Learning Techniques for Anomaly Detection

The integration of IoT devices in healthcare introduces significant security and reliability challenges, increasing susceptibility to cyber threats and operational anomalies. This study proposes a machine learning-driven framework for 1 detecting malicious cyberattacks and 2 identifying faulty...

Building a lasting security culture at Microsoft

At Microsoft, building a lasting security culture is more than a strategic priority—it is a call to action. Security begins and ends with people, which is why every employee plays a critical role in protecting both Microsoft and our customers. When secure practices are woven into how we think,...

Securing the Journey: Cybersecurity Challenges in the Tourism Industry

This weekend is World Tourism Day, a celebration of the global travel industry and the cultural, economic, and social connections it fosters. However, as the tourism industry continues to grow and evolve, it faces an increasing array of cybersecurity threats. From data breaches targeting personal...

A Global Analysis of Cyber Threats to the Energy Sector: "Currents of Conflict" from a Geopolitical Perspective

The escalating frequency and sophistication of cyber threats increased the need for their comprehensive understanding. This paper explores the intersection of geopolitical dynamics, cyber threat intelligence analysis, and advanced detection technologies, with a focus on the energy domain. We...

Hidden Vulnerabilities of Project Management Tools & How FluentPro Backup Secures Them

Every day, businesses, teams, and project managers trust platforms like Trello, Asana, etc., to collaborate and manage tasks. But what happens when that trust is broken? According to a recent report by Statista, the average cost of a data breach worldwide was about $4.88 million. Also, in 2024, t...

Salty Seagull: a VSAT Honeynet to Follow the Bread Crumb of Attacks in Ship Networks

Cyber threats against the maritime industry have increased notably in recent years, highlighting the need for innovative cybersecurity approaches. Ships, as critical assets, possess highly specialized and interconnected network infrastructures, where their legacy systems and operational constrain...

Akira Ransomware Hits SonicWall VPNs, Deploys Drivers to Bypass Security

GuidePoint Security uncovers a new Akira ransomware tactic targeting SonicWall VPNs. The group's use of drivers to disable defenses is a significant threat to businesses...

Attackers Use Fake OAuth Apps with Tycoon Kit to Breach Microsoft 365 Accounts

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a new cluster of activity where threat actors are impersonating enterprises with fake Microsoft OAuth applications to facilitate credential harvesting as part of account takeover attacks. "The fake Microsoft 365 applications impersonate various companies,...

TrickBot Behind More Than $724 Million in Crypto Theft and Extortion

Akamai's latest Ransomware Report 2025 reveals "quadruple extortion," new AI-driven tactics by groups like Black Basta, FunkSec, and TrickBot, and growing threats to non-profits. Learn about evolving cyber threats...

Testbed and Software Architecture for Enhancing Security in Industrial Private 5G Networks

In the era of Industry 4.0, the growing need for secure and efficient communication systems has driven the development of fifth-generation 5G networks characterized by extremely low latency, massive device connectivity and high data transfer speeds. However, the deployment of 5G networks presents...

Operation Checkmate: BlackSuit Ransomware’s Dark Web Domains Seized

International law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and Europol, have successfully seized the infrastructure of the notorious BlackSuit ransomware gang in Operation Checkmate. This article details the takedown, BlackSuit's origins, and the ongoing fight against evolving cyber threats...

Soco404 and Koske Malware Target Cloud Services with Cross-Platform Cryptomining Attacks

Threat hunters have disclosed two different malware campaigns that have targeted vulnerabilities and misconfigurations across cloud environments to deliver cryptocurrency miners. The threat activity clusters have been codenamed Soco404 and Koske by cloud security firms Wiz and Aqua, respectively...

Hyper-Volumetric DDoS Attacks Reach Record 7.3 Tbps, Targeting Key Global Sectors

Cloudflare on Tuesday said it mitigated 7.3 million distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks in the second quarter of 2025, a significant drop from 20.5 million DDoS attacks it fended off the previous quarter. "Overall, in Q2 2025, hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks skyrocketed," Omer Yoachimik and...

AI Dilemma: Emerging Tech as Cyber Risk Escalates

As AI adoption accelerates, businesses face mounting cyber threats—and urgent choices about secure implementation...

That Network Traffic Looks Legit, But it Could be Hiding a Serious Threat

With nearly 80% of cyber threats now mimicking legitimate user behavior, how are top SOCs determining what's legitimate traffic and what is potentially dangerous? Where do you turn when firewalls and endpoint detection and response EDR fall short at detecting the most important threats to your...