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Microsoft warns North Korean threat groups are scaling up fake worker schemes with generative AI
Attackers have turned AI into a “force multiplier” for the country’s expansive scheme to get and keep operatives hired at global companies, researchers said. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/microsoft-north-korea-ai-operations/
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Nearly half of exploited zero-day flaws target enterprise-grade technology
A report by Google Threat Intelligence Group warns that AI will be used to speed and scale attacks in 2026. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/half-exploited-zero-day-flaws-enterprise-grade-technology/814021/
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Transparent Tribe Uses AI to Mass-Produce Malware Implants in Campaign Targeting India
The Pakistan-aligned threat actor known as Transparent Tribe has become the latest hacking group to embrace artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding tools to strike targets with various implants.The activity is designed to produce a “high-volume, mediocre mass of implants” that are developed using lesser-known programming languages like Nim, Zig, and Crystal and rely on trusted services…
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Iran-linked APT targets US critical sectors with new backdoors
An Iran-linked hacking group has been active inside the networks of several US organizations since early February, raising concerns that the activity could precede broader … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/06/seedworm-muddywater-backdoors-victims/
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Iran-Linked MuddyWater Hackers Target U.S. Networks With New Dindoor Backdoor
New research from Broadcom’s Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team has discovered evidence of an Iranian hacking group embedding itself in several U.S. companies’ networks, including banks, airports, non-profit, and the Israeli arm of a software company.The activity has been attributed to a state-sponsored hacking group called MuddyWater (aka Seedworm). It’s affiliated with the…
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Iran-nexus APT Dust Specter targets Iraq officials with new malware
A campaign by Iran-linked group Dust Specter is targeting Iraqi officials with phishing emails delivering new malware families. Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers linked the Iran-nexus group Dust Specter to a campaign targeting Iraqi government officials. Threat actors impersonated the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in phishing messages that delivered previously unseen malware, including SPLITDROP, TWINTASK, TWINTALK,…
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Teenage hacker myth primed for a middle-age criminal makeover
Tags: access, breach, business, corporate, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, detection, extortion, finance, group, hacker, hacking, infrastructure, jobs, malware, network, penetration-testing, programming, ransomware, service, skills, software, technology, threat, vulnerabilityCybercrime cartels: Dray Agha, senior security operations manager at managed detection and response services firm Huntress, said the analysis illustrates that the “Hollywood image of a teenage lone wolf hacking for bragging rights” is vastly outdated since the threat landscape is dominated by “highly organised, profit-driven syndicates.””While young people may still engage in digital vandalism…
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Google GTIG: 90 zero-day flaws exploited in 2025 as enterprise targets grow
Google’s GTIG reports 90 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild in 2025, up from 78 in 2024, with a growing share targeting enterprise systems. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) identified 90 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild in 2025. While slightly below the 100 observed in 2023, the number increased from 78 in 2024, with…
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Challenges and projects for the CISO in 2026
Tags: access, ai, authentication, automation, awareness, cisco, ciso, cloud, communications, control, credentials, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, email, encryption, endpoint, finance, framework, group, identity, intelligence, leak, mobile, network, service, soc, sophos, strategy, technology, trainingHazel DÃez (Banco Santander), Roberto Lara (Vodafone), Marijus Briedis (NordVPN), Ãlvaro Fernández (Sophos), and Ãngel Ortiz (Cisco). Banco Santander, Vodafone, NordVPN, Sophos y Cisco. Montaje: Foundry Against this backdrop, Cisco defines AI as “the fundamental technology that will set the cybersecurity agenda in 2026,” in the words of Ortiz, who refers to the company’s Integrated…
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Zero-day exploits hit enterprises faster and harder
Tags: access, apple, attack, backdoor, business, china, cisco, cve, data, detection, endpoint, espionage, exploit, firewall, flaw, fortinet, google, group, hacker, infrastructure, ivanti, least-privilege, mobile, network, oracle, radius, ransomware, risk, router, russia, service, software, technology, threat, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-dayEnterprise environments under siege: Chinese threat actors continued to display a preference for targets that are difficult to monitor and allow persistent access to strategic networks. Notable examples include the groups that GTIG tracks as UNC5221, which exploited a flaw in Ivanti Connect Secure (CVE-2025-0282) and UNC3886, which exploited a vulnerability in Juniper routers (CVE-2025-21590).Another…
