Tag: threat
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Google links more Chinese hacking groups to React2Shell attacks
Over the weekend, Google’s threat intelligence team linked five more Chinese hacking groups to attacks exploiting the maximum-severity “React2Shell” remote code execution vulnerability. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-links-more-chinese-hacking-groups-to-react2shell-attacks/
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A Browser Extension Risk Guide After the ShadyPanda Campaign
In early December 2025, security researchers exposed a cybercrime campaign that had quietly hijacked popular Chrome and Edge browser extensions on a massive scale.A threat group dubbed ShadyPanda spent seven years playing the long game, publishing or acquiring harmless extensions, letting them run clean for years to build trust and gain millions of installs, then…
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The Hidden Threat in Your Holiday Emails: Tracking Pixels and Privacy Concerns
Join us in the midst of the holiday shopping season as we discuss a growing privacy problem: tracking pixels embedded in marketing emails. According to Proton’s latest Spam Watch 2025 report, nearly 80% of promotional emails now contain trackers that report back your email activity. We discuss how these trackers work, why they become more……
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Fighting AI with AI: How midmarket teams can turn the tables on smarter threats
Ever since generative AI exploded into mainstream use, it has become both a critical business enabler … and one of the greatest security threats. Eighty-four percent of midmarket organizations are now using generative AI within core business processes to improve productivity and accelerate… First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/spons/fighting-ai-with-ai-how-midmarket-teams-can-turn-the-tables-on-smarter-thr/807609/
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Fighting AI with AI: How midmarket teams can turn the tables on smarter threats
Ever since generative AI exploded into mainstream use, it has become both a critical business enabler … and one of the greatest security threats. Eighty-four percent of midmarket organizations are now using generative AI within core business processes to improve productivity and accelerate… First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/spons/fighting-ai-with-ai-how-midmarket-teams-can-turn-the-tables-on-smarter-thr/807609/
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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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Gentlemen Ransomware Emerges as a Threat to Corporate Networks
A sophisticated new ransomware group known as >>Gentlemen
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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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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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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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Manufacturing is becoming a test bed for ransomware shifts
Manufacturing leaders may feel that ransomware risk has settled, but new data shows the threat is shifting in ways that require attention, according to a Sophos report. A … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/12/15/sophos-manufacturing-ransomware-risks-report/
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‘The frontline is everywhere’: new MI6 head to warn of growing Russian threat
Blaise Metreweli expected to say UK faces new ‘age of uncertainty’ in speech identifying Kremlin as key threatAssassination plots, sabotage, cyber-attacks and the manipulation of information by Russia and other hostile states mean that “the frontline is everywhere”, the new head of MI6 will warn on Monday.Blaise Metreweli, giving her first speech in the job,…
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Google fixed a new actively exploited Chrome zero-day
Google addressed three vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser, including a high-severity bug already exploited in the wild. Google released security updates to fix three vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser, including a high-severity flaw that threat actors are already exploiting in real-world attacks. >>Google is aware that an exploit for 466192044 exists in the wild,
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New DroidLock Malware Locks Android Devices and Demands Ransom Payment
The zLabs research team has identified a sophisticated new threat campaign targeting Spanish Android users through a malware strain called DroidLock. Unlike traditional ransomware that encrypts files, this Android-focused threat employs a more direct approach locking devices with ransomware-style overlays and demanding payment while maintaining complete control over compromised handsets. DroidLock primarily spreads through phishing…
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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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New 01Flip Ransomware Targets Both Windows and Linux Systems
Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 have identified a newly emerging ransomware family, 01flip, that represents a significant shift in malware development tactics. Discovered in June 2025, this sophisticated threat is entirely written in Rust a modern programming language that enables cross-platform compatibility and currently targets a limited set of victims across the…
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Attackers Worldwide are Zeroing In on React2Shell Vulnerability
Bad actors that include nation-state groups to financially-motivated cybercriminals from across the globe are targeting the maximum-severity but easily exploitable React2Shell flaw, with threat researchers see everything from probes and backdoors to botnets and cryptominers. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/attackers-worldwide-are-zeroing-in-on-react2shell-vulnerability/
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The Best Red Teaming Tools of 2026: What You Need to Know
As AI-generated threats continue to rise, more organisations are turning to red teaming to turn the tide. Nothing provides a better understanding of your security posture like letting a red team loose on your environment to simulate a real-world attack. Here is a list of some of the top red teaming tools you’ll find in 2026″, along with what you’ll need to know to make your choice. …
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OpenAI Enhances Defensive Models to Mitigate Cyber-Threats
OpenAI has reported a surge in performance as GPT-5.1-Codex-Max reaching 76% in capability assessments, and warned of upcoming cyber-risks First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/openai-enhances-defensive-models/
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Attackers Worldwide are Zeroing In on React2Shell Vulnerability
Bad actors that include nation-state groups to financially-motivated cybercriminals from across the globe are targeting the maximum-severity but easily exploitable React2Shell flaw, with threat researchers see everything from probes and backdoors to botnets and cryptominers. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/attackers-worldwide-are-zeroing-in-on-react2shell-vulnerability/
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Grid-scale battery energy storage systems face heightened risk of cyberattack
Experts warn that state-linked threat groups are actively searching for ways to disrupt the industry amid growing power demand in the U.S. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/battery-energy-storage-systems-risk-cyberattack/807675/
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WIRTE Leverages AshenLoader Sideloading to Install the AshTag Espionage Backdoor
An advanced persistent threat (APT) known as WIRTE has been attributed to attacks targeting government and diplomatic entities across the Middle East with a previously undocumented malware suite dubbed AshTag since 2020.Palo Alto Networks is tracking the activity cluster under the name Ashen Lepus. Artifacts uploaded to the VirusTotal platform show that the threat actor…
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WIRTE Leverages AshenLoader Sideloading to Install the AshTag Espionage Backdoor
An advanced persistent threat (APT) known as WIRTE has been attributed to attacks targeting government and diplomatic entities across the Middle East with a previously undocumented malware suite dubbed AshTag since 2020.Palo Alto Networks is tracking the activity cluster under the name Ashen Lepus. Artifacts uploaded to the VirusTotal platform show that the threat actor…