Tag: malicious
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Introducing FireTail: Making API Security as Simple as Import, Setup, Done FireTail Blog
Nov 11, 2025 – – FireTail is on a mission to secure the world’s APIs by making API security as simple as import, setup, done. We officially launched the company back in February 2022 with a passion for helping organizations secure their APIs as they grow their cloud presence. As of the beginning of December…
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moveIT a series of breaches, all enabled by APIs FireTail Blog
Nov 11, 2025 – Jeremy Snyder – In mid-2023, a software vulnerability was discovered in a file transfer application known as moveIT. Because of the application’s popularity, numerous companies and organizations have found themselves vulnerable to the breach. This blog post will attempt to explain the vulnerability, map out the kill chain (also sometimes called…
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Introducing FireTail: Making API Security as Simple as Import, Setup, Done FireTail Blog
Nov 11, 2025 – – FireTail is on a mission to secure the world’s APIs by making API security as simple as import, setup, done. We officially launched the company back in February 2022 with a passion for helping organizations secure their APIs as they grow their cloud presence. As of the beginning of December…
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Fake NPM Package With 206K Downloads Targeted GitHub for Credentials
Veracode Threat Research exposed a targeted typosquatting attack on npm, where the malicious package @acitons/artifact stole GitHub tokens. Learn how this supply chain failure threatened the GitHub organisation’s code. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/fake-npm-package-downloads-github-credentials/
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CISO’s Expert Guide To AI Supply Chain Attacks
AI-enabled supply chain attacks jumped 156% last year. Discover why traditional defenses are failing and what CISOs must do now to protect their organizations.Download the full CISO’s expert guide to AI Supply chain attacks here. TL;DRAI-enabled supply chain attacks are exploding in scale and sophistication – Malicious package uploads to open-source repositories jumped 156% in…
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Researchers Detect Malicious npm Package Targeting GitHub-Owned Repositories
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious npm package named “@acitons/artifact” that typosquats the legitimate “@actions/artifact” package with the intent to target GitHub-owned repositories.”We think the intent was to have this script execute during a build of a GitHub-owned repository, exfiltrate the tokens available to the build environment, and then use those tokens to publish First…
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Beyond silos: How DDI-AI integration is redefining cyber resilience
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, best-practice, breach, business, cctv, cloud, control, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, dns, endpoint, finance, firewall, guide, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, iot, malicious, monitoring, network, penetration-testing, phishing, phone, RedTeam, resilience, risk, service, siem, soar, soc, sql, threat, tool, training, zero-trustDDI as the nervous system of enterprise security: DDI, including DNS, DHCP and IP address management, is the nervous system of the network. It records every connection, every name resolution and every IP allocation, maintaining the only comprehensive, authoritative record of normal network behavior.By itself, DDI data is simply a massive stream of logs. For…
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Beyond silos: How DDI-AI integration is redefining cyber resilience
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, best-practice, breach, business, cctv, cloud, control, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, dns, endpoint, finance, firewall, guide, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, iot, malicious, monitoring, network, penetration-testing, phishing, phone, RedTeam, resilience, risk, service, siem, soar, soc, sql, threat, tool, training, zero-trustDDI as the nervous system of enterprise security: DDI, including DNS, DHCP and IP address management, is the nervous system of the network. It records every connection, every name resolution and every IP allocation, maintaining the only comprehensive, authoritative record of normal network behavior.By itself, DDI data is simply a massive stream of logs. For…
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Cybersecurity Maturity and Why Your API Security is Lagging Behind FireTail Blog
Tags: access, api, attack, awareness, breach, cloud, compliance, control, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, framework, malicious, monitoring, network, nist, risk, threat, vulnerabilityNov 11, 2025 – Jeremy Snyder – Understanding Cybersecurity Maturity Models (CMM) Cybersecurity maturity models offer valuable guidance for organizations seeking to enhance their security posture. While the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) version 1.0, originally created by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), has been widely adopted, it’s important to note that there are…
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Critical Triofox bug exploited to run malicious payloads via AV configuration
Hackers exploited Triofox flaw CVE-2025-12480 to bypass auth and install remote access tools via the platform’s antivirus feature. Google’s Mandiant researchers spotted threat actors exploiting a now-patched Triofox flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-12480 (CVSS score of 9.1) that allows them to bypass authentication to upload and run remote access tools via the platform’s antivirus feature. Mandiant…
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Beware of Security Alert-Themed Malicious Emails that Steal Your Email Logins
A sophisticated phishing campaign is currently targeting email users with deceptive security alert notifications that appear to originate from their own organization’s domain. The phishing emails are crafted to resemble legitimate security notifications from email delivery systems. These messages inform recipients that specific messages have been blocked and require manual release a premise designed to…
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Lazarus Group Deploys Weaponized Documents Against Aerospace Defense
Security researchers at ENKI have uncovered a sophisticated espionage campaign targeting aerospace and defense organizations, in which the Lazarus Group is weaponizing a new variant of the Comebacker backdoor to infiltrate high-value targets. The threat actor has been actively conducting phishing operations since at least March 2025, distributing malicious documents disguised as legitimate communications from…
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Hackers Exploit Triofox 0-Day to Deploy Malicious Payloads Using Anti-Virus Feature
