Tag: attack
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Fastjson 1.x RCE Vulnerability Targeted in Attacks With No Patched Available
Security firms ThreatBook and Imperva say attackers are targeting a critical flaw in Fastjson, Alibaba’s JSON library for Java. In affected Spring Boot applications, a malicious JSON request can execute code without authentication, with the privileges of the Java process.Tracked as CVE-2026-16723, the vulnerability carries an Alibaba-assigned CVSS score of 9.0. The confirmed chain requires…
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Hackers Use Stealer Logs to Bypass MFA and Launch Ransomware Attacks
Infostealer malware has now become the invisible thread linking petty credential theft to full-blown ransomware campaigns. Attackers no longer bother forcing their way through firewalls when infostealers have already unlocked the front door for them. Documented by DarkOwl, a stealer log archive generated by infostealer malware that silently harvests browser-saved passwords, session cookies, cryptocurrency wallet data,…
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Hackers Exploit Industrial PLCs and Manipulate HMI Displays to Hide Attacks
Six federal agencies have updated a joint advisory warning that Iranian-affiliated advanced persistent threat (APT) actors are actively exploiting internet-exposed programmable logic controllers (PLCs) across U.S. critical infrastructure, manipulating human-machine interface (HMI) displays so operators cannot visually detect the intrusion. The advisory, first issued in April 2026 and revised on July 22, 2026, is cosigned…
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Hermes AI agent used to automate attack on Thai Finance Ministry
A threat actor used the open-source Hermes AI agent in unattended “YOLO” mode to automate post-exploitation activity during an alleged breach of Thailand’s Ministry of Finance. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hermes-ai-agent-used-to-automate-attack-on-thai-finance-ministry/
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Russian Espionage Hackers Hit Zimbra With Half-Click Attacks
Tags: attack, cyberespionage, cybersecurity, data, email, espionage, hacker, malicious, russia, update, vulnerabilityViewing Malicious Email in Vulnerable Webmail Client Triggers Data-Stealing Attack. Russian cyberespionage hackers are targeting a vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration Suite – a patch is available – that enables them to execute a malicious, data- and email-stealing script simply if a user of a vulnerable client opens their email, warn Western cybersecurity agencies. First seen…
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‘Wrench’ attacks against crypto holders appear to be on the rise
There are more reports than ever before of strong-arm tactics like home invasions and kidnappings against cryptocurrency holders, researchers say. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/wrench-attacks-against-cryptocurrency-holders
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‘Wrench’ attacks against crypto holders appear to be on the rise
There are more reports than ever before of strong-arm tactics like home invasions and kidnappings against cryptocurrency holders, researchers say. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/wrench-attacks-against-cryptocurrency-holders
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‘Wrench’ attacks against crypto holders appear to be on the rise
There are more reports than ever before of strong-arm tactics like home invasions and kidnappings against cryptocurrency holders, researchers say. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/wrench-attacks-against-cryptocurrency-holders
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Chick-fil-A data breach affects more than 13,000 customers
Chick-fil-A has confirmed that over 13,000 customers had their accounts breached in a wave of credential stuffing attacks targeting its website and mobile app between June 17 and June 19. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chick-fil-a-data-breach-affects-more-than-13-000-customers/
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Slopsquatting, Phantom Domains, and HalluSquatting Are the Same AI Attack
Slopsquatting, phantom squatting, and HalluSquatting all exploit the same late-binding attack pattern, where AI coding agents trust hallucinated package, repo, or domain names. ActiveState explains how pre-fetch verification and governed dependency management can help stop these attacks before malicious code enters the pipeline. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/slopsquatting-phantom-domains-and-hallusquatting-are-the-same-ai-attack/
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Hotel Wi-Fi Routers Compromised to Steal Corporate Login Credentials From Visitors
Researchers at ReliaQuest warned of widespread DNS poisoning attacks targeting the hospitality sector as part of a cyber espionage campaign First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/hotel-wifi-dns-poisoning/
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Thailand’s Ministry of Finance Targeted With Hermes AI Agent Running Unattended, Hades Implant Staged
Hunt.io uncovered a cyber-espionage attack on Thailand’s Finance Ministry using Hermes AI agent and Hades malware for reconnaissance and persistence. Researchers at Hunt.io have uncovered an intrusion targeting Thailand’s Ministry of Finance that offers a rare look inside a live cyber-espionage operation. Instead of recovering malware after the fact, the team found exposed staging servers…
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ChatGPT Among Top 10 Most Impersonated Brands in Phishing Attacks, Says Check Point
OpenAI’s chatbot tool ChatGPT ranked among the top 10 most impersonated brands in phishing attacks for the first time First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/chatgpt-most-impersonated-brands/
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Russian APT Laundry Bear perfects zero-click phishing attack
A newly identified Russian state threat actor is using a novel zero-click phishing technique, likely developed with the help of an AI, to target Western users of Zimbra software products First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366645968/Russian-APT-Laundry-Bear-perfects-zero-click-phishing-attack
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Ransomware Attacks Targeting Universities on the Rise
Comparitech’s analysis of incidents in the first half of 2026 finds that the emergence of The Gentlemen ransomware has resulted in surge in attacks against higher education First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/university-ransomware-attacks-rise/
