Tag: malicious
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Webrat turns GitHub PoCs into a malware trap
The malicious payload and behavior: Beneath the polished README, the attackers dumped a password-protected ZIP linked in the repository. The archive password was hidden in file names, something easily missable by unsuspecting eyes. Inside, the key components include a decoy DLL, a batch file to launch the malware, and the primary executable (like rasmanesc.exe) capable…
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Cyber Experts Warn of Increased Consumer Scams This Festive Season
As Santa starts his travels, experts are warning that his arrival could bring with it a range of cyber risks, from scams to insecure gadgets. Whilst Santa prefers to deliver via chimney, most cybercriminals are looking for backdoors. In some cases, hackers prefer to deliver malicious communications via email. Worryingly, in 2025, scams are not…
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Critical MongoDB Flaw Leaks Sensitive Data Through zlib Compression
MongoDB has disclosed a critical security vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-14847 that could allow attackers to extract uninitialized heap memory from database servers without authentication. The flaw, affecting multiple MongoDB versions dating back to v3.6, stems from a client-side exploit in the server’s zlib compression implementation.”‹ Vulnerability Overview The security issue enables malicious actors to retrieve…
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Interpol sweep takes down cybercrooks in 19 countries
Tags: access, antivirus, attack, botnet, business, china, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, email, encryption, finance, fraud, group, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, international, interpol, law, malicious, malware, microsoft, ransomware, russia, scam, service, theft, threatA ‘very good thing’: The fact that the same operation broke ransomware operations and a business email compromise (BEC) operation is “unique,” said DiMaggio, because most people think of Africa as the source of BEC and fraud scams.The fact that authorities are working to disrupt ransomware operations in Africa before they grow to the size…
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The 3% Rule: How To Silence 97% of Your Cloud Alerts and Be More Secure
Tags: access, ai, attack, breach, business, cloud, cve, cvss, data, data-breach, flaw, iam, identity, infrastructure, least-privilege, malicious, metric, network, ransomware, risk, security-incident, service, software, strategy, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementPrioritizing what to fix first and why that really matters Key takeaways The 97% distraction: Discover why the vast majority of your “Critical” alerts are just theoretical noise, and how focusing strictly on the 3% of findings that represent real, exploitable risk can drastically improve your security posture. Identity is the accelerant: Breaches rarely happen…
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From Agent2Agent Prompt Injection to Runtime Self-Defense: How Wallarm Redefines Agentic AI Security
Is an AI-to-AI attack scenario a science fiction possibility only for blockbusters like the Terminator series of movies? Well, maybe not! Researchers recently discovered that one AI agent can “inject malicious instructions into a conversation, hiding them among otherwise benign client requests and server responses.” While known AI threats involve tricking an agent with malicious…
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Two Chrome Extensions Caught Secretly Stealing Credentials from Over 170 Sites
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious Google Chrome extensions with the same name and published by the same developer that come with capabilities to intercept traffic and capture user credentials.The extensions are advertised as a “multi-location network speed test plug-in” for developers and foreign trade personnel. Both the browser add-ons are available for download as…
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Why outsourced cyber defenses create systemic risks
Tags: access, ai, attack, backdoor, breach, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, corporate, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, dora, exploit, finance, framework, GDPR, governance, government, hacker, healthcare, infrastructure, law, malicious, monitoring, moveIT, msp, nis-2, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, software, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-trustRisk categories of outsourced IT & cybersecurity: When you outsource, responsibility shifts, but accountability never leaves you. The risks fall into clear categories. Operational risks The most basic risk is fragile continuity. In 2017, British Airways outsourced parts of its IT operations. A system outage grounded flights worldwide. The vendor contract delivered savings, but it…
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Malicious extensions in Chrome Web store steal user credentials
Two Chrome extensions in the Web Store named ‘Phantom Shuttle’ are posing as plugins for a proxy service to hijack user traffic and steal sensitive data. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-extensions-in-chrome-web-store-steal-user-credentials/
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Fake VPN Chrome Extensions Steal Credentials by Intercepting User Traffic
Socket’s Threat Research Team has exposed a sophisticated credential-harvesting campaign that has operated through malicious Chrome extensions since 2017. Two variants of an extension named Phantom Shuttle (幻影穿æ¢), published under the threat actor email theknewone.com@gmail.com, have compromised over 2,180 users by masquerading as legitimate network testing tools while executing complete traffic interception and credential theft. The extensions market…
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Malicious NPM Package Hits 56K Downloads, Steals WhatsApp Messages
A sophisticated malware campaign has compromised the npm registry through a malicious package that perfectly mimics legitimate WhatsApp API functionality while silently exfiltrating authentication credentials, messages, contacts, and media files from unsuspecting developers. The lotusbail package, addressed over 56,000 times during its six-month presence on npm, represents a dangerous evolution in supply chain attacks where…
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WhatsApp API worked exactly as promised, and stole everything
Tags: access, api, attack, backdoor, encryption, endpoint, github, malicious, malware, metric, monitoring, supply-chain, threat, tool, updateBackdoor sticks around even after package removal: Koi said the most significant component of the attack was its persistence. WhatsApp allows users to link multiple devices to a single account through a pairing process involving an 8-character code. The malicious lotusbail package hijacked this mechanism by embedding a hardcoded pairing code that effectively added the…
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Why Third-Party Access Remains the Weak Link in Supply Chain Security
