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Ink Dragon Compromised IIS Networks to Relay ShadowPad Malware
A Chinese hacking group is using compromised European government networks as relay nodes to route commands and support other hacking operations. Security firm Check Point attributed the campaign to a Chinese espionage group it tracks as "Ink Dragon."

Experts Say AI Is Already Enabling Faster and Harder-to-Detect Attack Campaigns
Artificial intelligence-fueled malware and automated cyber tools are enabling faster, more adaptive attacks at scale, with experts warning Congress that adversaries are now leveraging AI and quantum advances to outpace defenders and bypass outdated security architectures.

Push Comes as HHS Steps Up Enforcement of Data-Sharing and Record Access Regs
A privacy-minded senator is pressuring U.S. health tech companies to give patients more control over where their patient data goes, framing the matter as a matter of national security as well as privacy. Regulators have ramped up enforcement of rules that promote the interoperability.

Widely Used ukr.net Is a Repeat Focus for APT28 Cyberespionage Operations
Don't expect cyber spies to respect distinctions between military and civilian networks, especially in times of war, warn researchers tracking persistent Russian military intelligence credential-harvesting attacks against users of Ukraine's popular, commercial UKR.NET webmail platform.

Also: macOS Naughty or Nice, Cybercrime Karma, Spoofing Legacy Rail Infrastructure
London in December: Early to dark, quick to rain but also festive - and a mecca for cybersecurity researchers there for the annual Black Hat Europe conference. This year's event featured nearly 50 briefings that touched on everything from hardware hacking to combing infostealer logs for hidden gems.

Practical Steps That Effectively Strengthen Security and Resilience
Cyberattackers know SMBs think they're "too small to be a target" - and they're acting on it. Learn why small businesses are increasingly targeted and the five foundational steps that can significantly reduce cyber risk.

Kerberos Overhaul Will Disable RC4 by Default in Windows
Microsoft will disable RC4 by default in Windows Kerberos, pushing organizations to uncover and eliminate longstanding cryptographic weaknesses hidden in legacy authentication systems - particularly within large domains where fallback to RC4 has quietly persisted for decades.

Cybercrime Gang Rhysida Still Lists the Practice on Its Leak Site Among Its Victims
A Kansas medical group will pay $1.2 million to settle proposed class action litigation involving an attack that compromised the sensitive data of nearly 256,000 individuals. The Rhysida ransomware operation claimed responsibility and said it stole 3 terabytes.

AI Is Now the Top Focus for Modernization to Relieve Budget, Staffing Pressures
According to the National Association of State CIOs, this year AI tech - including generative and agentic AI - is the top strategic initiative for state CIOs - marking an "unprecedented" shift in IT priorities, said NASCIO Executive Director Doug Robinson. In fact, AI first appeared on the organization's annual survey of state and territory CIOs just three years ago.

Secure-by-Design Startup Uses AI Agents to Safeguard Containers, VMs and Libraries
Cloud security startup Echo has closed a $35 million Series A funding round to boost development of its AI-native OS. The platform starts with secure container images and aims to extend to VMs and libraries, helping enterprises minimize risk from open-source software.

Deal Would Move ServiceNow's Cybersecurity Ambitions From the Shadow to Spotlight
ServiceNow's security business has long been a sleeping giant inside the workflow orchestration behemoth's portfolio that in recent months appears to have awoken. With the buy of Armis possibly imminent, ServiceNow's security ambitions appear to be moving from the shadows to the spotlight.

ServiceNow's Neeraj Jain on Risk Mitigation and Real-Time Data Access for AI Agents
Enterprises that embed governance from intake to deployment scale AI faster than those that bolt it on afterward. Clear frameworks mitigate risk, ensure compliance and increase operational efficiency, says Neeraj Jain, director of product management, hyperscalers and multi-cloud at ServiceNow.

National Accident Health Says Breach Exposed Medical Info of 181,000 People
A Maine-based third-party administrator that handles healthcare claims involving day care centers, youth sports and NCAA athlete accidents is notifying more than 181,000 individuals that their medical information and personal identifiers may have been accessed or stolen in a hacking incident.

Cyderes Aims to Fuse Identity, AI and Risk Signals in One Platform With Lucidum Buy
Cyderes has acquired Lucidum to expand its identity threat detection capabilities. Lucidum’s unique tagging and data integration will strengthen Cyderes' AI engine, enabling earlier detection of threats and human risk-based response by unifying off-SIEM telemetry with identity data.

Misconfigured Customer Network Edge Devices' Under Fire, Warn Researchers
Misconfigured edge devices hosted in the cloud are giving nation-state hackers carte blanche to access Western critical infrastructure, warn threat intelligence experts at Amazon, who tied exploits of AWS customers' device administrator portals to Russia's GRU military intelligence agency.

2 More Vulnerabilities Need Patching in React Server Components, Warns Vercel
Mass exploitation of the "React2Shell" - CVE-2025-55182 - vulnerability remains underway by nation-state hackers tied to China, North Korea and Iran, as well as financially motivated cybercriminals running everything from cryptomining malware to DDoS services, security experts warn.

Black Hat's Jeff Moss: 'We're in a Political Situation, Whether You Like It or Not'
Technology doesn't exist in a vacuum, and by extension neither does cybersecurity. But in recent years, Black Hat founder Jeff Moss said he's been "struggling" with the "uncomfortable truth" that unlike the largely risk-free early days of hacking, today "all tech is political."