Chinese Cyber Espionage Campaign Impersonates US Congressman
US lawmakers have accused the Chinese government of being behind a cyber espionage campaign that impersonated a prominent Congressman. The…
Chinese Salt Typhoon and UNC4841 Hackers Teamed Up to Attack Government and Corporate Infrastructure
Cybersecurity researchers began tracking a sophisticated campaign in the closing months of 2024, targeting both government and corporate…
From MostereRAT to ClickFix: New Malware Campaigns Highlight Rising AI and Phishing Risks
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a phishing campaign that delivers a stealthy banking malware-turned-remote access trojan…
TOR-Based Cryptojacking Attack Expands Through Misconfigured Docker APIs
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a variant of a recently disclosed campaign that abuses the TOR network for cryptojacking attacks…
MostereRAT Targets Windows Users With Stealth Tactics
A phishing campaign delivering a new strain of malware, MostereRAT, has been uncovered by cybersecurity researchers. The Remote Access Trojan…
SAP S/4HANA Users Urged to Patch Critical Exploited Bug
Security experts have warned SAP S/4HANA cloud customers that a critical code injection vulnerability patched by the vendor in August is being…
Noisy Bear Campaign Targeting Kazakhstan Energy Sector Outed as a Planned Phishing Test
A threat actor possibly of Russian origin has been attributed to a new set of attacks targeting the energy sector in Kazakhstan. The activity,…
TAG-150 Develops CastleRAT in Python and C, Expanding CastleLoader Malware Operations
The threat actor behind the malware-as-a-service (MaaS) framework and loader called CastleLoader has also developed a remote access trojan…
VirusTotal Finds 44 Undetected SVG Files Used to Deploy Base64-Encoded Phishing Pages
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware campaign that has leveraged Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files as part of phishing…
Russian APT28 Deploys “NotDoor” Outlook Backdoor Against Companies in NATO Countries
The Russian state-sponsored hacking group tracked as APT28 has been attributed to a new Microsoft Outlook backdoor called NotDoor in attacks…
GhostRedirector Hacks 65 Windows Servers Using Rungan Backdoor and Gamshen IIS Module
Cybersecurity researchers have lifted the lid on a previously undocumented threat cluster dubbed GhostRedirector that has managed to…
Cybercriminals Exploit X’s Grok AI to Bypass Ad Protections and Spread Malware to Millions
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new technique that cybercriminals have adopted to bypass social media platform X’s malvertising…
Malicious npm Packages Exploit Ethereum Smart Contracts to Target Crypto Developers
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two new malicious packages on the npm registry that make use of smart contracts for the Ethereum…
Lazarus Group Expands Malware Arsenal With PondRAT, ThemeForestRAT, and RemotePE
The North Korea-linked threat actor known as the Lazarus Group has been attributed to a social engineering campaign that distributes three…
Malicious npm Package nodejs-smtp Mimics Nodemailer, Targets Atomic and Exodus Wallets
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious npm package that comes with stealthy features to inject malicious code into desktop apps…
ScarCruft Uses RokRAT Malware in Operation HanKook Phantom Targeting South Korean Academics
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new phishing campaign undertaken by the North Korea-linked hacking group called ScarCruft (aka…
WhatsApp 0-Day Exploited in Attacks on Targeted iOS and macOS Users
WhatsApp has patched a critical 0-day (CVE-2025-55177) that allowed zero-click spyware attacks on iOS and Mac users. The flaw was used to…
How Businesses Can Protect Themselves Against Data Breaches
The Threat Landscape According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, one billion people have been victims of a data breach in just the second…
Weekly Cybersecurity News Recap : WhatsApp, Chrome 0-Day, AI Ransomware and Cyber Attacks
Welcome to your Weekly Cybersecurity News Recap. This week, the digital world faced a fresh wave of threats, underscoring the relentless…
Week in review: 300k+ Plex Media Server instances still vulnerable to attack, exploited Git RCE flaw
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: 300k+ Plex Media Server…
Attackers Abuse Velociraptor Forensic Tool to Deploy Visual Studio Code for C2 Tunneling
Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a cyber attack in which unknown threat actors deployed an open-source endpoint monitoring…
