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Chaos RaaS Emerges After BlackSuit Takedown, Demanding $300K from U.S. Victims A newly emerged ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) gang called Chaos is likely made up of former members of the BlackSuit crew, as the latter’s dark web infrastructure has been the subject of a law enforcement seizure. Chaos, which sprang forth in February 2025, is the latest…

PyPI Warns of Ongoing Phishing Campaign Using Fake Verification Emails and Lookalike Domain The maintainers of the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository have issued a warning about an ongoing phishing attack that’s targeting users in an attempt to redirect them to fake PyPI sites. The attack involves sending email messages bearing the subject line “[PyPI]…

Wiz Uncovers Critical Access Bypass Flaw in AI-Powered Vibe Coding Platform Base44 Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a now-patched critical security flaw in a popular vibe coding platform called Base44 that could allow unauthorized access to private applications built by its users. “The vulnerability we discovered was remarkably simple to exploit — by providing only a…

Cybercriminals Use Fake Apps to Steal Data and Blackmail Users Across Asia’s Mobile Networks Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new, large-scale mobile malware campaign that’s targeting Android and iOS platforms with fake dating, social networking, cloud storage, and car service apps to steal sensitive personal data. The cross-platform threat has been codenamed SarangTrap by Zimperium…

Email Security Is Stuck in the Antivirus Era: Why It Needs a Modern Approach Picture this: you’ve hardened every laptop in your fleet with real‑time telemetry, rapid isolation, and automated rollback. But the corporate mailbox—the front door for most attackers—is still guarded by what is effectively a 1990s-era filter. This isn’t a balanced approach. Email…

⚡ Weekly Recap — SharePoint Breach, Spyware, IoT Hijacks, DPRK Fraud, Crypto Drains and More Some risks don’t breach the perimeter—they arrive through signed software, clean resumes, or sanctioned vendors still hiding in plain sight. This week, the clearest threats weren’t the loudest—they were the most legitimate-looking. In an environment where identity, trust, and tooling…

Hackers Breach Toptal GitHub, Publish 10 Malicious npm Packages With 5,000 Downloads In what’s the latest instance of a software supply chain attack, unknown threat actors managed to compromise Toptal’s GitHub organization account and leveraged that access to publish 10 malicious packages to the npm registry. The packages contained code to exfiltrate GitHub authentication tokens…

CISA Adds PaperCut NG/MF CSRF Vulnerability to KEV Catalog Amid Active Exploitation The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a high-severity security vulnerability impacting PaperCutNG/MF print management software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-2533 (CVSS score: 8.4),…

Scattered Spider Hijacks VMware ESXi to Deploy Ransomware on Critical U.S. Infrastructure The notorious cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider is targeting VMware ESXi hypervisors in attacks targeting retail, airline, and transportation sectors in North America. “The group’s core tactics have remained consistent and do not rely on software exploits. Instead, they use a proven…

Critical Flaws in Niagara Framework Threaten Smart Buildings and Industrial Systems Worldwide Cybersecurity researchers have discovered over a dozen security vulnerabilities impacting Tridium’s Niagara Framework that could allow an attacker on the same network to compromise the system under certain circumstances. “These vulnerabilities are fully exploitable if a Niagara system is misconfigured, thereby disabling encryption…

Cyber Espionage Campaign Hits Russian Aerospace Sector Using EAGLET Backdoor Russian aerospace and defense industries have become the target of a cyber espionage campaign that delivers a backdoor called EAGLET to facilitate data exfiltration. The activity, dubbed Operation CargoTalon, has been assigned to a threat cluster tracked as UNG0901 (short for Unknown Group 901). “The…

Patchwork Targets Turkish Defense Firms with Spear-Phishing Using Malicious LNK Files The threat actor known as Patchwork has been attributed to a new spear-phishing campaign targeting Turkish defense contractors with the goal of gathering strategic intelligence. “The campaign employs a five-stage execution chain delivered via malicious LNK files disguised as conference invitations sent to targets…

