UK and US Blame Three Chinese Tech Firms for Global Cyberattacks
A coalition of international cybersecurity agencies led by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has publicly linked three…
Google Big Sleep AI Tool Finds Critical Chrome Vulnerability
Google has patched a critical graphics library vulnerability in the Chrome browser, discovered by its AI-powered detection tool, Google Big…
Malicious Nx Packages in ‘s1ngularity’ Attack Leaked 2,349 GitHub, Cloud, and AI Credentials
The maintainers of the nx build system have alerted users to a supply chain attack that allowed attackers to publish malicious versions of the…
Someone Created First AI-Powered Ransomware Using OpenAI's gpt-oss:20b Model
Cybersecurity company ESET has disclosed that it discovered an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered ransomware variant codenamed PromptLock.…
Salesloft OAuth Breach via Drift AI Chat Agent Exposes Salesforce Customer Data
A widespread data theft campaign has allowed hackers to breach sales automation platform Salesloft to steal OAuth and refresh tokens…
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…
Google to verify all Android devs to protect users from malware
Google is introducing a new defense for Android called ‘Developer Verification’ to block malware installations from…
New Data Theft Campaign Targets Salesforce via Salesloft App
Salesforce customers have again been targeted in a “widespread data theft campaign,” this time via compromised OAuth tokens…
Analysis of Apple’s ImageIO Zero-Day Vulnerability: Attacker Context and Historical iOS Zero-Click Similarities
Apple has issued emergency security updates across its entire ecosystem to address CVE-2025-43300, a critical zero-day…
New Sni5Gect Attack Crashes Phones and Downgrades 5G to 4G without Rogue Base Station
A team of academics has devised a novel attack that can be used to downgrade a 5G connection to a lower generation without relying on a rogue…
ShadowCaptcha Exploits WordPress Sites to Spread Ransomware, Info Stealers, and Crypto Miners
A new large-scale campaign has been observed exploiting over 100 compromised WordPress sites to direct site visitors to fake CAPTCHA…
HOOK Android Trojan Adds Ransomware Overlays, Expands to 107 Remote Commands
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of an Android banking trojan called HOOK that features ransomware-style overlay…
Google to verify all Android devs to block malware on Google Play
Google is introducing a new defense for Android called ‘Developer Verification’ to block malware installations from…
Silk Typhoon hackers hijack network captive portals in diplomat attacks
State-sponsored hackers linked to the Silk Typhoon activity cluster targeted diplomats by hijacking web traffic to redirect to a…
Salesloft breached to steal OAuth tokens for Salesforce data-theft attacks
Update: Story updated with further information. Hackers breached sales automation platform Salesloft to steal OAuth and refresh tokens from…
New Android Trojan Variant Expands with Ransomware Tactics
A new version of the Hook Android banking Trojan has surfaced, showcasing one of the most extensive feature sets ever recorded for mobile…
Online PDF Editors Safe to Use? Detailed Analysis of Security Risks Associated With It
Online PDF editors have become common tools for quick document manipulation, providing convenient alternatives to desktop software. However,…
Malvertising Campaign on Meta Expands to Android, Pushing Advanced Crypto-Stealing Malware to Users Worldwide
Many people believe that smartphones are somehow less of a target for threat actors. They couldn’t be more wrong.Bitdefender Labs warns…
UNC6384 Deploys PlugX via Captive Portal Hijacks and Valid Certificates Targeting Diplomats
A China-nexus threat actor known as UNC6384 has been attributed to a set of attacks targeting diplomats in Southeast Asia and other entities…
Phishing Campaign Uses UpCrypter in Fake Voicemail Emails to Deliver RAT Payloads
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new phishing campaign that’s using fake voicemails and purchase orders to deliver a malware…
New AI attack hides data-theft prompts in downscaled images
Researchers have developed a novel attack that steals user data by injecting malicious prompts in images processed by AI systems before…
Farmers Insurance data breach impacts 1.1M people after Salesforce attack
