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TA558 Uses AI-Generated Scripts to Deploy Venom RAT in Brazil Hotel Attacks
September 18, 2025

The threat actor known as TA558 has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks delivering various remote access trojans (RATs) like Venom RAT to breach hotels in Brazil and Spanish-speaking markets. Russian cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky is tracking the activity, observed in summer 2025, to a cluster it tracks as RevengeHotels. “The threat actors continue to employ phishing emails with invoice

Chinese TA415 Uses VS Code Remote Tunnels to Spy on U.S. Economic Policy Experts
September 17, 2025

A China-aligned threat actor known as TA415 has been attributed to spear-phishing campaigns targeting the U.S. government, think tanks, and academic organizations utilizing U.S.-China economic-themed lures. “In this activity, the group masqueraded as the current Chair of the Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), as well as the

From Quantum Hacks to AI Defenses Expert Guide to Building Unbreakable Cyber Resilience
September 17, 2025

Quantum computing and AI working together will bring incredible opportunities. Together, the technologies will help us extend innovation further and faster than ever before. But, imagine the flip side, waking up to news that hackers have used a quantum computer to crack your company’s encryption overnight, exposing your most sensitive data, rendering much of it untrustworthy. And with your

Rethinking AI Data Security: A Buyer's Guide
September 17, 2025

Generative AI has gone from a curiosity to a cornerstone of enterprise productivity in just a few short years. From copilots embedded in office suites to dedicated large language model (LLM) platforms, employees now rely on these tools to code, analyze, draft, and decide. But for CISOs and security architects, the very speed of adoption has created a paradox: the more powerful the tools, the

Scattered Spider Resurfaces With Financial Sector Attacks Despite Retirement Claims
September 17, 2025

Cybersecurity researchers have tied a fresh round of cyber attacks targeting financial services to the notorious cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider, casting doubt on their claims of going “dark.” Threat intelligence firm ReliaQuest said it has observed indications that the threat actor has shifted their focus to the financial sector. This is supported by an increase in lookalike domains

DOJ Resentences BreachForums Founder to 3 Years for Cybercrime and Possession of CSAM
September 17, 2025

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday resentenced the former administrator of BreachForums to three years in prison in connection with his role in running the cybercrime forum and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Conor Brian Fitzpatrick (aka Pompompurin), 22, of Peekskill, New York, pleaded guilty to one count of access device conspiracy, one count of access device

RaccoonO365 Phishing Network Shut Down After Microsoft and Cloudflare Disrupt 338 Domains
September 17, 2025

Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit said it teamed up with Cloudflare to coordinate the seizure of 338 domains used by RaccoonO365, a financially motivated threat group that was behind a phishing-as-a-service (Phaas) toolkit used to steal more than 5,000 Microsoft 365 credentials from 94 countries since July 2024. “Using a court order granted by the Southern District of New York, the DCU seized 338

Chaos Mesh Critical GraphQL Flaws Enable RCE and Full Kubernetes Cluster Takeover
September 16, 2025

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple critical security vulnerabilities in Chaos Mesh that, if successfully exploited, could lead to cluster takeover in Kubernetes environments. “Attackers need only minimal in-cluster network access to exploit these vulnerabilities, execute the platform’s fault injections (such as shutting down pods or disrupting network communications), and perform

SlopAds Fraud Ring Exploits 224 Android Apps to Drive 2.3 Billion Daily Ad Bids
September 16, 2025

A massive ad fraud and click fraud operation dubbed SlopAds ran a cluster of 224 apps, collectively attracting 38 million downloads across 228 countries and territories. “These apps deliver their fraud payload using steganography and create hidden WebViews to navigate to threat actor-owned cashout sites, generating fraudulent ad impressions and clicks,” HUMANs Satori Threat Intelligence and

Exposing Pegasus: How the State Spies on You
September 16, 2025

In an interview with What Bitcoin Did, Citizen Lab senior researcher John Scott-Railton discusses the proliferation of spyware and the repercussions of its use on victims. He explains how mass surveillance “ultimately leads to self-censorship,” with significant implications for our freedom. Watch here.

John Scott-Railton on U.K.s Age-Verification Laws
September 16, 2025

A new U.K. age-verification law aimed to protect children can push people to seedier parts of the web. Citizen Lab senior researcher John Scott-Railton spoke with the Washington Post about the “law of unintended consequences” faced by regulators.  The law “suppresses traffic to compliant platforms while driving users to sites without age verification,” says Scott-Railton…. Read more »

New FileFix Variant Delivers StealC Malware Through Multilingual Phishing Site
September 16, 2025

Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a new campaign that’s leveraging a variant of the FileFix social engineering tactic to deliver the StealC information stealer malware. “The observed campaign uses a highly convincing, multilingual phishing site (e.g., fake Facebook Security page), with anti-analysis techniques and advanced obfuscation to evade detection,” Acronis security researcher Eliad

