Tag: malicious
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NVIDIA Merlin Vulnerabilities Allows Malicious Code Execution and DoS Attacks
NVIDIA has released urgent security patches for its Merlin machine learning framework after discovering two high-severity deserialization vulnerabilities that could enable attackers to execute malicious code, trigger denial-of-service attacks, and compromise sensitive data on Linux systems. The security bulletin, published on December 9, 2025, identifies critical flaws in the NVTabular and Transformers4Rec components of NVIDIA…
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Storm-0249: EDR Process Sideloading to Conceal Malicious Activity
Initial access broker Storm-0249 has evolved from a mass phishing operation into a sophisticated threat actor weaponizing legitimate Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) processes through sideloading techniques to conceal malicious activity as routine security operations. This represents a significant escalation in the group’s capabilities and poses a critical risk to organizations relying on traditional defense…
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Critical Plesk Vulnerability Allows Users to Gain Root-Level Access
A critical security vulnerability has been discovered in Plesk, a widely used web hosting control panel, that enables unauthorised users to escalate privileges and gain root-level access to affected systems. This flaw poses a significant threat to web hosting providers and organisations that rely on Plesk for server management. Vulnerability Overview The vulnerability allows malicious…
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Cybersecurity leaders’ top seven takeaways from 2025
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, deep-fake, defense, detection, email, exploit, framework, governance, government, grc, identity, international, malicious, network, nist, phishing, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability2. AI forced companies to rethink their security strategies: At the same time, Abousselham notes how the rapid rollout of AI forced companies to shift their resources to keep pace with the change, while maintaining safe product releases. He calls 2025 the “chaotic introduction of agentic AI”.”I don’t think the industry was ready or expected…
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Cybersecurity leaders’ top seven takeaways from 2025
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, deep-fake, defense, detection, email, exploit, framework, governance, government, grc, identity, international, malicious, network, nist, phishing, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability2. AI forced companies to rethink their security strategies: At the same time, Abousselham notes how the rapid rollout of AI forced companies to shift their resources to keep pace with the change, while maintaining safe product releases. He calls 2025 the “chaotic introduction of agentic AI”.”I don’t think the industry was ready or expected…
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The Great Masquerade: How AI Agents Are Spoofing Their Way In
AI agents like Grok now spoof human identities to bypass bot detection, blurring the line between legitimate crawlers and malicious scrapers. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/the-great-masquerade-how-ai-agents-are-spoofing-their-way-in/
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Hackers Are Using Shared AI Chats to Steal Your Passwords and Crypto
A sophisticated malvertising campaign is exploiting ChatGPT and DeepSeek’s shared chat features to deliver credential-stealing malware to macOS users. Threat actors are purchasing sponsored Google search results and redirecting victims to legitimate-looking LLM-generated chat sessions that contain obfuscated malicious commands, effectively bypassing platform-level safety mechanisms. The attack begins when users search for common macOS troubleshooting…
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Hackers Are Using Shared AI Chats to Steal Your Passwords and Crypto
A sophisticated malvertising campaign is exploiting ChatGPT and DeepSeek’s shared chat features to deliver credential-stealing malware to macOS users. Threat actors are purchasing sponsored Google search results and redirecting victims to legitimate-looking LLM-generated chat sessions that contain obfuscated malicious commands, effectively bypassing platform-level safety mechanisms. The attack begins when users search for common macOS troubleshooting…
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The Great Masquerade: How AI Agents Are Spoofing Their Way In
AI agents like Grok now spoof human identities to bypass bot detection, blurring the line between legitimate crawlers and malicious scrapers. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/the-great-masquerade-how-ai-agents-are-spoofing-their-way-in/
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Malicious Visual Studio Code Extensions Hide Trojan in Fake PNG Files
VS Code developers beware: ReversingLabs found 19 malicious extensions hiding trojans inside a popular dependency, disguising the final malware payload as a standard PNG image file. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/malicious-vs-code-extensions-trojan-fake-png-files/
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Malware Discovered in 19 Visual Studio Code Extensions
A new campaign involving 19 malicious Visual Studio Code extensions used a legitimate npm package to embed malware in dependency folders First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/malware-discovered-in-19-vs-code/
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Scammers Sent 40,000 E-Signature Phishing Emails to 6,000 Firms in Just 2 Weeks
Phishing campaign: Scammers sent over 40,000 spoofed SharePoint, DocuSign and e-sign emails to companies, hiding malicious links behind trusted redirect services. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/scammers-e-signature-phishing-emails/
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Scammers Sent 40,000 E-Signature Phishing Emails to 6,000 Firms in Just 2 Weeks
Phishing campaign: Scammers sent over 40,000 spoofed SharePoint, DocuSign and e-sign emails to companies, hiding malicious links behind trusted redirect services. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/scammers-e-signature-phishing-emails/
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Security Alert: 19 Fake PNG Extensions Found in VS Code Marketplace
ReversingLabs (RL) researchers have identified a sophisticated supply chain campaign involving 19 malicious Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions. The campaign, which has been active since February 2025 and was uncovered on December 2, 2025, leverages the trust inherent in the developer ecosystem by hiding malware within the dependency folders of otherwise functional extensions. The…
