Security

New Windows RAT Evades Detection for Weeks Using Corrupted DOS and PE Headers
Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off an unusual cyber attack that leveraged malware with corrupted DOS and PE headers, according to new findings from Fortinet. The DOS (Disk Operating System) and PE (Portable Executable) headers are essen...
2025-05-29 18:46
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DragonForce Exploits SimpleHelp Flaws to Deploy Ransomware Across Customer Endpoints
The threat actors behind the DragonForce ransomware gained access to an unnamed Managed Service Provider's (MSP) SimpleHelp remote monitoring and management (RMM) tool, and then leveraged it to exfiltrate data and drop the locker on multiple endpoints....
2025-05-29 16:04
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Chinese APT41 Exploits Google Calendar for Malware Command-and-Control Operations
Google on Wednesday disclosed that the Chinese state-sponsored threat actor known as APT41 leveraged a malware called TOUGHPROGRESS that uses Google Calendar for command-and-control (C2). The tech giant, which discovered the activity in late October 20...
2025-05-29 11:29
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Over 100,000 WordPress Sites at Risk from Critical CVSS 10.0 Vulnerability in Wishlist Plugin
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical unpatched security flaw impacting TI WooCommerce Wishlist plugin for WordPress that could be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files. TI WooCommerce Wishlist, which has over 1...
2025-05-29 11:04
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Iranian Hacker Pleads Guilty in $19 Million Robbinhood Ransomware Attack on Baltimore
An Iranian national has pleaded guilty in the U.S. over his involvement in an international ransomware and extortion scheme involving the Robbinhood ransomware. Sina Gholinejad (aka Sina Ghaaf), 37, and his co-conspirators are said to have breached the...
2025-05-28 22:50
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Czech Republic Blames China-Linked APT31 Hackers for 2022 Cyberattack
The Czech Republic on Wednesday formally accused a threat actor associated with the People's Republic of China (PRC) of targeting its Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In a public statement, the government said it identified China as the culprit behind a ma...
2025-05-28 21:31
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Microsoft OneDrive File Picker Flaw Grants Apps Full Cloud Access — Even When Uploading Just One File
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a security flaw in Microsoft's OneDrive File Picker that, if successfully exploited, could allow websites to access a user's entire cloud storage content, as opposed to just the files selected for upload via th...
2025-05-28 19:11
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New PumaBot Botnet Targets Linux IoT Devices to Steal SSH Credentials and Mine Crypto
Embedded Linux-based Internet of Things (IoT) devices have become the target of a new botnet dubbed PumaBot. Written in Go, the botnet is designed to conduct brute-force attacks against SSH instances to expand in size and scale and deliver additional m...
2025-05-28 18:00
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From Infection to Access: A 24-Hour Timeline of a Modern Stealer Campaign
Stealer malware no longer just steals passwords. In 2025, it steals live sessions—and attackers are moving faster and more efficiently than ever. While many associate account takeovers with personal services, the real threat is unfolding in the enter...
2025-05-28 16:55
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Mimo Hackers Exploit CVE-2025-32432 in Craft CMS to Deploy Cryptominer and Proxyware
A financially motivated threat actor has been observed exploiting a recently disclosed remote code execution flaw affecting the Craft Content Management System (CMS) to deploy multiple payloads, including a cryptocurrency miner, a loader dubbed Mimo Lo...
2025-05-28 16:30
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How 'Browser-in-the-Middle' Attacks Steal Sessions in Seconds
Would you expect an end user to log on to a cybercriminal’s computer, open their browser, and type in their usernames and passwords? Hopefully not! But that’s essentially what happens if they fall victim to a Browser-in-the-Middle (BitM) attack. Li...
2025-05-28 15:02
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251 Amazon-Hosted IPs Used in Exploit Scan Targeting ColdFusion, Struts, and Elasticsearch
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a coordinated cloud-based scanning activity that targeted 75 distinct "exposure points" earlier this month. The activity, observed by GreyNoise on May 8, 2025, involved as many as 251 malicious IP add...
2025-05-28 14:53
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Apple Blocks $9 Billion in Fraud Over 5 Years Amid Rising App Store Threats
Apple on Tuesday revealed that it prevented over $9 billion in fraudulent transactions in the last five years, including more than $2 billion in 2024 alone. The company said the App Store is confronted by a wide range of threats that seek to defraud us...
2025-05-28 11:41
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New Self-Spreading Malware Infects Docker Containers to Mine Dero Cryptocurrency
Misconfigured Docker API instances have become the target of a new malware campaign that transforms them into a cryptocurrency mining botnet. The attacks, designed to mine for Dero currency, is notable for its worm-like capabilities to propagate the ma...
2025-05-27 21:53
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Cybercriminals Clone Antivirus Site to Spread Venom RAT and Steal Crypto Wallets
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new malicious campaign that uses a fake website advertising antivirus software from Bitdefender to dupe victims into downloading a remote access trojan called Venom RAT. The campaign indicates a "clear intent ...
2025-05-27 19:40
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Russian Hackers Breach 20+ NGOs Using Evilginx Phishing via Fake Microsoft Entra Pages
Microsoft has shed light on a previously undocumented cluster of threat activity originating from a Russia-affiliated threat actor dubbed Void Blizzard (aka Laundry Bear) that it said is attributed to "worldwide cloud abuse." Active since at least Apri...
2025-05-27 17:21
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AI Agents and the Non‑Human Identity Crisis: How to Deploy AI More Securely at Scale
Artificial intelligence is driving a massive shift in enterprise productivity, from GitHub Copilot’s code completions to chatbots that mine internal knowledge bases for instant answers. Each new agent must authenticate to other services, quietly sw...
2025-05-27 16:30
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Employees Searching Payroll Portals on Google Tricked Into Sending Paychecks to Hackers
Threat hunters have exposed a novel campaign that makes use of search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning techniques to target employee mobile devices and facilitate payroll fraud. The activity, first detected by ReliaQuest in May 2025 targeting an unn...
2025-05-27 15:22
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Hackers Are Calling Your Office: FBI Alerts Law Firms to Luna Moth’s Stealth Phishing Campaign
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned of social engineering attacks mounted by a criminal extortion actor known as Luna Moth targeting law firms over the past two years. The campaign leverages "information technology (IT) themed soc...
2025-05-27 12:41
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Russia-Linked Hackers Target Tajikistan Government with Weaponized Word Documents
The Russia-aligned threat actor known as TAG-110 has been observed conducting a spear-phishing campaign targeting Tajikistan using macro-enabled Word templates as an initial payload. The attack chain is a departure from the threat actor's previously do...
2025-05-27 12:24
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