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China-Nexus Hackers Target Telecommunication Providers with New Malware Attack
A highly sophisticated China-linked threat actor, identified as UAT-9244, has been actively targeting critical telecommunications infrastructure across South America since 2024. Security researchers assess with high confidence that UAT-9244 exhibits close operational overlap with known espionage groups such as FamousSparrow and Tropic Trooper. To maintain a strong foothold in victim networks, the hackers deploy a…
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Google Uncovers 90 Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Under Active Exploitation in 2025
Tags: cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, google, group, intelligence, mobile, software, threat, vulnerability, zero-dayGoogle Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) reported 90 zero-day vulnerabilities actively exploited in the wild during 2025. While this total is slightly below the 2023 peak, it highlights a critical shift in the cybersecurity landscape, as attackers are increasingly abandoning generic browser exploits to target edge devices, enterprise software, and mobile operating systems.”‹ Shifting Targets and…
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Google says spyware makers and China-linked groups dominated zero-day attacks last year
Of the 90 zero-days GTIG tracked in 2025, 43 hit enterprise tech First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/03/05/zero_day_attacks_enterprise_tech_record/
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Google says spyware makers and China-linked groups dominated zero-day attacks last year
Of the 90 zero-days GTIG tracked in 2025, 43 hit enterprise tech First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/03/05/zero_day_attacks_enterprise_tech_record/
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Nation-State Actor Embraces AI Malware Assembly Line
Pakistan’s APT36 threat group has begun using vibe-coding to churn out mediocre malware, but at a scale that could overwhelm defenses. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/nation-state-actor-ai-malware-assembly-line
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Pakistan-Linked APT36 Floods Indian Govt Networks With AI-Made ‘Vibeware’
Bitdefender research reveals Pakistani group APT36 is using AI-generated vibeware and trusted cloud services like Google Sheets to target Indian officials. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/pakistan-apt36-indian-govt-networks-ai-vibeware/
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Google says 90 zero-days exploited in 2025 as commercial vendor activity grows
Google Threat Intelligence Group said it tracked 90 zero-day vulnerabilities that were exploited by a variety of actors last year, surpassing the 78 that were used by threat actors in 2024. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/google-says-90-zero-days-exploited-apt-spyware-vendors
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Google says 90 zero-days were exploited in attacks last year
Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) tracked 90 zero-day vulnerabilities actively exploited throughout 2025, almost half of them in enterprise software and appliances. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-says-90-zero-days-were-exploited-in-attacks-last-year/
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62 people indicted by Taiwanese prosecutors over ties to cyber scam company Prince Group
The Taipei District Prosecutors Office initiated its investigation in October after Chen Zhi, the founder of the Prince Group, was indicted by U.S. prosecutors on money laundering charges. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/62-indicted-taiwan-prince-group-scams
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State-affiliated hackers set up for critical OT attacks that operators may not detect
Tags: access, antivirus, attack, conference, control, credentials, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, firmware, fortinet, group, hacker, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, Intruder, lessons-learned, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, password, penetration-testing, phishing, regulation, russia, service, spear-phishing, supply-chain, threat, tool, ukraine, update, vulnerabilityRussia’s OT attack teams expand beyond Ukraine: The Russia-linked pair Kamacite and Electrum, which Dragos has tracked since the mid-2010s and is responsible for the 2015 and 2016 cyberattacks that took down parts of Ukraine’s power grid, expanded operations into NATO territory in 2025 after years focused almost exclusively on Ukrainian targets.Kamacite, which serves as…
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Google uncovers Coruna iOS Exploit Kit targeting iOS 1317.2.1
Google warns of the Coruna iOS exploit kit, using 23 exploits across five chains to target iPhones running iOS 1317.2.1, but not the latest iOS. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group has identified a powerful new iOS exploit kit called Coruna (also known as CryptoWaters) that targets Apple iPhones running iOS versions 13.0 through 17.2.1. The kit…
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State-affiliated hackers set up for critical OT attacks that operators may not detect
