Tag: threat
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Microsoft uncovers new variant of XCSSET macOS malware in targeted attacks
Microsoft Threat Intelligence researchers found a new XCSSET macOS malware variant used in limited attacks. Microsoft Threat Intelligence researchers have discovered a new version of the macOS malware XCSSET that has been employed in limited attacks. Trend Micro first spotted the malware in 2020 when it was spreading through Xcode projects and exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities…
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Iranian State Hackers Use SSL.com Certificates to Sign Malware
Security researchers say multiple threat groups, including Iran’s Charming Kitten APT offshoot Subtle Snail, are deploying malware with code-signing certificates from the Houston-based company. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/iranian-hackers-ssl-certificates-sign-malware
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Top 10 Best AI Penetration Testing Companies in 2025
Tags: ai, automation, cyber, cybersecurity, intelligence, penetration-testing, strategy, threat, tool, vulnerabilityIn 2025, AI penetration testing tools have become the backbone of modern cybersecurity strategies, offering automation, intelligence-driven reconnaissance, and vulnerability analysis faster than traditional manual assessments. Businesses now demand AI-powered solutions to protect against evolving cyber threats and ensure compliance. Choosing the right AI penetration testing platform not only saves time and resources but also…
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Researchers Expose SVG and PureRAT Phishing Threats Targeting Ukraine and Vietnam
A new campaign has been observed impersonating Ukrainian government agencies in phishing attacks to deliver CountLoader, which is then used to drop Amatera Stealer and PureMiner.”The phishing emails contain malicious Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files designed to trick recipients into opening harmful attachments,” Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Yurren Wan said in a report shared with…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISA Highlights Vulnerability Management Importance in Breach Analysis, as Orgs Are Urged To Patch Cisco Zero-Days
Tags: 2fa, access, advisory, api, attack, authentication, breach, business, cisa, cisco, cloud, control, credentials, crime, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, endpoint, exploit, fido, finance, firewall, framework, github, grc, guide, identity, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, ISO-27001, kev, law, lessons-learned, malicious, malware, mfa, mitigation, monitoring, network, open-source, phishing, privacy, ransomware, risk, saas, scam, security-incident, service, soc, software, supply-chain, tactics, threat, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, worm, zero-dayCISA’s takeaways of an agency hack include a call for timely vulnerability patching. Plus, Cisco zero-day bugs are under attack, patch now. Meanwhile, the CSA issued a framework for SaaS security. And get the latest on the npm breach, the ransomware attack that disrupted air travel and more! Here are six things you need to…
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Prep is Underway, But 2026 FIFA World Cup Poses Significant Cyber Challenges
The world’s most-popular sports contest starts in June 2026 across 16 venues in three countries: Securing the event infrastructure from cyber threats will require massive collaboration. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/crowds-drones-world-cup-cyber-challenges
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Keeper Security Integration with Google SecOps Expands Visibility into Privileged Access
Keeper Security has announced a new integration with Google Security Operations (GoogleSecOps). The integration streams privileged access activity from Keeper into the Google SecOps platform, which unifies Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) and threat intelligence, to give security teams real-time visibility and faster incident response. As attackers increasingly…
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Critical Salesforce Vulnerability ‘ForcedLeak’ Exposes AI Agent Risks in AgentForce
A recently disclosed security research report has revealed a severe vulnerability chain in Salesforce AgentForce, dubbed ForcedLeak, which highlights a new class of AI-specific threats in enterprise systems. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/forcedleak-agentforce-vulnerability/
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Agencies Around the Globe Urge Patching of Cisco ASA Bug Under Active Exploit
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued Emergency Directive 25-03 in response to an ongoing and severe cybersecurity threat targeting vulnerabilities in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) and Cisco Firepower devices. The directive mandates immediate action from all federal civilian executive branch agencies to identify and mitigate potential compromises affecting vulnerable systems.…
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New COLDRIVER Malware Campaign Joins BO Team and Bearlyfy in Russia-Focused Cyberattacks