Apple Backports Fix for CVE-2025-43300 Exploited in Sophisticated Spyware Attack
September 16, 2025

Apple on Monday backported fixes for a recently patched security flaw that has been actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-43300 (CVSS score: 8.8), an out-of-bounds write issue in the ImageIO component that could result in memory corruption when processing a malicious image file. “Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an

Securing the Agentic Era: Introducing Astrix's AI Agent Control Plane
September 16, 2025

AI agents are rapidly becoming a core part of the enterprise, being embedded across enterprise workflows, operating with autonomy, and making decisions about which systems to access and how to use them. But as agents grow in power and autonomy, so do the risks and threats.  Recent studies show 80% of companies have already experienced unintended AI agent actions, from unauthorized system

How to Set Up and Use a Burner Phone
September 16, 2025

Obtaining and using a true burner phone is hardbut not impossible. Here are the steps you need to take to protect your mobile communications based on the risks you face.

Self-Replicating Worm Hits 180+ Software Packages
September 16, 2025

At least 187 code packages made available through the JavaScript repository NPM have been infected with a self-replicating worm that steals credentials from developers and publishes those secrets on GitHub, experts warn.The malware, which briefly infected multiple code packages from the security vendor CrowdStrike, steals and publishes even more credentials every time an infected package is installed.

Phoenix RowHammer Attack Bypasses Advanced DDR5 Memory Protections in 109 Seconds
September 16, 2025

A team of academics from ETH Zrich and Google has discovered a new variant of a RowHammer attack targeting Double Data Rate 5 (DDR5) memory chips from South Korean semiconductor vendor SK Hynix. The RowHammer attack variant, codenamed Phoenix (CVE-2025-6202, CVSS score: 7.1), is capable of bypassing sophisticated protection mechanisms put in place to resist the attack. “We have proven that

40 npm Packages Compromised in Supply Chain Attack Using bundle.js to Steal Credentials
September 16, 2025

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a fresh software supply chain attack targeting the npm registry that has affected more than 40 packages that belong to multiple maintainers. “The compromised versions include a function (NpmModule.updatePackage) that downloads a package tarball, modifies package.json, injects a local script (bundle.js), repacks the archive, and republishes it, enabling

Mustang Panda Deploys SnakeDisk USB Worm to Deliver Yokai Backdoor on Thailand IPs
September 16, 2025

The China-aligned threat actor known as Mustang Panda has been observed using an updated version of a backdoor called TONESHELL and a previously undocumented USB worm called SnakeDisk. “The worm only executes on devices with Thailand-based IP addresses and drops the Yokai backdoor,” IBM X-Force researchers Golo Mhr and Joshua Chung said in an analysis published last week. The tech giant’s

6 Browser-Based Attacks Security Teams Need to Prepare For Right Now
September 15, 2025

Attacks that target users in their web browsers have seen an unprecedented rise in recent years. In this article, well explore what a browser-based attack is, and why theyre proving to be so effective.  What is a browser-based attack? First, its important to establish what a browser-based attack is. In most scenarios, attackers dont think of themselves as attacking your web browser.

Weekly Recap: Bootkit Malware, AI-Powered Attacks, Supply Chain Breaches, Zero-Days & More
September 15, 2025

In a world where threats are persistent, the modern CISOs real job isn’t just to secure technologyit’s to preserve institutional trust and ensure business continuity. This week, we saw a clear pattern: adversaries are targeting the complex relationships that hold businesses together, from supply chains to strategic partnerships. With new regulations and the rise of AI-driven attacks, the

AI-Powered Villager Pen Testing Tool Hits 11,000 PyPI Downloads Amid Abuse Concerns
September 15, 2025

A new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered penetration testing tool linked to a China-based company has attracted nearly 11,000 downloads on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository, raising concerns that it could be repurposed by cybercriminals for malicious purposes. Dubbed Villager, the framework is assessed to be the work of Cyberspike, which has positioned the tools as a red teaming

HiddenGh0st, Winos and kkRAT Exploit SEO, GitHub Pages in Chinese Malware Attacks
September 15, 2025

Chinese-speaking users are the target of a search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning campaign that uses fake software sites to distribute malware. “The attackers manipulated search rankings with SEO plugins and registered lookalike domains that closely mimicked legitimate software sites,” Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Pei Han Liao said. “By using convincing language and small character

FBI Warns of UNC6040 and UNC6395 Targeting Salesforce Platforms in Data Theft Attacks
September 13, 2025

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a flash alert to release indicators of compromise (IoCs) associated with two cybercriminal groups tracked as UNC6040 and UNC6395 for a string of data theft and extortion attacks.

“Both groups have recently been observed targeting organizations’ Salesforce platforms via different initial access mechanisms,” the FBI said.

UNC6395 is a

Jeffrey Epsteins Yahoo Inbox Revealed
September 13, 2025

Plus: ICE deploys secretive phone surveillance tech, officials warn of Chinese surveillance tools in US highway infrastructure, and more.

