Tag: malicious
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Malicious SEO Plugins on WordPress Can Lead to Site Takeover
A new wave of cyberattacks is targeting WordPress websites through malicious SEO plugins that can lead to complete site takeover. Security analysts have uncovered sophisticated malware campaigns where attackers disguise their plugins to blend seamlessly with legitimate site components, making detection extremely challenging for administrators. One particularly insidious tactic involves naming the malicious plugin after…
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Hackers Abuse Legitimate Inno Setup Installer to Deliver Malware
Cybercriminals are increasingly weaponizing legitimate software installer frameworks like Inno Setup to distribute malware, turning user-friendly tools into covert vehicles for malicious payloads. Originally designed to simplify software deployment on Windows, Inno Setup has become a favored tool among threat actors due to its trusted appearance and powerful Pascal scripting capabilities. This sophisticated abuse allows…
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Massive Android Ad Fraud ‘IconAds’ Uses Google Play to Target and Exploit Users
HUMAN’s Satori Threat Intelligence and Research Team has dismantled a sprawling ad fraud operation named IconAds, which infiltrated the Google Play Store with 352 malicious apps. At its peak, this scheme generated a staggering 1.2 billion bid requests daily, flooding users’ screens with out-of-context ads while employing cunning tactics to hide app icons and obscure…
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You can’t trust AI chatbots not to serve you phishing pages, malicious downloads, or bad code
Popular AI chatbots powered by large language models (LLMs) often fail to provide accurate information on any topic, but researchers expect threat actors to ramp up their … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/03/you-cant-trust-ai-chatbots-not-to-serve-you-phishing-pages-malicious-downloads-or-bad-code/
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IDE Extensions Pose Hidden Risks to Software Supply Chain
Malicious extensions can be engineered to bypass verification checks for popular integrated development environments, according to research from OX Security. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/ide-extensions-risks-software-supply-chain
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Browser Extensions Pose Heightened, but Manageable, Security Risks
Attackers can abuse malicious extensions to access critical data, including credentials, but organizations can reduce the risks by raising awareness and enforcing strict policy controls. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/browser-extensions-heightened-manageable-security-risks
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Analysis Surfaces Increased Usage of LLMs to Craft BEC Attacks
A Barracuda Networks analysis of unsolicited and malicious emails sent between February 2022 to April 2025 indicates 14% of the business email compromise (BEC) attacks identified were similarly created using a large language model (LLM). First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/07/analysis-surfaces-increased-usage-of-llms-to-craft-bec-attacks/
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Over 40 Malicious Firefox Extensions Target Cryptocurrency Wallets, Stealing User Assets
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered over 40 malicious browser extensions for Mozilla Firefox that are designed to steal cryptocurrency wallet secrets, putting users’ digital assets at risk.”These extensions impersonate legitimate wallet tools from widely-used platforms such as Coinbase, MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Phantom, Exodus, OKX, Keplr, MyMonero, Bitget, Leap, Ethereum Wallet, and Filfox First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Chinese Hackers Exploit Ivanti CSA Zero-Days in Attacks on French Government, Telecoms
The French cybersecurity agency on Tuesday revealed that a number of entities spanning governmental, telecommunications, media, finance, and transport sectors in the country were impacted by a malicious campaign undertaken by a Chinese hacking group by weaponizing several zero-day vulnerabilities in Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) devices.The campaign, detected at the beginning of First seen…
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North Korean crypto thieves deploy custom Mac backdoor
North Korean threat actors are targeting companies from the Web3 and crypto industries with a backdoor designed for macOS written in niche programming language Nim. The attackers are also using AppleScript for early stage payloads, including a fake Zoom update.”North Korean-aligned threat actors have previously experimented with Go and Rust, similarly combining scripts and compiled…
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CISA warns the Signal clone used by natsec staffers is being attacked, so patch now
Two flaws in TeleMessage are ‘frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors’ First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/07/02/cisa_telemessage_patch/
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Sixfold surge of ClickFix attacks threatens corporate defenses
Countermeasures: ClickFix attacks often bypass many security tools because the approach relies on user interaction. Training users to recognize suspicious prompts and avoid copying and running code from untrusted sources is a critical first step in defending against the growing threat.Tightening up technical controls such as endpoint protection, web filtering, and email security technologies to…
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U.S. Sanctions Russia’s Aeza Group for aiding crooks with bulletproof hosting
U.S. Treasury sanctions Russia-based Aeza Group and affiliates for aiding cybercriminals via bulletproof hosting services. The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Russia-based Aeza Group for aiding global cybercriminals via bulletproof hosting services. A bulletproof hosting service is a type of internet hosting provider that knowingly allows cybercriminals to host malicious content…
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Cybercriminals Use Malicious PDFs to Impersonate Microsoft, DocuSign, and Dropbox in Targeted Phishing Attacks
