FedRAMP at Startup Speed: Lessons Learned

FedRAMP at Startup Speed: Lessons Learned

For organizations eyeing the federal market, FedRAMP can feel like a gated fortress. With strict compliance requirements and a notoriously long runway, many companies assume the path to authorization is reserved for the well-resourced enterprise. But that’s changing.
In this post, we break down how fast-moving startups can realistically achieve FedRAMP Moderate authorization without derailing

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Water Curse Hijacks 76 GitHub Accounts to Deliver Multi-Stage Malware Campaign

Water Curse Hijacks 76 GitHub Accounts to Deliver Multi-Stage Malware Campaign

Cybersecurity researchers have exposed a previously unknown threat actor known as Water Curse that relies on weaponized GitHub repositories to deliver multi-stage malware.
“The malware enables data exfiltration (including credentials, browser data, and session tokens), remote access, and long-term persistence on infected systems,” Trend Micro researchers Jovit Samaniego, Aira Marcelo, Mohamed

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Ex-CIA Analyst Sentenced to 37 Months for Leaking Top Secret National Defense Documents

Ex-CIA Analyst Sentenced to 37 Months for Leaking Top Secret National Defense Documents

A former U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst has been sentenced to little more than three years in prison for unlawfully retaining and transmitting top secret National Defense Information (NDI) to people who were not entitled to receive them and for attempting to cover up the malicious activity.
Asif William Rahman, 34, of Vienna, has been sentenced today to 37 months on charges of

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CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday placed a security flaw impacting the Linux kernel in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, stating it has been actively exploited in the wild.
The vulnerability, CVE-2023-0386 (CVSS score: 7.8), is an improper ownership bug in the Linux kernel that could be exploited to escalate privileges on susceptible

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Veeam Patches CVE-2025-23121: Critical RCE Bug Rated 9.9 CVSS in Backup & Replication

Veeam Patches CVE-2025-23121: Critical RCE Bug Rated 9.9 CVSS in Backup & Replication

Veeam has rolled out patches to contain a critical security flaw impacting its Backup & Replication software that could result in remote code execution under certain conditions.
The security defect, tracked as CVE-2025-23121, carries a CVSS score of 9.9 out of a maximum of 10.0.
“A vulnerability allowing remote code execution (RCE) on the Backup Server by an authenticated domain user,” the

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Iran Slows Internet to Prevent Cyber Attacks Amid Escalating Regional Conflict

Iran Slows Internet to Prevent Cyber Attacks Amid Escalating Regional Conflict

Iran has throttled internet access in the country in a purported attempt to hamper Israel’s ability to conduct covert cyber operations, days after the latter launched an unprecedented attack on the country, escalating geopolitical tensions in the region.
Fatemeh Mohajerani, the spokesperson of the Iranian Government, and the Iranian Cyber Police, FATA, said the internet slowdown was designed to

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Google Chrome Zero-Day CVE-2025-2783 Exploited by TaxOff to Deploy Trinper Backdoor

Google Chrome Zero-Day CVE-2025-2783 Exploited by TaxOff to Deploy Trinper Backdoor

A now-patched security flaw in Google Chrome was exploited as a zero-day by a threat actor known as TaxOff to deploy a backdoor codenamed Trinper.
The attack, observed in mid-March 2025 by Positive Technologies, involved the use of a sandbox escape vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-2783 (CVSS score: 8.3).
Google addressed the flaw later that month after Kaspersky reported in-the-wild

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