Posts tagged: NIST
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Hackers exploit SiteGuard WAF flaw to run commands as admins
The recent disclosure that attackers can use an OS command‑injection flaw in SiteGuard Server Edition to execute arbitrary commands with root or SYSTEM privileges has...
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Cybercrims go beyond stealing data to attack physical building systems
In a recent exposé published by the_register, cybercriminals have moved beyond the familiar area of data exfiltration. The article describes a wave of attacks that target the...
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Hackers Use Compromised ConnectWise Credential to Sign In to 173 Microsoft 365 Tenants
In a recent campaign uncovered by cybersecurity researchers, attackers leveraged a stolen credential belonging to ConnectWise Cloud Backup to sign into 173 Microsoft 365...
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Show HN: Llmspeed - feel how fast a local LLM runs before you buy the hardware
A small developer tool made the front page of Hacker News this week with a deceptively simple premise: before you spend money on hardware to run a large language model locally,...
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China-Linked Hackers Exploited BeyondTrust Zero-Day to Take Over Remote Support Servers
In late August 2026, a China‑linked cyber‑espionage group known as Armory Castle, previously identified as UNC5221 or Warp Panda, exploited a newly disclosed vulnerability in...
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Cyberattack AIs must be trained only on air-gapped systems, hundreds of AI researchers say
In a recent briefing that has reverberated across the cybersecurity community, a coalition of AI researchers has issued a stark warning: the prevailing methods for training...
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AI Agents Navigate Unfamiliar OT Systems and Move Equipment in Minutes, Booz Allen Finds
In a recent isolated laboratory test, Booz Allen’s AI agents demonstrated the ability to navigate unfamiliar operational technology (OT) systems and reconfigure industrial...
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GhostAction Compromises About 1,900 GitHub Accounts, Targets Over 30,000 Repositories
In early October 2026, a new wave of credential‑theft attacks swept through the open‑source ecosystem. The campaign, dubbed GhostAction, was traced to the compromise of 1900...
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ITAR FAQs: The Top Questions from Defense Contractors - Answered
In the last several months, defense contractors and regulated businesses have been inundated with a flurry of questions about the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, or...
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For Cybersecurity Certification, a Pause Is Not a Pass :: I-Connect007
When the Department of Defense announced a pause on the formal issuance of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) certificates, many contractors interpreted the halt...
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Reverse engineer anything with agents, from app behavior down to native binaries
In the past year, a new open‑source tool emerged that promises to reverse engineer any software component - whether it is a high‑level application, a microservice, or a native...
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Passkeys Are Not a Trap: What NIST Says About Passkeys and MFA
NIST SP 800-63B-4 treats a passkey with biometric or PIN user verification as multi-factor. What that means for CMMC, HIPAA, and PCI DSS, and the passkey risks that actually...