Cisco’s Talos security team has uncovered a surge in sophisticated phishing campaigns leveraging malicious PDF payloads to impersonate trusted brands like Microsoft, DocuSign, and Dropbox. According to a recent update to Cisco’s brand impersonation detection engine, these attacks have expanded in scope, targeting a broader array of well-known organizations with deceptive emails designed to exploit…
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Critical RCE flaw in Anthropic’s MCP inspector exposes developer machines to remote attacks
Chained with a legacy flaw for RCE : Oligo demonstrated that the attack vector combines two independent flaws. Attackers could chain the legacy “0.0.0.0-day” browser flaw, which lets web pages send requests to 0.0.0.0 address that browsers treat like localhost, to a CSRF-style attack leveraging the Inspector proxy’s vulnerable “/sse” endpoint that accepts commands via query…
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Hackers Target Linux SSH Servers to Deploy TinyProxy and Sing-Box Proxy Tools
Tags: credentials, cyber, exploit, hacker, intelligence, linux, malicious, monitoring, strategy, tool, vulnerabilityHackers are exploiting poorly managed Linux servers, particularly those with weak SSH credentials, to install proxy tools such as TinyProxy and Sing-box. The AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) has been closely monitoring these intrusions through honeypots mimicking vulnerable SSH services. Their findings reveal a sophisticated strategy where attackers repurpose legitimate tools for malicious intent, transforming…
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U.S. Sanctions Russian Bulletproof Hosting Provider for Supporting Cybercriminals Behind Ransomware
Tags: control, country, cybercrime, group, international, malicious, office, ransomware, russia, service, threatThe U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has levied sanctions against Russia-based bulletproof hosting (BPH) service provider Aeza Group to assist threat actors in their malicious activities and targeting victims in the country and across the world.The sanctions also extend to its subsidiaries Aeza International Ltd., the U.K. branch of…
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Anthropic MCP Inspector Vulnerability Lets Hackers Run Arbitrary Code Remotely
A newly disclosed vulnerability in Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) Inspector tool has sent shockwaves through the AI development community, exposing a critical attack vector that could allow hackers to execute arbitrary code on developers’ machines”, simply by luring them to a malicious website. CVE-2025-49596: A Critical Threat Tracked as CVE-2025-49596 and carrying a CVSS…
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‘Skynet’ Tries to Outwit AI Malware Analysis
This Is Not the Malicious Code You’re Looking For, Malware Tells AI. If you can’t outsmart the antivirus, maybe you can sweet-talk the algorithm into looking the other way. Security researchers discovered what appears to be the first known attempt to deploy prompt injection against artificial intelligence-powered malware analysis. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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We’ve All Been Wrong: Phishing Training Doesn’t Work
Teaching employees to detect malicious emails isn’t really having an impact. What other options do organizations have? First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/phishing-training-doesnt-work
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New FileFix attack runs JScript while bypassing Windows MoTW alerts
A new FileFix attack allows executing malicious scripts while bypassing the Mark of the Web (MoTW) protection in Windows by exploiting how browsers handle saved HTML webpages. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-filefix-attack-runs-jscript-while-bypassing-windows-motw-alerts/
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Kimusky Hackers Employ ClickFix Technique to Run Malicious Scripts on Victim Devices
The North Korean state-sponsored hacker collective Kimsuky has been found to use a dishonest technique called >>ClickFix
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New Flaw in IDEs Like Visual Studio Code Lets Malicious Extensions Bypass Verified Status
A new study of integrated development environments (IDEs) like Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, and Cursor has revealed weaknesses in how they handle the extension verification process, ultimately enabling attackers to execute malicious code on developer machines.”We discovered that flawed verification checks in Visual Studio Code allow publishers to add functionality First…
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LLMs are guessing login URLs, and it’s a cybersecurity time bomb
Tags: ai, api, blockchain, cybersecurity, data, github, LLM, login, malicious, monitoring, office, risk, supply-chain, trainingGithub poisoning for AI training: Not all hallucinated URLs were unintentional. In an unrelated research, Netcraft found evidence of attackers deliberately poisoning AI systems by seeding GitHub with malicious code repositories.”Multiple fake GitHub accounts shared a project called Moonshot-Volume-Bot, seeded across accounts with rich bios, profile images, social media accounts and credible coding activity,” researchers…
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Stealthy WordPress Malware Uses PHP Backdoor to Deliver Windows Trojan
A sophisticated malware campaign targeting WordPress websites has recently been uncovered, showcasing an intricate and stealthy approach to delivering a Windows-based trojan. This attack, which operates beneath the surface of seemingly clean websites, employs a layered infection chain involving PHP-based droppers, obfuscated code, and IP-based evasion tactics to distribute a malicious payload named client32.exe. Hidden…
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Threat Actors Exploit Facebook Ads to Distribute Malware and Steal Wallet Passwords
The Pi Network community eagerly celebrated Pi2Day, an event traditionally associated with platform updates, feature launches, and significant milestones. However, this year’s festivities have been overshadowed by a sinister wave of cyberattacks. Cybercriminals have capitalized on the event’s hype, launching a malicious ad campaign on Facebook to target unsuspecting users with phishing scams and malware…
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AI-Themed SEO Poisoning Attacks Spread Info, Crypto Stealers
Malicious websites designed to rank high in Google search results for ChatGPT and Luma AI deliver the Lumma and Vidar infostealers and other malware. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/ai-seo-poisoning-attack-info-crypto-stealers