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China-Linked Attackers Exploit Check Point Flaw to Deploy ShadowPad and Ransomware
A previously unknown threat activity cluster targeted European organizations, particularly those in the healthcare sector, to deploy PlugX and its successor, ShadowPad, with the intrusions ultimately leading to deployment of a ransomware called NailaoL...
2025-02-20 16:51
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Cybercriminals Use Eclipse Jarsigner to Deploy XLoader Malware via ZIP Archives
A malware campaign distributing the XLoader malware has been observed using the DLL side-loading technique by making use of a legitimate application associated with the Eclipse Foundation. "The legitimate application used in the attack, jarsigner, is a...
2025-02-20 16:42
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Microsoft's End of Support for Exchange 2016 and 2019: What IT Teams Must Do Now
For decades, Microsoft Exchange has been the backbone of business communications, powering emailing, scheduling and collaboration for organizations worldwide. Whether deployed on-premises or in hybrid environments, companies of all sizes rely on Exchan...
2025-02-20 15:30
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Citrix Releases Security Fix for NetScaler Console Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Citrix has released security updates for a high-severity security flaw impacting NetScaler Console (formerly NetScaler ADM) and NetScaler Agent that could lead to privilege escalation under certain conditions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-122...
2025-02-20 10:06
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Microsoft Patches Actively Exploited Power Pages Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Microsoft has released security updates to address two Critical-rated flaws impacting Bing and Power Pages, including one that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2025-21355 (CVSS score: 8.6) - Mic...
2025-02-20 09:59
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Hackers Exploit Signal's Linked Devices Feature to Hijack Accounts via Malicious QR Codes
Multiple Russia-aligned threat actors have been observed targeting individuals of interest via the privacy-focused messaging app Signal to gain unauthorized access to their accounts. "The most novel and widely used technique underpinning Russian-aligne...
2025-02-19 22:29
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New Snake Keylogger Variant Leverages AutoIt Scripting to Evade Detection
A new variant of the Snake Keylogger malware is being used to actively target Windows users located in China, Turkey, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Spain. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs said the new version of the malware has been behind over 280 million blocked in...
2025-02-19 18:15
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The Ultimate MSP Guide to Structuring and Selling vCISO Services
The growing demand for cybersecurity and compliance services presents a great opportunity for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) to offer virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) services—deliver...
2025-02-19 16:30
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Trojanized Game Installers Deploy Cryptocurrency Miner in Large-Scale StaryDobry Attack
Users who are on the lookout for popular games were lured into downloading trojanized installers that led to the deployment of a cryptocurrency miner on compromised Windows hosts. The large-scale activity has been codenamed StaryDobry by Russian cybers...
2025-02-19 15:05
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CISA Adds Palo Alto Networks and SonicWall Flaws to Exploited Vulnerabilities List
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added two security flaws impacting Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS and SonicWall SonicOS SSLVPN to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active expl...
2025-02-19 10:18
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New OpenSSH Flaws Enable Man-in-the-Middle and DoS Attacks — Patch Now
Two security vulnerabilities have been discovered in the OpenSSH secure networking utility suite that, if successfully exploited, could result in an active machine-in-the-middle (MitM) and a denial-of-service (DoS) attack, respectively, under certain c...
2025-02-18 21:04
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Chinese Hackers Exploit MAVInject.exe to Evade Detection in Targeted Cyber Attacks
The Chinese state-sponsored threat actor known as Mustang Panda has been observed employing a novel technique to evade detection and maintain control over infected systems. This involves the use of a legitimate Microsoft Windows utility called Microsof...
2025-02-18 20:39
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New FrigidStealer Malware Targets macOS Users via Fake Browser Updates
Cybersecurity researchers are alerting to a new campaign that leverages web injects to deliver a new Apple macOS malware known as FrigidStealer. The activity has been attributed to a previously undocumented threat actor known as TA2727, with the inform...
2025-02-18 18:30
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Juniper Session Smart Routers Vulnerability Could Let Attackers Bypass Authentication
Juniper Networks has released security updates to address a critical security flaw impacting Session Smart Router, Session Smart Conductor, and WAN Assurance Router products that could be exploited to hijack control of susceptible devices. Tracked as C...
2025-02-18 17:48
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Debunking the AI Hype: Inside Real Hacker Tactics
Is AI really reshaping the cyber threat landscape, or is the constant drumbeat of hype drowning out actual, more tangible, real-world dangers? According to Picus Labs’ Red Report 2025 which analyzed over one million malware samples, there's been no s...
2025-02-18 16:30
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Winnti APT41 Targets Japanese Firms in RevivalStone Cyber Espionage Campaign
The China-linked threat actor known as Winnti has been attributed to a new campaign dubbed RevivalStone that targeted Japanese companies in the manufacturing, materials, and energy sectors in March 2024. The activity, detailed by Japanese cybersecurity...
2025-02-18 15:22
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New Xerox Printer Flaws Could Let Attackers Capture Windows Active Directory Credentials
Security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Xerox VersaLink C7025 Multifunction printers (MFPs) that could allow attackers to capture authentication credentials via pass-back attacks via Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and SMB/FTP serv...
2025-02-18 12:34
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Cybercriminals Exploit Onerror Event in Image Tags to Deploy Payment Skimmers
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a credit card stealing malware campaign that has been observed targeting e-commerce sites running Magento by disguising the malicious content within image tags in HTML code in order to stay under the radar. MageCa...
2025-02-18 10:56
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Microsoft Uncovers New XCSSET macOS Malware Variant with Advanced Obfuscation Tactics
Microsoft said it has discovered a new variant of a known Apple macOS malware called XCSSET as part of limited attacks in the wild. "Its first known variant since 2022, this latest XCSSET malware features enhanced obfuscation methods, updated persisten...
2025-02-17 22:00
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South Korea Suspends DeepSeek AI Downloads Over Privacy Violations
South Korea has formally suspended new downloads of Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot DeepSeek in the country until the service makes changes to its mobile apps to comply with data protection regulations. Downloads have been paused as of Feb...
2025-02-17 17:06
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