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CyberArk announced the CyberArk Secure AI Agents Solution, which will allow organizations to implement identity-first security for agentic AI using the CyberArk Identity Security Platform. The solution will help organizations mitigate new and unique identity-centric risks as AI agents autonomously communicate with other agents, access sensitive information, escalate privileges, interact with critical infrastructure, and modify their behaviors to accomplish complex tasks. According to Gartner, “By 2028, 25% of enterprise breaches will be traced back to AI agent abuse, from both external and malicious internal actors.”This new, growing attack surface is tied to the emergence of a new, complex class of…

Ransomware attacks are known to frequently occur over weekends, and Sensata Technologies, a prominent manufacturer of sensors and electrical components for critical applications, recently became a victim of such an attack. According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the incident took place on April 6, 2025, and involved the theft of sensitive data, including shipping details, production information, and various other operational records. Given that Sensata’s products serve key industries like aerospace, automotive, and manufacturing, a malware attack on their servers has the potential to cause significant delays in production and disrupt supply chains on…

Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith has walked free from jail.He was serving a prison sentence after giving a presentation to a blockchain conference in North Korea.Prosecutors had alleged his speech “provided highly technical information” that could help the isolated state evade U.S. sanctions.Griffith had pleaded guilty to a single charge of conspiracy in September 2021, and was sentenced to 63 months behind bars in April 2022.That term was reduced to 56 months last summer, opening the door for the 42-year-old to be released this month.Alexander Urbelis—who is general counsel at ENS Labs and has been assisting with the case—confirmed Griffith’s release…

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China-based purveyors of SMS phishing kits are enjoying remarkable success converting phished payment card data into mobile wallets from Apple and Google. Until recently, the so-called “Smishing Triad” mainly impersonated toll road operators and shipping companies. But experts say these groups are now directly targeting customers of international financial institutions, while dramatically expanding their cybercrime infrastructure and support staff. An image of an iPhone device farm shared on Telegram by one of the Smishing Triad members. Image: Prodaft. If you own a mobile device, the chances are excellent that at some point in the past two years you’ve received at…

US President Donald Trump has signed an Executive Order on Wednesday to revoke security clearance held by Chris Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and his colleagues at SentinelOne. “The Order also suspends any active security clearance held by individuals at entities associated with Krebs, including SentinelOne, pending a review of whether such clearances are consistent with the national interest,” the White House announced. The EO also effectively orders the US Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to review CISA’s activities over the last 6 years, including Krebs’ activities while at the…

is a cornerstone technique for modeling tabular data due to its speed and simplicity. It delivers great results without any fuss. When you look around you’ll see multiple options like LightGBM, XGBoost, etc. Catboost is one such variant. In this post, we will take a detailed look at this model, explore its inner workings, and understand what makes it a great choice for real-world tasks. Target Statistic Target Encoding Example: the average value of the target variable for a category is used to replace each category. Image by author Target Encoding Example: the average value of the target variable for…

An APT group exploited ESET flaw to execute malware Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2025 At least one APT group has exploited a vulnerability in ESET software to stealthily execute malware, bypassing security measures. Kaspersky researchers reported that an APT group, tracked as ToddyCat, has exploited a vulnerability in ESET software to stealthily execute malware, bypassing security. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-11859, is a DLL Search Order Hijacking issue that potentially allow an attacker with administrator privileges to load a malicious dynamic-link library and execute its code. The flaw in ESET software was exploited to deploy TCESB, a stealthy C++ tool that bypasses…

Organisations demand uncompromising protection against today’s most pressing threats while ensuring minimal disruption to legitimate business operations. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has just set a new industry benchmark by achieving a 100% exploit block rate including evasions in independent testing conducted by CyberRatings.org (Fig 1.). Fig 1: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security sets new industry benchmark in overall effectiveness from CyberRatings.Org Check Point also leads in reducing alert fatigue with an industry highest 100% False Positive Accuracy (Fig 2). With proven resilience against evasions, enterprise-grade reliability, and highest industry block rate, Check Point emerges as an undisputed leader in cloud…