Tag: cyber
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Google Unveils CodeMender An AI Agent That Automatically Fixes Vulnerable Code
Google has introducedCodeMender, an AI-powered agent designed to automatically detect and patch security flaws in software. Announced on 6 October 2025 by Raluca Ada Popa and Four Flynn, CodeMender represents a major step toward leveraging artificial intelligence for proactive code security. CodeMender builds on Google’s earlier AI research in vulnerability discovery, such as Big Sleep…
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ClamAV 1.5.0 Released with Enhanced MS Office and PDF File Verification
ClamAV 1.5.0 is now available with new features that strengthen malware detection in Microsoft Office and PDF documents. This update marks a significant step forward for users who need reliable and thorough scanning of encrypted files and embedded links. Alongside improved file checks, the release also adds support for external signature verification, flexible hashing options,…
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LockBit, Qilin, and DragonForce Join Forces to Dominate the Ransomware Ecosystem
Three prominent ransomware groups DragonForce, LockBit, and Qilin have announced a new strategic ransomware alliance, once underscoring continued shifts in the cyber threat landscape.The coalition is seen as an attempt on the part of the financially motivated threat actors to conduct more effective ransomware attacks, ReliaQuest said in a report shared with The Hacker News.”Announced…
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ClamAV 1.5.0 Released with Enhanced MS Office and PDF File Verification
ClamAV 1.5.0 is now available with new features that strengthen malware detection in Microsoft Office and PDF documents. This update marks a significant step forward for users who need reliable and thorough scanning of encrypted files and embedded links. Alongside improved file checks, the release also adds support for external signature verification, flexible hashing options,…
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LockBit, Qilin, and DragonForce Join Forces to Dominate the Ransomware Ecosystem
Three prominent ransomware groups DragonForce, LockBit, and Qilin have announced a new strategic ransomware alliance, once underscoring continued shifts in the cyber threat landscape.The coalition is seen as an attempt on the part of the financially motivated threat actors to conduct more effective ransomware attacks, ReliaQuest said in a report shared with The Hacker News.”Announced…
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Nezha Tool Used in New Cyber Campaign Targeting Web Applications
A cyber campaign using Nezha has been identified, targeting vulnerable web apps with PHP web shells and Ghost RAT First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/nezha-tool-used-new-cyber-campaign/
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Nezha Tool Used in New Cyber Campaign Targeting Web Applications
A cyber campaign using Nezha has been identified, targeting vulnerable web apps with PHP web shells and Ghost RAT First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/nezha-tool-used-new-cyber-campaign/
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OpenAI Blocks ChatGPT Accounts Linked to Chinese Hackers Developing Malware
OpenAI has taken decisive action to stop misuse of its ChatGPT models by banning accounts tied to a group of Chinese hackers. This move reflects OpenAI’s core aim to ensuring artificial general intelligence benefits everyone. By setting clear rules and acting swiftly on policy violations, OpenAI hopes to keep AI tools safe and accessible for…
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Trinity of Chaos Leaks Data from 39 Companies, Google, Cisco Among Targets
A newly formed ransomware collective calling itself the Trinity of Chaos has published a data leak site (DLS) on the TOR network exposing the stolen records of 39 prominent corporations, including Google Adsense, CISCO, Toyota, FedEx and Disney/Hulu. The alliance comprises threat actors from Lapsus$, Scattered Spider and ShinyHunters, signaling a shift toward traditional ransomware…
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OpenAI Blocks ChatGPT Accounts Linked to Chinese Hackers Developing Malware
OpenAI has taken decisive action to stop misuse of its ChatGPT models by banning accounts tied to a group of Chinese hackers. This move reflects OpenAI’s core aim to ensuring artificial general intelligence benefits everyone. By setting clear rules and acting swiftly on policy violations, OpenAI hopes to keep AI tools safe and accessible for…
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AWS Client VPN for macOS Hit by Critical Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Amazon Web Services (AWS) released bulletin AWS-2025-020 detailing a serious flaw in the macOS version of its Client VPN software. The issue, tracked as CVE-2025-11462, arises when the VPN client fails to validate the log destination directory during log rotation. CVE ID Affected Products Impact Exploit Prerequisites CVSS 3.1 Score CVE-2025-11462 AWS Client VPN Client…
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PoC Exploit Released for Critical Vulnerabilities in Lua Engine
A new proof-of-concept exploit has been released for three severe vulnerabilities in the Lua scripting engine used by Redis 7.4.5. Security researchers discovered that attackers can trigger remote code execution and privilege escalation by abusing flaws in the Lua parser, the unpack() function, and the protection of basic type metatables. These issues pose a direct threat to…
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AWS Client VPN for macOS Hit by Critical Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Amazon Web Services (AWS) released bulletin AWS-2025-020 detailing a serious flaw in the macOS version of its Client VPN software. The issue, tracked as CVE-2025-11462, arises when the VPN client fails to validate the log destination directory during log rotation. CVE ID Affected Products Impact Exploit Prerequisites CVSS 3.1 Score CVE-2025-11462 AWS Client VPN Client…
