Tag: cyber
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Android RAT SURXRAT Grants Hackers Full Device Control and Data Exfiltration
SURXRAT is an actively developed Android Remote Access Trojan (RAT) sold as a commercial malware-as-a-service (MaaS) on Telegram, giving attackers full device control and powerful data”‘stealing capabilities. It combines large”‘scale affiliate distribution, cloud”‘hosted command”‘and”‘control, and even experimental AI modules, making it a serious and evolving threat for Android users. The Indonesian operator runs a channel…
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Cyber valuations climb as capital concentrates, AI security expands
Venture funding in cybersecurity continued to concentrate in large private rounds at the end of 2025, driving valuations higher across stages. Data from DataTribe shows total … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/25/cybersecurity-venture-funding-ai-security-expands/
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Threat Actors Exploit Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability to Gain RDP Access, Deploy LockBit Ransomware
Threat actors recently abused a critical Apache ActiveMQ vulnerability to gain deep access to a Windows environment, eventually deploying LockBit ransomware over RDP. The attack shows how failing to patch CVE-2023-46604 can give adversaries repeat access and time to turn an initial foothold into full-domain impact. The exploit loaded a malicious Java Spring bean configuration XML file,…
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OAuth Vulnerabilities in Entra ID Could Exploit ChatGPT to Breach User Email Accounts
OAuth consent attacks in Microsoft Entra ID are giving threat actors a stealthy path to cloud email, and even trusted apps like ChatGPT can become a vehicle if permissions are abused. In this hypothetical case, a user in an Entra ID tenant adds the legitimate ChatGPT service principal and grants it Microsoft Graph OAuth permissions,…
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Microsoft Alerts Developers of Malicious Next.js Repositories Used in Ongoing Hacker Attacks
Microsoft has warned that threat actors are weaponizing malicious Next.js repositories to compromise developers through what appear to be legitimate projects and recruiting”‘style technical assessments. The campaign abuses normal workflows in Visual Studio Code and Node.js to reach a staged command”‘and”‘control (C2) backdoor without relying on traditional malware installers. Attackers publish repositories that appear to…
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Cyber association launches code of conduct for security pros
ISC2’s Code of Professional Conduct will supposedly establish a worldwide framework dedicated to principled and ethical practices in the security trade First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366639403/Cyber-association-launches-code-of-conduct-for-security-pros
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From Exposure to Assurance: How CTEM and MITRE INFORM Enable Modern Cyber Defense
What if you could prove”, right now”, that your defenses actually work? See how CTEM and MITRE INFORM turn exposure data into real, board-level confidence. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/from-exposure-to-assurance-how-ctem-and-mitre-inform-enable-modern-cyber-defense/
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Forescout Launches VistaroAI to Help Security Teams Cut Through AI Hype and Act Faster on Real Threats
Forescout Technologies has today introduced Forescout VistaroAI, a new agentic AI capability designed to help security teams prioritize risks, reduce investigation time, and respond faster to cyber threats. Unlike traditional AI assistants that rely on prompts or chatbot interfaces, VistaroAI is built around pre-programmed security skills and role-based workflows. The system continuously analyzes changes across…
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Sendmarc Releases DMARCbis Fireside Chat Featuring Co-Editor Todd Herr
Wilmington, North America, February 24th, 2026, CyberNewswire In a recent DMARCbis fireside chat, email authentication leaders discussed upcoming DMARC changes and how teams can plan for 2026. Sendmarc has released a new fireside chat featuring Todd Herr, Principal Solutions Architect at GreenArrow Email and co-editor of DMARCbis, on the upcoming update to DMARC (Domain-based Message…
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UAE claims it stopped ‘terrorist’ ransomware attack
The country’s Cyber Security Council published a statement on Saturday that said they “successfully thwarted organized cyberattacks of a terrorist nature that targeted the country’s digital infrastructure and vital sectors in an attempt to destabilize the nation and disrupt essential services.” First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/uae-claims-it-stopped-terrorist-ransomware-attack
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VMware Aria Flaws Enable Attackers to Execute Remote Code
Broadcom has released security advisory VMSA-2026-0001 on February 24, 2026, disclosing three vulnerabilities in VMware Aria Operations that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands remotely. The flaws affect VMware Aria Operations, VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware Telco Cloud Platform, and VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure, and patches are now available for all impacted versions. Vulnerabilities Overview…
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Threat Actors Exploit Weaponized AI to Seize Full Domain Access in Under 30 Minutes
Threat actors are rapidly weaponizing artificial intelligence to move from initial access to full domain compromise in under half an hour, leaving defenders with almost no room for error or delay. As enterprises adopt AI across development, identity, and cloud workflows, adversaries are abusing the same tools to script lateral movement, automate reconnaissance, and scale…
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Cybercriminals Exploit Windows Management Instrumentation WMI to Maintain Stealthy Access and Silent Control
Tags: access, control, cyber, cybercrime, exploit, infrastructure, malware, startup, strategy, windowsWindows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a critical utility built into the Windows operating system designed to help administrators monitor status and automate routine tasks. However, cybercriminals have increasingly weaponized this legitimate infrastructure to maintain persistent access to compromised networks. Unlike traditional malware strategies that rely on visible startup folders or registry run keys, WMI abuse…
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Massive Conduent Data Breach Exfiltrates 8 TB Affects Over 25 Million Americans
A massive data breach at business services giant Conduent has compromised the sensitive personal information of over 25 million Americans, making it one of the largest cybersecurity incidents in recent history. The breach, which went undetected for nearly three months, involves the exfiltration of approximately 8 terabytes of data by the SafePay ransomware group. While…