The Russian advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as COLDRIVER has been attributed to a fresh round of ClickFix-style attacks designed to deliver two new “lightweight” malware families tracked as BAITSWITCH and SIMPLEFIX.Zscaler ThreatLabz, which detected the new multi-stage ClickFix campaign earlier this month, described BAITSWITCH as a downloader that ultimately drops SIMPLEFIX, a First…
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UK NCSC warns that attackers exploited Cisco firewall zero-days to deploy RayInitiator and LINE VIPER malware
UK NCSC warns that threat actors exploited Cisco firewall zero-days to deploy new malware strains RayInitiator and LINE VIPER. The U.K. NCSC reported that threat actors exploited recently disclosed Cisco firewall flaws (CVE-2025-20362, CVE-2025-20333) in zero-day attacks to deploy novel malware families, RayInitiator and LINE VIPER. These malware mark a major evolution from earlier campaigns,…
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Malware Gangs Enlist Covert North Korean IT Workers in Corporate Attacks
Malware operators aligned with North Korea have forged a sophisticated partnership with covert IT workers to target corporate organizations worldwide. This collaboration, detailed in a new white paper presented at Virus Bulletin 2025, sheds light on the intertwined operations of the DeceptiveDevelopment cybercrime syndicate and the WageMole activity cluster, revealing a hybrid threat that marries…
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ArcaneDoor Threat Actor Resurfaces in Continued Attacks Against Cisco Firewalls
An attack campaign has been identified which exploits vulnerabilities in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance software First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/arcanedoor-attacks-against-cisco/
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Malware Gangs Enlist Covert North Korean IT Workers in Corporate Attacks
Malware operators aligned with North Korea have forged a sophisticated partnership with covert IT workers to target corporate organizations worldwide. This collaboration, detailed in a new white paper presented at Virus Bulletin 2025, sheds light on the intertwined operations of the DeceptiveDevelopment cybercrime syndicate and the WageMole activity cluster, revealing a hybrid threat that marries…
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Digital Threat Modeling Under Authoritarianism
Today’s world requires us to make complex and nuanced decisions about our digital security. Evaluating when to use a secure messaging app like Signal or WhatsApp, which passwords to store on your smartphone, or what to share on social media requires us to assess risks and make judgments accordingly. Arriving at any conclusion is an…
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Digital Threat Modeling Under Authoritarianism
Today’s world requires us to make complex and nuanced decisions about our digital security. Evaluating when to use a secure messaging app like Signal or WhatsApp, which passwords to store on your smartphone, or what to share on social media requires us to assess risks and make judgments accordingly. Arriving at any conclusion is an…
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Digital Threat Modeling Under Authoritarianism
Today’s world requires us to make complex and nuanced decisions about our digital security. Evaluating when to use a secure messaging app like Signal or WhatsApp, which passwords to store on your smartphone, or what to share on social media requires us to assess risks and make judgments accordingly. Arriving at any conclusion is an…
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UK NCSC warns that attackers exploited Cisco firewall zero-days to deploy RayInitiator and LINE VIPER malware
UK NCSC warns that threat actors exploited Cisco firewall zero-days to deploy new malware strains RayInitiator and LINE VIPER. The U.K. NCSC reported that threat actors exploited recently disclosed Cisco firewall flaws (CVE-2025-20362, CVE-2025-20333) in zero-day attacks to deploy novel malware families, RayInitiator and LINE VIPER. These malware mark a major evolution from earlier campaigns,…
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UK NCSC warns that attackers exploited Cisco firewall zero-days to deploy RayInitiator and LINE VIPER malware
UK NCSC warns that threat actors exploited Cisco firewall zero-days to deploy new malware strains RayInitiator and LINE VIPER. The U.K. NCSC reported that threat actors exploited recently disclosed Cisco firewall flaws (CVE-2025-20362, CVE-2025-20333) in zero-day attacks to deploy novel malware families, RayInitiator and LINE VIPER. These malware mark a major evolution from earlier campaigns,…
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New Botnet ‘Loader-as-a-Service’ Turns Home Routers and IoT into Mirai Farms
CloudSEK has uncovered a sophisticated Loader-as-a-Service botnet campaign spanning the last six months, leveraging exposed command-and-control logs to orchestrate attacks against SOHO routers, embedded Linux devices, and enterprise applications. The threat actors exploit unsanitized POST parameters”, such as NTP, syslog, and hostname fields”, alongside default credentials and known CVEs in WebLogic, WordPress, and vBulletin systems…
