Optimizing the Privacy-Utility Balance Using Synthetic Data and Configurable Perturbation Pipelines

This paper explores the strategic use of modern synthetic data generation and advanced data perturbation techniques to enhance security, maintain analytical utility, and improve operational efficiency when managing large datasets, with a particular focus on the Banking, Financial Services, and...

A Comprehensive Survey of Cybercrimes in India over the Last Decade

Since the 1990s, the integration of technology into daily life has led to the creation of an extensive network of interconnected devices, transforming how individuals and organizations operate. However, this digital transformation has also spurred the rise of cybercrime, criminal activities...

New BPFDoor Controller Enables Stealthy Lateral Movement in Linux Server Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a new controller component associated with a known backdoor called BPFDoor as part of cyber attacks targeting telecommunications, finance, and retail sectors in South Korea, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Egypt in 2024. "The controller could open a...

ResolverRAT Campaign Targets Healthcare, Pharma via Phishing and DLL Side-Loading

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new, sophisticated remote access trojan called ResolverRAT that has been observed in attacks targeting healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. "The threat actor leverages fear-based lures delivered via phishing emails, designed to pressure recipients int...

Pakistan-Linked Hackers Expand Targets in India with CurlBack RAT and Spark RAT

A threat actor with ties to Pakistan has been observed targeting various sectors in India with various remote access trojans like Xeno RAT, Spark RAT, and a previously undocumented malware family called CurlBack RAT. The activity, detected by SEQRITE in December 2024, targeted Indian entities und...

BPFDoor’s Hidden Controller Used Against Asia, Middle East Targets

A controller linked to BPF backdoor can open a reverse shell, enabling deeper infiltration into compromised networks. Recent attacks have been observed targeting the telecommunications, finance, and retail sectors across South Korea, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Egypt...

PT-2025-22129

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description: A vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been resolved. The issue is related to the inftl read oob function in the inftlcore module. Specifically, the return value of inftl read oob nee...

Lazarus Group Targets Job Seekers With ClickFix Tactic to Deploy GolangGhost Malware

The North Korean threat actors behind Contagious Interview have adopted the increasingly popular ClickFix social engineering tactic to lure job seekers in the cryptocurrency sector to deliver a previously undocumented Go-based backdoor called GolangGhost on Windows and macOS systems. The new...

Transforming public sector security operations in the AI era

The cyberthreat landscape is evolving at an unprecedented pace, becoming increasingly dangerous and complex. Nation-state threat actors and cybercriminals are employing advanced tactics and generative AI to execute highly sophisticated attacks. This situation is further compounded by outdated...

China-Linked Earth Alux Uses VARGEIT and COBEACON in Multi-Stage Cyber Intrusions

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new China-linked threat actor called Earth Alux that has targeted various key sectors such as government, technology, logistics, manufacturing, telecommunications, IT services, and retail in the Asia-Pacific APAC and Latin American LATAM regions. "Th...

Microsoft Warns of ClickFix Phishing Campaign Targeting Hospitality Sector via Fake Booking[.]com Emails

Microsoft has shed light on an ongoing phishing campaign that has targeted the hospitality sector by impersonating online travel agency Booking.com using an increasingly popular social engineering technique called ClickFix to deliver credential-stealing malware. The activity, the tech giant's...

SideWinder targets the maritime and nuclear sectors with an updated toolset

Last year, we published an article about SideWinder, a highly prolific APT group whose primary targets have been military and government entities in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, China, and Nepal. In it, we described activities that had mostly happened in the first half of the year. We tried to draw...

SUSE CVE-2025-21738

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ata: libata-sff: Ensure that we cannot write outside the allocated buffer reveliofuzzing reported that a SCSIIOCTLSENDCOMMAND ioctl with outlen set to 0xd42, SCSI command set to ATA16 PASS-THROUGH, ATA command set to ATANOP, and...

SUSE CVE-2025-21772

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: partitions: mac: fix handling of bogus partition table Fix several issues in partition probing: - The bailout for a bad partoffset must use putdevsector, since the preceding readpartsector succeeded. - If the partition table clai...

Lotus Blossom espionage group targets multiple industries with different versions of Sagerunex and hacking tools

Cisco Talos discovered multiple cyber espionage campaigns that target government, manufacturing, telecommunications and media, delivering Sagerunex and other hacking tools for post-compromise activities. Talos attributes these attacks to the threat actor known as Lotus Blossom. Lotus Blossom has...

CVE-2025-21772

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: partitions: mac: fix handling of bogus partition table Fix several issues in partition probing: - The bailout for a bad partoffset must use putdevsector, since the preceding readpartsector succeeded. - If the partition table clai...

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21772

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: partitions: mac: fix handling of bogus partition table Fix several issues in partition probing: - The bailout for a bad partoffset must use putdevsector, since the preceding readpartsector succeeded. - If the partition table clai...

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21738

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ata: libata-sff: Ensure that we cannot write outside the allocated buffer reveliofuzzing reported that a SCSIIOCTLSENDCOMMAND ioctl with outlen set to 0xd42, SCSI command set to ATA16 PASS-THROUGH, ATA command set to ATANOP, and...

AZL-68973 CVE-2025-21738 affecting package kernel 5.15.200.1-1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ata: libata-sff: Ensure that we cannot write outside the allocated buffer reveliofuzzing reported that a SCSIIOCTLSENDCOMMAND ioctl with outlen set to 0xd42, SCSI command set to ATA16 PASS-THROUGH, ATA command set to ATANOP, and...

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21738

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ata: libata-sff: Ensure that we cannot write outside the allocated buffer reveliofuzzing reported that a SCSIIOCTLSENDCOMMAND ioctl with outlen set to 0xd42, SCSI command set to ATA16 PASS-THROUGH, ATA command set to ATANOP, and...