Tag: threat
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CrowdStrike investigated 320 North Korean IT worker cases in the past year
Threat hunters saw North Korean operatives almost daily, reflecting a 220% year-over-year increase in activity, CrowdStrike said in a new report. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/crowdstrike-north-korean-operatives/
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The Telecom Threat: Liminal Panda’s Covert Campaign Targets Southwest Asian Critical Infrastructure
The post The Telecom Threat: Liminal Panda’s Covert Campaign Targets Southwest Asian Critical Infrastructure appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity. First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/the-telecom-threat-liminal-pandas-covert-campaign-targets-southwest-asian-critical-infrastructure/
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Are Your Security Measures Capable Enough?
How Effective are Your Cybersecurity Measures? Is your organization taking the adequate security measures to protect itself from digital threats? With digital becomes increasingly sophisticated, so too does cybersecurity. For businesses operating in the cloud, Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and Secrets management is emerging as a potent tool for enhancing protection and minimizing risk. The Imperative……
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Attackers exploit link-wrapping services to steal Microsoft 365 logins
A threat actor has been abusing link wrapping services from reputed technology companies to mask malicious links leading to Microsoft 365 phishing pages that collect login credentials. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/attackers-exploit-link-wrapping-services-to-steal-microsoft-365-logins/
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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 56
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Endgame Gear mouse config tool infected users with malware Auto-Color Backdoor: How Darktrace Thwarted a Stealthy Linux Intrusion Sealed Chain of Deception: Actors leveraging Node.JS to Launch JSCeal Decrypted: FunkSec Ransomware Threat actor uses…
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Week in review: Food sector cybersecurity risks, cyber threats to space infrastructure
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Review: LLM Engineer’s Handbook For all the excitement around LLMs, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/08/03/week-in-review-food-sector-cybersecurity-risks-cyber-threats-to-space-infrastructure/
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Microsoft deckt Secret Blizzard-Kampagne gegen Diplomaten auf
Kurzer Nachtrag von dieser Woche. Microsoft hat eine Kampagne der russischen Cybergruppe Secret Blizzard aufgedeckt und öffentlich gemacht. Die staatliche Gruppe nutzt eine Man-in-the-Middle-Position (AiTM), um eine maßgeschneiderte Malware ApolloShadow bei Botschaften in Moskau für Spionagezwecke einzusetzen. Microsoft Threat Intelligence … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/08/03/microsoft-deckt-secret-blizzard-kampagne-gegen-diplomaten-auf/
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STRATEGIC REEL: Proactive by design: Fortinet retools network defense for real-time threats
Security teams can no longer afford to wait for alerts, not when cyberattacks unfold in milliseconds. That’s the core warning from Fortinet’s Derek Manky in a new Last Watchdog Strategic Reel recorded at RSAC 2025. As adversaries adopt AI-driven… (more”¦) First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/08/strategic-reel-proactive-by-design-fortinet-retools-network-defense-for-real-time-threats/
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CL0969 Installs Covert Malware in Telecom Networks During 10-Month Espionage Campaign
Telecommunications organizations in Southeast Asia have been targeted by a state-sponsored threat actor known as CL-STA-0969 to facilitate remote control over compromised networks.Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 said it observed multiple incidents in the region, including one aimed at critical telecommunications infrastructure between February and November 2024.The attacks are characterized by the First seen on…
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OT Security: Guide For Critical Infrastructure
Operational Technology (OT) security encompasses a set of practices and procedures aimed at protecting cyber-physical systems and industrial control systems (ICS) from cyber threats and exploitation. ICS are essential OT components widely used across industries to automate and manage production processes. As critical infrastructure increasingly adopts digital technologies to boost efficiency and innovation, it also……
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Google Cloud: Threat Actors Increasingly Target Backups Take These Steps Now
Defensive strategy best practices are included in Google’s latest cloud security report. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-cloud-h1-2025-threat-horizons-report/
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Google Cloud/Forrester Report: Top Challenges to Effective Threat Intelligence
Too many threat intelligence data feeds and not enough skilled analysts top the list of challenges for cybersecurity teams, says a new Google Cloud/Forrester report. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-cloud-threat-intelligence-report/
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Microsoft SharePoint Hackers Switch Gears to Spread Ransomware
Threat actors exploit SharePoint flaws to access internal systems, steal sensitive data, and carry out surveillance, impersonation, and extortion. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-sharepoint-vulnerabilities-exploitation/
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Microsoft Blames ‘China-Based Threat Actor’ for SharePoint Attacks
A series of cyberattacks targeting Microsoft collaboration software, specifically SharePoint, have been linked to Chinese hackers and threat actors. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-microsoft-sharepoint-patch-failure-chinese-hackers/
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Penetration Testing Methodology: Step-by-Step Breakdown for 2025
Cyber threats are sharper and more widespread than ever before, consistently finding new entry points across our intricate digital world, from sprawling cloud environments and complex APIs to the mobile… The post Penetration Testing Methodology: Step-by-Step Breakdown for 2025 appeared first on Strobes Security. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/08/penetration-testing-methodology-step-by-step-breakdown-for-2025/
