RSS_Virtulization

A new malware campaign targeting freelance developers has been using deceptive job advertisements to trick them into downloading malicious software disguised as legitimate tools. The campaign primarily spreads through GitHub repositories and relies on freelancers’ eagerness to secure remote work opportunities. The attackers pose as reputable companies, offering freelance developers attractive job opportunities. To make their deception convincing, they set up fake websites and distribute malicious software under the guise of professional development tools. Once…

Typos. Exciting surprises. Urgent Threats.   These are just a few of the tactics scammers use to prey on your emotions and slyly deceive you into clicking links that install malware or steal your personal information.  According to McAfee’s State of the Scamiverse report, a whopping 59% surveyed said they or someone they know has fallen victim to a scam. Here’s how to make sure you don’t join that statistic:  How to Spot a Phishing Email …

The complexity of IT and security infrastructure was highlighted as the greatest obstacle to achieving cyber resilience according to new research, Unlock the Resilience Factor from Zscaler. Forty-three percent of 1,700 IT and security leaders worldwide ranked the challenge as a major barrier to an improved ability to recover from serious cyber events, nine percentage points above the second-placed issue: legacy security and IT issues. The survey results underscore the pressing need for organizations to…

The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) is pleased to announce the launch of its new Vendor Portal Dashboard, a significant enhancement to its existing PCI Portal that simplifies program management and improves visibility for all vendors.

Cyber professionals working across the US West Coast are the highest paid in North America with an average base salary of $200,000 per annum. This marks a huge $49,000 difference compared to the next highest earning region in North America. This is according to IANS and Artico’s 2025 Cybersecurity Staff Compensation Benchmark Report, which surveyed 525 cybersecurity staff across the US and Canada. The overall average cash compensation for cybersecurity professionals working on the West…

La banca y los seguros son dos sectores que todavía utilizan mucho los mainframes, y Ensono gestiona mainframes para varios clientes. Aunque el hardware y el software siguen siendo importantes para estas organizaciones, y podrían tener un futuro con la IA, las empresas que dependen de los mainframes están perdiendo su experiencia interna a medida que los trabajadores de TI más veteranos se jubilan. “Estas aplicaciones antiguas que se han creado en mainframe no deberían…

Security researchers have observed a sharp rise in mobile phishing attacks, known as “mishing,” with activity peaking in August 2024 at over 1000 daily attack records. The report, published by Zimperium zLabs, also found that 16% of all mobile phishing incidents occurred in the US.  Mobile Phishing: A Distinct Threat Mishing attacks leverage mobile-specific features like small screens, touch-based navigation and SMS or messaging platforms to trick users into divulging sensitive information. Threat actors often…

La Agencia Espacial Europea (ESA) da un paso adelante en su estrategia de inteligencia artificial (IA). En concreto, la organización intergubernamental ha adjudicado a DXC Technology el contrato para desarrollar una plataforma de IA empresarial que permita a la ESA construir y desplegar rápidamente agentes de IA generativa y otras soluciones basadas en esta tecnología de manera segura. La nueva plataforma, cimentada sobre el stack de Nvidia y diseñada por DXC, se apoya en la…

Infostealers became one of the “most significant initial access vectors” in the threat landscape last year, with one threat intelligence company claiming to find over 330 million compromised credentials linked to the malware. Israeli firm Kela revealed the findings in its latest report, The State of Cybercrime 2024, published today and based on its own analysis of the threat landscape. The hundreds of millions of compromised credentials it found were linked to infostealer activity on…

Hackers are actively trying to simultaneously exploit three vulnerabilities in unpatched Palo Alto Networks firewall appliances. These flaws, all affecting Palo Alto’s PAN-OS web management interface, include CVE-2025-0108, an authentication bypass, CVE-2025-0111, an authenticated file read vulnerability, and CVE-2024-9474, a privilege escalation vulnerability. The first two are high-severity vulnerabilities, with CVSS scores of 8.8 and 7.1, respectively. Palo Alto disclosed the vulnerabilities and published patches for both flaws on February 12, 2025. The third is…