Tag: cyber
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Fileless Remcos Attacks: Injecting Malicious Code into RMClient to Evade EDR
CyberProof researchers detected a significant surge in Remcos (Remote Control & Surveillance Software) campaigns throughout September and October 2025, exploiting sophisticated fileless techniques to evade endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions. By leveraging highly obfuscated PowerShell scripts and process hollowing into Microsoft’s RMClient.exe, attackers are gaining stealthy persistence and targeting browser credentials. Although Remcos is…
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Threat Actors Exploiting Azure Blob Storage to Breach Organizational Repositories
Threat actors are increasingly targeting Azure Blob Storage, Microsoft’s flagship object storage solution, to infiltrate organizational repositories and disrupt critical workloads. With its capacity to handle exabytes of unstructured data for AI, high performance computing, analytics, media streaming, enterprise backup, and IoT ingestion, Blob Storage has become an attractive vector for sophisticated campaigns aiming to…
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SharkStealer Adopts EtherHiding Technique for C2 Communication Evasion
SharkStealer, a Golang-based information stealer, has been observed leveraging the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) Testnet as a covert dead-drop mechanism for command-and-control (C2) communications. By adopting an “EtherHiding” pattern, the malware retrieves encrypted C2 details from smart contracts through Ethereum RPC calls, decrypts the payload in memory, and initiates contact”, all while blending in with…
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Hackers Exploit Microsoft 365 Direct Send to Evade Filters and Steal Data
Cybercriminals are increasingly exploiting a legitimate Microsoft 365 feature designed for enterprise convenience, turning Exchange Online’s Direct Send into a dangerous vector for phishing campaigns and business email compromise attacks. Security researchers across the industry are sounding the alarm as malicious actors leverage this trusted pathway to bypass authentication checks and deliver convincing internal-looking messages…
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JLR Hack UK’s Costliest Ever, Hitting Economy with £1.9bn Loss
The Cyber Monitoring Centre has classified the cyber-attack against Jaguar Land Rover as a “systemic cyber event” First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/jlr-hack-uk-costliest-ever-19bn/
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Retail Cyberattacks Reveal Hidden Weaknesses In Supply Chain Security
Cyberattacks on UK retailers show rising supply chain risks. Learn how zero-trust, vendor vetting, and continuous monitoring strengthen cyber resilience. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/retail-cyberattacks-reveal-hidden-weaknesses-in-supply-chain-security/
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‘I am not a robot’: Russian hackers use fake CAPTCHA lures to deploy espionage tools
Tags: access, attack, authentication, awareness, captcha, ceo, communications, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, email, endpoint, espionage, exploit, group, hacker, incident response, least-privilege, login, malicious, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, phishing, powershell, russia, strategy, tactics, theft, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustEvolving tactics and strategies: Analysts said ColdRiver, which for years focused on credential theft and email account compromise, is shifting toward multi-stage intrusions that rely on users to execute malicious code.By using ClickFix pages that mimic CAPTCHA verification screens, the group can bypass email security filters and deliver malware directly to victims’ devices, increasing the…
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US ‘slipping’ on cybersecurity, annual Cyberspace Solarium Commission report concludes
The annual implementation report recommends reversing Trump administration budget cuts, empowering the national cyber director and other steps. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/cyberspace-solarium-commission-report-budget-workforce-cuts/
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Retail Cyberattacks Reveal Hidden Weaknesses In Supply Chain Security
Cyberattacks on UK retailers show rising supply chain risks. Learn how zero-trust, vendor vetting, and continuous monitoring strengthen cyber resilience. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/retail-cyberattacks-reveal-hidden-weaknesses-in-supply-chain-security/
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Hackers Use ASP.NET Machine Keys to Break Into IIS, Push Malicious Extensions
Tags: china, cyber, cybersecurity, detection, exploit, framework, hacker, malicious, monitoring, threatIn September 2025, Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) Cybersecurity, a managed detection and response provider, in collaboration with Elastic Security Labs, uncovered a sophisticated post-exploitation campaign by a Chinese-speaking threat actor. Using this method, the attackers installed a malicious IIS module named TOLLBOOTH, deployed a Godzilla-forked webshell framework, leveraged the GotoHTTP remote monitoring and management…
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Jaguar Land Rover cyber-meltdown tipped to cost the UK almost £2B
Tags: cyberThat’s a lot of extended warranties First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/22/jaguar_lander_rover_cost/
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Jaguar Land Rover hack has cost UK economy £1.9bn, experts say
Cybersecurity body says more than 5,000 organisations affected in most costly cyber-attack to hit Britain<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/oct/22/uk-inflation-stays-at-38-as-food-price-rises-slow-for-first-time-since-march-business-live”>Business live latest updates</li></ul>The hack of Jaguar Land Rover has cost the British economy an estimated £1.9bn and affected more than 5,000 organisations, a cybersecurity body has said.A report by the Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC) said losses could be higher…
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Jaguar Land Rover hack has cost UK economy £1.9bn, experts say
Cybersecurity body says more than 5,000 organisations affected in most costly cyber-attack to hit Britain<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/oct/22/uk-inflation-stays-at-38-as-food-price-rises-slow-for-first-time-since-march-business-live”>Business live latest updates</li></ul>The hack of Jaguar Land Rover has cost the British economy an estimated £1.9bn and affected more than 5,000 organisations, a cybersecurity body has said.A report by the Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC) said losses could be higher…
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Bitter APT Exploits WinRAR Zero-Day Through Malicious Word Files to Steal Sensitive Data
In a newly uncovered campaign, the threat group known as Bitter”, also tracked as APT-Q-37″, has leveraged both malicious Office macros and a previously undocumented WinRAR path traversal vulnerability to deliver a C# backdoor and siphon sensitive information. Researchers at Qi’anxin Threat Intelligence Center warn that this dual-pronged attack illustrates the group’s evolving tactics and…
