Author: HackWatchit

Lingerie giant Victoria’s Secret says that it has restored all of its critical systems and is fully operational again, three weeks after revealing it had been hit by a cyber attack. The good news? Victoria’s Secret believes its err.. bottom line hasn’t been affected by the hack: “We continue to assess the full scope and impact of the incident. This incident has not caused a material disruption to our operations to date and we do not believe it will have a material impact to our fiscal year 2025,” it said…

Make it work, then make it beautiful, then if you really, really have to, make it fast. 90 percent of the time, if you make it beautiful, it will already be fast. So really, just make it beautiful! (Source) — Joe Armstrong (co-designers of the Erlang programming language.) article about Python for the series “Data Science: From School to Work.” Since the beginning, you have learned how to manage your Python project with UV, how to write a clean code using PEP and SOLID principles, how to handle errors and use loguru to log your code and how to write…

AV-Comparatives, an independent cybersecurity software testing organization, has released the results of two key evaluations of enterprise security solutions. The CrowdStrike Falcon® cybersecurity platform achieved the EDR Detection Certification in AV-Comparatives’ inaugural 2025 EDR Detection Validation Test and the AV-Comparatives 2025 Mac Approved Security Award. This independent validation confirms the Falcon platform’s ability to stop breaches across the modern enterprise. The Falcon platform’s innovative approach of combining advanced AI behavioral analysis, threat intelligence, and comprehensive detection to identify and stop attacks provides the defense organizations need to protect both Windows and Mac devices. Falcon Platform Certified for EDR Detection  AV-Comparatives’…

Your business operates in an online environment where unauthorized encryption of data isn’t just possible, it’s probable. The financial impact can be devastating, with ransomware attacks costing organizations an average of $4.54 million per incident. While traditional security measures provide a foundation, they fall short against today’s sophisticated threats. Let’s explore how zero-trust architectures and AI-driven solutions can transform your security posture before the next attack occurs. The Financial Impact of Unauthorized Data Encryption Cybersecurity threats continue evolving, and the cost of unauthorized data encryption has reached alarming levels. Effective ransomware protection strategies have become essential as your business now…

Starting June 9, 2025, Russian internet service providers (ISPs) began throttling access to websites and services protected by Cloudflare, making sites inaccessible from the country. The throttling is so aggressive, reportedly only allowing users to download the first 16 KB of any web asset, that it effectively breaks most Cloudflare-backed sites for Russian netizens. Cloudflare maintains that it has not received formal communication about this from the Russian state but considers this action part of the country’s broader strategy to oust Western tech firms from the domestic market. The internet company states that it is in no position to remediate…

Joff Thyer // It has been known for some time that an executable payload generated with msfvenom can leverage an alternative template EXE file, and be encoded to better evade endpoint defenses. Having said that, what is the standard process for producing an EXE format without using an alternative template file?  If like many of us, you are using the KALI penetration testing distribution, the template files used for EXE generation are included with the Metasploit software.  They are located in the directory “/usr/share/metasploit-framework/data/templates” on the current KALI distribution (as of the date of this article). If you generate a…

Taking over millions of developers exploiting an Open VSX Registry flaw Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2025 A critical flaw in Open VSX Registry could let attackers hijack the VS Code extension hub, exposing millions of developers to supply chain attacks. Cybersecurity researchers at Koi Security discovered a critical vulnerability in the Open VSX Registry (open-vsx.org) that could have let attackers take over the Visual Studio Code extensions marketplace, endangering millions of developers through potential supply chain attacks. open-vsx.org is the open-source is an open-source extension registry maintained by the Eclipse Foundation. It serves as a community-driven alternative to Microsoft’s proprietary Visual…

FastBackgroundCheck, like other background check sites, compiles data from court filings, property records, voter registration records, and other publicly available databases. This exposes your digital footprint, including highly sensitive details such as criminal records. Your data can be used in reverse phone lookups, address lookups, and for detailed background checks. This increases your vulnerability to phishing attacks and identity theft. The solution is to request the removal of your data from FastBackgroundCheck and similar people search sites. Privacy laws do not protect consumers, which means it falls on consumers to submit opt-out requests manually. Unfortunately, FastBackgroundCheck is prone to re-adding…

Even though GenAI threats are a top concern for both security teams and leadership, the current level of testing and remediation for LLM and AI-powered applications isn’t keeping up with the risks, according to Cobalt. GenAl as a threat or a tool (Source: Cobalt) Pentest data reveals industry divide in LLM security Pentesting data from the report highlights a troubling reality: LLM applications often have serious security vulnerabilities. These high-risk issues appear more frequently in LLMs than in any other type of system, showing that LLM deployments carry a particularly elevated risk. What’s even more concerning is how rarely these…