⚡ Weekly Recap: Fortinet Exploit, Chrome 0-Day, BadIIS Malware, Record DDoS, SaaS Breach & More
This week saw a lot of new cyber trouble. Hackers hit Fortinet and Chrome with new 0-day bugs. They also broke into supply chains and SaaS…
Matrix Push C2 Uses Browser Notifications for Fileless, Cross-Platform Phishing Attacks
Bad actors are leveraging browser notifications as a vector for phishing attacks to distribute malicious links by means of a new…
APT24 Deploys BADAUDIO in Years-Long Espionage Hitting Taiwan and 1,000+ Domains
A China-nexus threat actor known as APT24 has been observed using a previously undocumented malware dubbed BADAUDIO to establish persistent…
Iranian Hackers Launch ‘SpearSpecter’ Spy Operation on Defense & Government Targets
The Iranian state-sponsored threat actor known as APT42 has been observed targeting individuals and organizations that are of interest to the…
Russian Hackers Create 4,300 Fake Travel Sites to Steal Hotel Guests' Payment Data
A Russian-speaking threat behind an ongoing, mass phishing campaign has registered more than 4,300 domain names since the start of the year.…
ThreatsDay Bulletin: AI Tools in Malware, Botnets, GDI Flaws, Election Attacks & More
Cybercrime has stopped being a problem of just the internet — it's becoming a problem of the real world. Online scams now fund organized…
Weekly Recap: Lazarus Hits Web3, Intel/AMD TEEs Cracked, Dark Web Leak Tool & More
Cyberattacks are getting smarter and harder to stop. This week, hackers used sneaky tools, tricked trusted systems, and quickly took advantage…
Researchers Expose GhostCall and GhostHire: BlueNoroff's New Malware Chains
Threat actors tied to North Korea have been observed targeting the Web3 and blockchain sectors as part of twin campaigns tracked as GhostCall…
⚡ Weekly Recap: WSUS Exploited, LockBit 5.0 Returns, Telegram Backdoor, F5 Breach Widens
Security, trust, and stability — once the pillars of our digital world — are now the tools attackers turn against us. From stolen…
Qilin Ransomware Combines Linux Payload With BYOVD Exploit in Hybrid Attack
The ransomware group known as Qilin (aka Agenda, Gold Feather, and Water Galura) has claimed more than 40 victims every month since the start…
Smishing Triad Linked to 194,000 Malicious Domains in Global Phishing Operation
The threat actors behind a large-scale, ongoing smishing campaign have been attributed to more than 194,000 malicious domains since January 1,…
ThreatsDay Bulletin: $176M Crypto Fine, Hacking Formula 1, Chromium Vulns, AI Hijack & More
Criminals don’t need to be clever all the time; they just follow the easiest path in: trick users, exploit stale components, or abuse…
Ukraine Aid Groups Targeted Through Fake Zoom Meetings and Weaponized PDF Files
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a coordinated spear-phishing campaign dubbed PhantomCaptcha targeting organizations…
Hackers Abuse Blockchain Smart Contracts to Spread Malware via Infected WordPress Sites
A financially motivated threat actor codenamed UNC5142 has been observed abusing blockchain smart contracts as a way to facilitate the…
Fake LastPass, Bitwarden breach alerts lead to PC hijacks
An ongoing phishing campaign is targeting LastPass and Bitwarden users with fake emails claiming that the companies were hacked, urging them…
Weekly Recap: WhatsApp Worm, Critical CVEs, Oracle 0-Day, Ransomware Cartel & More
Every week, the cyber world reminds us that silence doesn't mean safety. Attacks often begin quietly — one unpatched flaw, one…
Why Unmonitored JavaScript Is Your Biggest Holiday Security Risk
Think your WAF has you covered? Think again. This holiday season, unmonitored JavaScript is a critical oversight allowing attackers to steal…
From HealthKick to GOVERSHELL: The Evolution of UTA0388's Espionage Malware
A China-aligned threat actor codenamed UTA0388 has been attributed to a series of spear-phishing campaigns targeting North America, Asia, and…
SaaS Breaches Start with Tokens – What Security Teams Must Watch
Token theft is a leading cause of SaaS breaches. Discover why OAuth and API tokens are often overlooked and how security teams can strengthen…
From Phishing to Malware: AI Becomes Russia's New Cyber Weapon in War on Ukraine
Russian hackers' adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in cyber attacks against Ukraine has reached a new level in the first half of 2025…
New FileFix attack uses cache smuggling to evade security software
