Magecart Targets Emergency Services-related Sites via Insecure S3 Buckets

Hacking groups are continuing to leverage misconfigured AWS S3 data storage buckets to insert malicious code into websites in an attempt to swipe credit card information and carry out malvertising campaigns. In a new report shared with The Hacker News, cybersecurity firm RiskIQ said it identified...

Firefox enables DNS-over-HTTPS by default (with Cloudflare) for all U.S. users

If you use the Firefox web browser, here's an important update that you need to be aware of. Starting today, Mozilla is activating the DNS-over-HTTPS security feature by default for all Firefox users in the U.S. by automatically changing their DNS server configuration in the settings. That means,...

The Rise of the Open Bug Bounty Project

Can you imagine launching a global bug bounty platform with almost 500,000 submissions and 13,000 researchers without consuming a cent from venture capitalists? If not, this success story is for you. The once skyrocketing bug bounty industry seems to be not in the best shape today. While prominen...

Engage Your Management with the Definitive 'Security for Management' Presentation Template

In every organization, there is a person who's directly accountable for cybersecurity. The name of the role varies per the organization's size and maturity – CISO, CIO, and Director of IT are just a few common examples – but the responsibility is similar in all places. They're the person who...

Google Makes it Tough for Rogue App Developers Get Back on Android Play Store

Even after Google's security oversight over its already-huge Android ecosystem has evolved over the years, malware apps still keep coming back to Google Play Store. Sometimes just reposting an already detected malware app from a newly created Play Store account, or using other developers' existin...

Adobe Issues Emergency Patches for Critical Flaws in Photoshop CC

Adobe released an out-of-band security update earlier today to address two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities impacting Adobe Photoshop CC for Microsoft Windows and Apple macOS machines. According to the security advisory published Wednesday by Adobe, its Photoshop CC software is...

Beware! Fortnite Cheat Hijacks Gamers' PCs to Intercept HTTPS Traffic

If you are looking for Fortnite v-bucks generator, aimbot or any other game cheats—then beware—you might end up installing malware on your PC! Web-based game-streaming platform Rainway is reporting that tens of thousands of Fortnite players have inadvertently infected their systems with a piece o...

Yahoo Hacker linked to Russian Intelligence Gets 5 Years in U.S. Prison

A 23-year-old Canadian man, who pleaded guilty last year for his role in helping Russian government spies hack into email accounts of Yahoo users and other services, has been sentenced to five years in prison. Karim Baratov a.k.a Karim Taloverov, a.k.a Karim Akehmet Tokbergenov, a Kazakhstan-born...

Microsoft Issues Security Patch Update for 14 New Critical Vulnerabilities

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday for this month falls the day before the most romantic day of the year. Yes, it's Valentine's, and the tech giant has released its monthly security update for February 2018, addressing a total of 50 CVE-listed vulnerabilities in its Windows operating system, Microsoft...

Latest Joomla 3.7.1 Release Patches Critical SQL Injection Attack

If your website is based on the popular Joomla content management system, make sure you have updated your platform to the latest version released today. Joomla, the world's second popular open source Content Management System, has reportedly patched a critical vulnerability in its software’s core...

Google finally announces Android N's name and It's not Nutella

No, it's not Nutella. Google has finally announced the official name of the latest version of its Android mobile software, codenamed Android N: "Nougat." Yes, the next version of sugary snack-themed Android and the successor to Android Marshmallow will now be known as Android Nougat, the company...

Update Adobe Reader app for Android to Patch Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

If you're one of the 400 million Android users out there who have installed Adobe Reader app that helps you to view PDF documents on mobile devices, then you should immediately update your app from Google Play Store. Adobe has released an updated Adobe Reader 11.2.0 version to addresses an...

Official Debian and Python Wiki Servers Compromised

Administration from Debian and Python project official websites confirmed that their WIKI servers were compromised by some unknown hackers recently. Hackers was able to hack because of several vulnerabilities in "moin" package. According to Brian Curtin at Python Project, Hacker user some unknown...

Latest Internet Explorer zero-day linked to Elderwood Project

Last week we have seen ongoing attacks was exploiting a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8 that came to light after the Council on Foreign Relations website was hacked and was hosting the code. Symantec has linked exploits to the group responsible f...

Android Car Malware Spreads Through Built-In Updaters for Ad Fraud, Proxy Botnet

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware family that's specifically designed to infect Android-based vehicle head unit firmware developed by DoFun. Kaspersky, which discovered the threat in June 2026, said the end goal of the malware is to serve a multi-stage downloader to enable ad...

Gunra Ransomware Exploits Fortinet FortiOS, FortiProxy Flaws to Breach Networks

Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from South Korea and the U.S. warned of Gunra ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure sectors and organizations across the world. Targets of these attacks include healthcare and public health, financial services, government services and...

Public GitHub Issue Could Trick GitHub Agentic Workflows Into Leaking Private Repo Data

A public issue can trick GitHub Agentic Workflows into leaking the contents of an organization's private repositories, researchers at Noma Security have shown. The attacker needs only to open a normal-looking issue on a public repository, with no stolen credentials and no access to the...

