Hackers Exploit Gravity SMTP WordPress Plugin Bug to Expose API Keys
Threat actors are exploiting a recently patched security flaw impacting Gravity SMTP, a WordPress plugin that's installed on about 100,000 sites. The vuln…
ThreatsDay Bulletin: FortiGate RaaS, Citrix Exploits, MCP Abuse, LiveChat Phish & More
ThreatsDay Bulletin is back on The Hacker News, and this week feels off in a familiar way. Nothing loud, nothing breaking everything at once.…
New Perseus Android Banking Malware Monitors Notes Apps to Extract Sensitive Data
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new Android malware family called Perseus that's being actively distributed in the wild with an aim…
How Ceros Gives Security Teams Visibility and Control in Claude Code
Security teams have spent years building identity and access controls for human users and service accounts. But a new category of actor has…
DarkSword iOS Exploit Kit Uses 6 Flaws, 3 Zero-Days for Full Device Takeover
A new exploit kit for Apple iOS devices designed to steal sensitive data from is being wielded by multiple threat actors since at least…
Windsurf IDE Extension Drops Malware via Solana Blockchain
Bitdefender researchers have discovered a malicious Windsurf IDE (integrated development environment) extension that deploys a multi-stage…
Critical Unpatched Telnetd Flaw (CVE-2026-32746) Enables Unauthenticated Root RCE
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security flaw impacting the GNU InetUtils telnet daemon (telnetd) that could be exploited…
Claude Code Security and Magecart: Getting the Threat Model Right
When a Magecart payload hides inside the EXIF data of a dynamically loaded third-party favicon, no repository scanner will catch it –…
9 Critical IP KVM Flaws Enable Unauthenticated Root Access Across Four Vendors
Cybersecurity researchers have warned about the risks posed by low-cost IP KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse over Internet Protocol) devices, which…
LeakNet Ransomware Uses ClickFix via Hacked Sites, Deploys Deno In-Memory Loader
The ransomware operation known as LeakNet has adopted the ClickFix social engineering tactic delivered through compromised websites as an…
AI is Everywhere, But CISOs are Still Securing It with Yesterday's Skills and Tools, Study Finds
A majority of security leaders are struggling to defend AI systems with tools and skills that are not fit for the challenge, according to the…
Konni Deploys EndRAT Through Phishing, Uses KakaoTalk to Propagate Malware
North Korean threat actors have been observed sending phishing to compromise targets and obtain access to a victim's KakaoTalk desktop…
CISA Flags Actively Exploited Wing FTP Vulnerability Leaking Server Paths
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a medium-severity security flaw impacting Wing FTP to its…
GlassWorm Attack Uses Stolen GitHub Tokens to Force-Push Malware Into Python Repos
The GlassWorm malware campaign is being used to fuel an ongoing attack that leverages the stolen GitHub tokens to inject malware into hundreds…
⚡ Weekly Recap: Chrome 0-Days, Router Botnets, AWS Breach, Rogue AI Agents & More
Some weeks in security feel normal. Then you read a few tabs and get that immediate “ah, great, we’re doing this now”…
Why Security Validation Is Becoming Agentic
If you run security at any reasonably complex organization, your validation stack probably looks something like this: a BAS tool in one…
ClickFix Campaigns Spread MacSync macOS Infostealer via Fake AI Tool Installers
Three different ClickFix campaigns have been found to act as a delivery vector for the deployment of a macOS information stealer called…
DRILLAPP Backdoor Targets Ukraine, Abuses Microsoft Edge Debugging for Stealth Espionage
Ukrainian entities have emerged as the target of a new campaign likely orchestrated by threat actors linked to Russia, according to a report…
OpenClaw AI Agent Flaws Could Enable Prompt Injection and Data Exfiltration
China's National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team (CNCERT) has issued a warning about the security stemming from the use of…
GlassWorm Supply-Chain Attack Abuses 72 Open VSX Extensions to Target Developers
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new iteration of the GlassWorm campaign that they say represents a "significant escalation" in how it…
Chinese Hackers Target Southeast Asian Militaries with AppleChris and MemFun Malware
A suspected China-based cyber espionage operation has targeted Southeast Asian military organizations as part of a state-sponsored campaign…
Meta to Shut Down Instagram End-to-End Encrypted Chat Support Starting May 2026
