Tag: malicious
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Cyble Detects Advanced Backdoor Targeting Defense Systems via Belarus Military Lure
Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) have uncovered a cyber-espionage operation that used a weaponized ZIP archive to infiltrate defense-sector systems. The malicious file”, disguised as a Belarusian military document titled “ТЛГ на убытие на переподготовку.pdf” (“TLG for departure for retraining.pdf”)”, delivered a highly advanced backdoor capable of establishing covert access through SSH and Tor. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/belarus-military-hit-by-ssh-tor-backdoor/
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Open VSX rotates access tokens used in supply-chain malware attack
The Open VSX registry rotated access tokens after they were accidentally leaked by developers in public repositories and allowed threat actors to publish malicious extensions in an attempted supply-chain attack. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/open-vsx-rotates-tokens-used-in-supply-chain-malware-attack/
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CMMC Media Sanitization Methods for NIST 800-88
Companies that need to comply with CMMC to earn their governmental contracts have a lot of work ahead of them. Securing their systems against intrusion and protecting data from breaches, malicious actors, and snooping is all part and parcel of the program. One aspect of information security that can be distressingly easy to overlook is……
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New Email Security Technique Prevents Phishing Attacks Behind NPM Breach
The discovery of a large-scale NPM ecosystem compromise in September 2025 has renewed focus on email security as the critical first line of defense against supply chain attacks. Threat actors successfully compromised multiple high-profile NPM developer accounts through a sophisticated phishing campaign, inserting malicious code into 20 popular packages that collectively received nearly 2.8 billion…
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Cisco IOS XE Vulnerability Being Abused in the Wild to Plant BADCANDY
Cybersecurity authorities are raising urgent alarms as threat actors continue to exploit a critical vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE devices, deploying a malicious implant known as BADCANDY across networks worldwide. The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has confirmed that over 150 devices remain compromised in Australia alone as of late October 2025, despite ongoing remediation efforts…
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Preventing DNS filtering bypass by Encrypted DNS (DoT, DoH, DoQ)
DNS over HTTPS (DoH) and other encrypted DNS protocols like DNS over TLS (DoT) & DNS over QUIC (DoQ) enhances user privacy and security by encrypting DNS queries in transit, shielding them from eavesdropping, tampering, and censorship on untrusted networks. This prevents ISPs and local attackers from logging or manipulating domain resolutions, fostering a more…
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UNC6384 Targets European Diplomatic Entities With Windows Exploit
The spear-phishing campaign uses fake European Commission and NATO-themed lures to trick diplomatic personnel into clicking malicious links. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/unc6384-european-diplomat-windows
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Defending DNS with Infoblox and Protective DNS
For too long, we’ve treated DNS as a simple utility. It’s just a phonebook for the internet, right? Treating it that way is a mistake. Nearly every single malicious action, whether it’s a phishing link, a command-and-control (C2) callback, or data exfiltration, starts with a DNS query. It is integral to the attacker workflow. So,..…
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When APIs Become Attack Paths: What the Q3 2025 ThreatStats Report Tells Us
Wallarm’s latest Q3 2025 API ThreatStats report [link placeholder] reveals that API vulnerabilities, exploits, and breaches are not just increasing; they’re evolving. Malicious actors are shifting from code-level weaknesses to business logic flaws, from web apps to partner integrations, and from REST to AI-powered APIs. Here’s what stood out this quarter, and what security leaders…
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Claude AI vulnerability exposes enterprise data through code interpreter exploit
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, control, data, exploit, google, injection, malicious, mitigation, monitoring, network, risk, vulnerabilityBypassing AI safety controls: Rehberger’s report stated that developing a reliable exploit proved challenging due to Claude’s built-in safety mechanisms. The AI initially refused requests containing plaintext API keys, recognizing them as suspicious. However, Rehberger added that mixing malicious code with benign instructions, such as simple print statements, was sufficient to bypass these safeguards.”I tried…
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When APIs Become Attack Paths: What the Q3 2025 ThreatStats Report Tells Us
