Winning Against AI-Based Attacks Requires a Combined Defensive Approach

If there's a constant in cybersecurity, it's that adversaries are always innovating. The rise of offensive AI is transforming attack strategies and making them harder to detect. Google's Threat Intelligence Group, recently reported on adversaries using Large Language Models LLMs to both conceal...

Steganography Explained: How XWorm Hides Inside Images

Inside the most innocent-looking image, a breathtaking landscape, or a funny meme, something dangerous could be hiding, waiting for its moment to strike. No strange file names. No antivirus warnings. Just a harmless picture, secretly concealing a payload that can steal data, execute malware, and...

Node.js Users Beware: Manifest Confusion Attack Opens Door to Malware

The npm registry for the Node.js JavaScript runtime environment is susceptible to what's called a manifest confusion attack that could potentially allow threat actors to conceal malware in project dependencies or perform arbitrary script execution during installation. "A npm package's manifest is...

CVE-2022-0989

An unprivileged user could use the functionality of the NS WooCommerce Watermark WordPress plugin through 2.11.3 to load images that hide malware for example from passing malicious domains to hide their trace, by making them pass through the vulnerable domain...

Steganography in the Modern Attack Landscape

Steganography the hiding of data in other content types such as images, videos, network traffic etc. continues to play a role in modern attacks in several forms. Most uses of steganography in malware can be divided into two broad categories: concealing the actual malware contents and concealing t...