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Rethinking Pen Testing: Beyond Compliance for Enhanced Security

May 15, 2025
Compliance / Penetration Testing

Picture this: Your organization checks off its annual penetration test in January with high scores for compliance. By February, a routine software update goes live. Fast forward to April, and attackers have exploited a vulnerability from that update, compromising customer data long before it’s detected. This scenario is all too common, highlighting that one-time compliance assessments won’t safeguard against vulnerabilities introduced afterward. According to Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigation Report, the exploitation of vulnerabilities surged by 34% year-over-year. While compliance frameworks offer essential security guidance, organizations must embrace continuous security validation to identify and address new vulnerabilities proactively. Here’s what you need to understand about penetration testing for compliance requirements—and the necessity of transitioning to ongoing penetration testing for real security resilience.

Reevaluating Penetration Testing: Beyond Compliance to Continuous Security In an age where cyber threats evolve at a rapid pace, relying solely on annual penetration testing for compliance can leave organizations vulnerable to devastating breaches. A stark example illustrates this point:…

Critical Vulnerability in TP-Link Routers (CVE-2023-33538) Under Active Exploitation, CISA Issues Urgent Warning

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has recently included a critical security flaw affecting TP-Link wireless routers in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, highlighting evidence of ongoing exploitation. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-33538 (CVSS score: 8.8), involves a command injection issue that could allow arbitrary system command execution when handling the ssid1 parameter in a specially crafted HTTP GET request. Affected models include the TP-Link TL-WR940N V2/V4, TL-WR841N V8/V10, and TL-WR740N V1/V2, which expose this flaw through the /userRpm/WlanNetworkRpm component. CISA has warned that some impacted devices may be at end-of-life (EoL) or end-of-service (EoS), advising users to stop using them if no mitigations are available. Currently, there is limited public information on the nature of the active exploitation, including attack scale and targeted entities.

TP-Link Router Vulnerability CVE-2023-33538 Under Active Exploitation: CISA Issues Urgent Advisory On June 17, 2025, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced the inclusion of a high-severity security vulnerability found in TP-Link routers to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities…

Why Cloudflare Prevented Unauthorized AI Access to Web Content

Agentic AI, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Cloud Security CEO Matthew Prince: Unchecked Scraping Could Undermine the Internet’s Economic Model Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • August 19, 2025 Matthew Prince, Co-founder and CEO, Cloudflare (Image: Cloudflare) Cloudflare has recently implemented a…

Coinbase Exposed: Agents Bribed, Data of ~1% of Users Compromised; $20M Extortion Bid Fails

May 15, 2025
Cryptocurrency / Threat Intelligence

Coinbase has reported a data breach involving a small fraction of its users after cybercriminals targeted its overseas customer support agents. The company revealed that these criminals offered cash incentives to a limited number of insiders, who then extracted data concerning less than 1% of Coinbase’s monthly active users. The attackers aimed to compile a list of customers to impersonate Coinbase and trick them into surrendering their cryptocurrency assets. On May 11, 2025, the perpetrators attempted to extort Coinbase for $20 million, claiming possession of sensitive information about specific customer accounts and internal documents. In response, Coinbase confirmed that the compromised agents, based in India, have been terminated. The firm assured customers that no passwords, private keys, or funds were at risk.

Coinbase Faces Breach After Insider Compromise; User Data Exposed in Extortion Attempt May 15, 2025 In a recent security disclosure, Coinbase revealed that an unauthorized breach of its systems has resulted in the theft of account information pertaining to a…

Cyberattack Breaches Bragg’s Systems – SC Media

Cyberattack Compromises Bragg’s Systems Source: SC Media In a recent cybersecurity incident, Bragg’s systems have fallen victim to a sophisticated cyberattack, exposing critical vulnerabilities that may impact customer data and organizational operations. This breach underscores the persistent risks facing companies…

New Flodrix Botnet Variant Takes Advantage of Langflow AI Server RCE Vulnerability for DDoS Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a new campaign that actively exploits a recently revealed critical security flaw in Langflow to deploy the Flodrix botnet malware. According to Trend Micro researchers Aliakbar Zahravi, Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim, Sunil Bharti, and Shubham Singh in their technical report, attackers are leveraging this vulnerability to execute downloader scripts on compromised Langflow servers, which subsequently retrieve and install the Flodrix malware. This activity involves the exploitation of CVE-2025-3248 (CVSS score: 9.8), a missing authentication vulnerability affecting Langflow, a Python-based visual framework for creating AI applications. Successful exploitation allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code through specially crafted HTTP requests. Langflow addressed this flaw with version 1.3.0, released in March 2025. Last month, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) highlighted…

New Variant of Flodrix Botnet Leverages Langflow AI Server RCE Vulnerability for DDoS Operations On June 17, 2025, cybersecurity professionals alerted the public to an ongoing campaign targeting vulnerabilities in Langflow, a Python-based platform for developing artificial intelligence applications. This…

Accounting Firm Settles for $175K with Federal Authorities Over HIPAA Ransomware Breach

Data Privacy, Data Security, Healthcare <span class=”article-sub-title”>Settlement Includes Corrective Action Plan Aimed at Enhancing Risk Analysis</span> <span class=”article-byline”> <a class=”author-link” href=””>Marianne Kolbasuk McGee</a> (<a href=””><i class=”fa fa-twitter”/>HealthInfoSec</a>) • <span class=”text-nowrap”>August 18, 2025</span> <a href=””/> </span> <figure> <img src=”” alt=”Accounting Firm…

493 Cases of Child Sextortion Tied to Infamous Scam Networks

Research Highlights Dark Links Between Scam Operations and Sextortion Recent investigations into alleged sextortion activities reveal a concerning nexus involving organized crime and technology abuse. Heintz, a researcher in the field, noted, “While the data available has limitations, it accurately…