U.S. Sanctions Firm Behind N. Korean IT Scheme; Arizona Woman Jailed for Running Laptop Farm The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned a North Korean front company and three associated individuals for their involvement in the fraudulent remote information technology (IT) worker scheme designed to generate illicit revenues for…

Soco404 and Koske Malware Target Cloud Services with Cross-Platform Cryptomining Attacks Threat hunters have disclosed two different malware campaigns that have targeted vulnerabilities and misconfigurations across cloud environments to deliver cryptocurrency miners. The threat activity clusters have been codenamed Soco404 and Koske by cloud security firms Wiz and Aqua, respectively. Soco404 “targets both Linux and…

Overcoming Risks from Chinese GenAI Tool Usage A recent analysis of enterprise data suggests that generative AI tools developed in China are being used extensively by employees in the US and UK, often without oversight or approval from security teams. The study, conducted by Harmonic Security, also identifies hundreds of instances in which sensitive data…

CastleLoader Malware Infects 469 Devices Using Fake GitHub Repos and ClickFix Phishing Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new versatile malware loader called CastleLoader that has been put to use in campaigns distributing various information stealers and remote access trojans (RATs). The activity employs Cloudflare-themed ClickFix phishing attacks and fake GitHub repositories opened under…

Fire Ant Exploits VMware Flaws to Compromise ESXi Hosts and vCenter Environments Virtualization and networking infrastructure have been targeted by a threat actor codenamed Fire Ant as part of a prolonged cyber espionage campaign. The activity, observed this year, is primarily designed Now to infiltrate organizations’ VMware ESXi and vCenter environments as well as network…

Critical Mitel Flaw Lets Hackers Bypass Login, Gain Full Access to MiVoice MX-ONE Systems Mitel has released security updates to address a critical security flaw in MiVoice MX-ONE that could allow an attacker to bypass authentication protections. “An authentication bypass vulnerability has been identified in the Provisioning Manager component of Mitel MiVoice MX-ONE, which, if…

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Sophos and SonicWall Patch Critical RCE Flaws Affecting Firewalls and SMA 100 Devices Sophos and SonicWall have alerted users of critical security flaws in Sophos Firewall and Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 Series appliances that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution.  The two vulnerabilities impacting Sophos Firewall are listed below – CVE-2025-6704 (CVSS…

Hackers Deploy Stealth Backdoor in WordPress Mu-Plugins to Maintain Admin Access Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new stealthy backdoor concealed within the “mu-plugins” directory in WordPress sites to grant threat actors persistent access and allow them to perform arbitrary actions. Must-use plugins (aka mu-plugins) are special plugins that are automatically activated on all WordPress sites…

Google Launches OSS Rebuild to Expose Malicious Code in Widely Used Open-Source Packages Google has announced the launch of a new initiative called OSS Rebuild to bolster the security of the open-source package ecosystems and prevent software supply chain attacks. “As supply chain attacks continue to target widely-used dependencies, OSS Rebuild gives security teams powerful…

Kerberoasting Detections: A New Approach to a Decade-Old Challenge Security experts have been talking about Kerberoasting for over a decade, yet this attack continues to evade typical defense methods. Why? It’s because existing detections rely on brittle heuristics and static rules, which don’t hold up for detecting potential attack patterns in highly variable Kerberos traffic.…

New Coyote Malware Variant Exploits Windows UI Automation to Steal Banking Credentials The Windows banking trojan known as Coyote has become the first known malware strain to exploit the Windows accessibility framework called UI Automation (UIA) to harvest sensitive information. “The new Coyote variant is targeting Brazilian users, and uses UIA to extract credentials linked…

Threat Actor Mimo Targets Magento and Docker to Deploy Crypto Miners and Proxyware The threat actor behind the exploitation of vulnerable Craft Content Management System (CMS) instances has shifted its tactics to target Magento CMS and misconfigured Docker instances. The activity has been attributed to a threat actor tracked as Mimo (aka Hezb), which has…