Tags: access, antivirus, attack, conference, control, credentials, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, firmware, fortinet, group, hacker, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, Intruder, lessons-learned, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, password, penetration-testing, phishing, regulation, russia, service, spear-phishing, supply-chain, threat, tool, ukraine, update, vulnerabilityRussia’s OT attack teams expand beyond Ukraine: The Russia-linked pair Kamacite and Electrum, which Dragos has tracked since the mid-2010s and is responsible for the 2015 and 2016 cyberattacks that took down parts of Ukraine’s power grid, expanded operations into NATO territory in 2025 after years focused almost exclusively on Ukrainian targets.Kamacite, which serves as…
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Angriffe auf Lieferketten entwickeln sich zur weltweit größten Cyberbedrohung
Das Netz der Täuschung bei Angriffen auf die Software-Lieferkette aufdecken Der diesjährige Bericht zu Trends im Bereich Hightech-Kriminalität von Group-IB zeigt, dass sich die Cyberkriminalität entscheidend von isolierten Angriffen hin zu einer Gefährdung des gesamten Ökosystems verlagert hat, bei der Angreifer vertrauenswürdige Anbieter, Open-Source-Software, SaaS-Plattformen, Browser-Erweiterungen und Managed Service Provider ausnutzen, um sich Zugang zu……
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Angriffe auf Lieferketten entwickeln sich zur weltweit größten Cyberbedrohung
Das Netz der Täuschung bei Angriffen auf die Software-Lieferkette aufdecken Der diesjährige Bericht zu Trends im Bereich Hightech-Kriminalität von Group-IB zeigt, dass sich die Cyberkriminalität entscheidend von isolierten Angriffen hin zu einer Gefährdung des gesamten Ökosystems verlagert hat, bei der Angreifer vertrauenswürdige Anbieter, Open-Source-Software, SaaS-Plattformen, Browser-Erweiterungen und Managed Service Provider ausnutzen, um sich Zugang zu……
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What to Expect from Iran’s Digital Counterstrike
Tags: attack, breach, cloud, communications, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, espionage, exploit, extortion, finance, government, group, hacking, infrastructure, intelligence, international, iran, leak, middle-east, military, network, ransomware, risk, risk-assessment, service, tool, update, vulnerability, wormAfter the United States and Israel began a bombing campaign on Iran, leading to the decapitation of its political and military leaders, the Middle East has erupted into waves of kinetic warfare. But what should we expect about cyber? Iran has a formidable offensive cybersecurity capability and is considered one of the four most aggressive…
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The Verification Imperative: How One Framework Is Reshaping Trust in Financial Code
The software that moves money, processes trades, and manages accounts is among the most scrutinized code on earth. Yet even in highly regulated financial environments, a vulnerability persists that traditional perimeter security cannot address: the integrity of the code itself between development and deployment. Jamshir Qureshi, a Vice President at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, USA,..…
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149 Hacktivist DDoS Attacks Hit 110 Organizations in 16 Countries After Middle East Conflict
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a surge in retaliatory hacktivist activity following the U.S.-Israel coordinated military campaign against Iran, codenamed Epic Fury and Roaring Lion.”The hacktivist threat in the Middle East is highly lopsided, with two groups, Keymous+ and DieNet, driving nearly 70% of all attack activity between February 28 and March 2,” Radware said…
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Iranian cyberattacks fail to materialize but threat remains acute
Tags: ai, application-security, attack, ceo, control, country, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, defense, endpoint, finance, government, group, healthcare, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iran, malware, mfa, monitoring, phishing, risk, service, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, update, vpnTargeting and response: According to Adrian Cheek, a senior cybercrime researcher at Canadian threat intelligence company Flare, the most at-risk sectors are critical infrastructure, including the defense and government supply chain, financial services, energy, and healthcare.”Water, energy, and healthcare sectors are currently the most exposed. These sectors combine high targeting priority with weak baseline security,…
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Coruna iOS Exploit Kit Uses 23 Exploits Across Five Chains Targeting iOS 1317.2.1
Google said it identified a “new and powerful” exploit kit dubbed Coruna (aka CryptoWaters) targeting Apple iPhone models running iOS versions between 13.0 and 17.2.1.The exploit kit featured five full iOS exploit chains and a total of 23 exploits, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) said. It’s not effective against the latest version of iOS. The…
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From phishing to Google Drive C2: Silver Dragon expands APT41 playbook
APT group Silver Dragon, linked to APT41, targets governments via server exploits and phishing, using Cobalt Strike and Google Drive for C2. Check Point researchers have identified Silver Dragon, an APT group tied to the China-linked group APT41, targeting government entities in Europe and Southeast Asia since mid-2024. The group gains initial access by exploiting…