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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

CIO

The report also highlighted that Chinese groups continue to share malware tools a long-standing hallmark of Chinese cyber espionage with the KEYPLUG backdoor serving as a prime example. Vault Panda has used many malware families shared by Chinese threat actors, including KEYPLUG, Winnti, Melofee, HelloBot, and ShadowPad.

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Human firewalls: The first line of defense against cyber threats in 2025

CIO

In the past few months, infostealer malware has gained ground. Both the software and its data are sold on the dark web in the form of Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS). Both the software and its data are sold on the dark web in the form of Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS).

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Enhancing Private 5G Security in industrial deployments

CIO

More than ever, businesses are concerned that threat actors could place malware on their OT networks and syphon valuable data over an extended period. Andre Ferreira, Director of Enterprise 5G Customer Solutions at NTT DATA, explains: “Increasing IT-OT convergence exposes OT networks to a broader range of external threats.

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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

CIO

The report also highlighted that Chinese groups continue to share malware tools a long-standing hallmark of Chinese cyber espionage with the KEYPLUG backdoor serving as a prime example. Vault Panda has used many malware families shared by Chinese threat actors, including KEYPLUG, Winnti, Melofee, HelloBot, and ShadowPad.

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AI in the Enterprise: 5 key findings of AI usage and threat trends

CIO

As organizations work to establish AI governance frameworks, many are taking a cautious approach, restricting access to certain AI applications as they refine policies around data protection. AI-powered cyberthreat protection: Detect and block AI-generated phishing campaigns, adversarial exploits, and AI-driven malware in real time.

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Beyond the inbox: ThreatLabz 2025 Phishing Report reveals how phishing is evolving in the age of genAI

CIO

Zscaler decrypts and inspects TLS/SSL traffic inline to block malicious content in real time, using AI-powered threat detection to identify phishing sites, malware, and zero day payloads. Suspicious websites are isolated in Zero Trust Browser sessions, shielding users from drive-by downloads, malware, and zero-day infections.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISA Warns of Global Spear-Phishing Threat, While OWASP Releases AI Security Resources

Tenable

Meanwhile, cybercriminals have amplified their use of malware for fake software-update attacks. That’s the main takeaway from the Center for Internet Security’s list of the 10 most prevalent malware used during the third quarter. Collectively, they accounted for 77% of the quarter’s malware infections.