Microsoft Links Ongoing SharePoint Exploits to Three Chinese Hacker Groups Microsoft has formally tied the exploitation of security flaws in internet-facing SharePoint Server instances to two Chinese hacking groups called Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon as early as July 7, 2025, corroborating earlier reports. The tech giant said it also observed a third China-based threat…

CISA Orders Urgent Patching After Chinese Hackers Exploit SharePoint Flaws in Live Attacks The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), on July 22, 2025, added two Microsoft SharePoint flaws, CVE-2025-49704 and CVE-2025-49706, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. To that end, Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies…

How to Advance from SOC Manager to CISO? Making the move from managing a security operations center (SOC) to being a chief information security officer (CISO) is a significant career leap. Not only do you need a solid foundation of tech knowledge but also leadership skills and business smarts.  This article will guide you through…

Credential Theft and Remote Access Surge as AllaKore, PureRAT, and Hijack Loader Proliferate Mexican organizations are still being targeted by threat actors to deliver a modified version of AllaKore RAT and SystemBC as part of a long-running campaign.  The activity has been attributed by Arctic Wolf Labs to a financially motivated hacking group called Greedy…

Cisco Confirms Active Exploits Targeting ISE Flaws Enabling Unauthenticated Root Access Cisco on Monday updated its advisory of a set of recently disclosed security flaws in Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) to acknowledge active exploitation. “In July 2025, the Cisco PSIRT [Product Security Incident Response Team], became aware of attempted…

Iran-Linked DCHSpy Android Malware Masquerades as VPN Apps to Spy on Dissidents Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed new Android spyware artifacts that are likely affiliated with the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and have been distributed to targets by masquerading as VPN apps and Starlink, a satellite internet connection service offered by SpaceX. Mobile…

Assessing the Role of AI in Zero Trust By 2025, Zero Trust has evolved from a conceptual framework into an essential pillar of modern security. No longer merely theoretical, it’s now a requirement that organizations must adopt. A robust, defensible architecture built on Zero Trust principles does more than satisfy baseline regulatory mandates. It underpins…

⚡ Weekly Recap: SharePoint 0-Day, Chrome Exploit, macOS Spyware, NVIDIA Toolkit RCE and More Even in well-secured environments, attackers are getting in—not with flashy exploits, but by quietly taking advantage of weak settings, outdated encryption, and trusted tools left unprotected. These attacks don’t depend on zero-days. They work by staying unnoticed—slipping through the cracks in…

China-Linked Hackers Launch Targeted Espionage Campaign on African IT Infrastructure The China-linked cyber espionage group tracked as APT41 has been attributed to a new campaign targeting government IT services in the African region. “The attackers used hardcoded names of internal services, IP addresses, and proxy servers embedded within their malware,” Kaspersky researchers Denis Kulik and…

PoisonSeed Hackers Bypass FIDO Keys Using QR Phishing and Cross-Device Sign-In Abuse Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a novel attack technique that allows threat actors to bypass Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) key protections by deceiving users into approving authentication requests from spoofed company login portals. The activity, observed by Expel as part of a phishing campaign…

EncryptHub Targets Web3 Developers Using Fake AI Platforms to Deploy Fickle Stealer Malware The financially motivated threat actor known as EncryptHub (aka LARVA-208 and Water Gamayun) has been attributed to a new campaign that’s targeting Web3 developers to infect them with information stealer malware. “LARVA-208 has evolved its tactics, using fake AI platforms (e.g., Norlax…

3,500 Websites Hijacked to Secretly Mine Crypto Using Stealth JavaScript and WebSocket Tactics A new attack campaign has compromised more than 3,500 websites worldwide with JavaScript cryptocurrency miners, marking the return of browser-based cryptojacking attacks once popularized by the likes of CoinHive.  Although the service has since shuttered after browser makers took steps to ban…

Hard-Coded Credentials Found in HPE Instant On Devices Allow Admin Access Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) has released security updates to address a critical security flaw affecting Instant On Access Points that could allow an attacker to bypass authentication and gain administrative access to susceptible systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-37103, carries a CVSS score of 9.8…

