Massive Leak Shows How a Chinese Company Is Exporting the Great Firewall to the World

Geedge Networks, a company with ties to the founder of China’s mass censorship infrastructure, is selling its censorship and surveillance systems to at least four other countries in Asia and Africa...

DOJ Charges 22-Year-Old for Running RapperBot Botnet Behind 370,000 DDoS Attacks

A 22-year-old man from the U.S. state of Oregon has been charged with allegedly developing and overseeing a distributed denial-of-service DDoS-for-hire botnet called RapperBot. Ethan Foltz of Eugene, Oregon, has been identified as the administrator of the service, the U.S. Department of Justice D...

Vietnamese Hackers Use PXA Stealer, Hit 4,000 IPs and Steal 200,000 Passwords Globally

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new wave of campaigns distributing a Python-based information stealer called PXA Stealer. The malicious activity has been assessed to be the work of Vietnamese-speaking cybercriminals who monetize the stolen data through a subscription-based...

INTERPOL Dismantles 20,000+ Malicious IPs Linked to 69 Malware Variants in Operation Secure

INTERPOL on Wednesday announced the dismantling of more than 20,000 malicious IP addresses or domains that have been linked to 69 information-stealing malware variants. The joint action, codenamed Operation Secure, took place between January and April 2025, and involved law enforcement agencies...

Rare Werewolf APT Uses Legitimate Software in Attacks on Hundreds of Russian Enterprises

The threat actor known as Rare Werewolf formerly Rare Wolf has been linked to a series of cyber attacks targeting Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States CIS countries. "A distinctive feature of this threat is that the attackers favor using legitimate third-party software over developin...

INTERPOL Arrests 306 Suspects, Seizes 1,842 Devices in Cross-Border Cybercrime Bust

Law enforcement authorities in seven African countries have arrested 306 suspects and confiscated 1,842 devices as part of an international operation codenamed Red Card that took place between November 2024 and February 2025. The coordinated effort "aims to disrupt and dismantle cross-border...

Over 400 IPs Exploiting Multiple SSRF Vulnerabilities in Coordinated Cyber Attack

Threat intelligence firm GreyNoise is warning of a "coordinated surge" in the exploitation of Server-Side Request Forgery SSRF vulnerabilities spanning multiple platforms. "At least 400 IPs have been seen actively exploiting multiple SSRF CVEs simultaneously, with notable overlap between attack...

IT threat evolution in Q3 2024. Non-mobile statistics

IT threat evolution in Q3 2024 IT threat evolution in Q3 2024. Non-mobile statistics IT threat evolution in Q3 2024. Mobile statistics The statistics presented here are based on detection verdicts by Kaspersky products and services received from users who consented to providing statistical data...

Chinese Hackers Use GHOSTSPIDER Malware to Hack Telecoms Across 12+ Countries

The China-linked threat actor known as Earth Estries has been observed using a previously undocumented backdoor called GHOSTSPIDER as part of its attacks targeting Southeast Asian telecommunications companies. Trend Micro, which described the hacking group as an aggressive advanced persistent...

Mirai-Inspired Gorilla Botnet Hits 0.3 Million Targets Across 100 Countries

A new Gorilla Botnet has launched massive DDoS attacks, targeting over 100 countries, according to cybersecurity firm NSFOCUS.…...

About Cross Site Scripting – Roundcube Webmail (CVE-2024-37383) vulnerability

About Cross Site Scripting - Roundcube Webmail CVE-2024-37383 vulnerability. Roundcube is a web-based email client with functionality comparable to desktop email clients such as Outlook Express or Mozilla Thunderbird. The vulnerability is caused by an error in the processing of SVG elements in th...

New Gorilla Botnet Launches Over 300,000 DDoS Attacks Across 100 Countries

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new botnet malware family called Gorilla aka GorillaBot that draws its inspiration from the leaked Mirai botnet source code. Cybersecurity firm NSFOCUS, which identified the activity last month, said the botnet "issued over 300,000 attack commands, with...

Threat actor believed to be spreading new MedusaLocker variant since 2022

Cisco Talos has discovered a financially motivated threat actor, active since 2022, recently observed delivering a MedusaLocker ransomware variant. Intelligence collected by Talos on tools regularly employed by the threat actor allows us to see an estimate of the amount and countries of origin of...

New Octo2 Android Banking Trojan Emerges with Device Takeover Capabilities

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new version of an Android banking trojan called Octo that comes with improved capabilities to conduct device takeover DTO and perform fraudulent transactions. The new version has been codenamed Octo2 by the malware author, Dutch security firm ThreatFabr...

Quad7 Botnet Expands to Target SOHO Routers and VPN Appliances

The operators of the mysterious Quad7 botnet are actively evolving by compromising several brands of SOHO routers and VPN appliances by leveraging a combination of both known and unknown security flaws. Targets include devices from TP-LINK, Zyxel, Asus, Axentra, D-Link, and NETGEAR, according to ...

Microsoft Bounty Program Year in Review: $16.6M in Rewards

We are excited to announce that this year the Microsoft Bounty Program has awarded $16.6M in bounty awards to 343 security researchers from 55 countries, securing Microsoft customers in partnership with the Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC. Each year we identify over a thousand potential...

Microsoft Bounty Program Year in Review: $16.6M in Rewards

We are excited to announce that this year the Microsoft Bounty Program has awarded $16.6M in bounty awards to 343 security researchers from 55 countries, securing Microsoft customers in partnership with the Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC. Each year we identify over a thousand potential...

Rockwell Automation Logix Controllers

View CSAF 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v4 7.3 ATTENTION : Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor : Rockwell Automation Equipment : ControlLogix, GuardLogix, and 1756 ControlLogix I/O Modules Vulnerability : Unprotected Alternate Channel 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this...

Experts Warn of Mekotio Banking Trojan Targeting Latin American Countries

Financial institutions in Latin America are being threatened by a banking trojan called Mekotio aka Melcoz. That's according to findings from Trend Micro, which said it recently observed a surge in cyber attacks distributing the Windows malware. Mekotio, known to be actively put to use since 2015...

New Medusa Android Trojan Targets Banking Users Across 7 Countries

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an updated version of an Android banking trojan called Medusa that has been used to target users in Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Turkey, the U.K., and the U.S. The new fraud campaigns, observed in May 2024 and active since July 2023, manifested through...