Samsung Fixes Critical Zero-Day CVE-2025-21043 Exploited in Android Attacks
September 12, 2025

Samsung has released its monthly security updates for Android, including a fix for a security vulnerability that it said has been exploited in zero-day attacks. The vulnerability, CVE-2025-21043 (CVSS score: 8.8), concerns an out-of-bounds write that could result in arbitrary code execution. “Out-of-bounds Write in libimagecodec.quram.so prior to SMR Sep-2025 Release 1 allows remote attackers to

Apple Warns French Users of Fourth Spyware Campaign in 2025, CERT-FR Confirms
September 12, 2025

Apple has notified users in France of a spyware campaign targeting their devices, according to the Computer Emergency Response Team of France (CERT-FR). The agency said the alerts were sent out on September 3, 2025, making it the fourth time this year that Apple has notified citizens in the county that at least one of the devices linked to their iCloud accounts may have been compromised as part

New HybridPetya Ransomware Bypasses UEFI Secure Boot With CVE-2024-7344 Exploit
September 12, 2025

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new ransomware strain dubbed HybridPetya that resembles the notorious Petya/NotPetya malware, while also incorporating the ability to bypass the Secure Boot mechanism in Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) systems using a now-patched vulnerability disclosed earlier this year. Slovakian cybersecurity company ESET said the samples were uploaded

Critical CVE-2025-5086 in DELMIA Apriso Actively Exploited, CISA Issues Warning
September 12, 2025

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a critical security flaw impacting Dassault Systmes DELMIA Apriso Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-5086, carries a CVSS score of 9.0 out of 10.0. According to

Cloud-Native Security in 2025: Why Runtime Visibility Must Take Center Stage
September 12, 2025

The security landscape for cloud-native applications is undergoing a profound transformation. Containers, Kubernetes, and serverless technologies are now the default for modern enterprises, accelerating delivery but also expanding the attack surface in ways traditional security models cant keep up with. As adoption grows, so does complexity. Security teams are asked to monitor sprawling hybrid

Cursor AI Code Editor Flaw Enables Silent Code Execution via Malicious Repositories
September 12, 2025

A security weakness has been disclosed in the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered code editor Cursor that could trigger code execution when a maliciously crafted repository is opened using the program. The issue stems from the fact that an out-of-the-box security setting is disabled by default, opening the door for attackers to run arbitrary code on users’ computers with their privileges. "

Google Pixel 10 Adds C2PA Support to Verify AI-Generated Media Authenticity
September 11, 2025

Google on Tuesday announced that its new Google Pixel 10 phones support the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) standard out of the box to verify the origin and history of digital content. To that end, support for C2PA’s Content Credentials has been added to Pixel Camera and Google Photos apps for Android. The move, Google said, is designed to further digital media

Senator Wyden Urges FTC to Probe Microsoft for Ransomware-Linked Cybersecurity Negligence
September 11, 2025

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden has called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to probe Microsoft and hold it responsible for what he called “gross cybersecurity negligence” that enabled ransomware attacks on U.S. critical infrastructure, including against healthcare networks. “Without timely action, Microsoft’s culture of negligent cybersecurity, combined with its de facto monopolization of the

Bulletproof Host Stark Industries Evades EU Sanctions
September 11, 2025

In May 2025, the European Union levied financial sanctions on the owners ofStark Industries Solutions Ltd., a bulletproof hosting provider that materialized two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine and quickly became a top source of Kremlin-linked cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns. But new data shows those sanctions have done little to stop Stark from simply rebranding and transferring their assets to other corporate entities controlled by its original hosting providers.

SonicWall SSL VPN Flaw and Misconfigurations Actively Exploited by Akira Ransomware Hackers
September 11, 2025

Threat actors affiliated with the Akira ransomware group have continued to target SonicWall devices for initial access. Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 said it observed a spike in intrusions involving SonicWall appliances over the past month, particularly following reports about renewed Akira ransomware activity since late July 2025. SonicWall subsequently revealed the SSL VPN activity aimed at its

Fake Madgicx Plus and SocialMetrics Extensions Are Hijacking Meta Business Accounts
September 11, 2025

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed two new campaigns that are serving fake browser extensions using malicious ads and fake websites to steal sensitive data. The malvertising campaign, per Bitdefender, is designed to push fake “Meta Verified” browser extensions named SocialMetrics Pro that claim to unlock the blue check badge for Facebook and Instagram profiles. At least 37 malicious ads

Cracking the Boardroom Code: Helping CISOs Speak the Language of Business
September 11, 2025

CISOs know their field. They understand the threat landscape. They understand how to build a strong and cost-effective security stack. They understand how to staff out their organization. They understand the intricacies of compliance. They understand what it takes to reduce risk. Yet one question comes up again and again in our conversations with these security leaders: how do I make the impact

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