Tag: cyber
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Cyber attackers bypass traditional defences as ‘user-driven’ attacks surge, Bridewell warns
Cyber attackers are increasingly sidestepping traditional security tools by exploiting users themselves, according to Bridewell’s newly released Cyber Threat Intelligence Report 2026. The report highlights a significant shift in attacker behaviour, with threat actors moving away from malware-heavy campaigns towards identity-driven and socially engineered attacks that operate within trusted systems, often leaving little trace for…
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The Infosecurity Europe Cyber Startup Competition: Meet the Finalists
New for 2026, the Infosecurity Europe Startup competition will see five finalists pitch their ideas in front of a live audience, including senior industry leaders, investors and buyers First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/infosec-europe-cyber-startup/
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Gamaredon Deploys GammaDrop, GammaLoad in Phishing Campaigns
Gamaredon Uses GammaDrop and GammaLoad Downloaders in Multi-Stage Phishing Attacks. A sustained cyber-espionage campaign linked to the Gamaredon threat group is actively targeting Ukrainian government entities using multi-stage phishing attacks and evolving malware loaders. Gamaredon, also known as UAC-0010 or Shuckworm, continues to exploit CVE-2025-8088, a directory traversal vulnerability in WinRAR that allows attackers to…
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Gremlin Stealer Hides Payloads in .NET Resources to Evade Detection
A newly discovered variant of the Gremlin Stealer is raising concerns among security researchers by adopting stealth-focused techniques that significantly reduce its detection footprint. Gremlin Stealer is an information-stealing malware actively sold on Telegram. It targets a wide range of sensitive data from infected systems, including payment card details, browser cookies, session tokens, cryptocurrency wallets,…
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Paper Werewolf APT Spreads EchoGather RAT via Fake Adobe Installer
A sophisticated Russian-language threat cluster known asPaper Werewolf(also tracked as GOFFEE) has launched a fresh wave of targeted cyberattacks against Russian industrial, financial, and transport organizations between March and April 2026. The attack begins with a phishing email carrying a PDF attachment. Embedded inside the PDF is a URL pointing to a ZIP archive named…
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Critical NGINX Vulnerability Lets Hackers Launch Remote Code Execution Attacks
Tags: attack, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, hacker, open-source, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilityA newly disclosed vulnerability in NGINX is already being actively exploited, raising serious concerns across the global cybersecurity community. Tracked as CVE-2026-42945, the flaw affects both NGINX Open Source and NGINX Plus, potentially allowing attackers to crash servers or execute remote code under specific conditions. Security researcher Patrick Garrity of VulnCheck revealed that exploitation attempts…
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Critical NGINX Vulnerability Lets Hackers Launch Remote Code Execution Attacks
Tags: attack, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, hacker, open-source, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilityA newly disclosed vulnerability in NGINX is already being actively exploited, raising serious concerns across the global cybersecurity community. Tracked as CVE-2026-42945, the flaw affects both NGINX Open Source and NGINX Plus, potentially allowing attackers to crash servers or execute remote code under specific conditions. Security researcher Patrick Garrity of VulnCheck revealed that exploitation attempts…
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NCSC Publishes Guidance on Securing Agentic AI Use
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre is helping organizations to understand agentic AI security risks First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ncsc-publishes-guidance-securing/
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201 arrested in INTERPOL disruption of phishing and fraud networks
Operation Ramz, a cybercrime initiative coordinated by INTERPOL across the MENA region, focused on disrupting phishing campaigns, malware activity, and cyber scams that caused … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/18/interpol-mena-cybercrime-operation-ramz-201-arrests/
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Hackers Abuse Cloudflare Storage to Exfiltrate Network Files
A sophisticated cyber espionage campaign targeting multiple Malaysian organizations has been uncovered, revealing a highly structured attack chain that blends custom tooling, cloud infrastructure, and stealthy data exfiltration. At the center of the operation is an Azure virtual machine (IP: 20.17.161.118) used to orchestrate attacks across government-linked networks. The infrastructure contained a wide range of…
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Microsoft Acknowledges Windows 11 Update Failure Linked to Error 0x800f0922
Microsoft has acknowledged a growing issue affecting Windows 11 users: the May 2026 cumulative update (KB5089549) fails to install, resulting in error code 0x800f0922. The problem is affecting systems running Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2, raising concerns among enterprise administrators and individual users who rely on timely security patches. Released on May 12, 2026,…
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Hackers Hide PureLogs Infostealer in PawsRunner Loader
Threat actors are increasingly hiding malware inside seemingly harmless files, and a new campaign shows just how effective this tactic has become. The attack begins with a phishing email carrying a TXZ archive attachment. Disguised as an urgent invoice, the file pressures victims into opening it quickly. Once extracted, the archive reveals a JavaScript file…
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Critical Marimo RCE Flaw Could Let Attackers Execute Malicious Code Remotely
A newly disclosed critical vulnerability in the Marimo Python notebook framework is raising serious alarms across the cybersecurity community, as it allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands remotely, without authentication. Tracked as CVE-2026-39987, the flaw exposes a WebSocket endpoint that can be abused to spawn a system-level shell, potentially leading to full infrastructure compromise. Marimo RCE…
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Pre-Stuxnet Fast16 Malware Tampered with Nuclear Weapons Simulations