A new variant of the FileFix social engineering attack uses cache smuggling to secretly download a malicious ZIP archive onto a victim’s…
Hackers Exploit WordPress Sites to Power Next-Gen ClickFix Phishing Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a nefarious campaign targeting WordPress sites to make malicious JavaScript injections that…
Zimbra XSS Zero-Day (CVE-2025-27915) Actively Exploited; CISA Adds to KEV Catalog
A cross-site scripting (XSS) in Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) — tracked as CVE-2025-27915 — has been confirmed to be…
Salesforce refuses to pay ransom over widespread data theft attacks
Salesforce has confirmed that it will not negotiate with or pay a ransom to the threat actors behind a massive wave of data theft attacks that…
ShinyHunters Wage Broad Corporate Extortion Spree
A cybercriminal group that used voice phishing attacks to siphon more than a billion records from Salesforce customers earlier this year has…
Medusa Ransomware Exploiting GoAnywhere MFT Flaw, Confirms Microsoft
A CVSS 10.0 deserialization vulnerability in Fortra’s GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) solution is now being actively exploited by…
GoAnywhere 0-Day RCE Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild to Deploy Medusa Ransomware
A critical deserialization flaw in GoAnywhere MFT’s License Servlet, tracked as CVE-2025-10035, has already been weaponized by the…
Microsoft: Critical GoAnywhere Bug Exploited in Medusa Ransomware Campaign
A vulnerability in Fortra’s GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) tool with a CVSS score of 10.0 is being actively exploited in…
Microsoft Links Storm-1175 to GoAnywhere Exploit Deploying Medusa Ransomware
Microsoft on Monday attributed a threat actor it tracks as Storm-1175 to the exploitation of a critical security flaw in Fortra GoAnywhere…
⚡ Weekly Recap: Oracle 0-Day, BitLocker Bypass, VMScape, WhatsApp Worm & More
The cyber world never hits pause, and staying alert matters more than ever. Every week brings new tricks, smarter attacks, and fresh lessons…
ShinyHunters launches Salesforce data leak site to extort 39 victims
An extortion group has launched a new data leak site to publicly extort dozens of companies impacted by a wave of Salesforce breaches,…
Android malware uses VNC to give attackers hands-on access
A new Android banking and remote access trojan (RAT) dubbed Klopatra disguised as an IPTV and VPN app has infected more than 3,000…
Cyber Brief 25-10 – September 2025
Cyber Brief (September 2025)October 1, 2025 - Version: 1TLP:CLEARExecutive summaryWe analysed 285 open source reports for this Cyber Security…
Weekly Recap: Cisco 0-Day, Record DDoS, LockBit 5.0, BMC Bugs, ShadowV2 Botnet & More
Cybersecurity never stops—and neither do hackers. While you wrapped up last week, new attacks were already underway. From hidden…
Threat Actors Exploiting SonicWall Firewalls to Deploy Akira Ransomware Using Malicious Logins
A new wave of cyberattacks targeting organizations using SonicWall firewalls has been actively deploying Akira ransomware since late July…
Malicious Rust packages on Crates.io steal crypto wallet keys
Two malicious packages with nearly 8,500 downloads in Rust's official crate repository scanned developers' systems to steal cryptocurrency…
Malicious Rust Crates Steal Solana and Ethereum Keys — 8,424 Downloads Confirmed
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious Rust crates impersonating a legitimate library called fast_log to steal Solana and…
ShadowV2: How a New DDoS Botnet Mimics Cloud-Native Apps
The login UI | Image: Darktrace Researchers at Darktrace have identified a sophisticated new campaign that merges traditional malware…
ShadowV2 Botnet Exposes Rise of DDoS-as-a-service Platforms
A new campaign that combines traditional malware with modern DevOps tooling has been observed by cybersecurity analysts. The ShadowV2 DDoS…
Google: Brickstone malware used to steal U.S. orgs' data for over a year
Suspected Chinese hackers have used the Brickstorm malware in long-term persistence espionage operations against U.S. organizations in the…
Cloudflare mitigates new record-breaking 22.2 Tbps DDoS attack
Cloudflare has mitigated a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at a record-breaking 22.2 terabits per second (Tbps) and…
Iranian Hacking Group Nimbus Manticore Expands European Targeting
A long-running cyber-espionage campaign tied to Iran has intensified its operations in Europe. The group, known as Nimbus Manticore, has a…