U.S. insurance giant Farmers Insurance has disclosed a data breach impacting 1.1 million customers, with BleepingComputer learning that the…
Google to Verify All Android Developers in 4 Countries to Block Malicious Apps
Google has announced plans to begin verifying the identity of all developers who distribute apps on Android, even for those who distribute…
Malicious Android apps with 19M installs removed from Google Play
Seventy-seven malicious Android apps with more than 19 million installs were delivering multiple malware families to Google Play users.…
FTC warns tech giants not to bow to foreign pressure on encryption
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning major U.S. tech companies against yielding to foreign government demands that weaken data…
Tech Manufacturer Data I/O Hit by Ransomware
A leading data and security programming specialist is scrambling to restore operations after a ransomware incident, a new regulatory filing…
Weekly Cybersecurity News Recap : Apple 0-day, Chrome, Copilot Vulnerabilities and Cyber Attacks
This past week was packed with high-severity disclosures and active exploitation reports across the global threat landscape. At the forefront,…
25W Wireless Charging Arrives: Qi 2.2 Ushers in a New Era of Fast Power
Ddos August 24, 2025 The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) has officially introduced the Qi 2.2 wireless charging standard, offering devices…
Apple Sues Ex-Engineer, Alleging He Stole Apple Watch Secrets for Rival Oppo
Ddos August 24, 2025 Apple has recently accused a former member of its Apple Watch development team of misappropriating trade secrets related…
Week in review: Covertly connected and insecure Android VPN apps, Apple fixes exploited zero-day
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Android VPN apps used by…
Fake macOS Help Sites Seek to Spread Infostealer in Targeted Campaign
A sophisticated malvertising campaign which sought to deploy a variant of Atomic macOS Stealer (AMOS) has targeted hundreds of…
Weekly Recap: Password Manager Flaws, Apple 0-Day, Hidden AI Prompts, In-the-Wild Exploits & More
Cybersecurity today moves at the pace of global politics. A single breach can ripple across supply chains, turn a software flaw into leverage,…
How to Develop a Business Continuity Plan for Cyber Security: A Step-by-Step Guide
The figures are appalling – 60% of small businesses fail within six months of a cyber-attack. Cyber attackers are all around us, and…
Vegas, Vulnerabilities, and Voices: Black Hat and Squadcon 2025
The week of August 4th, I had the opportunity to attend two exciting conferences in the cybersecurity world: Black Hat USA 2025 and Squadcon…
Transparent Tribe Targets Indian Govt With Weaponized Desktop Shortcuts via Phishing
The advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as Transparent Tribe has been observed targeting both Windows and BOSS (Bharat Operating…
iPhone Users Urged to Update to Patch 2 Zero-Days
Separate fixes to macOS and iOS patch respective flaws in the kernel and WebKit that can allow threat actors to take over devices and are…
Google Patches Chrome’s Fifth Zero-Day of the Year
An insufficient validation input flaw, one of 11 patched in an update this week, could allow for arbitrary code execution and is under active…
North Korea Uses GitHub in Diplomat Cyber Attacks as IT Worker Scheme Hits 320+ Firms
North Korean threat actors have been attributed to a coordinated cyber espionage campaign targeting diplomatic missions in their southern…
DOJ Charges 22-Year-Old for Running RapperBot Botnet Behind 370,000 DDoS Attacks
A 22-year-old man from the U.S. state of Oregon has been charged with allegedly developing and overseeing a distributed denial-of-service…
New GodRAT Trojan Targets Trading Firms Using Steganography and Gh0st RAT Code
Financial institutions like trading and brokerage firms are the target of a new campaign that delivers a previously unreported remote access…
U.K. Government Drops Apple Encryption Backdoor Order After U.S. Civil Liberties Pushback
The U.K. government has apparently abandoned its plans to force Apple to weaken encryption protections and include a backdoor that would have…
Microsoft Windows Vulnerability Exploited to Deploy PipeMagic RansomExx Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have lifted the lid on the threat actors’ exploitation of a now-patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows to…