Microsoft Releases Urgent Patch for SharePoint RCE Flaw Exploited in Ongoing Cyber Attacks Microsoft on Sunday released security patches for an actively exploited security flaw in SharePoint and also disclosed details of another vulnerability that it said has been addressed with “more robust protections.” The tech giant acknowledged it’s “aware of active attacks targeting on-premises…

CERT-UA Discovers LAMEHUG Malware Linked to APT28, Using LLM for Phishing Campaign The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disclosed details of a phishing campaign that’s designed to deliver a malware codenamed LAMEHUG. “An obvious feature of LAMEHUG is the use of LLM (large language model), used to generate commands based on their…

Critical NVIDIA Container Toolkit Flaw Allows Privilege Escalation on AI Cloud Services Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical container escape vulnerability in the NVIDIA Container Toolkit that could pose a severe threat to managed AI cloud services. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-23266, carries a CVSS score of 9.0 out of 10.0. It has been codenamed…

Ivanti Zero-Days Exploited to Drop MDifyLoader and Launch In-Memory Cobalt Strike Attacks Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new malware called MDifyLoader that has been observed in conjunction with cyber attacks exploiting security flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) appliances. According to a report published by JPCERT/CC today, the threat actors behind the exploitation…

UNG0002 Group Hits China, Hong Kong, Pakistan Using LNK Files and RATs in Twin Campaigns Multiple sectors in China, Hong Kong, and Pakistan have become the target of a threat activity cluster tracked as UNG0002 (aka Unknown Group 0002) as part of a broader cyber espionage campaign. “This threat entity demonstrates a strong preference for…

China’s Massistant Tool Secretly Extracts SMS, GPS Data, and Images From Confiscated Phones Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a mobile forensics tool called Massistant that’s used by law enforcement authorities in China to gather information from seized mobile devices. The hacking tool, believed to be a successor of MFSocket, is developed by a Chinese…

Hackers Exploit Apache HTTP Server Flaw to Deploy Linuxsys Cryptocurrency Miner Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new campaign that exploits a known security flaw impacting Apache HTTP Server to deliver a cryptocurrency miner called Linuxsys. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2021-41773 (CVSS score: 7.5), a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server version 2.4.49…

Hackers Use GitHub Repositories to Host Amadey Malware and Data Stealers, Bypassing Filters Threat actors are leveraging public GitHub repositories to host malicious payloads and distribute them via Amadey as part of a campaign observed in April 2025. “The MaaS [malware-as-a-service] operators used fake GitHub accounts to host payloads, tools, and Amadey plug-ins, likely as…

CTEM vs ASM vs Vulnerability Management: What Security Leaders Need to Know in 2025 The modern-day threat landscape requires enterprise security teams to think and act beyond traditional cybersecurity measures that are purely passive and reactive, and in most cases, ineffective against emerging threats and sophisticated threat actors. Prioritizing cybersecurity means implementing more proactive, adaptive,…

Europol Disrupts NoName057(16) Hacktivist Group Linked to DDoS Attacks Against Ukraine An international operation coordinated by Europol has disrupted the infrastructure of a pro-Russian hacktivist group known as NoName057(16) that has been linked to a string of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against Ukraine and its allies. The actions have led to the dismantling of a…

Chinese Hackers Target Taiwan’s Semiconductor Sector with Cobalt Strike, Custom Backdoors The Taiwanese semiconductor industry has become the target of spear-phishing campaigns undertaken by three previously undocumented Chinese state-sponsored threat actors. “Targets of these campaigns ranged from organizations involved in the manufacturing, design, and testing of semiconductors and integrated circuits, wider equipment and services supply…

AI Agents Act Like Employees With Root Access—Here’s How to Regain Control The AI gold rush is on. But without identity-first security, every deployment becomes an open door. Most organizations secure native AI like a web app, but it behaves more like a junior employee with root access and no manager. From Hype to High…

