Tag: attack
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Android Spyware Asin Targets Arabic Users via Fake News, PDF and War Map Apps
Arabic-speaking users have emerged as the target of a new Android spyware codenamed Asin, according to findings from ESET.The Slovakian cybersecurity company said it first detected the malware spread via multiple campaigns in early 2025, with each attack wave making use of distinct websites mimicking utilities, war-related updates, and a government news source: govlens[.]net, which…
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Over 900 US gas station tank gauge systems exposed to attacks
Over 900 automatic tank gauge (ATG) systems across the United States, used to monitor fuel and chemical storage tanks across various critical infrastructure sectors, have been found exposed online and are vulnerable to ongoing attacks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-900-us-gas-station-tank-gauge-systems-exposed-to-attacks/
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What 2026 DBIR Confirms: Attacks Are Living in the Browser
Phishing, shadow AI, malicious extensions, and credential theft increasingly happen inside the browser. Keep Aware explains what the 2026 Verizon DBIR reveals about browser-layer security gaps and modern attacks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/what-2026-dbir-confirms-attacks-are-living-in-the-browser/
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New Magecart Attack Abuses Stripe as Malware C2
A novel Magecart campaign that weaponizes legitimate cloud services to evade detection: attackers are storing a JavaScript skimmer inside Stripe customer metadata and delivering it to victim checkouts via Google Tag Manager. The combination makes Stripe both the command server for arbitrary code and the durable exfiltration sink for stolen card data, using domains (googletagmanager.com…
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The Cyber Express Weekly Roundup: Cloud Extortion, Long-Term Espionage, Android Zero-Days, and Public Sector Security Reviews
The cybersecurity landscape in this weekly roundup continues to show a clear shift toward identity-driven attacks, long-term persistence operations, and exploitation of trusted cloud environments. Threat actors are increasingly focusing on stealing credentials, abusing administrative access, and leveraging legitimate platforms to scale impact across organizations. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/tce-weekly-roundup-extortion-android-cloud/
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Attackers obtained encrypted password vaults from some Dashlane user accounts
Dashlane has disclosed new details about a brute-force attack that let a threat actor access some customer accounts and copy encrypted vaults. Dashlane said it found no … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/05/dashlane-brute-force-attack-vaults-customer-accounts/
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Fake Context Alignment: The Attack That Made Gemini Obey Strangers Through Your Notifications
SafeBreach tricked Gemini into obeying attackers via WhatsApp notifications, using hidden foreign-language text to bypass Google’s defenses and control smart home devices. SafeBreach Labs researcher Or Yair spent months trying to break Google’s Gemini voice assistant after Google patched the vulnerabilities he found in his previous research. The new attack class he developed, named Fake…
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Zero-Click Agentic AI Attack Bypasses Human Oversight
Taxonomy of Failure Modes in Agentic AI Systems v2.0 published in April 2026, the field received more than a classification update: it got operational guidance grounded in a year of real-world red teaming that exposed how quickly agentic AI systems transform classical threat surfaces into new, high-impact attack vectors. The headline finding from those engagements…
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Malicious Python Package Mimics Parsimonious Parser
A sophisticated typosquatting attack targeting Python developers through a malicious package named >>parsimonius<< on the Python Package Index (PyPI). The rogue package was engineered to impersonate the legitimate parsimonious parsing library, a well-known tool for building recursive descent parsers in Python, by altering just a single character in the package name. The attack exemplifies a…
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Cisco warns of unpatched SD-WAN zero-day exploited in attacks
On Thursday, Cisco warned of a high-severity, unpatched zero-day in the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (tracked as CVE-2026-20245) actively exploited in attacks enabling root privilege escalation. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-cisco-sd-wan-flaw-exploited-in-zero-day-attacks-to-gain-root/
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Dashlane Reveals How Hackers Downloaded Encrypted Password Vaults
Dashlane has disclosed the findings of a recent security investigation, confirming that a limited number of users were impacted by a targeted brute-force attack against its device registration system. The company emphasized that its internal infrastructure was not breached and that no evidence suggests a broader compromise beyond a small subset of accounts. Device Registration…
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New GitHub Zero-Day Exposed Developer Tokens to Attackers
A github.dev flaw could let attackers steal GitHub OAuth tokens through a one-click attack, exposing private repositories and codebases. The post New GitHub Zero-Day Exposed Developer Tokens to Attackers appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-github-dev-vscode-webview-oauth-token-vulnerability/
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Breach Roundup: Microsoft Tries to Mend Researcher Bridges
Also: Gas Station Monitoring Systems Under Attack, Spanish Teen Doxer Arrested. This week, more happened than fits here: Microsoft tried to make nice with researchers, gas tank gauges under attack in the United States, fake FIFA websites are everywhere. Russia cried cyberespionage, Spanish police arrested a teenaged doxer, a Oracle Weblogic flaw was actively exploited.…
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Breach Roundup: Microsoft Tried to Mend Researcher Bridges
Also: Gas Station Monitoring Systems Under Attack, Spanish Teen Doxer Arrested. This week, more happened than fits here: Microsoft tried to make nice with researchers, gas tank gauges under attack in the United States, fake FIFA websites are everywhere. Russia cried cyberespionage, Spanish police arrested a teenaged doxer, a Oracle Weblogic flaw was actively exploited.…
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Hola Browser for Windows compromised to deliver cryptominer
The Windows version of the Hola Browser has been compromised in a supply chain attack that delivered an undeclared executable identified by researchers as a cryptocurrency miner. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hola-browser-for-windows-compromised-to-deliver-cryptominer/