Attackers exploited a supply chain weakness, abusing trusted components to compromise systems and spread malicious activity across connected targets. Your next breach probably won’t start inside your network”, it will start with someone you trust. Every supplier, contractor, and service provider needs access to your systems to keep business running, yet each login is a…
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Agentic AI already hinting at cybersecurity’s pending identity crisis
Agentic AI’s identity crisis: Authentication and agentic experts interviewed, three of whom estimate that less than 5% of enterprises experimenting with autonomous agents have deployed agentic identity systems, say the reasons for this lack of security hardening are varied.First, many of these efforts are effectively shadow IT, where a line of business (LOB) executive has…
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NDSS 2025 ReDAN: An Empirical Study On Remote DoS Attacks Against NAT Networks
Tags: access, attack, cloud, conference, dos, exploit, firmware, Internet, malicious, network, router, side-channel, software, vulnerability, wifiSession 7A: Network Security 2 Authors, Creators & Presenters: Xuewei Feng (Tsinghua University), Yuxiang Yang (Tsinghua University), Qi Li (Tsinghua University), Xingxiang Zhan (Zhongguancun Lab), Kun Sun (George Mason University), Ziqiang Wang (Southeast University), Ao Wang (Southeast University), Ganqiu Du (China Software Testing Center), Ke Xu (Tsinghua University) PAPER ReDAN: An Empirical Study On Remote…
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DataDome recognized in The Bot And Agent Trust Management Software Landscape, Q4 2025 from Forrester
DataDome recognized in The Bot And Agent Trust Management Software Landscape, Q4 2025 from Forrester Forrester has just released The Bot And Agent Trust Management Software Landscape, Q4 2025 report. It marks a fundamental shift to reflect the rapid rise of agentic AI traffic”, moving beyond traditional bot management to a new paradigm that establishes…
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Cyber spies use fake New Year concert invites to target Russian military
The campaign surfaced earlier in October after researchers at the New York-based cybersecurity firm Intezer identified a malicious XLL file uploaded to VirusTotal, first from Ukraine and later from Russia. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/cyber-spies-fake-new-year-concert-russian-phishing
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Fake WhatsApp API Package on npm Steals Messages, Contacts, and Login Tokens
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new malicious package on the npm repository that works as a fully functional WhatsApp API, but also contains the ability to intercept every message and link the attacker’s device to a victim’s WhatsApp account.The package, named “lotusbail,” has been downloaded over 56,000 times since it was first uploaded…
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86% Surge in Fake Delivery Websites Hits Shoppers During Holiday Rush
NordVPN has warned that malicious postal service websites have surged by 86% over the past month, targeting holiday delivery tracking First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/surge-fake-delivery-holidays/
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Malicious npm package steals WhatsApp accounts and messages
A malicious package in the Node Package Manager (NPM) registry poses as a legitimate WhatsApp Web API library to steal WhatsApp messages, collect contacts, and gain access to the account. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-npm-package-steals-whatsapp-accounts-and-messages/
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Sleeping Bouncer Vulnerability Impacts Gigabyte, MSI, ASRock, and ASUS Motherboards
A critical firmware vulnerability affecting motherboards from major manufacturers including Gigabyte, MSI, ASRock, and ASUS has been discovered by Riot Games’ Vanguard anti-cheat team. The vulnerability, dubbed >>Sleeping Bouncer,
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DIG AI: New Darknet AI Platform Enhancing Capabilities of Cybercriminals
Resecurity has identified a dangerous new development in the underground cybercrime market, the rise of DIG AI. This uncensored artificial intelligence platform is rapidly gaining traction among threat actors, enabling them to automate malicious campaigns and bypass standard digital safety protocols. First detected on September 29, DIG AI is a >>dark LLM
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DIG AI: Uncensored darknet AI assistant at the service of criminals and terrorists
Resecurity has identified the emergence of uncensored darknet AI assistants, enabling threat actors to leverage advanced data processing capabilities for malicious purposes. … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/12/22/resecurity-dig-ai-assistant-research/
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Android Malware Operations Merge Droppers, SMS Theft, and RAT Capabilities at Scale
Threat actors have been observed leveraging malicious dropper apps masquerading as legitimate applications to deliver an Android SMS stealer dubbed Wonderland in mobile attacks targeting users in Uzbekistan.”Previously, users received ‘pure’ Trojan APKs that acted as malware immediately upon installation,” Group-IB said in an analysis published last week. “Now, adversaries increasingly deploy First seen on…
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NDSS 2025 RACONTEUR: A Knowledgeable, Insightful, And Portable LLM-Powered Shell Command Explainer
Session 6D: Software Security: Vulnerability Detection Authors, Creators & Presenters: Jiangyi Deng (Zhejiang University), Xinfeng Li (Zhejiang University), Yanjiao Chen (Zhejiang University), Yijie Bai (Zhejiang University), Haiqin Weng (Ant Group), Yan Liu (Ant Group), Tao Wei (Ant Group), Wenyuan Xu (Zhejiang University) PAPER RACONTEUR: A Knowledgeable, Insightful, And Portable LLM-Powered Shell Command Explainer Malicious shell…
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Top 10 CERT-In Empanelled Auditors in India in 2026
Organisations today are increasingly exposed to cyber risks originating from unchecked network scanning and unpatched vulnerabilities. At the same time, the rise of malicious large language models like WormGPT and FraudGPT has lowered the barrier for hackers, enabling even less-skilled actors to launch phishing campaigns, create malware, and exploit security gaps with alarming ease. For……
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Cloud Atlas Exploits Office Vulnerabilities to Execute Malicious Code
The Cloud Atlas threat group, active since 2014, continues to pose a significant risk to organizations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia through sophisticated attacks leveraging legacy Microsoft Office vulnerabilities. Security researchers have documented the group’s expanded arsenal and evolving infection chains deployed throughout the first half of 2025, revealing previously undescribed implants and attack…