Attackers Exploit Three Fortinet FortiSandbox Flaws, One Patched Last Week

Bad actors are exploiting multiple security vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiSandbox, according to threat intelligence firm Defused Cyber. In a post shared on X, the company said it has observed exploitation of CVE-2026-39813, CVE-2026-39808, and CVE-2026-25089 over the past 24 hours...

CISA Adds Exploited Langflow and Trend Micro Apex One Vulnerabilities to KEV

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Thursday added two security flaws impacting Langflow and Trend Micro Apex One to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerabilities in question are listed below -...

⚡ Weekly Recap: Exchange 0-Day, npm Worm, Fake AI Repo, Cisco Exploit and More

Monday opens with a trust problem. A mail server flaw is under active use. A network control system was targeted. Trusted packages were poisoned. A fake model page pushed a stealer. Then came the familiar ransom claim: the data was returned and deleted. The pattern is clear. One weak dependency c...

Coolify Discloses 11 Critical Flaws Enabling Full Server Compromise on Self-Hosted Instances

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of multiple critical-severity security flaws affecting Coolify, an open-source, self-hosting platform, that could result in authentication bypass and remote code execution. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows - CVE-2025-66209 CVSS score: 10.0...

⚡ Weekly Recap: IoT Exploits, Wallet Breaches, Rogue Extensions, AI Abuse & More

The year opened without a reset. The same pressure carried over, and in some places it tightened. Systems people assume are boring or stable are showing up in the wrong places. Attacks moved quietly, reused familiar paths, and kept working longer than anyone wants to admit. This week's stories...

3,500 Websites Hijacked to Secretly Mine Crypto Using Stealth JavaScript and WebSocket Tactics

A new attack campaign has compromised more than 3,500 websites worldwide with JavaScript cryptocurrency miners, marking the return of browser-based cryptojacking attacks once popularized by the likes of CoinHive. Although the service has since shuttered after browser makers took steps to ban...

Google Chrome Zero-Day CVE-2025-2783 Exploited by TaxOff to Deploy Trinper Backdoor

A now-patched security flaw in Google Chrome was exploited as a zero-day by a threat actor known as TaxOff to deploy a backdoor codenamed Trinper. The attack, observed in mid-March 2025 by Positive Technologies, involved the use of a sandbox escape vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-2783 CVSS scor...

Russian Hackers Exploit Email and VPN Vulnerabilities to Spy on Ukraine Aid Logistics

Russian cyber threat actors have been attributed to a state-sponsored campaign targeting Western logistics entities and technology companies since 2022. The activity has been assessed to be orchestrated by APT28 aka BlueDelta, Fancy Bear, or Forest Blizzard, which is linked to the Russian General...

150,000 Sites Compromised by JavaScript Injection Promoting Chinese Gambling Platforms

An ongoing campaign that infiltrates legitimate websites with malicious JavaScript injects to promote Chinese-language gambling platforms has ballooned to compromise approximately 150,000 sites to date. "The threat actor has slightly revamped their interface but is still relying on an iframe...

Researchers Link CACTUS Ransomware Tactics to Former Black Basta Affiliates

Threat actors deploying the Black Basta and CACTUS ransomware families have been found to rely on the same BackConnect BC module for maintaining persistent control over infected hosts, a sign that affiliates previously associated with Black Basta may have transitioned to CACTUS. "Once infiltrated...

Nation-State Attackers Exploiting Ivanti CSA Flaws for Network Infiltration

A suspected nation-state adversary has been observed weaponizing three security flaws in Ivanti Cloud Service Appliance CSA as zero-days to perform a series of malicious actions. That's according to findings from Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, which said the vulnerabilities were abused to gain...

Experts Warn of Critical Unpatched Vulnerability in Linear eMerge E3 Systems

Cybersecurity researchers are warning about an unpatched vulnerability in Nice Linear eMerge E3 access controller systems that could allow for the execution of arbitrary operating system OS commands. The flaw, assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-9441, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum...

CISA Flags Critical Ivanti vTM Vulnerability Amid Active Exploitation Concerns

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Tuesday added a critical security flaw impacting Ivanti Virtual Traffic Manager vTM to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-7593 CVSS...

Chinese Hackers Exploit Visual Studio Code in Southeast Asian Cyberattacks

The China-linked advanced persistent threat APT group known as Mustang Panda has been observed weaponizing Visual Studio Code software as part of espionage operations targeting government entities in Southeast Asia. "This threat actor used Visual Studio Code's embedded reverse shell feature to ga...

Researchers Uncover Vulnerabilities in AI-Powered Azure Health Bot Service

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two security flaws in Microsoft's Azure Health Bot Service that, if exploited, could permit a malicious actor to achieve lateral movement within customer environments and access sensitive patient data. The critical issues, now patched by Microsoft, could...

Israeli Entities Targeted by Cyberattack Using Donut and Sliver Frameworks

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an attack campaign that targets various Israeli entities with publicly-available frameworks like Donut and Sliver. The campaign, believed to be highly targeted in nature, "leverage target-specific infrastructure and custom WordPress websites as a payload...

