Tag: threat
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SideWinder Leverages ClickOnce Installer to Deliver StealerBot Malware
The notorious SideWinder advanced persistent threat (APT) group has evolved its cyber espionage tactics with a sophisticated new attack method, combining PDF lures with ClickOnce technology to deploy StealerBot malware against diplomatic targets across South Asia. SideWinder orchestrated a carefully planned phishing operation throughout 2025, deploying customized lures designed for specific diplomatic institutions. The campaign’s…
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New Malware Toolkit from MuddyWater Delivers Phoenix Backdoor to Global Targets
Group-IB Threat Intelligence has uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign orchestrated by the Iran-linked Advanced Persistent Threat group MuddyWater, targeting international organizations worldwide to gather foreign intelligence. The campaign demonstrates the threat actor’s evolving tactics and enhanced operational maturity in exploiting trusted communication channels to infiltrate high-value targets. MuddyWater launched the operation by accessing a compromised…
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Over 250 Magento Stores Hit Overnight as Hackers Exploit New Adobe Commerce Flaw
E-commerce security company Sansec has warned that threat actors have begun to exploit a recently disclosed security vulnerability in Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source platforms, with more than 250 attack attempts recorded against multiple stores over the past 24 hours.The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-54236 (CVSS score: 9.1), a critical improper input validation flaw…
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The next cyber crisis may start in someone else’s supply chain
Organizations are getting better at some aspects of risk management but remain underprepared for the threats reshaping the business landscape, according to a new Riskonnect … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/23/geopolitics-drives-cyber-threats-report/
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Lazarus Group Hunts European Drone Manufacturing Data
The campaign is the latest effort by the North Korean threat actor to collect data of strategic interest to Pyongyang. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/lazarus-group-hunts-european-drone-manufacturing-data
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Lazarus Group Hunts European Drone Manufacturing Data
The campaign is the latest effort by the North Korean threat actor to collect data of strategic interest to Pyongyang. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/lazarus-group-hunts-european-drone-manufacturing-data
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Smashing Security podcast #440: How to hack a prison, and the hidden threat of online checkouts
A literal insider threat: we head to a Romanian prison where “self-service” web kiosks allowed inmates to run wild. Then we head to the checkout aisle to ask why JavaScript on payment pages went feral, and how new PCI DSS rules are finally muzzling Magecart-style skimmers. First seen on grahamcluley.com Jump to article: grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-440/
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Optimizing Secrets Sprawl Management
How Can Organizations Achieve Efficient Security with Optimized Management of Non-Human Identities? Where cybersecurity threats are becoming increasingly sophisticated, organizations are compelled to rethink their security strategies, particularly when it comes to managing Non-Human Identities (NHIs). These machine identities, which carry crucial access permissions and encrypted credentials, are vital for maintaining secure cloud environments across……
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PhantomCaptcha targets Ukraine relief groups with WebSocket RAT in October 2025
PhantomCaptcha phishing campaign hit Ukraine relief groups with a WebSocket RAT on Oct 8, 2025, targeting Red Cross, UNICEF, and others. SentinelOne researchers uncovered PhantomCaptcha, a coordinated spear-phishing campaign on October 8, 2025, targeting Ukraine war relief groups, including Red Cross, UNICEF, NRC, and local administrations. Threat actors used fake emails to deploy a WebSocket-based…
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Russia’s Coldriver Ramps Up Malware Development After LostKeys Exposure
Google threat researchers in May publicized the Russian-based threat group Coldriver’s LostKeys credential-stealing malware. However, five days later, the bad actors launched three new malware families that they developed rapidly and used aggressively in their campaigns. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/russias-coldriver-ramps-up-malware-development-after-lostkeys-exposure/
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Russia’s Coldriver Ramps Up Malware Development After LostKeys Exposure
