Tag: malicious
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Traffic Distribution System (TDS) abuse What’s hiding behind the veil?
Those who follow the DNS abuse landscape closely may have noticed a rise in activity and abuse reports related to TDS. The use of this infrastructure for malicious purposes is becoming increasingly common. In this blog, we look at how TDS are being exploited to facilitate abuse, why they present challenges for takedowns, and what…
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Traffic Distribution System (TDS) abuse What’s hiding behind the veil?
Those who follow the DNS abuse landscape closely may have noticed a rise in activity and abuse reports related to TDS. The use of this infrastructure for malicious purposes is becoming increasingly common. In this blog, we look at how TDS are being exploited to facilitate abuse, why they present challenges for takedowns, and what…
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Traffic Distribution System (TDS) abuse What’s hiding behind the veil?
Those who follow the DNS abuse landscape closely may have noticed a rise in activity and abuse reports related to TDS. The use of this infrastructure for malicious purposes is becoming increasingly common. In this blog, we look at how TDS are being exploited to facilitate abuse, why they present challenges for takedowns, and what…
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Traffic Distribution System (TDS) abuse What’s hiding behind the veil?
Those who follow the DNS abuse landscape closely may have noticed a rise in activity and abuse reports related to TDS. The use of this infrastructure for malicious purposes is becoming increasingly common. In this blog, we look at how TDS are being exploited to facilitate abuse, why they present challenges for takedowns, and what…
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Traffic Distribution System (TDS) abuse What’s hiding behind the veil?
Those who follow the DNS abuse landscape closely may have noticed a rise in activity and abuse reports related to TDS. The use of this infrastructure for malicious purposes is becoming increasingly common. In this blog, we look at how TDS are being exploited to facilitate abuse, why they present challenges for takedowns, and what…
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Traffic Distribution System (TDS) abuse What’s hiding behind the veil?
Those who follow the DNS abuse landscape closely may have noticed a rise in activity and abuse reports related to TDS. The use of this infrastructure for malicious purposes is becoming increasingly common. In this blog, we look at how TDS are being exploited to facilitate abuse, why they present challenges for takedowns, and what…
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HackedGPT: Novel AI Vulnerabilities Open the Door for Private Data Leakage
Tenable Research has discovered seven vulnerabilities and attack techniques in ChatGPT, including unique indirect prompt injections, exfiltration of personal user information, persistence, evasion, and bypass of safety mechanisms. Key takeaways: Tenable Research has discovered multiple new and persistent vulnerabilities in OpenAI’s ChatGPT that could allow an attacker to exfiltrate private information from users’ memories and…
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HackedGPT: Novel AI Vulnerabilities Open the Door for Private Data Leakage
Tenable Research has discovered seven vulnerabilities and attack techniques in ChatGPT, including unique indirect prompt injections, exfiltration of personal user information, persistence, evasion, and bypass of safety mechanisms. Key takeaways: Tenable Research has discovered multiple new and persistent vulnerabilities in OpenAI’s ChatGPT that could allow an attacker to exfiltrate private information from users’ memories and…
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HackedGPT: Novel AI Vulnerabilities Open the Door for Private Data Leakage
Tenable Research has discovered seven vulnerabilities and attack techniques in ChatGPT, including unique indirect prompt injections, exfiltration of personal user information, persistence, evasion, and bypass of safety mechanisms. Key takeaways: Tenable Research has discovered multiple new and persistent vulnerabilities in OpenAI’s ChatGPT that could allow an attacker to exfiltrate private information from users’ memories and…
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APT60 Campaign: Malicious VHDX Hosted on Google Drive Lures Job Applicants
JPCERT/CC has issued an urgent warning about ongoing attacks by the advanced persistent threat group APT-C-60, which continues to target recruitment professionals in Japan through sophisticated spear-phishing campaigns. The attack campaign specifically impersonates job seekers contacting recruitment staff, exploiting the natural workflow of human resources professionals who regularly review candidate submissions. Between June and August…
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APT60 Campaign: Malicious VHDX Hosted on Google Drive Lures Job Applicants
