Author: HackWatchit
content online focuses on how it can be applied in Product or Marketing — the two most common fields where data scientists create great value. However, working at a startup, I’ve had to work with many more functions outside these two. Data exists across the company, and the reality is that every department can benefit from data science and Analytics to improve efficiency and drive business value. In this article, I am going to discuss one of those less-covered topics — data science for the Customer Support (CX) team. I remember the first time I was pulled into a meeting…
Exposure management company Tenable announced its intent to acquire Apex Security Inc., a vendor for securing the rapidly expanding AI attack surface. Tenable believes the acquisition, once completed, will strengthen Tenable’s ability to help organizations identify and reduce cyber risk in a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence. Generative AI tools and autonomous systems are rapidly expanding the attack surface and introducing new risks — from shadow AI apps and AI-generated code to synthetic identities and ungoverned cloud services. In 2024, Tenable launched Tenable AI Aware which already helps thousands of organizations detect and assess AI usage across their environments.…
An international law enforcement operation has taken down AVCheck, a service used by cybercriminals to test whether their malware is detected by commercial antivirus software before deploying it in the wild. The service’s official domain at avcheck.net now displays a seizure banner with the crests of the U.S. Department of Justice, the FBI, the U.S. Secret Service, and the Dutch police (Politie). According to an announcement on the Politie website, AVCheck was one of the largest counter antivirus (CAV) services internationally, which helped cybercriminals assess the stealthiness and evasion of their malware. “Taking the AVCheck service offline marks an important…
For years, a mysterious figure who goes by the handle Stern led the Trickbot ransomware gang and evaded identification—even as other members of the group were outed in leaks and unmasked. This week German authorities revealed, without much fanfare, who they believe that enigmatic hacker kingpin to be: Vitaly Nikolaevich Kovalev, a 36-year-old Russian man who remains at large in his home country.Closer to home, WIRED revealed that Customs and Border Protection has mouth-swabbed 133,000 migrant children and teenagers to collect their DNA and uploaded their genetic data into a national criminal database used by local, state, and federal law…
Step 1: Build your capture rig RPi3, Kali, Battery Packs, 2 x supported wifi card of your choosing (I used the Alfa Black for this run). My finished product: Solar Battery Pack, Pi, Alfa, Rock and Roll xz -cd kali-2017.01-rpi2.img.xz | dd of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=4M iflag=fullblock oflag=direct status=progress You may need to install Kismet. apt-get install kismet apt-get install gpsd gpsd-clients Attach your gps puck. Verify whether its /dev/ttyUSBx or /dev/ttyAMAx. Then something like this will work: gpsd -b -N -D 3 -n -F /var/run/gpsd.sock /dev/ttyUSB0 Or service gpsd start cgps -s GPSd Functioning as Expected Step 2: Configure kismet to monitor the two 802.11b/g…
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: Anchore, BalkanID, Cyble, groundcover, Hunted Labs, LogicGate, McAfee, Obsidian Security, Outpost24, PentestPad, ProcessUnity, Resecurity, Searchlight Cyber, SecuX, ServiceNow, ThreatMark, and Verosint. New MCP server from groundcover redefines LLM observability A new MCP server, faster than any other on the market, has been launched from groundcover, the eBPF-driven observability platform. Developers can now enhance their AI-driven workflows with deep system context, powered by groundcover’s granular access to logs, metrics, and traces via eBPF. BalkanID IGA Lite reduces identity risk and ensures compliance Consisting of three streamlined…
A new report from cybersecurity firm Netcraft reveals a rise in a Chinese-language Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) known as Haozi. This service makes it incredibly easy for criminals, even those without technical skills, to launch sophisticated phishing attacks. Rob Duncan, a security researcher at Netcraft, discovered this surge over the past five months. According to Netcraft’s blog post, shared with Hackread.com, Haozi stands out for its user-friendliness, marketing itself with a cartoon mouse and emphasizing ease of use and strong support. Unlike older methods that require coding knowledge, Haozi provides a simple web panel. Haozi phishing administration panel screenshot (Source: Netcraft) Once…
In brief UK politician Nigel Farage pledged this week to pass a pro-crypto bill if made prime minister. Farage said he would slash crypto capital gains taxes and force the Bank of England to establish a Bitcoin reserve if elected. He also promised to end crypto-related debanking in Britain, which he argued remains a massive threat. Nigel Farage, the leader of Britain’s right-wing Reform Party, is going all-in on crypto—and used an appearance at Bitcoin 2025 this week to showcase his coalition’s new emphasis. Onstage Thursday at the annual Bitcoin conference, which this year took place in Las Vegas, Farage pledged…
CJ Cox // ADVISORY: The techniques and tools referenced within this blog post may be outdated and do not apply to current situations. However, there is still potential for this blog entry to be used as an opportunity to learn and to possibly update or integrate into modern tools and techniques. We frequently get requests from customers asking us if we provide consultation defending their systems. The other day I got a question from a customer asking us if we could provide some consulting hours on hardening their Active Directory infrastructure. Asking BHIS to help you secure your infrastructure is…