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Scattered Spider Hackers Plead Guilty on Day 1 of Trial

Two men pleaded guilty in the United Kingdom this week to criminal charges stemming from an August 2024 cyberattack that crippled Transport for London, the entity responsible for the public transport network in the Greater London area. The duo were key members of a prolific cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider, and their guilty pleas came on the first day of what was expected to be a six-week trial.
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What the Fortibleed campaign means for organizations running FortiGate firewalls

A massive credential-harvesting campaign targeting FortiGate firewalls has exposed thousands of organizations to potential network compromise, and a trove of attacker tools, scripts, and credentials left inadvertently exposed on a server has given researchers an unusually detailed look at how the operation worked. Analysts from ZenoX and CloudSEK have pieced together the full attack chain from the FortiBleed leak, revealing a sophisticated, highly automated pipeline that in some cases achieved full domain-level control of victim … More → The post What the Fortibleed campaign means for organizations running FortiGate firewalls appeared first on Help Net Security.
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New N-able feature gives IT teams visibility into AI usage across endpoints and networks

N-able has announced the availability of Shadow AI Visibility across its Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) solutions, N‑central and N‑sight, and its Security Operations platform, Adlumin. The new capability helps organizations identify, classify, and monitor AI tool usage across managed environments, providing IT and security teams with the visibility needed to address a rapidly growing operational and security blind spot. As AI adoption accelerates, employees are increasingly using AI-powered applications, browser extensions, developer tools, APIs, and … More → The post New N-able feature gives IT teams visibility into AI usage across endpoints and networks appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Dragos unveils OT-native AI to help critical infrastructure teams prioritize threats faster

Dragos has announced the release of EmberAI, an OT-native AI built on the Dragos Intelligence Fabric. EmberAI gives every analyst immediate access to Dragos’s OT-specific intelligence, gained from more than a decade of OT operations, activity, and expertise. Putting historical and real-time intel in the hands of every security analyst, EmberAI enables teams to gain detailed visibility into assets, vulnerabilities, and network activity across their OT environment. They can prioritize threats by operational impact and … More → The post Dragos unveils OT-native AI to help critical infrastructure teams prioritize threats faster appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Using Reddit to manipulate AI search results is surprisingly easy

A Reddit comment that takes only a few seconds to write can end up influencing the answers generated by AI research tools. A Cornell Tech study found that a short snippet of user-generated text, sometimes as little as 13 words, was enough to affect the output of deep-research agents, AI systems that search the web, gather information from multiple sources, and generate reports with citations. The risks of relying on community-generated content are already familiar … More → The post Using Reddit to manipulate AI search results is surprisingly easy appeared first on Help Net Security.
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GTA 6 early access offers are taking gamers’ crypto

Scam websites are circulating across the internet with a pitch aimed at millions of gamers: a way to play Grand Theft Auto VI before its release. The pages promise early access for a few hundred dollars in cryptocurrency, ask buyers to enter a payment code, and claim the game will then unlock. These offers deliver nothing. “Any site claiming to sell GTA 6 early access is not authorized by Rockstar Games and should be treated … More → The post GTA 6 early access offers are taking gamers’ crypto appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Two Scattered Spider hackers plead guilty over Transport for London cyberattack

Two members of the notorious hacker group Scattered Spider have pleaded guilty to charges related to a 2024 cyberattack on Transport for London (TfL) that resulted in £29 million in loss and recovery costs. Thalha Jubair, 20, from London, and Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall, pleaded guilty at a court hearing in London to offences under the UK’s Computer Misuse Act and will be sentenced on July 16. TfL, the public body responsible for much … More → The post Two Scattered Spider hackers plead guilty over Transport for London cyberattack appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Omada Identity Sovereign targets Europe’s growing digital sovereignty demands

Omada has introduced Omada Identity Sovereign, a new solution that enables organizations to take direct control over where and how their identity governance is deployed. The solution addresses the digital sovereignty requirements, including data, operational, and jurisdictional control, that regulated organizations cannot meet with standard cloud deployments. Digital sovereignty is moving from preference to procurement priority across Europe’s regulated industries. New European regulations such as DORA, NIS2, and the proposed Cloud and AI Development Act … More → The post Omada Identity Sovereign targets Europe’s growing digital sovereignty demands appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Hack The Box adds crisis simulations and SOC training to strengthen cyber readiness

Hack The Box (HTB) has announced new capabilities to help security leaders gain greater visibility into skills, performance and operational readiness. As AI transforms cyberattacks and cybersecurity operations, HTB is expanding its cyber readiness platform to help organizations identify gaps, evaluate team performance and strengthen organizational resilience. By combining hands-on Security Operations Center (SOC) training, crisis simulations, AI-augmented learning assistance and workforce intelligence capabilities in one platform, HTB enables organizations to develop and validate readiness … More → The post Hack The Box adds crisis simulations and SOC training to strengthen cyber readiness appeared first on Help Net Security.
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