Tag: group
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OceanLotus Targets Xinchuang Ecosystem with Sophisticated Supply Chain Attacks
The advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as OceanLotus (APT32) has been observed launching a sophisticated cyberespionage campaign specifically targeting China’s >>Xinchuang
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OceanLotus Targets Xinchuang Ecosystem with Sophisticated Supply Chain Attacks
The advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as OceanLotus (APT32) has been observed launching a sophisticated cyberespionage campaign specifically targeting China’s >>Xinchuang
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OceanLotus Targets Xinchuang Ecosystem with Sophisticated Supply Chain Attacks
The advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as OceanLotus (APT32) has been observed launching a sophisticated cyberespionage campaign specifically targeting China’s >>Xinchuang
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Cloudflare Forces Widespread Outage to Mitigate Exploitation of Maximum Severity Vulnerability in React2Shell
A critical React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182) RCE flaw in React and Next.js is being actively exploited by China-nexus threat groups, prompting urgent patching and global mitigations. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/cloudflare-forces-widespread-outage-to-mitigate-exploitation-of-maximum-severity-vulnerability-in-react2shell/
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Barts Health Confirms Cl0p Ransomware Behind Data Breach Linked to Oracle Vulnerability
Tags: breach, business, data, data-breach, exploit, group, oracle, ransomware, russia, service, theft, vulnerabilityBarts Health NHS Trust has confirmed that the data breach at Barts Health was carried out by the Russian-speaking Cl0p ransomware group, which exploited a vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite. The Barts Health data breach involved the theft of files from one of the trust’s invoice databases, exposing information linked to payments for treatment and…
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Cloudflare Forces Widespread Outage to Mitigate Exploitation of Maximum Severity Vulnerability in React2Shell
A critical React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182) RCE flaw in React and Next.js is being actively exploited by China-nexus threat groups, prompting urgent patching and global mitigations. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/cloudflare-forces-widespread-outage-to-mitigate-exploitation-of-maximum-severity-vulnerability-in-react2shell/
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Barts Health Confirms Cl0p Ransomware Behind Data Breach Linked to Oracle Vulnerability
Tags: breach, business, data, data-breach, exploit, group, oracle, ransomware, russia, service, theft, vulnerabilityBarts Health NHS Trust has confirmed that the data breach at Barts Health was carried out by the Russian-speaking Cl0p ransomware group, which exploited a vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite. The Barts Health data breach involved the theft of files from one of the trust’s invoice databases, exposing information linked to payments for treatment and…
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MuddyWater Deploys UDPGangster Backdoor in Targeted Turkey-Israel-Azerbaijan Campaign
The Iranian hacking group known as MuddyWater has been observed leveraging a new backdoor dubbed UDPGangster that uses the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) for command-and-control (C2) purposes.The cyber espionage activity targeted users in Turkey, Israel, and Azerbaijan, according to a report from Fortinet FortiGuard Labs.”This malware enables remote control of compromised systems by allowing First…
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Shanya EDR Killer: The New Favorite Tool for Ransomware Operators
A sophisticated new >>packer-as-a-service>EDR killer
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LockBit 5.0 Infrastructure Exposed as Hackers Leak Critical Server Data
Tags: cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, group, hacker, infrastructure, leak, lockbit, ransomwareSecurity researchers have uncovered critical infrastructure details for the notorious LockBit 5.0 ransomware operation, including the IP address 205.185.116.233 and the domain karma0.xyz, which hosts the group’s latest leak site. The discovery represents a significant operational security failure for the cybercriminal organization. Cybersecurity researcher Rakesh Krishnan first publicized the findings on December 5, 2025, identifying…
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Warning: React2Shell vulnerability already being exploited by threat actors