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Security Alert: 19 Fake PNG Extensions Found in VS Code Marketplace
ReversingLabs (RL) researchers have identified a sophisticated supply chain campaign involving 19 malicious Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions. The campaign, which has been active since February 2025 and was uncovered on December 2, 2025, leverages the trust inherent in the developer ecosystem by hiding malware within the dependency folders of otherwise functional extensions. The…
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SafeSplit: A Novel Defense Against Client-Side Backdoor Attacks In Split Learning
Session 5C: Federated Learning 1 Authors, Creators & Presenters: Phillip Rieger (Technical University of Darmstadt), Alessandro Pegoraro (Technical University of Darmstadt), Kavita Kumari (Technical University of Darmstadt), Tigist Abera (Technical University of Darmstadt), Jonathan Knauer (Technical University of Darmstadt), Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi (Technical University of Darmstadt) PAPER SafeSplit: A Novel Defense Against Client-Side Backdoor Attacks in…
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2025 Year of Browser Bugs Recap:
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, awareness, browser, cctv, chrome, cloud, communications, computer, credentials, crypto, cyber, data, data-breach, detection, edr, email, endpoint, exploit, flaw, gartner, google, guide, identity, injection, leak, login, malicious, malware, network, openai, passkey, password, phishing, ransom, ransomware, risk, saas, service, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, windows, xss, zero-dayAt the beginning of this year, we launched the Year of Browser Bugs (YOBB) project, a commitment to research and share critical architectural vulnerabilities in the browser. Inspired by the iconic Months of Bugs tradition in the 2000s, YOBB was started with a similar purpose”Š”, “Što drive awareness and discussion around key security gaps and…
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Cybercriminals Use Fake Game Updates on Itch.io and Patreon to Push Lumma Stealer
The indie gaming community faces a new and sophisticated threat. Malicious actors are exploiting itch.io and Patreon to distribute the Lumma Stealer malware disguised as legitimate game updates, targeting unsuspecting gamers through a systematic spam campaign across the platform. Newly created itch.io accounts have been flooding comment sections of legitimate games with templated messages claiming…
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High-Risk Ivanti EPM Vulnerability Opens Door to Admin Session Hijacking
A critical stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) enables unauthenticated attackers to hijack administrator sessions by injecting malicious JavaScript into the management dashboard. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-10573 with a CVSS score of 9.6, affects all versions below EPM 2024 SU4 SR1 and poses an immediate threat to enterprise environments managing…
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Cybercriminals Use Fake Game Updates on Itch.io and Patreon to Push Lumma Stealer
The indie gaming community faces a new and sophisticated threat. Malicious actors are exploiting itch.io and Patreon to distribute the Lumma Stealer malware disguised as legitimate game updates, targeting unsuspecting gamers through a systematic spam campaign across the platform. Newly created itch.io accounts have been flooding comment sections of legitimate games with templated messages claiming…
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Microsoft Outlook Flaw Lets Attackers Execute Malicious Code Remotely
Microsoft has disclosed a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Outlook that could allow attackers to execute malicious code on affected systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-62562, was officially released on December 9, 2025, and poses a significant security risk to enterprise and personal users worldwide. The flaw stems from a use-after-free weakness in Outlook’s…
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Microsoft Outlook Flaw Lets Attackers Execute Malicious Code Remotely
Microsoft has disclosed a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Outlook that could allow attackers to execute malicious code on affected systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-62562, was officially released on December 9, 2025, and poses a significant security risk to enterprise and personal users worldwide. The flaw stems from a use-after-free weakness in Outlook’s…
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High-Risk Ivanti EPM Vulnerability Opens Door to Admin Session Hijacking
A critical stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) enables unauthenticated attackers to hijack administrator sessions by injecting malicious JavaScript into the management dashboard. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-10573 with a CVSS score of 9.6, affects all versions below EPM 2024 SU4 SR1 and poses an immediate threat to enterprise environments managing…
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Polymorphic AI malware exists, but it’s not what you think
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, business, ciso, credentials, cryptography, cyber, cybercrime, detection, edr, email, espionage, government, group, identity, infrastructure, malicious, malware, marketplace, mfa, monitoring, phishing, radius, ransomware, risk, soc, technology, theft, threat, toolwhat the code block should do, or how it’s going to evade an antivirus. It’s just working under the assumption that Gemini just instinctively knows how to evade antiviruses (it doesn’t). There’s also no entropy to ensure the ‘self-modifying’ code differs from previous versions, or any guardrails to ensure it actually works. The function was…
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Polymorphic AI malware exists, but it’s not what you think
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, business, ciso, credentials, cryptography, cyber, cybercrime, detection, edr, email, espionage, government, group, identity, infrastructure, malicious, malware, marketplace, mfa, monitoring, phishing, radius, ransomware, risk, soc, technology, theft, threat, toolwhat the code block should do, or how it’s going to evade an antivirus. It’s just working under the assumption that Gemini just instinctively knows how to evade antiviruses (it doesn’t). There’s also no entropy to ensure the ‘self-modifying’ code differs from previous versions, or any guardrails to ensure it actually works. The function was…