Cybersecurity Tech Brief By HackerNoon

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-code-that-built-a-city-solving-the-33-year-mystery-behind-googles-malaga-hub. It took Bernardo Quintero more than three decades to track down the ghost in the machine. Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity. You can also check exclusive content about #cybersecurity, #virus-total, #malaga, #cybersecurity-capital, #quintero, #butterfly-effect, #butterfly-effect-virus, #butterfly-virus, and more. This story was written by: @nxuanchinh. Learn more about this writer by checking @nxuanchinh's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Bernardo Quintero is the founder of VirusTotal, a startup that was acquired by Google in 2012. He spent more than three decades trying to find the author of a computer virus that transformed the Spanish city of Málaga into a cybersecurity capital.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/zero-trust-network-accessztna-enforcement-using-real-time-risk-scoring-and-dynamic-path-segmentation. Adaptive ZTNA powered by real-time risk scoring and dynamic path segmentation to stop threats and lateral movement fast. Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity. You can also check exclusive content about #zero-trust-network-accesss, #new-technology, #top-new-technology-trends, #cyber-security, #cyber-security-trends, #cyber-attacks, #cyber-attack-prevention, #network-security, and more. This story was written by: @dipeshkashiv. Learn more about this writer by checking @dipeshkashiv's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Traditional perimeter-based security has become obsolete. By 2025, 60% of enterprises will phase out most of their remote access VPNs in favor of ZTNA. IBM’s *Cost of a Data Breach Report* shows that organizations with Zero Trust deployed saved an average of $1.76 million per breach.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/wrapping-up-trends-in-macos-malware-of-2025. The myth of a malware-free Mac is a thing of the past. Here’s how Mac threats evolved in 2025 — and what’s coming next. Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity. You can also check exclusive content about #cybersecurity, #malware, #cyber-threats, #malware-threat, #malware-detection, #malware-protection, #ai-security, #hackernoon-top-story, and more. This story was written by: @moonlock. Learn more about this writer by checking @moonlock's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. macOS is no longer a low-risk target. In 2025, attackers combined stealers, backdoors, and AI-driven phishing into long-running attacks — making user awareness and third-party protection more important than ever. The Mac threat landscape now closely resembles what Windows users have faced for years.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/i-saw-a-phishing-site-that-traps-security-bots. How modern phishing kits use honeypots, cloaking, and adversary-in-the-middle attacks—and how defenders can turn those same tactics against them. Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity. You can also check exclusive content about #phishing, #cyber-threat-intelligence, #proactive-threat-hunting, #blue-team, #infosec, #threat-detection, #cyber-attacks, #hackernoon-top-story, and more. This story was written by: @behindthesurface. Learn more about this writer by checking @behindthesurface's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. A phishing kit had a hidden form field with no visible counterpart. It wasn't part of the UI. The victim would never see it. So why was it there? Because it wasn't designed to catch victims. It was designed to catch us.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-authorization-gap-no-one-wants-to-talk-about-why-your-api-is-probably-leaking-right-now. Broken Object Level Authorization (BOLA) is eating the API economy from the inside out. Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity. You can also check exclusive content about #cybersecurity, #bola, #broken-object, #object-level-authorization, #sql, #malicious-payloads, #authentication, #ai-detection-system, and more. This story was written by: @drechimyn. Learn more about this writer by checking @drechimyn's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Broken Object Level Authorization (BOLA) is eating the API economy from the inside out. BOLA happens after you've done everything right and your login works. Attackers are not injecting SQL or crafting malicious payloads. They're just asking for things.