JPCERT/CC has issued an urgent warning about ongoing attacks by the advanced persistent threat group APT-C-60, which continues to target recruitment professionals in Japan through sophisticated spear-phishing campaigns. The attack campaign specifically impersonates job seekers contacting recruitment staff, exploiting the natural workflow of human resources professionals who regularly review candidate submissions. Between June and August…
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Hundreds of Malware-Laden Apps Downloaded 42 Million Times From Google Play
Zscaler estimates 239 malicious Android apps made it onto the official Play store over the past year First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/apps-download-41-million-times/
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10 promising cybersecurity startups CISOs should know about
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, business, ceo, ciso, cloud, compliance, container, control, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, finance, gartner, google, governance, government, grc, ibm, identity, linux, malicious, microsoft, military, monitoring, network, open-source, ransomware, RedTeam, risk, saas, software, startup, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trust2. Chainguard: Category: Software supply chain securityWhy they’re here: Founded in 2021 by Dan Lorenc (formerly at Microsoft and Google), Chainguard offers a Linux-based platform for securely building applications. The company has raised more than $600M and is valued at $3.5B. In fiscal year 2025, Chainguard reached a $40M annual run rate and by the…
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10 promising cybersecurity startups CISOs should know about
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, business, ceo, ciso, cloud, compliance, container, control, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, finance, gartner, google, governance, government, grc, ibm, identity, linux, malicious, microsoft, military, monitoring, network, open-source, ransomware, RedTeam, risk, saas, software, startup, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trust2. Chainguard: Category: Software supply chain securityWhy they’re here: Founded in 2021 by Dan Lorenc (formerly at Microsoft and Google), Chainguard offers a Linux-based platform for securely building applications. The company has raised more than $600M and is valued at $3.5B. In fiscal year 2025, Chainguard reached a $40M annual run rate and by the…
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10 promising cybersecurity startups CISOs should know about
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, business, ceo, ciso, cloud, compliance, container, control, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, finance, gartner, google, governance, government, grc, ibm, identity, linux, malicious, microsoft, military, monitoring, network, open-source, ransomware, RedTeam, risk, saas, software, startup, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trust2. Chainguard: Category: Software supply chain securityWhy they’re here: Founded in 2021 by Dan Lorenc (formerly at Microsoft and Google), Chainguard offers a Linux-based platform for securely building applications. The company has raised more than $600M and is valued at $3.5B. In fiscal year 2025, Chainguard reached a $40M annual run rate and by the…
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Hackers Abuse OneDrive.exe via DLL Sideloading to Run Malicious Code
Security researchers have discovered a sophisticated attack technique that exploits Microsoft’s OneDrive application to execute malicious code without detection. The method, known as DLL sideloading, leverages the way Windows loads library files to trick legitimate applications into running attacker-controlled software. This technique represents a significant threat to enterprise environments where OneDrive is widely deployed across…
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Hackers Abuse OneDrive.exe via DLL Sideloading to Run Malicious Code
Security researchers have discovered a sophisticated attack technique that exploits Microsoft’s OneDrive application to execute malicious code without detection. The method, known as DLL sideloading, leverages the way Windows loads library files to trick legitimate applications into running attacker-controlled software. This technique represents a significant threat to enterprise environments where OneDrive is widely deployed across…
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Attackers Exploit Microsoft Teams Flaws to Manipulate Messages and Fake Notifications
Check Point Research uncovered four critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft Teams that could allow attackers to impersonate executives, manipulate messages, alter notifications, and forge identities during video and audio calls. The research team discovered that both external guest users and malicious insiders could exploit these security flaws, fundamentally undermining the trust that 320 million monthly active…
