Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler, Cloudflare hit by the latest data breach

When three prominent vendors, Palo Alto Networks, ZScaler, and Cloudflare, announced on Tuesday that they were hit by a cyber attack, it was a stark reminder that today’s interconnected enterprise environment means that one vendor’s security hole can hurt users globally. Palo Alto said, “this supply chain attack impacted hundreds of organizations, including Palo Alto Networks”…

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Critical Flaw in Azure AD Lets Attackers Steal Credentials

  A recent cybersecurity assessment by Resecurity’s HUNTER Team uncovered a high-severity leak when Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) application credentials—specifically the ClientId and ClientSecret—were exposed in a publicly accessible appsettings.json file. This critical misconfiguration effectively hands attackers the digital keys to the cloud environment, enabling unauthorized token requests against Microsoft’s OAuth 2.0 endpoints and giving adversaries a direct path…

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HDFC Bank invests in Indian quantum cybersecurity start-up QNu Labs

HDFC Bank has invested in QNu Labs, an Indian start-up specialising in quantum-safe cybersecurity solutions. The investment is part of HDFC Bank’s focus on supporting indigenous technology initiatives aimed at enhancing digital security. QNu Labs, founded in 2016 and incubated at IIT Madras Research Park, develops full-stack cybersecurity platforms based on quantum technologies. Its flagship…

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NETSCOUT RESEARCH CONFIRMS DDOS CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE DIGITAL BATTLEFIELD, DESTABILIZING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

NEW NETSCOUT RESEARCH CONFIRMS DDOS CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE DIGITAL BATTLEFIELD, DESTABILIZING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE   AI integration, persistent hacktivist campaigns, and nation-state actors weaponize DDoS attacks, creating unprecedented risks for organizations globally   NetScout released its latest research detailing the evolving Distributed Denial-oSet featured imagef-Service (DDoS) attack landscape. NETSCOUT monitored more than 8 million DDoS…

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Security by design starts at the whiteboard stage: Srinivas Shekar, CEO, Pantherun Technologies

Pantherun Technologies was founded by Srinivas Shekar (CEO) and Tiffany Chan (COO). It was officially launched on 25th September 2019 and is headquartered out of Bangalore, with offices in Germany, Taiwan and the United States. Security by design starts at the whiteboard stage & security needs to be part of the first conversation: What sets…

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Massive Interpol operation takes down 11,500 malicious networks in Africa

In  a sweeping effort conducted between June and August 2025, INTERPOL led Operation Serengeti 2.0 targeting cybercrime networks across Africa. Investigators from 18 African countries alongside the United Kingdom collaborated to combat ransomware, online scams, business email compromise (BEC), and other significant cyber threats noted in INTERPOL’s Africa Cyberthreat Assessment Report. The three-month investigation, launched…

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NIST Finalizes ‘Lightweight Cryptography’ Standard To Protect Internet of Things (IoT) Devices

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finalized four lightweight cryptographic algorithms designed to safeguard data generated and transmitted by the Internet of Things (IoT) and other small-scale technologies. Unlike larger computers, many connected devices—such as smart home systems, fitness trackers, and other IoT applications—lack the processing power and memory to run conventional…

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Google issues red alert as new cyber attack targets Gmail users using AI with ‘indirect prompt injections’

Google warns its 1.8 billion Gmail users about a new cybersecurity threat called indirect prompt injections, where hackers hide malicious commands in emails. Google warns of wave of new threats This threat affects not just people but also businesses and governments, in a post Google explained the danger, “With the rapid adoption of generative AI,…

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Pharmaceutical firm Inotiv investigating ransomware attack

American contract research organization Inotiv disclosed Monday that it became aware of a cybersecurity incident affecting certain of its systems and data earlier this month. Its preliminary investigation determined that a threat actor gained unauthorized access to, and encrypted certain of, the company’s systems, while investigations into the incident are ongoing. “Upon identifying encrypted systems, the…

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