The financial backing of motorsport has undergone a significant transformation in recent years, moving away from traditional sponsors like tobacco and alcohol industries towards technology-focused sectors. This shift is evident in the prevalence of crypto, cyber, and AI-related logos adorning…
Reports mentioning CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz has stated that autonomous AI agents possess the capability to conduct cyberattacks on par with nation-states, a concern amplified by a recent internal cybersecurity test at OpenAI.
A financially motivated threat actor, identified as Slim Spider, has been actively targeting Brazilian financial institutions since at least March 2026, with a focus on stealing cryptocurrency custody secrets. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike is monitoring this activity cluster, which is believed…
An anonymous security researcher operating under the handle "Nightmare Eclipse" has disclosed a critical zero-day exploit targeting CrowdStrike's Falcon endpoint security platform. This exploit, named "FalconFlank," has the capability to escalate privileges to SYSTEM level on Windows systems that are…
A security researcher operating under the pseudonym Chaotic Eclipse, also known as INFINITE NIGHTMARE, MSNightmare, and Nightmare-Eclipse, has publicly released a proof-of-concept (PoC) for a newly discovered zero-day vulnerability. This vulnerability, named FalconFlank, targets CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor, a widely used…
Federal authorities, in collaboration with cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, have successfully disrupted a sophisticated malware operation responsible for siphoning approximately $150,000 in cryptocurrency over the past eight years. The operation, which involved coordination between government agencies and private sector entities, targeted…
CrowdStrike, in collaboration with federal law enforcement agencies, has successfully dismantled the Sality malware, a sophisticated Russian cybercrime operation that operated undetected for approximately eight years. This malware was specifically designed to target cryptocurrency users by surreptitiously stealing digital assets.
The Sality botnet, a sophisticated malware operation active for approximately eight years, has been dismantled through a coordinated international effort involving CrowdStrike and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). This extensive takedown operation successfully isolated over 15,000 infected machines…
Law enforcement agencies, in a coordinated international operation, have successfully disrupted the Sality peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet, a significant threat that has been active for over a decade. The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the takedown on Tuesday, August 31…
Cybercrime is increasingly migrating to cloud environments, with attackers shifting tactics to exploit trusted identities, cloud services, artificial intelligence systems, and software dependencies, according to CrowdStrike's 2026 Threat Hunting Report.
NVIDIA has introduced new open technologies designed to facilitate the creation of always-on AI agents composed of specialized models. These technologies include Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, a customizable open model optimized for high-volume agentic tasks, and NeMo Switchyard, an open-source routing…
NVIDIA announced the formation of the Open Secure AI Alliance on May 14, 2024, a collaborative initiative comprising 37 organizations dedicated to developing and sharing open technologies, techniques, and tools for enhancing the security of software and artificial intelligence (AI)…
The traditional cybersecurity paradigm of evolving defenses against adaptive attackers has been fundamentally altered by the rapid advancement of AI-equipped threat actors. Modern intrusions increasingly bypass conventional endpoint and malware-based detection methods, rendering them insufficient.
The increasing volume of publicly disclosed software vulnerabilities, averaging over 100 per day according to CrowdStrike president Mike Sentonas, poses a significant challenge to organizations tasked with maintaining system security.
A critical 16-year-old Linux kernel vulnerability, identified as Januscape, has been disclosed, enabling attackers to achieve virtual machine (VM) escape and execute arbitrary code on the host system. This flaw affects systems running on Intel and AMD processors, posing…
Russian state-sponsored hackers were behind the $2.5 billion cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover in 2023, according to a report by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. This attack, which targeted the company's IT infrastructure, caused significant disruption and financial losses, making it one…