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Clop ransomware targets Windchill, FlexPLM in data theft attacks
The Clop ransomware gang (also tracked as Cl0p) is targeting Internet-exposed PTC Windchill and FlexPLM instances in a new data theft extortion campaign. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/clop-ransomware-targets-windchill-flexplm-in-data-theft-attacks/
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Hotel Wi-Fi DNS Poisoning Attacks Hijack Microsoft 365 Accounts Without Phishing
Adversaries are silently hijacking Microsoft 365 accounts by compromising hotel and conference-center Wi-Fi gateways and poisoning DNS no phishing emails, malicious attachments, or endpoint malware required. ReliaQuest assesses that the tradecraft closely mirrors prior APT28-linked router campaigns, extending them into captive-portal infrastructure used by traveling corporate staff. Since at least June 2026, threat actors have…
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Fake Notepad++ Plugin Delivers MATCHBOIL.V2 in UAC-0099 Attacks
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new campaign that involves the use of a malicious program that’s dressed up as a Notepad++ plugin to compromise Windows systems.The activity has been attributed by the agency to a threat cluster it tracks as UAC-0099, a Russia-aligned group that has previously observed…
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Inside the horrifying online network where children coerce others to commit violence and self-harm
The 764 network is just one part of a growing online ecosystem that pushes young members into brutal and degrading acts. It has perpetrators and victims in dozens of countriesIn late 2024, in a quiet suburb of Stockholm, a 14-year-old boy approached a man in his 80s who was using a walker. He stabbed the…
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Claude Cowork Sandbox Escape Flaw Lets Attackers Access SSH Keys and Cloud Credentials
A newly revealed sandbox escape vulnerability affecting Anthropic’s Claude Cowork could allow untrusted content processed by the AI agent to access sensitive files on a macOS host. This includes SSH private keys, cloud credentials, and other data that are available to the logged-in user. Security researcher Oren Yomtov from Accomplish has named this attack path…
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Ransomware gangs go after EMEA healthcare’s supply chain
A ransomware attack against a hospital makes headlines, while attacks on the rest of the ecosystem around it tend to stay quiet despite doing damage that can be just as bad. … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/24/emea-healthcare-ransomware-activity/
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136 Malicious RubyGems Packages Deploy XMRig Miner and Spread via SSH
A large-scale supply chain attack has flooded RubyGems with 136 trojanized packages that deploy an XMRig Monero miner and self-propagate via SSH, underscoring systemic weaknesses in language ecosystems beyond npm and PyPI. On July 22, 2026, researchers Moe Ghasemisharif, Ruian Duan, Zhanhao Chen, and Daiping Liu documented a coordinated cryptojacking campaign abusing RubyGems as the…
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Apiiro CEO: Coding Agents Are the New Enterprise Perimeter
Idan Plotnik: AI Development Tools Have Become Enterprises’ Newest Attack Surface. Apiiro CEO Idan Plotnik says AI coding agents have become the enterprise’s newest security perimeter, prompting organizations to shift from application security posture management to automated protection as AI accelerates both software development and vulnerability exploitation. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/apiiro-ceo-coding-agents-are-new-enterprise-perimeter-a-32314
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Censys Finds AI/LLM Tool Exposures Up More Than 60%
Censys found Internet-exposed AI/LLM tools increased more than 60% in nine months, expanding organizations’ attack surfaces. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/censys-finds-ai-llm-tool-exposures-up-more-than-60/
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One Password Mistake Helped Hackers Access Chick-fil-A Account
Chick-fil-A disclosed a credential stuffing attack affecting customers across 10 states, underscoring the risks of password reuse and account takeover. The post One Password Mistake Helped Hackers Access Chick-fil-A Account appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-chick-fil-a-credential-stuffing-attack-password-reuse/
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International alert spotlights Russia-linked attacks on Zimbra webmail
A Kremlin-backed group known as Laundry Bear has been using a zero-click phishing technique to break into Zimbra webmail accounts worldwide, the U.S. and other nations said. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/zimbra-webmail-zero-click-phishing-russia-laundry-bear
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Russian hackers exploit Zimbra zero-click flaw for email theft
CISA is warning that the Russian state-sponsored hacking group Laundry Bear, also known as Void Blizzard, is targeting organizations using Zimbra Collaboration email servers by combining phishing attacks with the exploitation of a now-patched Zimbra vulnerability. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russian-hackers-exploit-zimbra-zero-click-flaw-for-email-theft/
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Hackers abuse Notepad++ plugins to stealthily install malware
Ukraine’s CERT has uncovered attacks distributing an archive containing the legitimate Notepad++ application and a malicious utility called LunchPoke disguised as a plugin to establish persistence. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-abuse-notepad-plus-plus-plugins-to-stealthily-install-malware/
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ThreatsDay: Android Spyware, PLC Attacks, AI Image Prompt Injection + 12 More Stories
Most of this week’s trouble came dressed as something useful.A package stole data. A fake extension opened remote access. A safety app became spyware. An image gave hidden orders to an AI agent. Other threats hid in open systems, weak code, and normal network traffic. The threats change every week. Subscribe, and we’ll alert you…
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Russian Hackers Exploit New ‘Zero-Click’ Attack Against Western Organizations
International agencies issue joint alert over state-backed campaign exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Zimbra Collaboration Suite First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/russian-hackers-zero-click/