Google threat researchers in May publicized the Russian-based threat group Coldriver’s LostKeys credential-stealing malware. However, five days later, the bad actors launched three new malware families that they developed rapidly and used aggressively in their campaigns. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/russias-coldriver-ramps-up-malware-development-after-lostkeys-exposure/
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Third-Party Breaches: Why Vendor Passwords Put Your Organization at Risk
The Expanding Threat Surface in Third-Party Access No matter how secure an organization’s internal defenses may be, the risk created by third parties cannot be ignored. A single vendor often has connections across dozens of client environments. Financial services firms rely on payment gateways, credit bureaus, and loan processors. E-commerce companies depend on checkout providers,……
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Third-Party Breaches: Why Vendor Passwords Put Your Organization at Risk
The Expanding Threat Surface in Third-Party Access No matter how secure an organization’s internal defenses may be, the risk created by third parties cannot be ignored. A single vendor often has connections across dozens of client environments. Financial services firms rely on payment gateways, credit bureaus, and loan processors. E-commerce companies depend on checkout providers,……
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UK facing ‘most contested and complex’ threat in decades, warns GCHQ director
Britain’s security agencies are grappling with the most “contested and complex” threat environment in decades, one of the country’s most senior spies warned. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/facing-anne-keast-decades-gchq
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Dataminr to Acquire Cybersecurity Firm ThreatConnect in $290M Deal
The acquisition aims to merge Dataminr’s AI-driven real-time event detection with ThreatConnect’s internal threat management capabilities. The post Dataminr to Acquire Cybersecurity Firm ThreatConnect in $290M Deal appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-dataminr-buys-threatconnect/
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FinWise data breach shows why encryption is your last defense
The FinWise breach shows that when insider threats strike, encryption is the last line of defense. Penta Security’s D.AMO platform unites encryption, key management, and access control to keep sensitive data secure. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/finwise-data-breach-shows-why-encryption-is-your-last-defense/
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Threat Actors Advancing Email Phishing Attacks to Bypass Security Filters
Cybercriminals continue to evolve their email phishing arsenals, reviving legacy tactics while layering on advanced evasions to slip past automated filters and human scrutiny. In 2025, attackers are noted tried-and-true approaches”, like password-protected attachments and calendar invites”, with new twists such as QR codes, multi-stage verification chains, and live API integrations. These refinements not only…
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MuddyWater Targets 100+ Gov Entities in MEA with Phoenix Backdoor
The Iranian threat group is using a compromised mailbox accessed through NordVPN to send phishing emails that prompt recipients to enable macros. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/muddywater-100-gov-entites-mea-phoenix-backdoor
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Google ‘Careers’ scam lands job seekers in credential traps
Tags: attack, authentication, breach, control, credentials, cybersecurity, defense, google, identity, infrastructure, jobs, login, mfa, monitoring, north-korea, phishing, scam, strategy, threat, trainingWhat must organizations must: Sublime observed a sophisticated backend infrastructure supporting the phishing operation. Rather than just relying on a static fake login page, the attackers used newly registered domains (like gappywave[.]com, gcareerspeople[.]com) and what appeared to be command-and-control (C2) servers such as satoshicommands[.]com to process stolen credentials.Additionally, the HTML and JavaScript of the fake…
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40 Prozent mehr Evasive-Malware über verschlüsselte Verbindungen
Der Anstieg von schwer zu erkennender, hochentwickelter Malware um 40 Prozent ist sicher eines der prägnantesten Ergebnisse des aktuellen Internet-Security-Reports von Watchguard Technologies. In der vierteljährlich erscheinenden Analyse listen die Forscher des Watchguard-Threat-Labs regelmäßig und detailliert die wichtigsten Malware-Trends sowie Netzwerk- und Endpunkt-Bedrohungen auf. In der gerade veröffentlichten Auswertung für das zweite Quartal 2025 fällt erneut…
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SocGholish Malware Using Compromised Sites to Deliver Ransomware
New research on SocGholish (FakeUpdates) reveals how this MaaS platform is used by threat actors like Evil Corp and RansomHub to compromise websites, steal data, and launch high-impact attacks on healthcare and businesses worldwide. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/socgholish-malware-compromised-sites-ransomware/
