Tag: threat
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OceanLotus Targets Xinchuang Ecosystem with Sophisticated Supply Chain Attacks
The advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as OceanLotus (APT32) has been observed launching a sophisticated cyberespionage campaign specifically targeting China’s >>Xinchuang
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Cloudflare Forces Widespread Outage to Mitigate Exploitation of Maximum Severity Vulnerability in React2Shell
A critical React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182) RCE flaw in React and Next.js is being actively exploited by China-nexus threat groups, prompting urgent patching and global mitigations. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/cloudflare-forces-widespread-outage-to-mitigate-exploitation-of-maximum-severity-vulnerability-in-react2shell/
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Over 70 Domains Used in Months-Long Phishing Spree Against US Universities
Infoblox Threat Intel reports a campaign that used the Evilginx phishing kit to bypass Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and steal credentials from 18 US universities between April and November 2025. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/us-universities-domains-phishing-attacks/
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Cloudflare Forces Widespread Outage to Mitigate Exploitation of Maximum Severity Vulnerability in React2Shell
A critical React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182) RCE flaw in React and Next.js is being actively exploited by China-nexus threat groups, prompting urgent patching and global mitigations. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/cloudflare-forces-widespread-outage-to-mitigate-exploitation-of-maximum-severity-vulnerability-in-react2shell/
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Google, Apple Warn of State-Linked Surveillance Threats
Google and Apple have released new global cyber threat notifications, alerting users across dozens of countries to potential targeting by state-linked hackers. The latest warnings reflect growing concerns about government-backed surveillance operations and the expanding commercial spyware marketplace. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/google-apple-spyware-threat-alerts/
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Offensive security takes center stage in the AI era
Tags: ai, attack, automation, business, ciso, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, framework, hacker, hacking, incident response, intelligence, malicious, offense, phishing, RedTeam, regulation, risk, skills, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, windowsRed teaming, where ethical hackers simulate real-world attacks to test detection and response capabilities. Red teams aim to emulate threat actors by using stealthy tactics to bypass controls and achieve objectives such as data exfiltration or privilege escalation.Adversary emulation, where security pros re-create known threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) based on threat intelligence…
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Vaillant CISO: NIS2 complexity and lack of clarity endanger its mission
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, business, ciso, compliance, corporate, country, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, dora, email, germany, infrastructure, intelligence, network, nis-2, office, organized, phishing, ransomware, regulation, risk, service, skills, supply-chain, threat, trainingCSO Germany: The energy sector is increasingly becoming a target for cybercriminals. Experts and the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) believe that protection in this area must be significantly increased. How do you assess the current situation?Reiß: The geopolitical tensions we are currently witnessing are leading to an increased threat level. This naturally also affects the heating…
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Offensive security takes center stage in the AI era
Tags: ai, attack, automation, business, ciso, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, framework, hacker, hacking, incident response, intelligence, malicious, offense, phishing, RedTeam, regulation, risk, skills, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, windowsRed teaming, where ethical hackers simulate real-world attacks to test detection and response capabilities. Red teams aim to emulate threat actors by using stealthy tactics to bypass controls and achieve objectives such as data exfiltration or privilege escalation.Adversary emulation, where security pros re-create known threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) based on threat intelligence…
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Indonesia’s Gambling Industry Reveals Clues of Nationwide Cyber Involvement
A massive Indonesian-speaking cybercrime operation spanning over 14 years has been uncovered, revealing a sophisticated infrastructure that shows hallmarks of state-level backing and resources typically associated with advanced persistent threat actors. Security researchers at Malanta have exposed what may be one of the largest and most complex Indonesian-speaking cyber operations ever documented a sprawling ecosystem…
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Ex-Employee Sues Washington Post Over Oracle EBS-Related Data Breach
The Washington Post last month reported it was among a list of data breach victims of the Oracle EBS-related vulnerabilities, with a threat actor compromising the data of more than 9,700 former and current employees and contractors. Now, a former worker is launching a class-action lawsuit against the Post, claiming inadequate security. First seen on…
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Ex-Employee Sues Washington Post Over Oracle EBS-Related Data Breach
The Washington Post last month reported it was among a list of data breach victims of the Oracle EBS-related vulnerabilities, with a threat actor compromising the data of more than 9,700 former and current employees and contractors. Now, a former worker is launching a class-action lawsuit against the Post, claiming inadequate security. First seen on…
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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 74
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Analysis of ShadowPad Attack Exploiting WSUS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2025-59287) Shai-Hulud 2.0 Supply Chain Attack: 25K+ npm Repos Exposed Spyware Allows Cyber Threat Actors to Target Users of Messaging Applications Morphisec Thwarts Russian-Linked…
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Malicious Go Packages Impersonate Google’s UUID Library to Steal Sensitive Data
A hidden danger has been lurking in the Go programming ecosystem for over four years. Security researchers from the Socket Threat Research Team have discovered two malicious software packages that impersonate popular Google tools. These fake packages, designed to trick busy developers, have been quietly stealing data since May 2021. The malicious packages are identified…
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Malicious Go Packages Impersonate Google’s UUID Library to Steal Sensitive Data