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China’s TA4922 Expands Cybercrime Attacks Globally
One of the world’s most diverse, least-focused cybercrime groups is enlarging its footprint beyond East Asia. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/china-ta4922-cybercrime-attacks-globally
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Cisco Patches CVE-2026-20230 in Unified CM as Exploit Code Goes Public
Cisco has patched a bug in Unified Communications Manager that lets an unauthenticated attacker on the network write files to the box and, from there, climb to root.It is tracked as CVE-2026-20230, and proof-of-concept exploit code is already public. Cisco’s PSIRT says it has not seen the flaw used in attacks yet. The PoC shortens…
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China-Linked TA4922 Expands Phishing Attacks to U.K., Germany, Italy, and South Africa
A new China-linked cybercrime group known as TA4922 has expanded its targeting focus to target European organizations in the U.K., Germany, Italy, and South Africa.These efforts have been complemented by a “rapid operational tempo” and a continually evolving malware arsenal comprising known families like ValleyRAT (aka Winos 4.0) and Atlas RAT (aka AtlasCross RAT), as…
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New IronWorm malware hits 36 packages in npm supply-chain attack
A new supply-chain attack has infected 36 packages on the Node Package Manager (npm) index with infostealer malware called IronWorm. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-ironworm-malware-hits-36-packages-in-npm-supply-chain-attack/
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Claude Code GitHub Action Flaw Let One Malicious Issue Hijack Repositories
A security researcher found a flaw in Anthropic’s Claude Code GitHub Action that let an attacker take over vulnerable public repositories running it, with nothing more than a single opened GitHub issue. Because Anthropic’s own action repo used the same workflow, a working attack could have pushed malicious code into the action itself and onto…
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Critical Cisco Unified CM Bug Patched as Public Exploit Code Emerges
Cisco patched a critical Unified CM flaw with public PoC code that allows unauthenticated attackers to launch SSRF attacks remotely. Cisco has addressed a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20230, affecting Unified CM and Unified CM SME. The flaw, caused by improper validation of certain HTTP requests, allows a remote attacker without authentication to perform server-side…
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Supply Chain Attack Hits Dozens of npm Packages via binding.gyp
A large-scale npm supply chain attack has compromised at least 57 packages across more than 286 malicious versions in a rapid, coordinated campaign that unfolded in under two hours on June 3, 2026. The attack began at approximately 23:30 UTC with the compromise of @vapi-ai/server-sdk, the official Vapi.ai voice AI SDK with over 408,000 monthly…
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China-Linked TA4922 Expands Phishing Attacks to UK, Germany, Italy, and South Africa
A new China-linked cybercrime group known as TA4922 has expanded its targeting focus to target European organizations in the U.K., Germany, Italy, and South Africa.These efforts have been complemented by a “rapid operational tempo” and a continually evolving malware arsenal comprising known families like ValleyRAT (aka Winos 4.0) and Atlas RAT (aka AtlasCross RAT), as…
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FlutterShell Backdoor Spreads to macOS via Malicious Google and YouTube Ads
Tags: attack, backdoor, cybercrime, cybersecurity, google, group, macOS, malicious, malware, networkCybersecurity researchers have shed light on a macOS malvertising campaign codenamed Operation FlutterBridge that spreads a new backdoor called FlutterShell.According to Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, the campaign is said to be the next stage of a previously reported activity cluster dubbed JSCoreRunner (aka FileRipple) in late August 2025. The cybercrime group behind the two…
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IronWorm npm Attack Steals Developer Secrets
Tags: attack, credentials, crypto, cyber, data-breach, finance, malicious, software, supply-chain, wormA newly uncovered supply chain attack dubbed “IronWorm” is leveraging malicious npm packages to compromise developer environments, steal sensitive credentials, and propagate itself across repositories in a worm-like fashion. The campaign, identified in the wild, targets software developers with a particular focus on crypto and Web3 ecosystems, where exposed secrets can yield immediate financial value.…
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Stock Exchange Executive’s Outlook Targeted in Credential Theft Attack
A prolonged and highly targeted espionage campaign has been uncovered involving the compromise of a senior executive’s Microsoft Outlook account at a major global stock exchange, highlighting the strategic value of executive-level email access in modern cyber operations. The activity, which persisted for approximately five months between October 2025 and March 2026, demonstrates a disciplined…
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Infosecurity Europe: How Businesses Can Prepare for a Cybersecurity Crisis with Effective Plans
Cybersecurity and business leaders with experience of dealing with major incidents from within the NCSC and at JLR detail what you need to prioritize if your organization is hit by a cyber-attack First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/infosecurity-europe-cybersecurity/
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Phishing Attacks Pivot to Infostealer Malware Over Fake Login Pages
Cybercriminal tactics are evolving as phishing campaigns increasingly shift away from fake login pages toward infostealer malware designed to quietly harvest sensitive data from infected systems. While traditional credential-harvesting pages remain in use, threat actors are now prioritizing methods that reduce user interaction and increase data collection efficiency. Infostealers are purpose-built malware families that extract…
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Kali365 PhaaS Expands to Okta, MAX Messenger Attacks
Tags: attack, cyber, infrastructure, intelligence, microsoft, monitoring, okta, phishing, russia, service, theft, threatThe Kali365 phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform has significantly expanded its operational scope, moving beyond Microsoft 365 token theft to target Okta single sign-on (SSO) environments and Russia’s rapidly growing MAX Messenger platform. New threat intelligence reveals a more mature, multi-brand phishing ecosystem with centralized infrastructure, real-time token monitoring, and geographically targeted campaigns. Previously documented for abusing…
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New HTTP/2 Bomb attack can take down web servers in seconds
Tags: attackFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/new-http-2-bomb-attack-can-take-down-web-servers-in-seconds