Critical Golden dMSA Attack in Windows Server 2025 Enables Cross-Domain Attacks and Persistent Access Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed what they say is a “critical design flaw” in delegated Managed Service Accounts (dMSAs) introduced in Windows Server 2025. “The flaw can result in high-impact attacks, enabling cross-domain lateral movement and persistent access to all managed service…

UNC6148 Backdoors Fully-Patched SonicWall SMA 100 Series Devices with OVERSTEP Rootkit A threat activity cluster has been observed targeting fully-patched end-of-life SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series appliances as part of a campaign designed to drop a backdoor called OVERSTEP. The malicious activity, dating back to at least October 2024, has been attributed by…

Hackers Leverage Microsoft Teams to Spread Matanbuchus 3.0 Malware to Targeted Firms Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new variant of a known malware loader called Matanbuchus that packs in significant features to enhance its stealth and evade detection. Matanbuchus is the name given to a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) offering that can act as a conduit for…

Cisco Warns of Critical ISE Flaw Allowing Unauthenticated Attackers to Execute Root Code Cisco has disclosed a new maximum-severity security vulnerability impacting Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) that could permit an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system with elevated privileges. Tracked as CVE-2025-20337, the shortcoming…

Securing Agentic AI: How to Protect the Invisible Identity Access AI agents promise to automate everything from financial reconciliations to incident response. Yet every time an AI agent spins up a workflow, it has to authenticate somewhere; often with a high-privilege API key, OAuth token, or service account that defenders can’t easily see. These “invisible”…

State-Backed HazyBeacon Malware Uses AWS Lambda to Steal Data from SE Asian Governments Governmental organizations in Southeast Asia are the target of a new campaign that aims to collect sensitive information by means of a previously undocumented Windows backdoor dubbed HazyBeacon. The activity is being tracked by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 under the moniker…

Newly Emerged GLOBAL GROUP RaaS Expands Operations with AI-Driven Negotiation Tools Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation called GLOBAL GROUP that has targeted a wide range of sectors in Australia, Brazil, Europe, and the United States since its emergence in early June 2025. GLOBAL GROUP was “promoted on the Ramp4u…

Hyper-Volumetric DDoS Attacks Reach Record 7.3 Tbps, Targeting Key Global Sectors Cloudflare on Tuesday said it mitigated 7.3 million distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in the second quarter of 2025, a significant drop from 20.5 million DDoS attacks it fended off the previous quarter. “Overall, in Q2 2025, hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks skyrocketed,” Omer Yoachimik and Jorge…

AsyncRAT’s Open-Source Code Sparks Surge in Dangerous Malware Variants Across the Globe Cybersecurity researchers have charted the evolution of a widely used remote access trojan called AsyncRAT, which was first released on GitHub in January 2019 and has since served as the foundation for several other variants. “AsyncRAT has cemented its place as a cornerstone…

New PHP-Based Interlock RAT Variant Uses FileFix Delivery Mechanism to Target Multiple Industries Threat actors behind the Interlock ransomware group have unleashed a new PHP variant of its bespoke remote access trojan (RAT) as part of a widespread campaign using a variant of ClickFix called FileFix. “Since May 2025, activity related to the Interlock RAT…

The Unusual Suspect: Git Repos While phishing and ransomware dominate headlines, another critical risk quietly persists across most enterprises: exposed Git repositories leaking sensitive data. A risk that silently creates shadow access into core systems Git is the backbone of modern software development, hosting millions of repositories and serving thousands of organizations worldwide. Yet, amid…

⚡ Weekly Recap: Scattered Spider Arrests, Car Exploits, macOS Malware, Fortinet RCE and More In cybersecurity, precision matters—and there’s little room for error. A small mistake, missed setting, or quiet misconfiguration can quickly lead to much bigger problems. The signs we’re seeing this week highlight deeper issues behind what might look like routine incidents: outdated…

