Google's Android Apps Get Public Verification to Stop Supply Chain Attacks
Google has announced expanded Binary Transparency for Android as a way to safeguard the ecosystem from supply chain attacks. "This new public…
DAEMON Tools Supply Chain Attack Compromises Official Installers with Malware
A newly identified supply chain attack targeting DAEMON Tools software has compromised its installers to serve a malicious payload, according…
China-Linked UAT-8302 Targets Governments Using Shared APT Malware Across Regions
A sophisticated China-nexus advanced persistent threat (APT) group has been attributed to attacks targeting government entities in South…
ScarCruft Hacks Gaming Platform to Deploy BirdCall Malware on Android and Windows
The North Korea-aligned state-sponsored hacking group known as ScarCruft has compromised a video game platform in a supply chain espionage…
China-Linked Hackers Target Asian Governments, NATO State, Journalists, and Activists
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new China-aligned espionage campaign targeting government and defense sectors across…
ThreatsDay Bulletin: SMS Blaster Busts, OpenEMR Flaws, 600K Roblox Hacks and 25 More Stories
The internet is noisy this week. We are seeing some wild new tactics, like people using fake cell towers to send scam texts, while some…
New Python Backdoor Uses Tunneling Service to Steal Browser and Cloud Credentials
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a stealthy Python-based backdoor framework called DEEP#DOOR that comes with capabilities…
EtherRAT Distribution Spoofing Administrative Tools via GitHub Facades
Intro A sophisticated, high-resilience malicious campaign was identified by Atos Threat Research Center (TRC) in March 2026. This operation…
Critical cPanel Authentication Vulnerability Identified — Update Your Server Immediately
cPanel has released security updates to address a security issue impacting various authentication paths that could allow an attacker to obtain…
FIRESTARTER: Cisco ASA Backdoor
The Advisory That Changes EverythingOn April 23, 2026, CISA and the United Kingdom National Cyber Security Centre jointly assessed that…
⚡ Weekly Recap: Fast16 Malware, XChat Launch, Federal Backdoor, AI Employee Tracking & More
Everything is dumb again. This week feels broken in a very familiar way. Old tricks are back. New tools are doing shady crap. Supply chains…
UNC6692 Hackers Exploit Microsoft Teams to Deploy SNOW Malware
A data theft campaign by a relatively new hacking group, UNC6692, has been discovered, in which hackers use social engineering and a custom…
PhantomCore Exploits TrueConf Vulnerabilities to Breach Russian Networks
A pro-Ukrainian hacktivist group called PhantomCore has been attributed to attacks actively targeting servers running TrueConf video…
Attackers Can Backdoor CODESYS Applications by Chaining Vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities in the CODESYS Control runtime, one of the world’s most widely adopted software-based programmable logic…
CISA Adds Four Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities to KEV Catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has expanded its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog with four new…
Threat actor uses Microsoft Teams to deploy new “Snow” malware
A threat group tracked as UNC6692 uses social engineering to deploy a new, custom malware suite named “Snow,” which includes a…
Hackers Exploiting Cisco Firepower Devices’ Using n-day Vulnerabilities to Gain Unauthorized Access
State-sponsored threat actors are actively targeting Cisco Firepower devices by chaining known vulnerabilities to deploy a highly customized…
Firestarter malware survives Cisco firewall updates, security patches
Cybersecurity agencies in the U.S. and U.K. are warning about a custom malware called Firestarter persisting on Cisco Firepower and Secure…
FIRESTARTER Backdoor Hit Federal Cisco Firepower Device, Survives Security Patches
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has revealed that an unnamed federal civilian agency's Cisco Firepower device…
Governments on high alert after CISA snuffs out Firestarter backdoor on fed network
A US federal agency was successfully targeted by a previously unknown backdoor malware called Firestarter, according to CISA cybersnoops and…
Tropic Trooper Uses Trojanized SumatraPDF and GitHub to Deploy AdaptixC2
Chinese-speaking individuals are the target of a new campaign that uses a trojanized version of SumatraPDF reader to deploy the AdaptixC2…
UNC6692 Impersonates IT Helpdesk via Microsoft Teams to Deploy SNOW Malware
A previously undocumented threat activity cluster known as UNC6692 has been observed leveraging social engineering tactics via Microsoft Teams…
Harvester APT Expands Spying Operations with New GoGra Linux Malware
A nation-state-backed Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group identified as Harvester has, reportedly, developed a new, malicious backdoor…
ThreatsDay Bulletin: $290M DeFi Hack, macOS LotL Abuse, ProxySmart SIM Farms +25 New Stories
You scroll past one incident and see another that feels familiar, like it should have been fixed years ago, but it still works with small…
Project Glasswing Proved AI Can Find the Bugs. Who's Going to Fix Them?
Last week, Anthropic announced Project Glasswing, an AI model so effective at discovering software vulnerabilities that they took the…
China-Linked GopherWhisper Infects 12 Mongolian Government Systems with Go Backdoors
Mongolian governmental institutions have emerged as the target of a previously undocumented China-aligned advanced persistent threat (APT)…
Compromised axios npm package delivers cross-platform RAT
Key points and observations On March 31, 2026, an attacker hijacked an axios npm maintainer account and published two malicious releases:…
⚡ Weekly Recap: Telecom Sleeper Cells, LLM Jailbreaks, Apple Forces U.K. Age Checks and More
Some weeks are loud. This one was quieter but not in a good way. Long-running operations are finally hitting courtrooms, old attack methods…
TA446 Deploys DarkSword iOS Exploit Kit in Targeted Spear-Phishing Campaign
Proofpoint has disclosed details of a targeted email campaign in which threat actors with ties to Russia are leveraging the recently disclosed…
China-Linked Red Menshen Uses Stealthy BPFDoor Implants to Spy via Telecom Networks
A long-term and ongoing campaign attributed to a China-nexus threat actor has embedded itself in telecom networks to conduct espionage against…
ThreatsDay Bulletin: PQC Push, AI Vuln Hunting, Pirated Traps, Phishing Kits & 20 More Stories
Some weeks in security feel loud. This one feels sneaky. Less big dramatic fireworks, more of that slow creeping sense that too many people…
Russian Hacker Sentenced to 2 Years for TA551 Botnet-Driven Ransomware Attacks
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said a Russian national has been sentenced to two years in prison for managing a botnet that was used to…
LiteLLM and Telnyx compromised on PyPI: Tracing the TeamPCP supply chain campaign
Key points and observations On March 24, 2026, two PyPI releases of LiteLLM, 1.82.7 and 1.82.8, were published with malicious code as a result…
⚡ Weekly Recap: CI/CD Backdoor, FBI Buys Location Data, WhatsApp Ditches Numbers & More
Another week, another reminder that the internet is still a mess. Systems people thought were secure are being broken in simple ways, showing…
Trivy Supply Chain Attack Triggers Self-Spreading CanisterWorm Across 47 npm Packages
The threat actors behind the supply chain attack targeting the popular Trivy scanner are suspected to be conducting follow-on attacks that…
Speagle Malware Hijacks Cobra DocGuard to Steal Data via Compromised Servers
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware dubbed Speagle that hijacks the functionality and infrastructure of a legitimate program…
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.…
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…
⚡ 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”…
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…
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…