WhatsApp’s Zero-Click Vulnerability and Targeted Spyware Attacks
A newly discovered critical vulnerability has put WhatsApp users across the globe on high alert. CVE-2025-55177, patched in August 2025, was a…
MystRodX: A Stealthy New Backdoor Found Hiding in Networks for Over 20 Months
Ddos August 30, 2025 XLab has identified a previously unknown and stealthy backdoor dubbed MystRodX, capable of operating undetected in…
WhatsApp 0-Day Vulnerability Exploited to Hack Mac and iOS Users
A sophisticated attack campaign has leveraged a previously unknown zero-day vulnerability in WhatsApp on Apple devices to target specific…
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Cybersecurity – Week 35
The Good | Interpol Cracks Down on Cybercrime as U.S. Sanctions North Korean IT Scheme Interpol announced the arrest of over 1200 suspects in…
North Korean Hackers Weaponize Seoul Intelligence Files to Target South Koreans
A large-scale spear-phishing campaign targeting South Korean government and intelligence staff has exploited a national intelligence…
Amazon Disrupts APT29 Watering Hole Campaign Abusing Microsoft Device Code Authentication
Amazon on Friday said it flagged and disrupted what it described as an opportunistic watering hole campaign orchestrated by the Russia-linked…
Abandoned Sogou Zhuyin Update Server Hijacked, Weaponized in Taiwan Espionage Campaign
An abandoned update server associated with input method editor (IME) software Sogou Zhuyin was leveraged by threat actors as part of an…
Npm Package Hijacked to Steal Data and Crypto via AI-Powered Malware
A threat actor released malicious updates on the npm package repository for components of a tool popular among developers intending to steal…
State-Sponsored Hackers Behind Majority of Vulnerability Exploits
The majority (53%) of attributed vulnerability exploits in the first half 2025 were conducted by state-sponsored actors for strategic,…
TamperedChef Malware Disguised as Fake PDF Editors Steals Credentials and Cookies
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cybercrime campaign that’s using malvertising tricks to direct victims to fraudulent sites…
Researchers Find VS Code Flaw Allowing Attackers to Republish Deleted Extensions Under Same Names
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a loophole in the Visual Studio Code Marketplace that allows threat actors to reuse names of…
Fake IT Support Attacks Hit Microsoft Teams
A new wave of phishing attacks abusing Microsoft Teams to deliver malware has been uncovered by security researchers. The campaigns, observed…
ShadowSilk Leveraging Penetration-Testing Tools, Public Exploits to Attack Organizations
ShadowSilk first surfaced in late 2023 as a sophisticated threat cluster targeting government entities across Central Asia and the broader…
Malicious VS Code Extensions Exploit Name Reuse Loophole
A new campaign involving malicious Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions has exposed a loophole in the VS Code Marketplace that allows…
When Best Practices Aren’t Enough: UK Breaches Underscore the Importance of Compromise Assessments
Despite extensive guidance from national authorities, several prominent UK organizations have recently suffered significant cyber attacks.…
CISA Publish Hunting and Mitigation Guide to Defend Networks from Chinese State-Sponsored Actors
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), alongside the NSA, FBI, and a broad coalition of international partners, has…
U.S. Treasury Sanctions DPRK IT-Worker Scheme, Exposing $600K Crypto Transfers and $1M+ Profits
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a fresh round of sanctions against two…
Ransomware Actor Deletes Data and Backups Post-Exfiltration on Azure
A threat actor has destroyed data and backups following exfiltration in a victim’s Microsoft Azure environment in a novel cloud-based…
ShadowSilk Hits 35 Organizations in Central Asia and APAC Using Telegram Bots
A threat activity cluster known as ShadowSilk has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting government entities within Central Asia…
Blind Eagle’s Five Clusters Target Colombia Using RATs, Phishing Lures, and Dynamic DNS Infra
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered five distinct activity clusters linked to a persistent threat actor known as Blind Eagle between May…
Researchers Discover First Reported AI-Powered Ransomware
In what is reportedly a world-first, ESET researchers have discovered PrompLock, a generative AI-powered ransomware implant currently in…