CBI Shuts Down £390K U.K. Tech Support Scam, Arrests Key Operatives in Noida Call Center India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has announced that it has taken steps to dismantle what it said was a transnational cybercrime syndicate that carried out “sophisticated” tech support scams targeting citizens of Australia and the United Kingdom. The fraudulent…

eSIM Vulnerability in Kigen’s eUICC Cards Exposes Billions of IoT Devices to Malicious Attacks Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new hacking technique that exploits weaknesses in the eSIM technology used in modern smartphones, exposing users to severe risks. The issues impact the Kigen eUICC card. According to the Irish company’s website, more than two billion…

GPUHammer: New RowHammer Attack Variant Degrades AI Models on NVIDIA GPUs NVIDIA is urging customers to enable System-level Error Correction Codes (ECC) as a defense against a variant of a RowHammer attack demonstrated against its graphics processing units (GPUs). “Risk of successful exploitation from RowHammer attacks varies based on DRAM device, platform, design specification, and…

Over 600 Laravel Apps Exposed to Remote Code Execution Due to Leaked APP_KEYs on GitHub Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a serious security issue that allows leaked Laravel APP_KEYs to be weaponized to gain remote code execution capabilities on hundreds of applications. “Laravel’s APP_KEY, essential for encrypting sensitive data, is often leaked publicly (e.g., on GitHub),”…

Securing Data in the AI Era The 2025 Data Risk Report: Enterprises face potentially serious data loss risks from AI-fueled tools. Adopting a unified, AI-driven approach to data security can help. As businesses increasingly rely on cloud-driven platforms and AI-powered tools to accelerate digital transformation, the stakes for safeguarding sensitive enterprise data have reached unprecedented…

PerfektBlue Bluetooth Vulnerabilities Expose Millions of Vehicles to Remote Code Execution Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a set of four security flaws in OpenSynergy’s BlueSDK Bluetooth stack that, if successfully exploited, could allow remote code execution on millions of transport vehicles from different vendors. The vulnerabilities, dubbed PerfektBlue, can be fashioned together as an exploit chain…

Fortinet Releases Patch for Critical SQL Injection Flaw in FortiWeb (CVE-2025-25257) Fortinet has released fixes for a critical security flaw impacting FortiWeb that could enable an unauthenticated attacker to run arbitrary database commands on susceptible instances. Tracked as CVE-2025-25257, the vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.6 out of a maximum of 10.0. “An improper…

Iranian-Backed Pay2Key Ransomware Resurfaces with 80% Profit Share for Cybercriminals An Iranian-backed ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) named Pay2Key has resurfaced in the wake of the Israel-Iran-U.S. conflict last month, offering bigger payouts to cybercriminals who launch attacks against Israel and the U.S. The financially motivated scheme, now operating under the moniker Pay2Key.I2P, is assessed to be linked…

Critical Wing FTP Server Vulnerability (CVE-2025-47812) Actively Being Exploited in the Wild A recently disclosed maximum-severity security flaw impacting the Wing FTP Server has come under active exploitation in the wild, according to Huntress. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-47812 (CVSS score: 10.0), is a case of improper handling of null (‘’) bytes in the server’s…

What Security Leaders Need to Know About AI Governance for SaaS Generative AI is not arriving with a bang, it’s slowly creeping into the software that companies already use on a daily basis. Whether it is video conferencing or CRM, vendors are scrambling to integrate AI copilots and assistants into their SaaS applications. Slack can…

Four Arrested in £440M Cyber Attack on Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) on Thursday announced that four people have been arrested in connection with cyber attacks targeting major retailers Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods. The arrested individuals include two men aged 19, a third aged 17, and…

Fake Gaming and AI Firms Push Malware on Cryptocurrency Users via Telegram and Discord Cryptocurrency users are the target of an ongoing social engineering campaign that employs fake startup companies to trick users into downloading malware that can drain digital assets from both Windows and macOS systems. “These malicious operations impersonate AI, gaming, and Web3…

Critical mcp-remote Vulnerability Enables Remote Code Execution, Impacting 437,000+ Downloads Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a critical vulnerability in the open-source mcp-remote project that could result in the execution of arbitrary operating system (OS) commands. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-6514, carries a CVSS score of 9.6 out of 10.0. “The vulnerability allows attackers to trigger arbitrary…