Wallarm’s latest Q3 2025 API ThreatStats report [link placeholder] reveals that API vulnerabilities, exploits, and breaches are not just increasing; they’re evolving. Malicious actors are shifting from code-level weaknesses to business logic flaws, from web apps to partner integrations, and from REST to AI-powered APIs. Here’s what stood out this quarter, and what security leaders…
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When APIs Become Attack Paths: What the Q3 2025 ThreatStats Report Tells Us
Wallarm’s latest Q3 2025 API ThreatStats report [link placeholder] reveals that API vulnerabilities, exploits, and breaches are not just increasing; they’re evolving. Malicious actors are shifting from code-level weaknesses to business logic flaws, from web apps to partner integrations, and from REST to AI-powered APIs. Here’s what stood out this quarter, and what security leaders…
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Claude AI vulnerability exposes enterprise data through code interpreter exploit
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, control, data, exploit, google, injection, malicious, mitigation, monitoring, network, risk, vulnerabilityBypassing AI safety controls: Rehberger’s report stated that developing a reliable exploit proved challenging due to Claude’s built-in safety mechanisms. The AI initially refused requests containing plaintext API keys, recognizing them as suspicious. However, Rehberger added that mixing malicious code with benign instructions, such as simple print statements, was sufficient to bypass these safeguards.”I tried…
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The unified linkage model: A new lens for understanding cyber risk
Tags: access, api, attack, breach, ciso, cloud, compliance, credentials, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, flaw, framework, identity, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, mitre, network, nist, okta, open-source, radius, resilience, risk, risk-analysis, saas, sbom, software, supply-chain, threat, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-day, zero-trustMissed systemic risk: Organizations secure individual components but miss how vulnerabilities propagate through dependencies (e.g., Log4j embedded in third-party apps).Ineffective prioritization: Without a linkage structure, teams patch high-severity CVEs on isolated systems while leaving lower-scored flaws on critical trust pathways.Slow incident response: When a zero-day emerges, teams scramble to locate vulnerable components. Without pre-existing linkage…
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Threat Actors Exploiting Open-Source C2 Frameworks to Deploy Malicious Payloads
Tags: control, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, exploit, framework, hacking, intelligence, malicious, open-source, russia, threat, toolThreat intelligence researchers have uncovered a growing campaign where cybercriminals are weaponizing AdaptixC2, a legitimate open-source Command and Control framework designed for authorized penetration testers. The discovery reveals how threat actors are exploiting ethical hacking tools to conduct sophisticated cyberattacks, with significant ties linking the framework’s development to Russian criminal networks. Silent Push threat analysts…
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Threat Actors Exploiting Open-Source C2 Frameworks to Deploy Malicious Payloads
Tags: control, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, exploit, framework, hacking, intelligence, malicious, open-source, russia, threat, toolThreat intelligence researchers have uncovered a growing campaign where cybercriminals are weaponizing AdaptixC2, a legitimate open-source Command and Control framework designed for authorized penetration testers. The discovery reveals how threat actors are exploiting ethical hacking tools to conduct sophisticated cyberattacks, with significant ties linking the framework’s development to Russian criminal networks. Silent Push threat analysts…
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Researchers Develop Linux Rootkit That Evades Elastic EDR Protections
Security researchers have unveiled a sophisticated Linux rootkit capable of bypassing Elastic Security’s advanced detection mechanisms, demonstrating critical vulnerabilities in endpoint detection and response solutions. The Singularity rootkit employs multiple obfuscation and evasion techniques to defeat static signature analysis and behavioral monitoring systems that typically identify malicious kernel modules. Elastic Security’s endpoint detection framework typically…
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Researchers Develop Linux Rootkit That Evades Elastic EDR Protections
Security researchers have unveiled a sophisticated Linux rootkit capable of bypassing Elastic Security’s advanced detection mechanisms, demonstrating critical vulnerabilities in endpoint detection and response solutions. The Singularity rootkit employs multiple obfuscation and evasion techniques to defeat static signature analysis and behavioral monitoring systems that typically identify malicious kernel modules. Elastic Security’s endpoint detection framework typically…