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Black Hat 2025: Latest news and insights
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, ciso, cloud, conference, crowdstrike, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, email, exploit, finance, firmware, flaw, group, hacker, hacking, identity, Internet, LLM, malicious, malware, reverse-engineering, sap, service, threat, tool, training, update, usa, vulnerability, windowsBlack Hat USAAugust 2-7, 2025Las Vegas, NVBlack Hat USA 2025 returns to the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas on August 2-7. The annual event is a perennial magnet for cybersecurity professionals, researchers, vendors and othersThe week kicks off on August 2 with four days of cybersecurity training courses. The courses cover a range…
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Safe Raises $70M Series C to Scale Cyber Risk Management
New Funding, Platform Expansion Aim for Predictive, Autonomous Threat Defense. Safe’s $70 million Series C will fund expanded capabilities across its cyber risk quantification, exposure management and third-party oversight tools. The company says its agentic AI vision cyber AGI will transform how enterprises manage and mitigate cyberthreats. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/safe-raises-70m-series-c-to-scale-cyber-risk-management-a-29109
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Response to CISA Advisory (AA25-212A): CISA and USCG Identify Areas for Cyber Hygiene Improvement After Conducting Proactive Threat Hunt at US Critical Infrastructure Organization
In response to the recently published CISA Advisory (AA25-212A), AttackIQ has provided actionable recommendations to help organizations emulate such attacks. These recommendations enable organizations to emulate tactics and techniques, helping to assess and improve their defenses against similar adversarial behaviors. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/08/response-to-cisa-advisory-aa25-212a-cisa-and-uscg-identify-areas-for-cyber-hygiene-improvement-after-conducting-proactive-threat-hunt-at-us-critical-infrastructure-org…
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SafePay Ransomware Strikes 260+ Victims Across Multiple Countries
The SafePay ransomware organization has quickly become a powerful operator since its initial detection in September 2024, marking a startling increase in the cyber threat scenario. Unlike predominant ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) models that rely on affiliates for dissemination and profit-sharing, SafePay operates autonomously, with its core developers directly orchestrating intrusions and extortion campaigns. This self-contained approach…
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Lazarus Hackers Weaponize 234 npm and PyPI Packages to Infect Developers
Sonatype’s automated detection systems have uncovered an expansive and ongoing infiltration of the global open-source ecosystem by the notorious Lazarus Group, a threat actor believed to be backed by North Korea’s Reconnaissance General Bureau. Between January and July 2025, Sonatype identified and blocked 234 malicious software packages deployed through both the npm and PyPI open-source…
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Storm-2603 Deploys Custom Malware Using BYOVD to Bypass Endpoint Protections
Check Point Research (CPR) has delved into the operations of Storm-2603, a recently identified threat actor linked to Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) groups, amid widespread exploitation of Microsoft SharePoint Server vulnerabilities known as >>ToolShell.
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Attackers Use Fake OAuth Apps with Tycoon Kit to Breach Microsoft 365 Accounts
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a new cluster of activity where threat actors are impersonating enterprises with fake Microsoft OAuth applications to facilitate credential harvesting as part of account takeover attacks.”The fake Microsoft 365 applications impersonate various companies, including RingCentral, SharePoint, Adobe, and Docusign,” Proofpoint said in a Thursday report.The First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to…
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Chinese Threat Actors Hack 11,000 Android Devices to Deploy PlayPraetor Malware
Chinese-speaking threat actors have used the PlayPraetor Remote Access Trojan (RAT) to infiltrate more than 11,000 Android devices globally in a sophisticated Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) operation. This allows for on-device fraud (ODF) by controlling the device in real time. First investigated by Cleafy Threat Intelligence in June 2025, the campaign impersonates legitimate Google Play Store pages…
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Blizzard Group’s ApolloShadow Malware Installs Root Certificates to Trust Malicious Sites
Tags: blizzard, cyber, cyberespionage, data-breach, group, intelligence, Internet, malicious, malware, microsoft, russia, service, threatMicrosoft Threat Intelligence has exposed a sophisticated cyberespionage operation orchestrated by the Russian state-sponsored actor tracked as Secret Blizzard, which has been actively compromising foreign embassies in Moscow through an adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) technique to deploy the custom ApolloShadow malware. This campaign, ongoing since at least 2024, leverages an AiTM position at the Internet Service Provider…
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Threat Actors Impersonate Microsoft OAuth Apps to Steal Login Credentials
Tags: adobe, authentication, credentials, cyber, login, malicious, microsoft, phishing, theft, threatThreat actors are leveraging sophisticated phishing campaigns by creating fake Microsoft OAuth applications to impersonate legitimate enterprises, enabling credential theft while bypassing multifactor authentication (MFA). Proofpoint researchers have tracked this activity since early 2025, identifying over 50 impersonated applications, including those mimicking RingCentral, SharePoint, Adobe, and DocuSign. These malicious OAuth apps serve as initial lures,…
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APT36 Hackers Target Indian Railways, Oil, and Government Systems Using Malicious PDF Files
Tags: cyber, government, group, hacker, india, infection, infrastructure, malicious, military, threatThe Pakistan-linked threat group APT36, also known as Transparent Tribe, has broadened its cyber operations beyond traditional military targets to encompass Indian railways, oil and gas infrastructure, and the Ministry of External Affairs. Security researchers have uncovered two sophisticated desktop-based infection chains leveraging .desktop files disguised as PDF documents, which execute malicious scripts to deploy…