Tag: threat
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Cisco AsyncOS 0-Day Allows Remote Execution of System Commands
Cisco Talos has uncovered an active campaign exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Cisco AsyncOS Software, affecting Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager. The security flaw enables attackers to execute system-level commands remotely and deploy sophisticated backdoors on compromised systems. The threat actor behind this campaign, tracked as UAT-9686, is assessed…
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Cisco AsyncOS 0-Day Allows Remote Execution of System Commands
Cisco Talos has uncovered an active campaign exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Cisco AsyncOS Software, affecting Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager. The security flaw enables attackers to execute system-level commands remotely and deploy sophisticated backdoors on compromised systems. The threat actor behind this campaign, tracked as UAT-9686, is assessed…
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Cisco Warns of Active Attacks Exploiting Unpatched 0-Day in AsyncOS Email Security Appliances
Cisco has alerted users of a maximum-severity zero-day flaw in Cisco AsyncOS software that has been actively exploited by a China-nexus advanced persistent threat (APT) actor codenamed UAT-9686 in attacks targeting Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager.The networking equipment major said it became aware of the intrusion campaign on December…
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‘Ink Dragon’ threat group targets IIS servers to build stealthy global network
Tags: access, attack, china, control, credentials, data, exploit, firewall, government, group, infrastructure, intelligence, microsoft, network, office, threat, vulnerability, wafmodus operandi to several other Chinese threat groups engaged in nation-state surveillance, such as UNC6384, whose campaigns targeted European diplomats.However, during a recent investigation at the office of a European government, Check Point said it had discovered that the group has now pivoted towards what it called “an unusually sophisticated playbook” with longer term goals.Key…
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Complying with the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Cloud Advisory: How Tenable Can Help
Tags: access, advisory, attack, authentication, best-practice, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, country, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, finance, fintech, framework, google, governance, government, iam, identity, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, kubernetes, least-privilege, malicious, malware, mfa, microsoft, mitigation, monitoring, oracle, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, service, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustThe Monetary Authority of Singapore’s cloud advisory, part of its 2021 Technology Risk Management Guidelines, advises financial institutions to move beyond siloed monitoring to adopt a continuous, enterprise-wide approach. These firms must undergo annual audits. Here’s how Tenable can help. Key takeaways: High-stakes compliance: The MAS requires all financial institutions in Singapore to meet mandatory…
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Cybersecurity Crossed the AI Rubicon: Why 2025 Marked a Point of No Return
For years, artificial intelligence sat at the edges of cybersecurity conversations. It appeared in product roadmaps, marketing claims, and isolated detection use cases, but rarely altered the fundamental dynamics between attackers and defenders. That changed in 2025. This year marked a clear inflection point where AI became operational on both sides of the threat landscape.…
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Cisco email security appliances rooted and backdoored via still unpatched zero-day
A suspected Chinese-nexus threat group has been compromising Cisco email security devices and planting backdoors and log-purging tools on them since at least late November … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/12/17/cisco-secure-email-cve-2025-20393/
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WhatsApp device linking abused in account hijacking attacks
Threat actors are abusing the legitimate device-linking feature to hijack WhatsApp accounts via pairing codes in a campaign dubbed GhostPairing. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/whatsapp-device-linking-abused-in-account-hijacking-attacks/
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Kimsuky Hackers Use Weaponized QR Codes to Distribute Malicious Mobile Apps
Threat researchers have uncovered a sophisticated mobile malware campaign attributed to North Korea-linked threat actor Kimsuky, leveraging weaponized QR codes and fraudulent delivery service impersonations to trick users into installing remote access trojans on their smartphones. The ENKI WhiteHat Threat Research Team identified the latest iteration of >>DOCSWAP
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Chinese Hackers Turn Compromised Servers Into ShadowPad Nodes
A sophisticated Chinese threat actor tracked as Ink Dragon has been weaponizing a custom ShadowPad IIS Listener module to convert compromised servers into distributed relay nodes, according to research by Check Point Research. The tactic represents a significant escalation in the group’s operational capabilities, enabling attackers to establish persistent, multi-layered command-and-control infrastructure that spans victim…
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CISA Adds Actively Exploited Fortinet Signature Verification Flaw to KEV Catalog
Tags: cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, fortinet, infrastructure, kev, threat, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has officially added CVE-2025-59718 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, marking the latest Fortinet vulnerability being actively exploited in the wild. The flaw affects multiple Fortinet products and poses a significant threat to organisations relying on FortiCloud single sign-on (SSO) authentication. Vulnerability Details CVE-2025-59718 represents an improper…
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How Amazon Is Finding Big Security Benefits From Showing Up To The Office: Analysis
Thwarting insider threats has been a major, if unintended, benefit of Amazon’s return to the office five days a week in 2025, according to Amazon Chief Security Officer Steve Schmidt. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/how-amazon-is-finding-big-security-benefits-from-showing-up-to-the-office-analysis
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New deepfake training from KnowBe4 see it in action!