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Researchers Identify PassiveNeuron APT Using Neursite and NeuralExecutor Malware
Government, financial, and industrial organizations located in Asia, Africa, and Latin America are the target of a new campaign dubbed PassiveNeuron, according to findings from Kaspersky.The cyber espionage activity was first flagged by the Russian cybersecurity vendor in November 2024, when it disclosed a set of attacks aimed at government entities in Latin America and…
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Researchers Identify PassiveNeuron APT Using Neursite and NeuralExecutor Malware
Government, financial, and industrial organizations located in Asia, Africa, and Latin America are the target of a new campaign dubbed PassiveNeuron, according to findings from Kaspersky.The cyber espionage activity was first flagged by the Russian cybersecurity vendor in November 2024, when it disclosed a set of attacks aimed at government entities in Latin America and…
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Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2025-59287) Notice
Overview Recently, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Microsoft released a security update that fixed the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-59287); Because WSUS’s GetCookie does not perform type verification when processing objects, an unauthenticated attacker can achieve remote code execution by deserializing malicious data to control the target server. The CVSS score…The…
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Beware of the Risk of Open-Source License Changes
It is not uncommon for open source licenses to change. When licenses change, users often need to re-evaluate compliance risks. Take Redis as an example. Redis is a popular key-value store whose open source license has undergone changes from BSD to SSPL and then to AGPL, which has caused widespread discussion and controversy in the…The…
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CAASM and EASM: Top 12 attack surface discovery and management tools
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, blockchain, business, cloud, control, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, detection, dns, endpoint, exploit, framework, guide, hacking, HIPAA, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, leak, marketplace, microsoft, monitoring, network, open-source, PCI, risk, risk-assessment, service, soc, software, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityCAASM and EASM tools for attack surface discovery and management: Periodic scans of the network are no longer sufficient for maintaining a hardened attack surface. Continuous monitoring for new assets and configuration drift are critical to ensure the security of corporate resources and customer data.New assets need to be identified and incorporated into the monitoring…
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Vidar Stealer Exploits: Direct Memory Attacks Used to Capture Browser Credentials
On October 6, 2025, the cybercriminal developer known as >>Loadbaks
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Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2025-59287) Notice
Overview Recently, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Microsoft released a security update that fixed the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-59287); Because WSUS’s GetCookie does not perform type verification when processing objects, an unauthenticated attacker can achieve remote code execution by deserializing malicious data to control the target server. The CVSS score…The…
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Beware of the Risk of Open-Source License Changes
It is not uncommon for open source licenses to change. When licenses change, users often need to re-evaluate compliance risks. Take Redis as an example. Redis is a popular key-value store whose open source license has undergone changes from BSD to SSPL and then to AGPL, which has caused widespread discussion and controversy in the…The…
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Millions of Credentials Stolen Each Day by Stealer Malware
The cybercrime ecosystem surrounding stealer malware has reached unprecedented scale, with threat actors now processing millions of stolen credentials daily through sophisticated distribution networks. Security researchers have been monitoring these operations for nearly a year, revealing an alarming infrastructure that processes victim data at industrial volumes through platforms like Telegram, forums, and social media sites.…
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New Rust Malware “ChaosBot” Hides CommandControl Inside Discord
A sophisticated, Rust-based malware dubbed ChaosBot has been exposed utilizing the Discord platform for its Command and Control (C2) operations. This isn’t your average botnet; it’s a new generation of threat that hides its malicious traffic by communicating over the popular, legitimate service, making detection significantly more challenging for traditional security tools. ChaosBot operates by…
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New Rust Malware “ChaosBot” Hides CommandControl Inside Discord
A sophisticated, Rust-based malware dubbed ChaosBot has been exposed utilizing the Discord platform for its Command and Control (C2) operations. This isn’t your average botnet; it’s a new generation of threat that hides its malicious traffic by communicating over the popular, legitimate service, making detection significantly more challenging for traditional security tools. ChaosBot operates by…
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New Salt Typhoon Attacks Leverage Zero-Days and DLL Sideloading
Salt Typhoon represents one of the most persistent and sophisticated cyber threats targeting global critical infrastructure today. Believed to be linked to state-sponsored actors from the People’s Republic of China, this advanced persistent threat group has executed a series of high-impact campaigns against telecommunications providers, energy networks, and government systems”, most notably across the United…
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Oracle October 2025 Critical Patch Update Addresses 170 CVEs
Oracle addresses 170 CVEs in its final quarterly update of 2025 with 374 patches, including 40 critical updates. Background On October 21, Oracle released its Critical Patch Update (CPU) for October 2025, the fourth and final quarterly update of the year. This CPU contains fixes for 170 unique CVEs in 374 security updates across 29…
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Hackers Exploit OAuth Apps to Keep Cloud Access Even After Password Resets
Cloud account takeover attacks have evolved beyond simple credential theft. Cybercriminals are now exploiting OAuth applications to maintain persistent access to compromised environments, bypassing traditional security measures like password resets and multifactor authentication. Cloud account takeover (ATO) attacks have become a significant concern in recent years, with cybercriminals and state-sponsored actors increasingly adopting malicious OAuth…
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Companies want the benefits of AI without the cyber blowback
51% of European IT and cybersecurity professionals said they expect AI-driven cyber threats and deepfakes to keep them up at night in 2026, according to ISACA. AI takes centre … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/22/2026-ai-driven-cyber-threats-report/