A new analysis of the Lua-based fast16 malware has confirmed that it was a cyber sabotage tool designed to tamper with nuclear weapons testing simulations.According to Broadcom-owned Symantec and Carbon Black teams, the pre-Stuxnet tool was engineered to corrupt uranium-compression simulations that are central to nuclear weapon design.”Fast16’s hook engine is selectively interested in First…
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n8n Security Flaws Could Let Attackers Achieve Remote Code Execution
A set of critical vulnerabilities in the popular workflow automation platform n8n has raised serious security concerns, with researchers warning that attackers could chain multiple flaws to achieve full remote code execution (RCE) on affected systems. The issues, disclosed in multiple GitHub Security Advisories, impact n8n versions before 1.123.43, 2.20.7, and 2.22.1. All vulnerabilities require…
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OtterCookie Malware Steals Dev Secrets, SSH Keys, Cloud Credentials, and Tokens
A newly analyzed malware strain, OtterCookie, is emerging as a serious threat to developers, quietly harvesting sensitive data from active workstations in real time. Unlike earlier assumptions, OtterCookie is not a variant of BeaverTail but a separate Node. js-based remote access trojan (RAT) with a different command-and-control design and a stronger focus on continuous surveillance.…
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Fast16 Malware Sabotages Nuclear Test Simulations by Altering Data
A newly analyzed cyber-espionage framework called Fast16 has revealed one of the most precise and covert sabotage operations ever uncovered targeting nuclear weapons simulations by silently manipulating critical test data. Researchers confirm that the malware didn’t just infiltrate systems it altered the scientific results themselves. Fast16’s core capability lies in its highly selective “hook engine,”…
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Linux Torvalds Warns AI Bug Report Spam Is Disrupting Linux Security Discussions
Linux kernel creator Linus Torvald has warned that a flood of low”‘value, AI”‘generated bug reports is overwhelming the private Linux security mailing list and actively disrupting real security work. The new kernel documentation for Linux 7.1 now explicitly tells AI users to treat such findings as public bugs and to contribute thorough analysis and patches…
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1 Million WordPress Websites Exposed by Avada Builder Security Vulnerabilities
A widely used WordPress plugin powering over one million websites has been found vulnerable to two serious security flaws that could expose sensitive data and server files. Security researchers warn that the issues in the Avada Builder plugin could allow both authenticated and unauthenticated attackers to compromise affected sites. The vulnerabilities, discovered by researcher Rafie…
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1 Million WordPress Websites Exposed by Avada Builder Security Vulnerabilities
A widely used WordPress plugin powering over one million websites has been found vulnerable to two serious security flaws that could expose sensitive data and server files. Security researchers warn that the issues in the Avada Builder plugin could allow both authenticated and unauthenticated attackers to compromise affected sites. The vulnerabilities, discovered by researcher Rafie…
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Critical FunnelKit Vulnerability Puts 40,000+ WooCommerce Sites at Risk
A critical security vulnerability in the Funnel Builder plugin by FunnelKit is actively being exploited, putting more than 40,000 WooCommerce websites at risk of payment data theft. The vulnerability affects all Funnel Builder versions prior to 3.15.0.3 and allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript into WooCommerce checkout pages. Funnel Builder is widely used to…
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Crafted JPEGs Could Trigger PHP Memory Bugs for Exploitation
PHP, one of the most widely used web programming languages, is rarely viewed as a direct attack surface at its core level. Security focus typically shifts toward frameworks and third-party libraries. However, new research shows that PHP’s built-in functionality specifically the ext/standard extension can expose critical risks when handling untrusted input such as image files.…
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Researchers Build First Public Apple M5 macOS Kernel Exploit with Mythos Preview
Security researchers have unveiled the first publicly known macOS kernel memory corruption exploit targeting Apple’s latest M5 silicon, marking a significant moment for both offensive security and Apple’s next-generation defenses. The exploit, developed in collaboration with Mythos Preview, reportedly bypasses Apple’s advanced Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE), a hardware-backed mitigation designed to stop this class of…
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Malicious npm Packages Steal SSH Keys, Cloud Credentials, and Crypto Wallets
A new supply chain attack campaign targeting developers has surfaced in the npm ecosystem, with four malicious packages discovered stealing sensitive data, including SSH keys, cloud credentials, and cryptocurrency wallets. The campaign, identified by OX Security within the past 24 hours, highlights the growing risk posed by typosquatting attacks and reused open-source malware. The malicious…
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Claude Code Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Run Commands Through Crafted Deeplinks
A recently disclosed flaw in Claude Code allowed attackers to execute arbitrary system commands using a single crafted deeplink URL, turning a convenience feature into a remote code execution (RCE) vector. The issue, documented by security researcher Joernchen, has been fixed in Claude Code version 2.1.118, but demonstrates how subtle CLI parsing mistakes can have…
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Crime increasingly a ‘serious barrier’ to UK growth, say business leaders
British Chambers of Commerce survey shows firms ‘are dealing with rising levels of theft, fraud and cyber-attacks’UK business leaders have warned that crime is becoming an increasingly “serious barrier” to growing Britain’s economy amid a rise in shoplifting, fraud and cyber-attacks against companies.The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), which represents tens of thousands of businesses…
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Canvas hack: is it ever a good idea to pay a ransom, and what happens to the data?
Businesses are advised against paying but many are prepared to deal to protect users’ privacyAfter a week of outages, hundreds of millions of students’ data stolen, delayed assignment due dates and school login pages being defaced by hackers, the US tech firm Instructure which operates the education platform Canvas, used by education providers worldwide announced…