CISA Adds Citrix NetScaler CVE-2025-5777 to KEV Catalog as Active Exploits Target Enterprises The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a critical security flaw impacting Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, officially confirming the vulnerability has been weaponized in the wild. The shortcoming in question…

DoNot APT Expands Operations, Targets European Foreign Ministries with LoptikMod Malware A threat actor with suspected ties to India has been observed targeting a European foreign affairs ministry with malware capable of harvesting sensitive data from compromised hosts. The activity has been attributed by Trellix Advanced Research Center to an advanced persistent threat (APT) group…

Gold Melody IAB Exploits Exposed ASP.NET Machine Keys for Unauthorized Access to Targets The Initial Access Broker (IAB) known as Gold Melody has been attributed to a campaign that exploits leaked ASP.NET machine keys to obtain unauthorized access to organizations and peddle that access to other threat actors. The activity is being tracked by Palo…

Chinese Hacker Xu Zewei Arrested for Ties to Silk Typhoon Group and U.S. Cyber Attacks A Chinese national has been arrested in Milan, Italy, for his alleged links to a state-sponsored hacking group known as Silk Typhoon and for carrying out cyber attacks against American organizations and government agencies. The 33-year-old, Xu Zewei, has been…

How To Automate Ticket Creation, Device Identification and Threat Triage With Tines Run by the team at workflow orchestration and AI platform Tines, the Tines library features over 1,000 pre-built workflows shared by security practitioners from across the community – all free to import and deploy through the platform’s Community Edition. A recent standout is…

U.S. Sanctions North Korean Andariel Hacker Behind Fraudulent IT Worker Scheme The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday sanctioned a member of a North Korean hacking group called Andariel for their role in the infamous remote information technology (IT) worker scheme. The Treasury said Song Kum Hyok, a…

RondoDox Botnet Exploits Flaws in TBK DVRs and Four-Faith Routers to Launch DDoS Attacks Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a malware campaign that’s targeting security flaws in TBK digital video recorders (DVRs) and Four-Faith routers to rope the devices into a new botnet called RondoDox. The vulnerabilities in question include CVE-2024-3721, a medium-severity command…

5 Ways Identity-based Attacks Are Breaching Retail From overprivileged admin roles to long-forgotten vendor tokens, these attackers are slipping through the cracks of trust and access. Here’s how five retail breaches unfolded, and what they reveal about… In recent months, major retailers like Adidas, The North Face, Dior, Victoria’s Secret, Cartier, Marks & Spencer, and Co‑op have…

Malicious Pull Request Targets 6,000+ Developers via Vulnerable Ethcode VS Code Extension Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a supply chain attack targeting a Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension called Ethcode that has been installed a little over 6,000 times. The compromise, per ReversingLabs, occurred via a GitHub pull request that was opened by a…

Anatsa Android Banking Trojan Hits 90,000 Users with Fake PDF App on Google Play Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an Android banking malware campaign that has leveraged a trojan named Anatsa to target users in North America using malicious apps published on Google’s official app marketplace. The malware, disguised as a “PDF Update” to a document…

Hackers Use Leaked Shellter Tool License to Spread Lumma Stealer and SectopRAT Malware In yet another instance of threat actors repurposing legitimate tools for malicious purposes, it has been discovered that hackers are exploiting a popular red teaming tool called Shellter to distribute stealer malware. The company behind the software said a company that had…

CISA Adds Four Critical Vulnerabilities to KEV Catalog Due to Active Exploitation The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added four security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The list of flaws is as follows – CVE-2014-3931 (CVSS score: 9.8) – A…

Manufacturing Security: Why Default Passwords Must Go If you didn’t hear about Iranian hackers breaching US water facilities, it’s because they only managed to control a single pressure station serving 7,000 people. What made this attack noteworthy wasn’t its scale, but how easily the hackers gained access — by simply using the manufacturer’s default password “1111.”…