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Threat Actors Exploiting Azure Blob Storage to Breach Organizational Repositories
Threat actors are increasingly targeting Azure Blob Storage, Microsoft’s flagship object storage solution, to infiltrate organizational repositories and disrupt critical workloads. With its capacity to handle exabytes of unstructured data for AI, high performance computing, analytics, media streaming, enterprise backup, and IoT ingestion, Blob Storage has become an attractive vector for sophisticated campaigns aiming to…
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Chinese Threat Actors Exploit ToolShell SharePoint Flaw Weeks After Microsoft’s July Patch
Tags: breach, china, country, exploit, flaw, government, microsoft, middle-east, technology, threat, update, usa, vulnerabilityThreat actors with ties to China exploited the ToolShell security vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint to breach a telecommunications company in the Middle East after it was publicly disclosed and patched in July 2025.Also targeted were government departments in an African country, as well as government agencies in South America, a university in the U.S., as…
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Google ‘Careers’ scam lands job seekers in credential traps
Tags: attack, authentication, breach, control, credentials, cybersecurity, defense, google, identity, infrastructure, jobs, login, mfa, monitoring, north-korea, phishing, scam, strategy, threat, trainingWhat must organizations must: Sublime observed a sophisticated backend infrastructure supporting the phishing operation. Rather than just relying on a static fake login page, the attackers used newly registered domains (like gappywave[.]com, gcareerspeople[.]com) and what appeared to be command-and-control (C2) servers such as satoshicommands[.]com to process stolen credentials.Additionally, the HTML and JavaScript of the fake…
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‘I am not a robot’: Russian hackers use fake CAPTCHA lures to deploy espionage tools
Tags: access, attack, authentication, awareness, captcha, ceo, communications, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, email, endpoint, espionage, exploit, group, hacker, incident response, least-privilege, login, malicious, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, phishing, powershell, russia, strategy, tactics, theft, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustEvolving tactics and strategies: Analysts said ColdRiver, which for years focused on credential theft and email account compromise, is shifting toward multi-stage intrusions that rely on users to execute malicious code.By using ClickFix pages that mimic CAPTCHA verification screens, the group can bypass email security filters and deliver malware directly to victims’ devices, increasing the…
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Hackers Use ASP.NET Machine Keys to Break Into IIS, Push Malicious Extensions
Tags: china, cyber, cybersecurity, detection, exploit, framework, hacker, malicious, monitoring, threatIn September 2025, Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) Cybersecurity, a managed detection and response provider, in collaboration with Elastic Security Labs, uncovered a sophisticated post-exploitation campaign by a Chinese-speaking threat actor. Using this method, the attackers installed a malicious IIS module named TOLLBOOTH, deployed a Godzilla-forked webshell framework, leveraged the GotoHTTP remote monitoring and management…
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Bitter APT Exploits WinRAR Zero-Day Through Malicious Word Files to Steal Sensitive Data
In a newly uncovered campaign, the threat group known as Bitter”, also tracked as APT-Q-37″, has leveraged both malicious Office macros and a previously undocumented WinRAR path traversal vulnerability to deliver a C# backdoor and siphon sensitive information. Researchers at Qi’anxin Threat Intelligence Center warn that this dual-pronged attack illustrates the group’s evolving tactics and…
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CAASM and EASM: Top 12 attack surface discovery and management tools
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, blockchain, business, cloud, control, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, detection, dns, endpoint, exploit, framework, guide, hacking, HIPAA, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, leak, marketplace, microsoft, monitoring, network, open-source, PCI, risk, risk-assessment, service, soc, software, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityCAASM and EASM tools for attack surface discovery and management: Periodic scans of the network are no longer sufficient for maintaining a hardened attack surface. Continuous monitoring for new assets and configuration drift are critical to ensure the security of corporate resources and customer data.New assets need to be identified and incorporated into the monitoring…