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How to Balance Password Security Against User Experience

If given the choice, most users are likely to favor a seamless experience over complex security measures, as they don’t prioritize strong password security. However, balancing security and usability doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game. By implementing the right best practices and tools, you can strike a balance between robust password security and a frictionless user experience (UX). This article

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NetSfere Launches Quantum-Resilient Messaging Platform for Enterprise and Government Use

NetSfere Integrates ML-KEM and AES into its text, voice and video messaging platform to meet 2027 NSA Quantum Security mandates. The post NetSfere Launches Quantum-Resilient Messaging Platform for Enterprise and Government Use appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Albabat Ransomware Expands Targets, Abuses GitHub

New versions of the Albabat ransomware target Windows, Linux, and macOS, and retrieve configuration files from GitHub. The post Albabat Ransomware Expands Targets, Abuses GitHub appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Industry Moves for the week of March 24, 2025 - SecurityWeek

Explore industry moves and significant changes in the industry for the week of March 24, 2025. Stay updated with the latest industry trends and shifts.

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Critical Next.js Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Bypass Middleware Authorization Checks

A critical security flaw has been disclosed in the Next.js React framework that could be potentially exploited to bypass authorization checks under certain conditions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-29927, carries a CVSS score of 9.1 out of 10.0. "Next.js uses an internal header x-middleware-subrequest to prevent recursive requests from triggering infinite loops," Next.js said in an

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Encrypted Messaging Apps Promise Privacy. Government Transparency Is Often the Price

Public officials and private citizens are consistently warned about hacking and data leaks, but technologies designed to increase privacy often decrease government transparency. The post Encrypted Messaging Apps Promise Privacy. Government Transparency Is Often the Price appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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GitHub Supply Chain Breach: Coinbase Attack Exposes 218 Repositories, Leaks CI/CD Secrets

The supply chain attack involving the GitHub Action "tj-actions/changed-files" started as a highly-targeted attack against one of Coinbase's open-source projects, before evolving into something more widespread in scope. "The payload was focused on exploiting the public CI/CD flow of one of their open source projects – agentkit, probably with the purpose of leveraging it for further compromises,"

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U.S. Treasury Lifts Tornado Cash Sanctions Amid North Korea Money Laundering Probe

The U.S. Treasury Department has announced that it's removing sanctions against Tornado Cash, a cryptocurrency mixer service that has been accused of aiding the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group to launder their ill-gotten proceeds. "Based on the Administration's review of the novel legal and policy issues raised by use of financial sanctions against financial and commercial activity occurring

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Arrests in Tap-to-Pay Scheme Powered by Phishing

Authorities in at least two U.S. states last week independently announced arrests of Chinese nationals accused of perpetrating a novel form of tap-to-pay fraud using mobile devices. Details released by authorities so far indicate the mobile wallets being used by the scammers were created through online phishing scams, and that the accused were relying on a custom Android app to relay tap-to-pay transactions from mobile devices located in China.

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In Other News: Critical Chrome Bug, Capital One Hacker Resententencing, Story of Expat Flaw

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Capital One hacker’s sentence reversed, Google patches critical Chrome vulnerability, the story of an Expat flaw.  The post In Other News: Critical Chrome Bug, Capital One Hacker Resententencing, Story of Expat Flaw appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Ransomware Group Claims Attack on Virginia Attorney General’s Office

The Cloak ransomware group has claimed responsibility for a February cyberattack on Virginia Attorney General’s Office. The post Ransomware Group Claims Attack on Virginia Attorney General’s Office appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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UAT-5918 Targets Taiwan's Critical Infrastructure Using Web Shells and Open-Source Tools

Threat hunters have uncovered a new threat actor named UAT-5918 that has been attacking critical infrastructure entities in Taiwan since at least 2023. "UAT-5918, a threat actor believed to be motivated by establishing long-term access for information theft, uses a combination of web shells and open-sourced tooling to conduct post-compromise activities to establish persistence in victim

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Medusa Ransomware Uses Malicious Driver to Disable Anti-Malware with Stolen Certificates

The threat actors behind the Medusa ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation have been observed using a malicious driver dubbed ABYSSWORKER as part of a bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) attack designed to disable anti-malware tools. Elastic Security Labs said it observed a Medusa ransomware attack that delivered the encryptor by means of a loader packed using a packer-as-a-service (PaaS

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New Jailbreak Technique Uses Fictional World to Manipulate AI

Cato Networks discovers a new LLM jailbreak technique that relies on creating a fictional world to bypass a model’s security controls. The post New Jailbreak Technique Uses Fictional World to Manipulate AI appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Chinese I-Soon Hackers Hit 7 Organizations in Operation FishMedley

The FishMonger APT group, a subdivision of Chinese cybersecurity firm I-Soon, compromised seven organizations in a 2022 campaign. The post Chinese I-Soon Hackers Hit 7 Organizations in Operation FishMedley appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Industry Reactions to Google Buying Wiz: Feedback Friday

Industry professionals comment on Google acquiring cloud security giant Wiz for $32 billion in cash. The post Industry Reactions to Google Buying Wiz: Feedback Friday appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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China-Linked APT Aquatic Panda: 10-Month Campaign, 7 Global Targets, 5 Malware Families

The China-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) group. known as Aquatic Panda has been linked to a "global espionage campaign" that took place in 2022 targeting seven organizations. These entities include governments, catholic charities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and think tanks across Taiwan, Hungary, Turkey, Thailand, France, and the United States. The activity, which took place

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10 Critical Network Pentest Findings IT Teams Overlook

After conducting over 10,000 automated internal network penetration tests last year, vPenTest has uncovered a troubling reality that many businesses still have critical security gaps that attackers can easily exploit. Organizations often assume that firewalls, endpoint protection, and SIEMs are enough to keep them secure. But how effective are these defenses when put to the test? That’s where

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Nearly 22,000 impacted by Western Alliance Bank breach

Security leaders discuss the Western Alliance Bank breach, which impacted nearly 22,000 customers. 

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Ransomware Group Claims Attacks on Ascom, Jaguar Land Rover

The Hellcat ransomware group claims to have stolen tens of gigabytes of data from Ascom and Jaguar Land Rover. The post Ransomware Group Claims Attacks on Ascom, Jaguar Land Rover appeared first on SecurityWeek.