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Malicious Multilingual ZIP Files Strike Banks and Government Offices
A sophisticated phishing campaign leveraging multilingual ZIP file lures has emerged across East and Southeast Asia, targeting government institutions and financial organizations with unprecedented coordination. Security researchers utilizing Hunt.io’s AttackCapture and HuntSQL datasets have uncovered an interconnected network of 28 malicious webpages operating across three language clusters, revealing a scalable, automation-driven infrastructure designed to deliver…
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Malicious packages in npm evade dependency detection through invisible URL links: Report
Tags: ai, application-security, attack, control, detection, edr, endpoint, exploit, flaw, github, governance, hacker, malicious, malware, microsoft, open-source, programming, service, software, supply-chain, threat, tool, trainingCampaign also exploits AI: The names of packages uploaded to npm aren’t typosquats of common packages, a popular tactic of threat actors. Instead the hackers exploit AI hallucinations. When developers ask AI assistants for package recommendations, the chatbots sometimes suggest plausible-sounding names that are close to those of legitimate packages, but that don’t actually exist.…
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OpenAI’s Aardvark is an AI Security Agent Combating Code Vulnerabilities
OpenAI on Thursday launched Aardvark, an artificial intelligence (AI) agent designed to autonomously detect and help fix security vulnerabilities in software code, offering defenders a potentially valuable tool against malicious hackers. The GPT-5-powered tool, currently in private beta, represents what OpenAI calls a >>defender-first model
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ClickFix Infrastructure Surprises Inform Better Blocking
Big Crossover Found Between ClickFix and Adversary-in-the-Middle Infrastructure. Tracking how cybercriminals and their service providers use malicious infrastructure can give defenders an edge for blocking their targeting. New research spotted a massive crossover between IP addresses used for both ClickFix and adversary-in-the-middle attacks. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/clickfix-infrastructure-surprises-inform-better-blocking-a-29888
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Massive surge of NFC relay malware steals Europeans’ credit cards
Near-Field Communication (NFC) relay malware has grown massively popular in Eastern Europe, with researchers discovering over 760 malicious Android apps using the technique to steal people’s payment card information in the past few months. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/massive-surge-of-nfc-relay-malware-steals-europeans-credit-cards/
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Spyware-Plugged ChatGPT, DALL·E and WhatsApp Apps Target US Users
Are you using a fake version of a popular app? Appknox warns US users about malicious brand clones hiding on third-party app stores. Protect yourself from hidden spyware and ‘commercial parasites.’ First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/spyware-chatgpt-dalle-whatsapp-apps-us-users/
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Brush exploit can cause any Chromium browser to collapse in 15-60 seconds
“Brash” flaw in Chromium’s Blink engine lets attackers crash browsers instantly via a single malicious URL, researcher Jose Pino revealed. Security researcher Jose Pino found a severe vulnerability, named Brash, in Chromium’s Blink rendering engine that can be exploited to crash many Chromium-based browsers within a few seconds. >>Brash is a critical vulnerability in Blink, the rendering engine that…
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Spyware-Plugged ChatGPT, DALL·E and WhatsApp Apps Target US Users
Are you using a fake version of a popular app? Appknox warns US users about malicious brand clones hiding on third-party app stores. Protect yourself from hidden spyware and ‘commercial parasites.’ First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/spyware-chatgpt-dalle-whatsapp-apps-us-users/
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Brush exploit can cause any Chromium browser to collapse in 15-60 seconds
“Brash” flaw in Chromium’s Blink engine lets attackers crash browsers instantly via a single malicious URL, researcher Jose Pino revealed. Security researcher Jose Pino found a severe vulnerability, named Brash, in Chromium’s Blink rendering engine that can be exploited to crash many Chromium-based browsers within a few seconds. >>Brash is a critical vulnerability in Blink, the rendering engine that…
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Google’s Built-In AI Defenses on Android Now Block 10 Billion Scam Messages a Month
Google on Thursday revealed that the scam defenses built into Android safeguard users around the world from more than 10 billion suspected malicious calls and messages every month.The tech giant also said it has blocked over 100 million suspicious numbers from using Rich Communication Services (RCS), an evolution of the SMS protocol, thereby preventing scams…