On Automating Security Policies with Contemporary LLMs

The complexity of modern computing environments and the growing sophistication of cyber threats necessitate a more robust, adaptive, and automated approach to security enforcement. In this paper, we present a framework leveraging large language models LLMs for automating attack mitigation policy...

Deepfake Scams Are Distorting Reality Itself

The easy access that scammers have to sophisticated AI tools means everything from emails to video calls can’t be trusted...

A Threat Intelligence Event Extraction Conceptual Model for Cyber Threat Intelligence Feeds

In response to the escalating cyber threats, the efficiency of Cyber Threat Intelligence CTI data collection has become paramount in ensuring robust cybersecurity. However, existing works encounter significant challenges in preprocessing large volumes of multilingual threat data, leading to...

CVE-2025-48999

DataEase (open source BI/data viz) contains a vulnerability tied to CVE-2025-46566 bypassed in versions before 2.10.10. In a malicious payload, getUrlType() returns hostName; since the judgment is false, the code path is not filtered and the payload can be concatenated at the replace location to ...

CVE-2025-48999 Dataease Redshift Data Source JDBC Connection Parameters Not Verified Leads to RCE Vulnerability

DataEase is an open source business intelligence and data visualization tool. A bypass of CVE-2025-46566's patch exists in versions prior to 2.10.10. In a malicious payload, getUrlType retrieves hostName. Since the judgment statement returns false, it will not enter the if statement and will not ...

Europol Targets Over 2,000 Extremist Links Exploiting Minors Online

Europol targets extremist online content exploiting minors, tackling rising use of AI, propaganda, and grooming across Europe’s digital platforms...

From Ideology to Financial Gain: Exploring the Convergence from Hacktivism to Cybercrime

Introduction In the ever-evolving landscape of cyber threat actors, the lines between ideologically driven hacktivism and financially motivated cybercriminals have become increasingly blurred. Originally fueled by political, social, or ethical causes, hacktivist groups have historically engaged i...

Combining Threat Intelligence with IoT Scanning to Predict Cyber Attack

While the Web has become a global platform for communication, malicious actors, including hackers and hacktivist groups, often disseminate ideological content and coordinate activities through the "Dark Web", an obscure counterpart of the conventional web. Presently, challenges such as informatio...

Announcing a new strategic collaboration to bring clarity to threat actor naming

In today’s cyberthreat landscape, even seconds of delay can mean the difference between stopping a cyberattack or falling victim to ransomware. One major cause of delayed response is understanding threat actor attribution, which is often slowed by inaccurate or incomplete data as well as...

A Unified Framework for Human AI Collaboration in Security Operations Centers with Trusted Autonomy

This article presents a structured framework for Human-AI collaboration in Security Operations Centers SOCs, integrating AI autonomy, trust calibration, and Human-in-the-loop decision making. Existing frameworks in SOCs often focus narrowly on automation, lacking systematic structures to manage...

Blockchain Powered Edge Intelligence for U-Healthcare in Privacy Critical and Time Sensitive Environment

Edge Intelligence EI serves as a critical enabler for privacy-preserving systems by providing AI-empowered computation and distributed caching services at the edge, thereby minimizing latency and enhancing data privacy. The integration of blockchain technology further augments EI frameworks by...

Asymmetry by Design: Boosting Cyber Defenders with Differential Access to AI

As AI-enabled cyber capabilities become more advanced, we propose "differential access" as a strategy to tilt the cybersecurity balance toward defense by shaping access to these capabilities. We introduce three possible approaches that form a continuum, becoming progressively more restrictive for...

So, I Climbed to the Top of the Pyramid of Pain -- Now What?

This paper explores the evolving dynamics of cybersecurity in the age of advanced AI, from the perspective of the introduced Human Layer Kill Chain framework. As traditional attack models like Lockheed Martin's Cyber Kill Chain become inadequate in addressing human vulnerabilities exploited by...

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 19, 2025 to May 25, 2025)

In case you missed it, Wordfence just published itsannual WordPress security report for 2024. Read it now to learn more about the evolving risk landscape of WordPress so you can keep your sites protected in 2025 and beyond. Last week, there were 164 vulnerabilities disclosed in 111 WordPress...

The End of Universal Lifelong Identifiers: Identity Systems for the AI Era

Many identity systems assign a single, static identifier to an individual for life, reused across domains like healthcare, finance, and education. These Universal Lifelong Identifiers ULIs underpin critical workflows but now pose systemic privacy risks. We take the position that ULIs are...

HoneySat: a Network-Based Satellite Honeypot Framework

Satellites are the backbone of several mission-critical services, such as GPS that enable our modern society to function. For many years, satellites were assumed to be secure because of their indecipherable architectures and the reliance on security by obscurity. However, technological advancemen...

Security Benefits and Side Effects of Labeling AI-Generated Images

Generative artificial intelligence is developing rapidly, impacting humans' interaction with information and digital media. It is increasingly used to create deceptively realistic misinformation, so lawmakers have imposed regulations requiring the disclosure of AI-generated content. However, only...

A Novel Zero-Trust Identity Framework for Agentic AI: Decentralized Authentication and Fine-Grained Access Control

Traditional Identity and Access Management IAM systems, primarily designed for human users or static machine identities via protocols such as OAuth, OpenID Connect OIDC, and SAML, prove fundamentally inadequate for the dynamic, interdependent, and often ephemeral nature of AI agents operating at...

SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform Access Control Error Vulnerability (CNVD-2025-12752)

SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform is a suite of business intelligence software and enterprise performance solutions from SAP, Germany. The product features report generation, analytics, and data visualization. An access control error vulnerability exists in SAP Business Objects...

Russian Hackers Breach 20+ NGOs Using Evilginx Phishing via Fake Microsoft Entra Pages

Microsoft has shed light on a previously undocumented cluster of malicious activity originating from a Russia-affiliated threat actor dubbed Void Blizzard aka Laundry Bear that it said is attributed to "worldwide cloud abuse." Active since at least April 2024, the hacking group is linked to...