Tags: ai, application-security, attack, china, cloud, communications, credentials, data, data-breach, exploit, firewall, framework, group, infosec, intelligence, linux, malicious, malware, open-source, service, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, wafSystem.Management.Automation.AmsiUtils.amsiInitFailed = true (a standard AMSI bypass), and iex executes the next stage.JFrog’s security research team also today reported finding a working proof of concept that leads to code execution, and they and others have also reported finding fake PoCs containing malicious code on GitHub. “Security teams must verify sources before testing [these PoCs],” warns JFrog.Amitai Cohen, attack…
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China Hackers Using Brickstorm Backdoor to Target Government, IT Entities
Chinese-sponsored groups are using the popular Brickstorm backdoor to access and gain persistence in government and tech firm networks, part of the ongoing effort by the PRC to establish long-term footholds in agency and critical infrastructure IT environments, according to a report by U.S. and Canadian security offices. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article:…
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State-linked groups target critical vulnerability in React Server Components
China-nexus threat groups have already begun targeting the flaw, creating widespread risk as nearly 40% of cloud environments are potentially impacted. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/state-linked-critical-vulnerability-react-server/807228/
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Hardening browser security with zero-trust controls
Tags: access, api, authentication, automation, browser, chrome, cisa, cloud, compliance, container, control, corporate, credentials, crowdstrike, data, data-breach, detection, edr, email, encryption, endpoint, exploit, fido, finance, framework, google, governance, group, Hardware, identity, kubernetes, least-privilege, login, malicious, malware, mfa, microsoft, network, nist, okta, passkey, password, phishing, phone, risk, risk-assessment, sap, service, soar, theft, threat, tool, update, wifi, windows, zero-trust1. Identity-first access control Network proximity is now an inferior trust signal. Only federated, cryptographically verifiable identity tokens issued by centralized enterprise IdPs using OIDC or SAML are permitted as gates to corporate resources. This transition, well-documented by FIDO Alliance and Microsoft research, transfers the very concept of “inside” the organization from the network to…
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React2Shell Vulnerability Under Attack from China-Nexus Groups
A maximum-severity vulnerability affecting the React JavaScript library is under attack by Chinese-nexus actors, further stressing the need to patch now. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/react2shell-under-attack-china-nexus-groups
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China-Linked Warp Panda Targets North American Firms in Espionage Campaign
CrowdStrike warned that Warp Panda, a China-linked cyber-espionage group, is targeting US organizations to steal sensitive data and support Beijing’s strategic interests First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/chinalinked-warp-panda/
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Chinese Nation-State Groups Tied to ‘React2Shell’ Targeting
Validated, Weaponized Exploit Code for Widely Used Web Framework Bug Now Public. Warnings continue to mount over a critical vulnerability in the widely used web application framework React, with threat intelligence analysts warning that it’s being actively targeted by Chinese nation-state groups, and that a legitimate, weaponized proof-of-concept exploit is now public. First seen on…
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Chinese Hackers Have Started Exploiting the Newly Disclosed React2Shell Vulnerability
Two hacking groups with ties to China have been observed weaponizing the newly disclosed security flaw in React Server Components (RSC) within hours of it becoming public knowledge.The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-55182 (CVSS score: 10.0), aka React2Shell, which allows unauthenticated remote code execution. It has been addressed in React versions 19.0.1, 19.1.2, and 19.2.1.According…
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China-Nexus Hackers Exploiting React2Shell Vulnerability in Active Attacks
Within hours of the public disclosure of CVE-2025-55182 on December 3, 2025, Amazon threat intelligence teams detected active exploitation attempts from multiple China-nexus threat groups, including Earth Lamia and Jackpot Panda. This critical vulnerability in React Server Components carries a maximum CVSS score of 10.0 and poses an immediate threat to organizations running vulnerable versions…
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Suspicious traffic could be testing CDN evasion, says expert