Tags: ai, conference, cybersecurity, deep-fake, disinformation, fraud, phishing, risk, risk-management, threat, trainingKnowBe4, the world-renowned platform that comprehensively addresses human and agentic AI risk management, has announced a new custom deepfake training experience to defend against advanced cybersecurity threats from deepfakes such as fraudulent video conferences and AI-generated phishing attacks. Deepfakes can be weaponised and utilised for fraud, disinformation campaigns and cause reputational damage across sectors. The…
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FortiGate devices targeted with malicious SSO logins
Researchers discovered threat activity less than a week after Fortinet disclosed critical vulnerabilities in multiple products. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/fortigate-devices-targeted-with-malicious-sso-logins/808132/
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Attackers Use Stolen AWS Credentials in Cryptomining Campaign
Threat actors wielding stolen AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) credentials leverage Amazon EC and EC2 infrastructure across multiple customer environments. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/attackers-use-stolen-aws-credentials-cryptomining
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APT28 Targets Ukrainian UKR-net Users in Long-Running Credential Phishing Campaign
The Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as APT28 has been attributed to what has been described as a “sustained” credential-harvesting campaign targeting users of UKR[.]net, a webmail and news service popular in Ukraine.The activity, observed by Recorded Future’s Insikt Group between June 2024 and April 2025, builds upon prior findings from the cybersecurity company in…
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New ForumTroll Phishing Attacks Target Russian Scholars Using Fake eLibrary Emails
The threat actor linked to Operation ForumTroll has been attributed to a fresh set of phishing attacks targeting individuals within Russia, according to Kaspersky.The Russian cybersecurity vendor said it detected the new activity in October 2025. The origins of the threat actor are presently unknown.”While the spring cyberattacks focused on organizations, the fall campaign honed…
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APT28 Targets Ukrainian UKR-net Users in Long-Running Credential Phishing Campaign
The Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as APT28 has been attributed to what has been described as a “sustained” credential-harvesting campaign targeting users of UKR[.]net, a webmail and news service popular in Ukraine.The activity, observed by Recorded Future’s Insikt Group between June 2024 and April 2025, builds upon prior findings from the cybersecurity company in…
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ClickFix attacks that bypass cyber controls on the rise
NCC’s monthly threat report details the growing prevalence of ClickFix attacks in the wild First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366636555/ClickFix-attacks-that-bypass-cyber-controls-on-the-rise
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The 12 Months of Innovation: How Salt Security Helped Rewrite API AI Security in 2025
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, crowdstrike, cyber, data, data-breach, defense, detection, email, exploit, github, governance, injection, insurance, intelligence, privacy, risk, risk-management, software, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, wafAs holiday lights go up and inboxes fill with year-in-review emails, it’s tempting to look back on 2025 as “the year of AI.” But for security teams, it was something more specific the year APIs, AI agents, and MCP servers collided across the API fabric, expanding the attack surface faster than most organizations could keep…
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Security by Design: Why Multi-Factor Authentication Matters More Than Ever