⚡ Weekly Recap: Chrome 0-Day, Ivanti Exploits, MacOS Stealers, Crypto Heists and More Everything feels secure—until one small thing slips through. Even strong systems can break if a simple check is missed or a trusted tool is misused. Most threats don’t start with alarms—they sneak in through the little things we overlook. A tiny bug,…

SEO Poisoning Campaign Targets 8,500+ SMB Users with Malware Disguised as AI Tools Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a malicious campaign that leverages search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning techniques to deliver a known malware loader called Oyster (aka Broomstick or CleanUpLoader). The malvertising activity, per Arctic Wolf, promotes fake websites hosting trojanized versions of legitimate tools…

TAG-140 Deploys DRAT V2 RAT, Targeting Indian Government, Defense, and Rail Sectors A hacking group with ties other than Pakistan has been found targeting Indian government organizations with a modified variant of a remote access trojan (RAT) called DRAT. The activity has been attributed by Recorded Future’s Insikt Group to a threat actor tracked as…

Alert: Exposed JDWP Interfaces Lead to Crypto Mining, Hpingbot Targets SSH for DDoS Threat actors are weaponizing exposed Java Debug Wire Protocol (JDWP) interfaces to obtain code execution capabilities and deploy cryptocurrency miners on compromised hosts. “The attacker used a modified version of XMRig with a hard-“coded configuration, allowing them to avoid suspicious command-line arguments…

Taiwan NSB Alerts Public on Data Risks from TikTok, Weibo, and RedNote Over China Ties Taiwan’s National Security Bureau (NSB) has warned that China-developed applications like RedNote (aka Xiaohongshu), Weibo, TikTok, WeChat, and Baidu Cloud pose security risks due to excessive data collection and data transfer to China. The alert comes following an inspection of…

NightEagle APT Exploits Microsoft Exchange Flaw to Target China’s Military and Tech Sectors Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a previously undocumented threat actor called NightEagle (aka APT-Q-95) that has been observed targeting Microsoft Exchange servers as a part of a zero-day exploit chain designed to target government, defense, and technology sectors in China. According…

Critical Sudo Vulnerabilities Let Local Users Gain Root Access on Linux, Impacting Major Distros Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed two security flaws in the Sudo command-line utility for Linux and Unix-like operating systems that could enable local attackers to escalate their privileges to root on susceptible machines. A brief description of the vulnerabilities is below –…

Your AI Agents Might Be Leaking Data — Watch this Webinar to Learn How to Stop It Generative AI is changing how businesses work, learn, and innovate. But beneath the surface, something dangerous is happening. AI agents and custom GenAI workflows are creating new, hidden ways for sensitive enterprise data to leak—and most teams don’t…

Chinese Hackers Exploit Ivanti CSA Zero-Days in Attacks on French Government, Telecoms The French cybersecurity agency on Tuesday revealed that a number of entities spanning governmental, telecommunications, media, finance, and transport sectors in the country were impacted by a malicious campaign undertaken by a Chinese hacking group by weaponizing several zero-day vulnerabilities in Ivanti Cloud…

The Hidden Weaknesses in AI SOC Tools that No One Talks About If you’re evaluating AI-powered SOC platforms, you’ve likely seen bold claims: faster triage, smarter remediation, and less noise. But under the hood, not all AI is created equal. Many solutions rely on pre-trained AI models that are hardwired for a handful of specific…

Over 40 Malicious Firefox Extensions Target Cryptocurrency Wallets, Stealing User Assets Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered over 40 malicious browser extensions for Mozilla Firefox that are designed to steal cryptocurrency wallet secrets, putting users’ digital assets at risk. “These extensions impersonate legitimate wallet tools from widely-used platforms such as Coinbase, MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Phantom, Exodus, OKX,…

Massive Android Fraud Operations Uncovered: IconAds, Kaleidoscope, SMS Malware, NFC Scams A mobile ad fraud operation dubbed IconAds that consisted of 352 Android apps has been disrupted, according to a new report from HUMAN. The identified apps were designed to load out-of-context ads on a user’s screen and hide their icons from the device home…