Tags: authentication, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, exploit, flaw, hacker, malicious, mandiant, threat, virus, vulnerability, zero-dayCybersecurity researchers from Mandiant Threat Defense have uncovered a critical zero-day vulnerability in Gladinet’s Triofox file-sharing platform that allowed attackers to bypass authentication and execute malicious code with system-level privileges. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-12480, was actively exploited by the threat actor group UNC6485 as early as August 24, 2025. The flaw affected Triofox version 16.4.10317.56372 and has…
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How GlassWorm wormed its way back into developers’ code, and what it says about open source security
Tags: access, ai, attack, blockchain, ciso, control, credentials, crypto, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, endpoint, exploit, framework, github, google, infrastructure, law, malicious, malware, marketplace, monitoring, open-source, resilience, service, software, supply-chain, threat, tool, update, wormadhamu.history-in-sublime-merge (downloaded 4,000 times)ai-driven-dev.ai-driven-dev (downloaded 3,300 times)yasuyuky.transient-emacs (downloaded 2,400 times)All three GlassWorm extensions are “still literally invisible” in code editors, the researchers note. They are encoded in unprintable Unicode characters that look like blank space to the human eye, but execute as JavaScript.The attackers have posted new transactions to the Solana blockchain that outline updated…
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How GlassWorm wormed its way back into developers’ code, and what it says about open source security
Tags: access, ai, attack, blockchain, ciso, control, credentials, crypto, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, endpoint, exploit, framework, github, google, infrastructure, law, malicious, malware, marketplace, monitoring, open-source, resilience, service, software, supply-chain, threat, tool, update, wormadhamu.history-in-sublime-merge (downloaded 4,000 times)ai-driven-dev.ai-driven-dev (downloaded 3,300 times)yasuyuky.transient-emacs (downloaded 2,400 times)All three GlassWorm extensions are “still literally invisible” in code editors, the researchers note. They are encoded in unprintable Unicode characters that look like blank space to the human eye, but execute as JavaScript.The attackers have posted new transactions to the Solana blockchain that outline updated…
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LANDFALL Spyware Targeted Samsung Galaxy Phones via Malicious Images
Unit 42 discovered LANDFALL, commercial-grade Android spyware, which used a hidden image vulnerability (CVE-2025-21042) to remotely spy on Samsung Galaxy users via WhatsApp. Update your phone now. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/landfall-spyware-samsung-galaxy-malicious-images/
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5 reasons why attackers are phishing over LinkedIn
Attackers are increasingly phishing over LinkedIn to reach executives and bypass email security tools. Push Security explains how real-time browser protection detects and blocks phishing across apps and channels as users load malicious pages. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/5-reasons-why-attackers-are-phishing-over-linkedin/
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5 reasons why attackers are phishing over LinkedIn
Attackers are increasingly phishing over LinkedIn to reach executives and bypass email security tools. Push Security explains how real-time browser protection detects and blocks phishing across apps and channels as users load malicious pages. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/5-reasons-why-attackers-are-phishing-over-linkedin/
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NuGet Supply-Chain Exploit Uses Timed Destructive Payloads Against ICS
A sophisticated supply chain attack has compromised critical industrial control systems through nine malicious NuGet packages designed to inject time-delayed destructive payloads into database operations and manufacturing environments. Socket’s Threat Research Team identified these weapons of code, published under the alias shanhai666 between 2023 and 2024, which have collectively accumulated 9,488 downloads before being reported…
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NuGet Supply-Chain Exploit Uses Timed Destructive Payloads Against ICS
A sophisticated supply chain attack has compromised critical industrial control systems through nine malicious NuGet packages designed to inject time-delayed destructive payloads into database operations and manufacturing environments. Socket’s Threat Research Team identified these weapons of code, published under the alias shanhai666 between 2023 and 2024, which have collectively accumulated 9,488 downloads before being reported…
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âš¡ Weekly Recap: Hyper-V Malware, Malicious AI Bots, RDP Exploits, WhatsApp Lockdown and More
Cyber threats didn’t slow down last week”, and attackers are getting smarter. We’re seeing malware hidden in virtual machines, side-channel leaks exposing AI chats, and spyware quietly targeting Android devices in the wild.But that’s just the surface. From sleeper logic bombs to a fresh alliance between major threat groups, this week’s roundup highlights a clear…
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âš¡ Weekly Recap: Hyper-V Malware, Malicious AI Bots, RDP Exploits, WhatsApp Lockdown and More
Cyber threats didn’t slow down last week”, and attackers are getting smarter. We’re seeing malware hidden in virtual machines, side-channel leaks exposing AI chats, and spyware quietly targeting Android devices in the wild.But that’s just the surface. From sleeper logic bombs to a fresh alliance between major threat groups, this week’s roundup highlights a clear…
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âš¡ Weekly Recap: Hyper-V Malware, Malicious AI Bots, RDP Exploits, WhatsApp Lockdown and More
Cyber threats didn’t slow down last week”, and attackers are getting smarter. We’re seeing malware hidden in virtual machines, side-channel leaks exposing AI chats, and spyware quietly targeting Android devices in the wild.But that’s just the surface. From sleeper logic bombs to a fresh alliance between major threat groups, this week’s roundup highlights a clear…
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Large-Scale ClickFix Phishing Attacks Target Hotel Systems with PureRAT Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a massive phishing campaign targeting the hospitality industry that lures hotel managers to ClickFix-style pages and harvest their credentials by deploying malware like PureRAT.”The attacker’s modus operandi involved using a compromised email account to send malicious messages to multiple hotel establishments,” Sekoia said. “This campaign First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Nine NuGet packages disrupt DBs and industrial systems with time-delayed payloads
Nine NuGet packages by “shanhai666” can deploy delayed payloads to disrupt databases and industrial systems. Socket’s Threat Research Team discovered nine malicious NuGet packages, published between 2023 and 2024 by “shanhai666,” that can deploy time-delayed payloads to disrupt databases and industrial control systems. Scheduled to trigger in August 2027 and November 2028, the packages were…