Meta has announced plans to discontinue support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for chats on Instagram after May 8, 2026. "If you have chats…
INTERPOL Dismantles 45,000 Malicious IPs, Arrests 94 in Global Cybercrime
INTERPOL on Friday announced the takedown of 45,000 malicious IP addresses and servers used in connection with phishing, malware, and…
Storm-2561 Spreads Trojan VPN Clients via SEO Poisoning to Steal Credentials
Microsoft has disclosed details of a credential theft campaign that employs fake virtual private network (VPN) clients distributed through…
Investigating a New Click-Fix Variant
Disclaimer: This report has been prepared by the Threat Research Center to enhance cybersecurity awareness and support the strengthening of…
Google Fixes Two Chrome Zero-Days Exploited in the Wild Affecting Skia and V8
Google on Thursday released security updates for its Chrome web browser to address two high-severity vulnerabilities that it said have been…
Nine CrackArmor Flaws in Linux AppArmor Enable Root Escalation, Bypass Container Isolation
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security vulnerabilities within the Linux kernel's AppArmor module that could be exploited…
Authorities Disrupt SocksEscort Proxy Botnet Exploiting 369,000 IPs Across 163 Countries
A court-authorized international law enforcement operation has dismantled a criminal proxy service named SocksEscort that enslaved thousands…
Veeam Patches 7 Critical Backup & Replication Flaws Allowing Remote Code Execution
Veeam has released security updates to address multiple critical vulnerabilities in its Backup & Replication software that, if…
Rust-Based VENON Malware Targets 33 Brazilian Banks with Credential-Stealing Overlays
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new banking malware targeting Brazilian users that's written in Rust, marking a…
Hive0163 Uses AI-Assisted Slopoly Malware for Persistent Access in Ransomware Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a suspected artificial intelligence (AI)-generated malware codenamed Slopoly put to use by…
How to Scale Phishing Detection in Your SOC: 3 Steps for CISOs
Phishing has quietly turned into one of the hardest enterprise threats to expose early. Instead of crude lures and obvious payloads, modern…
Critical n8n Flaws Allow Remote Code Execution and Exposure of Stored Credentials
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of two now-patched security flaws in the n8n workflow automation platform, including two…
Meta Disables 150K Accounts Linked to Southeast Asia Scam Centers in Global Crackdown
Meta on Wednesday said it disabled over 150,000 accounts associated with scam centers in Southeast Asia as part of a coordinated effort in…
Windows and macOS Malware Spreads via Fake “Claude Code” Google Ads
Bitdefender’s security researchers have discovered a malicious Google Ads campaign that targets anyone looking for downloads related to…
Dozens of Vendors Patch Security Flaws Across Enterprise Software and Network Devices
SAP has released security updates to address two critical security flaws that could be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution on…
What Boards Must Demand in the Age of AI-Automated Exploitation
“You knew, and you could have acted. Why didn’t you?” This is the question you do not want to be asked. And…
Microsoft Patches 84 Flaws in March Patch Tuesday, Including Two Public Zero-Days
Microsoft on Tuesday released patches for a set of 84 new security vulnerabilities affecting various software components, including two that…
New "LeakyLooker" Flaws in Google Looker Studio Could Enable Cross-Tenant SQL Queries
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed nine cross-tenant vulnerabilities in Google Looker Studio that could have permitted attackers to run…
How to Stop AI Data Leaks: A Webinar Guide to Auditing Modern Agentic Workflows
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer just a tool we talk to; it is a tool that does things for us. These are called AI Agents. They can…
The Zero-Day Scramble is Avoidable: A Guide to Attack Surface Reduction
You can't control when the next critical vulnerability drops. You can control how much of your environment is exposed when it does. The…
APT28 Uses BEARDSHELL and COVENANT Malware to Spy on Ukrainian Military
The Russian state-sponsored hacking group tracked as APT28 has been observed using a pair of implants dubbed BEARDSHELL and COVENANT to…
Threat Actors Mass-Scan Salesforce Experience Cloud via Modified AuraInspector Tool
Salesforce has warned of an increase in threat actor activity that's aimed at exploiting misconfigurations in publicly accessible Experience…