In an era marked by escalating cyber threats and evolving risk landscapes, organisations face mounting pressure to strengthen their security posture whilst maintaining seamless user experiences. At Thales, we recognise that robust security must be foundational embedded into products and services by design, not bolted on as an afterthought. This principle underpins our commitment… First…
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The Rise of Precision Botnets in DDoS
For a long time, DDoS attacks were easy to recognize. They were loud, messy, and built on raw throughput. Attackers controlled massive botnets and flooded targets until bandwidth or infrastructure collapsed. It was mostly a scale problem, not an engineering one. That era is ending. A quieter and far more refined threat has taken its……
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Malware in Bewegung: Animierte Köder infizieren PCs
Cyberkriminelle verfeinern ihre Methoden zunehmend, um Erkennungssysteme zu umgehen. Laut dem aktuellen Threat Insights Report von HP Inc. setzen Angreifer auf überzeugende Animationen, gefälschte Plattformen und käufliche Malware-Dienste, um ihre Angriffe schwerer erkennbar zu machen. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/malware-animierte-koeder-infizieren-pcs
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Russische APT-Gruppe greift westliche KRITIS-Betreiber an
Tags: access, apt, authentication, backup, blizzard, cloud, credentials, cve, cyberattack, cyberespionage, infrastructure, intelligence, kritis, malware, mfa, mssp, router, service, threat, veeam, vpn, vulnerability, zero-dayEine russische Cyberspionage-Kampagne zielt auf Energieversorger.Das Team von Amazon Threat Intelligence stellte fest, dass eine vom russischen Staat geförderte Cyberspionagegruppe vermehrt Energieunternehmen und Anbieter kritischer Infrastrukturen (KRITIS) ins Visier genommen hat.Die Gruppe ist demnach seit mindestens 2021 aktiv und hat es vor allem auf Fehlkonfigurationen von Geräten abgesehen. Die Angreifer nutzen aber auch bekannte Schwachstellen…
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Russische APT-Gruppe greift westliche KRITIS-Betreiber an
Tags: access, apt, authentication, backup, blizzard, cloud, credentials, cve, cyberattack, cyberespionage, infrastructure, intelligence, kritis, malware, mfa, mssp, router, service, threat, veeam, vpn, vulnerability, zero-dayEine russische Cyberspionage-Kampagne zielt auf Energieversorger.Das Team von Amazon Threat Intelligence stellte fest, dass eine vom russischen Staat geförderte Cyberspionagegruppe vermehrt Energieunternehmen und Anbieter kritischer Infrastrukturen (KRITIS) ins Visier genommen hat.Die Gruppe ist demnach seit mindestens 2021 aktiv und hat es vor allem auf Fehlkonfigurationen von Geräten abgesehen. Die Angreifer nutzen aber auch bekannte Schwachstellen…
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Russian state hackers targeted Western critical infrastructure for years, Amazon says
Tags: credentials, cyber, exploit, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, network, russia, theft, threat, vulnerabilityAmazon disclosed a years-long Russian state-backed cyber campaign targeting Western critical infrastructure from 2021 to 2025. Amazon Threat Intelligence reports a long-running Russian state-backed campaign (20212025) targeting Western critical infrastructure. Threat actors shifted from exploiting vulnerabilities to abusing misconfigured network edge devices, enabling credential theft and lateral movement with lower risk. The researchers linked the…
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Russian state hackers targeted Western critical infrastructure for years, Amazon says
Tags: credentials, cyber, exploit, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, network, russia, theft, threat, vulnerabilityAmazon disclosed a years-long Russian state-backed cyber campaign targeting Western critical infrastructure from 2021 to 2025. Amazon Threat Intelligence reports a long-running Russian state-backed campaign (20212025) targeting Western critical infrastructure. Threat actors shifted from exploiting vulnerabilities to abusing misconfigured network edge devices, enabling credential theft and lateral movement with lower risk. The researchers linked the…