“Cf-Warp-Tag-Id,” which is associated with Cloudflare’s Warp VPN service;”X-Fastly-Request-Id,”, which is associated with the Fastly CDN;”X-Akamai-Transformed,” a header added by Akamai;and a puzzler: “X-T0Ken-Inf0.” Ullrich thinks it might contain a form of authentication token, but isn’t sure.In an interview, he said one explanation is that a threat actor is trying to get around a CDN’s…
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Suspicious traffic could be testing CDN evasion, says expert
“Cf-Warp-Tag-Id,” which is associated with Cloudflare’s Warp VPN service;”X-Fastly-Request-Id,”, which is associated with the Fastly CDN;”X-Akamai-Transformed,” a header added by Akamai;and a puzzler: “X-T0Ken-Inf0.” Ullrich thinks it might contain a form of authentication token, but isn’t sure.In an interview, he said one explanation is that a threat actor is trying to get around a CDN’s…
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Breach Roundup: React Flaw Incites Supply Chain Risk
Also, Microsoft Badly Patches LNK Flaw, Australian Sentenced for ‘Evil Twin’ Hack. This week, the React flaw, a belated Windows fix, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Signal group posed operational risk, more North Korean npm packages. An Australian jailed for Wi-Fi evil twin crimes. The US FTC will send $15.3 million to Avast users. A London…
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Phishing attempt against Reporters Without Borders attributed to Russia-linked group
The journalism nonprofit Reporters Without Borders and another organization reported phishing attempts to cybersecurity researchers, who tied them to a Russia-linked group known as Callisto, ColdRiver or Star Blizzard. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/phishing-attempt-reporters-without-borders-callisto-coldriver
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Silver Fox Uses Fake Microsoft Teams Installer to Spread ValleyRAT Malware in China
The threat actor known as Silver Fox has been spotted orchestrating a false flag operation to mimic a Russian threat group in attacks targeting organizations in China.The search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning campaign leverages Microsoft Teams lures to trick unsuspecting users into downloading a malicious setup file that leads to the deployment of ValleyRAT (Winos…
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Cryptohack Roundup: Authorities Shutter Cryptomixer
Also: Anthropic Warns of Autonomous AI Exploits on Blockchain. This week, authorities shutter Cryptomixer, Anthropic warns about autonomous AI exploits, U.K. plans ban on crypto political donations, Do Kwon seeks leniency, Lazarus Group suspected in Upbit theft, Balancer’s post-exploit plans and Yearn recovers some hacked amount. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/cryptohack-roundup-authorities-shutter-cryptomixer-a-30192
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ShadyPanda’s Years-Long Browser Hack Infected 4.3 Million Users
A threat group dubbed ShadyPanda exploited traditional extension processes in browser marketplaces by uploading legitimate extensions and then quietly weaponization them with malicious updates, infecting 4.3 million Chrome and Edge users with RCE malware and spyware. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/shadypandas-years-long-browser-hack-infected-4-3-million-users/
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ShadyPanda’s Years-Long Browser Hack Infected 4.3 Million Users
A threat group dubbed ShadyPanda exploited traditional extension processes in browser marketplaces by uploading legitimate extensions and then quietly weaponization them with malicious updates, infecting 4.3 million Chrome and Edge users with RCE malware and spyware. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/shadypandas-years-long-browser-hack-infected-4-3-million-users/
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GoldFactory Hits Southeast Asia with Modified Banking Apps Driving 11,000+ Infections
Cybercriminals associated with a financially motivated group known as GoldFactory have been observed staging a fresh round of attacks targeting mobile users in Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam by impersonating government services.The activity, observed since October 2024, involves distributing modified banking applications that act as a conduit for Android malware, Group-IB said in a technical First…
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Thailand seizes more than $300m in assets and issues 42 arrest warrants in cyberscam crackdown
Seizures and warrants involve Chinese-Cambodian tycoon Chen Zhi, who heads US-sanctioned Prince Group, and Cambodians Kok An and Yim LeakThailand has seized assets worth more than $300m, including shares in a major regional energy company, and issued arrest warrants for 42 people in a high-profile push against regional scam networks, officials said on Wednesday.Parts of…