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Hackers Abuse OneDrive.exe via DLL Sideloading to Run Malicious Code
Security researchers have discovered a sophisticated attack technique that exploits Microsoft’s OneDrive application to execute malicious code without detection. The method, known as DLL sideloading, leverages the way Windows loads library files to trick legitimate applications into running attacker-controlled software. This technique represents a significant threat to enterprise environments where OneDrive is widely deployed across…
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NDSS 2025 The Philosopher’s Stone: Trojaning Plugins Of Large Language Models
Tags: attack, conference, control, data, defense, exploit, LLM, malicious, malware, network, open-source, phishing, spear-phishingSESSION Session 2A: LLM Security Authors, Creators & Presenters: Tian Dong (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Minhui Xue (CSIRO’s Data61), Guoxing Chen (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Rayne Holland (CSIRO’s Data61), Yan Meng (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Shaofeng Li (Southeast University), Zhen Liu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Haojin Zhu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) PAPER The Philosopher’s Stone:…
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Malicious Android apps on Google Play downloaded 42 million times
Hundreds of malicious Android apps on Google Play were downloaded more than 40 million times between June 2024 and May 2025, notes a report from cloud security company Zscaler. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-android-apps-on-google-play-downloaded-42-million-times/
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Critical React Native CLI Flaw Exposed Millions of Developers to Remote Attacks
Details have emerged about a now-patched critical security flaw in the popular “@react-native-community/cli” npm package that could be potentially exploited to run malicious operating system (OS) commands under certain conditions.”The vulnerability allows remote unauthenticated attackers to easily trigger arbitrary OS command execution on the machine running react-native-community/cli’s First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2025/11/critical-react-native-cli-flaw-exposed.html
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New backdoor ‘SesameOp’ abuses OpenAI Assistants API for stealthy C2 operations
Lessons for defenders and platform providers: Microsoft clarified that OpenAI’s platform itself wasn’t breached or exploited; rather, its legitimate API functions were misused as a relay channel, highlighting a growing risk as generative AI becomes part of enterprise and development workflows. Attackers can now co-opt public AI endpoints to mask malicious intent, making detection significantly…
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New backdoor ‘SesameOp’ abuses OpenAI Assistants API for stealthy C2 operations
Lessons for defenders and platform providers: Microsoft clarified that OpenAI’s platform itself wasn’t breached or exploited; rather, its legitimate API functions were misused as a relay channel, highlighting a growing risk as generative AI becomes part of enterprise and development workflows. Attackers can now co-opt public AI endpoints to mask malicious intent, making detection significantly…
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New backdoor ‘SesameOp’ abuses OpenAI Assistants API for stealthy C2 operations
Lessons for defenders and platform providers: Microsoft clarified that OpenAI’s platform itself wasn’t breached or exploited; rather, its legitimate API functions were misused as a relay channel, highlighting a growing risk as generative AI becomes part of enterprise and development workflows. Attackers can now co-opt public AI endpoints to mask malicious intent, making detection significantly…
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Ransomware Defense Using the Wazuh Open Source Platform
Tags: access, attack, computer, cyberattack, data, defense, infrastructure, malicious, malware, open-source, ransom, ransomware, software, threatRansomware is malicious software designed to block access to a computer system or encrypt data until a ransom is paid. This cyberattack is one of the most prevalent and damaging threats in the digital landscape, affecting individuals, businesses, and critical infrastructure worldwide.A ransomware attack typically begins when the malware infiltrates a system through various vectors…
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‘SleepyDuck’ Malware in Open VSX Lets Attackers Remotely Control Windows PCs
Security researchers have identified a dangerous remote access trojan called SleepyDuck lurking in the Open VSX IDE extension marketplace, targeting developers who use code editors like Cursor and Windsurf. The malicious extension masqueraded as a legitimate Solidity programming language helper, squatting on the name of an established extension to evade detection. The compromised extension juan-bianco.solidity-vlang…