Tag: threat
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Attackers Use Legitimate Forensic Driver to Disable Endpoint Security, Huntress Warns
Tags: attack, cybercrime, endpoint, incident response, malicious, software, threat, tool, vulnerabilityCybercriminals are increasingly turning trusted software against defenders, according to new research from Huntress, which has uncovered a real-world attack in which threat actors used a legitimate but vulnerable driver to disable endpoint security tools before deploying further malicious activity. In a detailed incident response analysis, Huntress researchers observed attackers abusing an outdated EnCase forensic…
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ShadowSyndicate Leverages Server Transition Technique in Latest Ransomware Attacks
ShadowSyndicate, a sophisticated cybercrime cluster first identified in 2023, has evolved its infrastructure management tactics by implementing a previously unreported server transition technique. This method involves rotating SSH fingerprints across multiple servers to obscure operational continuity. However, operational security (OPSEC) errors have allowed researchers to trace these connections.”‹ The threat actor orchestrates large server clusters…
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The silent security gap in enterprise AI adoption
Tags: access, ai, api, backup, breach, business, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, control, credentials, cryptography, data, data-breach, encryption, exploit, finance, group, healthcare, infrastructure, malicious, risk, service, technology, threat, toolInfoWorld explains in its analysis of why AI is all about inference now.This shift has happened quickly. In many organizations, AI systems have moved from pilot projects to core infrastructure in less than two years. Yet security architectures have not evolved at the same pace. The result is a widening gap between where sensitive data…
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LockBit 5.0 Unveils Cross-Platform Threats for Windows, Linux ESXi Systems
The inner workings of LockBit 5.0, a sophisticated ransomware variant targeting Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi systems simultaneously. This latest version represents a significant evolution in the cyber threat landscape, demonstrating how ransomware operators are refining their tools to maximize damage across diverse enterprise environments. LockBit operates on a >>Ransomware-as-a-Service<< (RaaS) model, where a core…
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Infy Hackers Resume Operations with New C2 Servers After Iran Internet Blackout Ends
The elusive Iranian threat group known as Infy (aka Prince of Persia) has evolved its tactics as part of efforts to hide its tracks, even as it readied new command-and-control (C2) infrastructure coinciding with the end of the widespread internet blackout the regime imposed at the start of the month.”The threat actor stopped maintaining its…
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China-linked Amaranth-Dragon hackers target Southeast Asian governments in 2025
China-linked hackers tracked as Amaranth-Dragon targeted government and law enforcement agencies across Southeast Asia in 2025. CheckPoint says China-linked threat actors, tracked as Amaranth-Dragon, carried out cyber-espionage campaigns in 2025 targeting government and law enforcement agencies across Southeast Asia. The activity is linked to the APT41 ecosystem and affected countries including Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, and…
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DragonForce Ransomware Targets Critical Businesses to Exfiltrate Sensitive Data
DragonForce is a ransomware group that emerged in late 2023 and has grown into a serious threat to businesses by combining data theft with file encryption. The group uses dual extortion: it steals sensitive data, encrypts systems, and then threatens to publish the stolen information on dark web leak sites if victims do not pay.”‹…
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Three clues that your LLM may be poisoned with a sleeper-agent back door
It’s a threat straight out of sci-fi, and fiendishly hard to detect First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/02/05/llm_poisoned_how_to_tell/
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Amaranth-Dragon Exploits WinRAR Vulnerability for Persistent Access to Victim Systems
A new cyber-espionage threat group dubbedAmaranth-Dragon. Active throughout 2025, this group has launched highly targeted attacks against government and law enforcement agencies across Southeast Asia. Evidence links Amaranth-Dragon to APT-41, a notorious Chinese state-sponsored hacking group, due to shared tools and operational time zones (UTC+8). The group creates attack campaigns based on local geopolitical events, such…
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Protests Don’t Impede Iranian Spying on Expats, Syrians, Israelis
Iranian threat actors have been stealing credentials from people of interest across the Middle East, using spear-phishing and social engineering. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/iran-spies-expats-syrians-israelis
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Threat Actors Exploiting NGINX Servers to Redirect Web Traffic to Malicious Sites
A new cyber campaign where attackers are hijacking web servers to redirect visitors to malicious websites . The campaign targets NGINX, a popular web server software, and specifically focuses on servers using the Baota (BT) management panel. The attackers, linked to previous >>React2Shell<< activity, modify the server's configuration files to secretly intercept traffic . How…
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Malicious NGINX Configurations Enable Large-Scale Web Traffic Hijacking Campaign
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an active web traffic hijacking campaign that has targeted NGINX installations and management panels like Baota (BT) in an attempt to route it through the attacker’s infrastructure.Datadog Security Labs said it observed threat actors associated with the recent React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182, CVSS score: 10.0) exploitation using malicious NGINX First seen…
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Hackers Exploit React2Shell to Hijack Web Traffic via Compromised NGINX Servers
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an active web traffic hijacking campaign that has targeted NGINX installations and management panels like Baota (BT) in an attempt to route it through the attacker’s infrastructure.Datadog Security Labs said it observed threat actors associated with the recent React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182, CVSS score: 10.0) exploitation using malicious NGINX First seen…
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Admin-Zugriff in nur 8 Minuten: KI-gestützte Cyberangriffe auf AWS