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ASCII Smuggling Attack in Gemini Tricks AI Agents into Revealing Smuggled Data
Enterprise AI assistants face a hidden menacewhen invisible control characters are used to smuggle malicious instructions into prompts. In September 2025, FireTail researcher Viktor Markopoulos tested several large language models (LLMs) for susceptibility to the long-standing ASCII Smuggling technique. His findings reveal that some widely adopted services still fail to strip out hidden Unicode tags,…
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PoC Exploit Released for Critical Vulnerabilities in Lua Engine
A new proof-of-concept exploit has been released for three severe vulnerabilities in the Lua scripting engine used by Redis 7.4.5. Security researchers discovered that attackers can trigger remote code execution and privilege escalation by abusing flaws in the Lua parser, the unpack() function, and the protection of basic type metatables. These issues pose a direct threat to…
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ASCII Smuggling Attack in Gemini Tricks AI Agents into Revealing Smuggled Data
Enterprise AI assistants face a hidden menacewhen invisible control characters are used to smuggle malicious instructions into prompts. In September 2025, FireTail researcher Viktor Markopoulos tested several large language models (LLMs) for susceptibility to the long-standing ASCII Smuggling technique. His findings reveal that some widely adopted services still fail to strip out hidden Unicode tags,…
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APT35: Inside the Structure, Toolset, and Espionage Operations of an IRGC-Linked Group
In a groundbreaking disclosure, CloudSEK’s TRIAD unit has unearthed internal operational materials that shed light on Charming Kitten (APT35), revealing an intricate espionage apparatus linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The leak comprises over 100 Persian-language files marked with Jalali calendar dates and aligned with Tehran time, underscoring its authenticity. At the apex,…
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The Cyber Express Joins c0c0n 2025 as the Official Media Partner for the 17th Edition
The Cyber Express is proud to announce that it is the official media partner for c0c0n 2025, India’s longest-running cybersecurity and hacking conference. Now in its 17th edition, c0c0n will return to Kochi from October 711, 2025, with an expanded agenda that promises to bring together some of the sharpest minds in cybersecurity”, from government…
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Shuyal Stealer Malware Exploits 19 Browsers to Steal Logins
Shuyal Stealer is a recently uncovered infostealer that pushes the boundaries of traditional browser-targeted malware. Unlike most variants that zero in on popular platforms like Chrome and Edge, Shuyal dramatically widens its scope by targeting 19 different browsers, making it far more versatile and dangerous in its data-harvesting capabilities. Beyond the usual theft of browser-stored…
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The Cyber Express Joins c0c0n 2025 as the Official Media Partner for the 17th Edition
The Cyber Express is proud to announce that it is the official media partner for c0c0n 2025, India’s longest-running cybersecurity and hacking conference. Now in its 17th edition, c0c0n will return to Kochi from October 711, 2025, with an expanded agenda that promises to bring together some of the sharpest minds in cybersecurity”, from government…
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77% of Employees Share Company Secrets on ChatGPT Compromising Enterprise Policies
In an era where AI and SaaS applications underpin daily workflows, organizations face an unprecedented challenge: the invisible exfiltration of sensitive information. Traditional, file-based data loss prevention (DLP) measures were designed for attachments and downloads, but today’s risk landscape extends far beyond simple file movements. As employees increasingly rely on Generative AI tools and unmanaged…
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APT35: Inside the Structure, Toolset, and Espionage Operations of an IRGC-Linked Group
In a groundbreaking disclosure, CloudSEK’s TRIAD unit has unearthed internal operational materials that shed light on Charming Kitten (APT35), revealing an intricate espionage apparatus linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The leak comprises over 100 Persian-language files marked with Jalali calendar dates and aligned with Tehran time, underscoring its authenticity. At the apex,…
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77% of Employees Share Company Secrets on ChatGPT Compromising Enterprise Policies
In an era where AI and SaaS applications underpin daily workflows, organizations face an unprecedented challenge: the invisible exfiltration of sensitive information. Traditional, file-based data loss prevention (DLP) measures were designed for attachments and downloads, but today’s risk landscape extends far beyond simple file movements. As employees increasingly rely on Generative AI tools and unmanaged…
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Hackers Exploit CSS Properties to Conceal Malicious Code in Hidden Text Salting Attacks
In a sophisticated evolution of email-based attacks, adversaries have begun leveraging Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to inject hidden “salt”, irrelevant content used to confuse detection systems, deep within HTML emails. Cisco Talos’s year-long monitoring (March 1, 2024 July 31, 2025) reveals a marked increase in the abuse of CSS properties to conceal […] The post…