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Hackers Breach Active Directory, Steal NTDS.dit for Full Domain Compromise
Threat actors recently infiltrated a corporate environment, dumped the AD database file NTDS.dit, and nearly achieved full domain control. AD acts as the backbone of Windows domains, storing account data, group policies, and password hashes. Compromise of its core file effectively hands attackers the keys to the kingdom. Attack Overview The breach began when attackers…
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Hackers Breach Active Directory, Steal NTDS.dit for Full Domain Compromise
Threat actors recently infiltrated a corporate environment, dumped the AD database file NTDS.dit, and nearly achieved full domain control. AD acts as the backbone of Windows domains, storing account data, group policies, and password hashes. Compromise of its core file effectively hands attackers the keys to the kingdom. Attack Overview The breach began when attackers…
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New macOS XCSSET Variant Targets Firefox with Clipper and Persistence Module
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an updated version of a known Apple macOS malware called XCSSET that has been observed in limited attacks.”This new variant of XCSSET brings key changes related to browser targeting, clipboard hijacking, and persistence mechanisms,” the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team said in a Thursday report.”It employs sophisticated encryption and obfuscation First seen…
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Identity Resilience: Rubrik erweitert Integration mit CrowdStrike Falcon
Durch die Integration von Rubrik Security Cloud in Falcon Fusion SOAR, Next-Gen SIEM, Falcon Threat Intelligence und Charlotte AI können Sicherheitsteams den Prozess der Untersuchung und Reaktion vereinfachen First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/identity-resilience-rubrik-erweitert-integration-mit-crowdstrike-falcon/a42157/
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Identity Resilience: Rubrik erweitert Integration mit CrowdStrike Falcon
Durch die Integration von Rubrik Security Cloud in Falcon Fusion SOAR, Next-Gen SIEM, Falcon Threat Intelligence und Charlotte AI können Sicherheitsteams den Prozess der Untersuchung und Reaktion vereinfachen First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/identity-resilience-rubrik-erweitert-integration-mit-crowdstrike-falcon/a42157/
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Cisco ASA 0-Day RCE Flaw Actively Exploited in the Wild
A critical zero-day vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software is being actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2025-20333, this remote code execution flaw allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code as root on affected devices. Cisco published an advisory on September…
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LAMEHUG: An LLM-Driven Malware for Dynamic Reconnaissance and Data Exfiltration
A novel AI-driven threat leverages LLMs on Hugging Face to execute adaptive reconnaissance and data exfiltration in real time. Rather than relying on static scripts or prewritten payloads, LAMEHUG dynamically queries a Qwen 2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct model via the Hugging Face API to generate Windows command-shell instructions tailored to its current environment. This capability enables on-the-fly reconnaissance,…
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LAMEHUG: An LLM-Driven Malware for Dynamic Reconnaissance and Data Exfiltration
A novel AI-driven threat leverages LLMs on Hugging Face to execute adaptive reconnaissance and data exfiltration in real time. Rather than relying on static scripts or prewritten payloads, LAMEHUG dynamically queries a Qwen 2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct model via the Hugging Face API to generate Windows command-shell instructions tailored to its current environment. This capability enables on-the-fly reconnaissance,…
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Google warns of Brickstorm backdoor targeting U.S. legal and tech sectors
China-linked actors used Brickstorm malware to spy on U.S. tech and legal firms, stealing data undetected for over a year, Google warns. Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) observed the use of the Go-based backdoor BRICKSTORM to maintain persistence in U.S. organizations since March 2025. Targets include legal, Software as a Service (SaaS) providers, Business Process Outsourcers…
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Cisco ASA Firewall Zero-Day Exploits Deploy RayInitiator and LINE VIPER Malware
The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has revealed that threat actors have exploited the recently disclosed security flaws impacting Cisco firewalls as part of zero-day attacks to deliver previously undocumented malware families like RayInitiator and LINE VIPER.”The RayInitiator and LINE VIPER malware represent a significant evolution on that used in the previous campaign, both…