Das Sysdig Threat Research Team (TRT) hat Ende November 2025 einen besonders schnellen und komplexen Angriff auf eine AWS-Umgebung aufgedeckt. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/ki-gestuetzte-cyberangriffe-auf-aws
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Microsoft to Integrate Sysmon Threat Detection Natively into Windows 11
Microsoft has officially begun rolling out native System Monitor (Sysmon) functionality to Windows 11, marking a significant shift for threat hunters and security operations centers (SOCs). Released via the Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26300.7733 (Dev Channel) on February 3, 2026, this update embeds the popular Sysinternals tool directly into the operating system’s optional features.…
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Hackers compromise NGINX servers to redirect user traffic
A threat actor is compromising NGINX servers in a campaign that hijacks user traffic and reroutes it through the attacker’s backend infrastructure. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-compromise-nginx-servers-to-redirect-user-traffic/
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When Documents Become the Attack Vector: Inside APT28’s Latest Microsoft Office Exploit
Email attachments remain one of the most trusted entry points into enterprise environments. Despite years of awareness training and secure email gateways, attackers continue to rely on documents because they blend seamlessly into everyday workflows. New reporting from The Hacker News details how APT28, a Russia-linked threat actor, is actively exploiting a newly disclosed Microsoft…
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ACFW firewall test prologue still failing at the basics
The results of our soon-to-be-published Advanced Cloud Firewall (ACFW) test are hard to ignore. Some vendors are failing badly at the basics like SQL injection, command injection, Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) and API abuse with block percentages under 20%, sometimes way under. Those are just the application-based threats, never mind the vulnerability-based attacks. While it’s……
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Managed SaaS Threat Detection – AppOmni Scout
AppOmni Scout Managed Threat Detection Service Expertise to detect SaaS and AI threats and protect your critical data SaaS and AI threat detection led by threat experts Security teams don’t have the resources for timely detection to protect critical data and employees from threats. Monitoring SaaS and AI is complex, time-intensive, and results in… First…
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DEAD#VAX Malware Campaign Deploys AsyncRAT via IPFS-Hosted VHD Phishing Files
Threat hunters have disclosed details of a new, stealthy malware campaign dubbed DEAD#VAX that employs a mix of “disciplined tradecraft and clever abuse of legitimate system features” to bypass traditional detection mechanisms and deploy a remote access trojan (RAT) known as AsyncRAT.”The attack leverages IPFS-hosted VHD files, extreme script obfuscation, runtime decryption, and in-memory First…
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React2Shell exploitation undergoes significant change in threat activity
Researchers see a sudden consolidation of source IPs since late January. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/react2shell-exploitation-threat-activity/811359/
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AI-Driven Attack Gains AWS Admin Privileges in Under 10 Minutes
Threat actors get AWS Admin access in under 10 minutes. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/ai-driven-attack-gains-aws-admin-privileges-in-under-10-minutes/
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LookOut: Discovering RCE and Internal Access on Looker (Google Cloud On-Prem)
Tenable Research discovered two novel vulnerabilities in Google Looker that could allow an attacker to completely compromise a Looker instance. Google moved swiftly to patch these issues. Organizations running Looker on-prem should verify they have upgraded to the patched versions. Key takeaways Two novel vulnerabilities: Tenable Research discovered a remote code execution (RCE) chain via…
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China-Linked Amaranth-Dragon Exploits WinRAR Flaw in Espionage Campaigns
Threat actors affiliated with China have been attributed to a fresh set of cyber espionage campaigns targeting government and law enforcement agencies across Southeast Asia throughout 2025.Check Point Research is tracking the previously undocumented activity cluster under the moniker Amaranth-Dragon, which it said shares links to the APT 41 ecosystem. Targeted countries include Cambodia, First…
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Research: Predator spyware can turn off Apple indicators showing when microphone, camera are in use
The new research from Jamf Threat Labs demonstrates how Predator spyware can stay hidden on targeted phones by “intercepting sensor activity” to hide the indicators. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/predator-spyware-iphone-camera-microphone-indicators
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OT attacks surge as threat actors embrace cloud and AI, warns Forescout
Cyberattacks targeting operational technology (OT) environments rose sharply in 2025, according to new research from Forescout, highlighting growing risks to critical infrastructure as attackers adapt to cloud services, AI platforms and increasingly distributed attack infrastructure. Forescout’s 2025 Threat Roundup Report, produced by its research arm Vedere Labs, analysed more than 900 million cyberattacks observed globally…
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New Amaranth Dragon cyberespionage group exploits WinRAR flaw
Tags: attack, china, cyberespionage, espionage, exploit, flaw, government, group, law, threat, vulnerabilityA new threat actor called Amaranth Dragon, linked to APT41 state-sponsored Chinese operations, exploited the CVE-2025-8088 vulnerability in WinRAR in espionage attacks on government and law enforcement agencies. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-amaranth-dragon-cyberespionage-group-exploits-winrar-flaw/
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New AI-Powered Threat Allows Hackers to Gain AWS Admin Access in Minutes
A highly sophisticated offensive cloud operation targeting an AWS environment.The attack was notable for its extreme speed taking less than 10 minutes to go from initial entry to full administrative control and its heavy reliance on AI automation. The threat actor initiated the attack by discovering valid credentials left exposed in public Simple Storage Service…
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PhantomVAI Custom Loader Abuses RunPE Utility to Launch Stealthy Attacks on Users
A new threat called PhantomVAI, a custom >>loader<>RunPE<<. This loader […] The post PhantomVAI Custom Loader Abuses RunPE Utility to Launch Stealthy Attacks on Users appeared first on GBHackers Security | #1 Globally Trusted Cyber Security News Platform. First seen on gbhackers.com Jump to article: gbhackers.com/phantomvai-custom-loader/