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Malicious NuGet Packages Target ASP.NET Developers to Steal Login Credentials
Malicious NuGet packages posing as legitimate developer utilities are targeting ASP.NET projects to steal identity credentials and silently backdoor applications through a localhost proxy. All four were published between August 1221, 2024, by a NuGet user named “hamzazaheer” and have collectively amassed a little over 4,500 downloads before takedown requests were submitted. The campaign’s core…
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Chinese AI Labs Launch Massive Distillation Attacks on Anthropic Claude, Tracking 13M Exchanges
Anthropic has identified and exposed industrial-scale data extraction campaigns orchestrated by three major Chinese AI laboratories: DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax. These organizations utilized approximately 24,000 fraudulent accounts to generate over 16 million exchanges with Anthropic’s Claude models. The primary objective of these campaigns was >>distillation,<< a technique where a less capable AI model is trained…
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AI-powered Cyber-Attacks Up Significantly in the Last Year, Warns CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike Global Threat Report warns how adversaries are leveraging AI to make campaigns more efficient and more effective First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ai-powered-cyberattacks-up/
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Cyber Resilience Act und IoT-Sicherheit: Was Hersteller jetzt wissen müssen
Der neue CRA, er verbietet nicht nur schwache Passwörter. Er verbietet gemeinsam genutzte und fest codierte Anmeldedaten in der IoT-Geräteflotte. Das in der Firmware eingebettete Client-Geheimnis? Es ist nicht mehr Compliance-konform. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/cyber-resilience-act-und-iot-sicherheit-was-hersteller-jetzt-wissen-muessen/a43805/
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ZeroDayRAT Targets Android and iOS Devices for Surveillance and Financial Data Theft
ZeroDayRAT targets Android and iOS devices, combining real-time surveillance with direct financial theft within a single browser panel. The Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) ecosystem is entering a new phase, blending mobile surveillance and financial crime into one seamless platform. Active promotions for this RAT (Remote Access Trojan) began on Telegram channels on February 2, 2026, highlighting its dual purpose: real-time spying and direct financial…
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Deserialization Flaw in Ruby Workers That Could Enable Full Compromise
A severe Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability has been identified in RubitMQ job workers, stemming from unsafe JSON deserialization practices. The issue arises not from memory corruption or complex undefined behavior, but from design-level trust assumptions regarding how data is processed in Ruby background systems. Security researcher NullSecurityX has demonstrated that this flaw allows attackers…
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LUKS Encryption Compromised on Linux ICS Devices via TPM Bus Sniffing Exploit
Security researchers Per Idenfeldt Okuyama and Sam Eizad have uncovered a critical physical attack vulnerability in the Moxa UC-1222A Secure Edition industrial computer, demonstrating that its LUKS full-disk encryption can be fully defeated by passively sniffing the SPI bus between the processor and the discrete TPM 2.0 chip during system boot. The flaw, tracked as…
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Hackers Use Steganographic Images to Bypass Anti-Malware and Deploy Malware
Hackers are abusing steganography in PNG images to smuggle a Pulsar Remote Access Trojan (RAT) into Windows systems through a malicious NPM package named buildrunner”‘dev. The attack starts with a typosquatted NPM package, buildrunner”‘dev, which impersonates the abandoned “buildrunner”/”build-runner” tools to catch developers who mistype or assume it is a maintained fork. Its package.json looks harmless but defines a postinstall hook…
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So You Think You Have Cyber Insurance? The Breach is Only the First Incident. The Claim is the Second.
Explore the complexities of cyber insurance, including common claim denials, coverage disputes, and evolving risks like ransomware, AI fraud, and BEC. Learn how to navigate insurance ecosystems to secure reliable coverage that stands firm in loss situations. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/so-you-think-you-have-cyber-insurance-the-breach-is-only-the-first-incident-the-claim-is-the-second/
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Model Inversion Attacks: Growing AI Business Risk
In an era where artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are driving unprecedented innovation and efficiency, a new class of cyber threats has emerged that puts sensitive data and entire business operations at serious risk. Among these threats, model inversion attacks have become particularly concerning for organizations that rely on machine learning models trained……
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It’s time to rethink CISO reporting lines
Tags: ai, business, ceo, cio, ciso, control, cyber, data, governance, infrastructure, jobs, risk, threat, vulnerabilityWhat’s in a reporting line?: Aaron Painter, CEO of security vendor Nametag, contends that reporting structures often mean less than the respect the CISO is granted.Painter is “less dogmatic about where the CISO reports and more focused on whether they actually have a seat at the table,” he says.”Org charts matter far less than influence,”…
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Fake Huorong Site Delivers ValleyRAT Backdoor in Targeted Malware Campaign
A typosquatted copy of the popular Huorong Security antivirus site is being used to deliver ValleyRAT, a modular remote access trojan (RAT) built on the Winos4.0 framework, to users who believe they are downloading legitimate protection software. The attackers registered huoronga[.]com adding a single “a” to the legitimate huorong.cn domain as part of a typosquatting strategy designed…
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ClickFix Infostealer Spreads via Fake CAPTCHA Traps, Targeting Unsuspecting Users
A new wave of the ClickFix Infostealer campaign that abuses fake CAPTCHA pages to deliver credential-stealing malware. Initially detected through late-stage Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) alerts, the campaign shows strong similarities to the ClickFix operation targeting restaurant reservation systems in July 2025, as highlighted in BlueVoyant’s earlier research. Further correlation with recent threat telemetry suggests that this campaign…