A hidden danger has been lurking in the Go programming ecosystem for over four years. Security researchers from the Socket Threat Research Team have discovered two malicious software packages that impersonate popular Google tools. These fake packages, designed to trick busy developers, have been quietly stealing data since May 2021. The malicious packages are identified…
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FvncBot Android Malware Steals Keystrokes and Injects Harmful Payloads
A newly discovered Android banking trojan, FvncBot, has emerged as a sophisticated threat targeting mobile banking users in Poland. Researchers from Intel 471 first identified this malware on November 25, 2025, disguised as a security application from mBank, one of Poland’s most prominent banking institutions.”‹ Novel Malware with Advanced Capabilities FvncBot represents an entirely new…
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Warning: React2Shell vulnerability already being exploited by threat actors
Tags: ai, application-security, attack, china, cloud, communications, credentials, data, data-breach, exploit, firewall, framework, group, infosec, intelligence, linux, malicious, malware, open-source, service, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, wafSystem.Management.Automation.AmsiUtils.amsiInitFailed = true (a standard AMSI bypass), and iex executes the next stage.JFrog’s security research team also today reported finding a working proof of concept that leads to code execution, and they and others have also reported finding fake PoCs containing malicious code on GitHub. “Security teams must verify sources before testing [these PoCs],” warns JFrog.Amitai Cohen, attack…
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State-linked groups target critical vulnerability in React Server Components
China-nexus threat groups have already begun targeting the flaw, creating widespread risk as nearly 40% of cloud environments are potentially impacted. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/state-linked-critical-vulnerability-react-server/807228/
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No Vote, No Leader: CISA Faces 2026 Without a Director
US Cyber Defense Agency Faces Procedural Delays Blocking Director Confirmation. Sean Plankey’s stalled nomination leaves the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency without a Senate-confirmed director amid rising state-linked threats, as unrelated congressional holds tied to telecom and contracting fights freeze the process with no resolution in sight. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/no-vote-no-leader-cisa-faces-2026-without-director-a-30208
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Cyber teams on alert as React2Shell exploitation spreads
Exploitation of an RCE flaw in a widely-used open source library is spreading quickly, with China-backed threat actors in the driving seat First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366636015/Cyber-teams-on-alert-as-React2Shell-exploitation-spreads
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Salt Security Unveils New AI-Powered Capabilities, Expanding API Visibility and Protecting Emerging MCP Infrastructure
Salt Security used the stage at AWS re:Invent this week to unveil two major enhancements to its API Protection Platform, introducing a generative AI interface powered by Amazon Bedrock and extending its behavioural threat protection to safeguard Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers via AWS WAF. The announcements highlight the company’s growing focus on visibility, risk…
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Hardening browser security with zero-trust controls
Tags: access, api, authentication, automation, browser, chrome, cisa, cloud, compliance, container, control, corporate, credentials, crowdstrike, data, data-breach, detection, edr, email, encryption, endpoint, exploit, fido, finance, framework, google, governance, group, Hardware, identity, kubernetes, least-privilege, login, malicious, malware, mfa, microsoft, network, nist, okta, passkey, password, phishing, phone, risk, risk-assessment, sap, service, soar, theft, threat, tool, update, wifi, windows, zero-trust1. Identity-first access control Network proximity is now an inferior trust signal. Only federated, cryptographically verifiable identity tokens issued by centralized enterprise IdPs using OIDC or SAML are permitted as gates to corporate resources. This transition, well-documented by FIDO Alliance and Microsoft research, transfers the very concept of “inside” the organization from the network to…
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Threat Landscape Grows Increasingly Dangerous for Manufacturers
Manufacturers are the top target for cyberattacks in 2025 because of their still-plentiful cybersecurity gaps and a lack of expertise. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/threat-landscape-increasingly-dangerous-manufacturers
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Chinese Nation-State Groups Tied to ‘React2Shell’ Targeting
Validated, Weaponized Exploit Code for Widely Used Web Framework Bug Now Public. Warnings continue to mount over a critical vulnerability in the widely used web application framework React, with threat intelligence analysts warning that it’s being actively targeted by Chinese nation-state groups, and that a legitimate, weaponized proof-of-concept exploit is now public. First seen on…
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Critical React2Shell flaw actively exploited in China-linked attacks
Multiple China-linked threat actors began exploiting the React2Shell vulnerability (CVE-2025-55182) affecting React and Next.js just hours after the max-severity issue was disclosed. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/react2shell-critical-flaw-actively-exploited-in-china-linked-attacks/
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Critical React2Shell flaw actively exploited in China-linked attacks
Multiple China-linked threat actors began exploiting the React2Shell vulnerability (CVE-2025-55182) affecting React and Next.js just hours after the max-severity issue was disclosed. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/react2shell-critical-flaw-actively-exploited-in-china-linked-attacks/
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China-Nexus Hackers Exploiting React2Shell Vulnerability in Active Attacks
Within hours of the public disclosure of CVE-2025-55182 on December 3, 2025, Amazon threat intelligence teams detected active exploitation attempts from multiple China-nexus threat groups, including Earth Lamia and Jackpot Panda. This critical vulnerability in React Server Components carries a maximum CVSS score of 10.0 and poses an immediate threat to organizations running vulnerable versions…
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Hackers Using CastleRAT Malware to Attack Windows Systems and Gain Remote Access
The cybersecurity landscape continues to evolve as threat actors deploy increasingly sophisticated tools to compromise Windows-based infrastructure. CastleRAT, a Remote Access Trojan that emerged around March 2025, represents a significant addition to the malware arsenal that defenders must now contend with. This newly discovered threat demonstrates the convergence of multiple attack techniques, enabling attackers to…