Multiple WordPress Plugins Compromised: Hackers Create Rogue Admin Accounts

Multiple WordPress plugins have been backdoored to inject malicious code that makes it possible to create rogue administrator accounts with the aim of performing arbitrary actions. "The injected malware attempts to create a new administrative user account and then sends those details back to the...

Military-themed Email Scam Spreads Malware to Infect Pakistani Users

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new phishing campaign that has been identified as targeting people in Pakistan using a custom backdoor. Dubbed PHANTOMSPIKE by Securonix, the unknown threat actors behind the activity have leveraged military-related phishing documents to activate the...

New Attack Technique 'Sleepy Pickle' Targets Machine Learning Models

The security risks posed by the Pickle format have once again come to the fore with the discovery of a new "hybrid machine learning ML model exploitation technique" dubbed Sleepy Pickle. The attack method, per Trail of Bits, weaponizes the ubiquitous format used to package and distribute machine...

Rockwell Advises Disconnecting Internet-Facing ICS Devices Amid Cyber Threats

Rockwell Automation is urging its customers to disconnect all industrial control systems ICSs not meant to be connected to the public-facing internet to mitigate unauthorized or malicious cyber activity. The company said it's issuing the advisory due to "heightened geopolitical tensions and...

Pentera's 2024 Report Reveals Hundreds of Security Events per Week, Highlighting the Criticality of Continuous Validation

Over the past two years, a shocking 51% of organizations surveyed in a leading industry report have been compromised by a cyberattack. Yes, over half. And this, in a world where enterprises deploy an average of 53 different security solutions to safeguard their digital domain. Alarming? Absolutel...

OpenJS Foundation Targeted in Potential JavaScript Project Takeover Attempt

Security researchers have uncovered a "credible" takeover attempt targeting the OpenJS Foundation in a manner that evokes similarities to the recently uncovered incident aimed at the open-source XZ Utils project. "The OpenJS Foundation Cross Project Council received a suspicious series of emails...

LockBit Ransomware Hacker Ordered to Pay $860,000 After Guilty Plea in Canada

A 34-year-old Russian-Canadian national has been sentenced to nearly four years in jail in Canada for his participation in the LockBit global ransomware operation. Mikhail Vasiliev, an Ontario resident, was originally arrested in November 2022 and charged by the U.S. Department of Justice DoJ wit...

Researchers Highlight Google's Gemini AI Susceptibility to LLM Threats

Google's Gemini large language model LLM is susceptible to security threats that could cause it to divulge system prompts, generate harmful content, and carry out indirect injection attacks. The findings come from HiddenLayer, which said the issues impact consumers using Gemini Advanced with Goog...

8,000+ Domains of Trusted Brands Hijacked for Massive Spam Operation

More than 8,000 domains and 13,000 subdomains belonging to legitimate brands and institutions have been hijacked as part of a sophisticated distribution architecture for spam proliferation and click monetization. Guardio Labs is tracking the coordinated malicious activity, which has been ongoing...

Alert: CISA Warns of Active 'Roundcube' Email Attacks - Patch Now

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Monday added a medium-severity security flaw impacting Roundcube email software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-43770 CVSS score: 6.1,...

CISA Warns of Active Exploitation Apple iOS and macOS Vulnerability

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Wednesday added a high-severity flaw impacting iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-48618 CVSS...

North Korean Hackers Weaponize Fake Research to Deliver RokRAT Backdoor

Media organizations and high-profile experts in North Korean affairs have been at the receiving end of a new campaign orchestrated by a threat actor known as ScarCruft in December 2023. "ScarCruft has been experimenting with new infection chains, including the use of a technical threat research...

Experts Warn of macOS Backdoor Hidden in Pirated Versions of Popular Software

Pirated applications targeting Apple macOS users have been observed containing a backdoor capable of granting attackers remote control to infected machines. "These applications are being hosted on Chinese pirating websites in order to gain victims," Jamf Threat Labs researchers Ferdous Saljooki a...

Cryptominers Targeting Misconfigured Apache Hadoop and Flink with Rootkit in New Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a new attack that exploits misconfigurations in Apache Hadoop and Flink to deploy cryptocurrency miners within targeted environments. "This attack is particularly intriguing due to the attacker's use of packers and rootkits to conceal the malware," Aqua...

Atomic Stealer Gets an Upgrade - Targeting Mac Users with Encrypted Payload

Cybersecurity researchers have identified an updated version of a macOS information stealer called Atomic or AMOS, indicating that the threat actors behind the malware are actively enhancing its capabilities. "It looks like Atomic Stealer was updated around mid to late December 2023, where its...

Getting off the Attack Surface Hamster Wheel: Identity Can Help

IT professionals have developed a sophisticated understanding of the enterprise attack surface – what it is, how to quantify it and how to manage it. The process is simple: begin by thoroughly assessing the attack surface, encompassing the entire IT environment. Identify all potential entry and...

Iranian State-Sponsored OilRig Group Deploys 3 New Malware Downloaders

The Iranian state-sponsored threat actor known as OilRig deployed three different downloader malware throughout 2022 to maintain persistent access to victim organizations located in Israel. The three new downloaders have been named ODAgent, OilCheck, and OilBooster by Slovak cybersecurity company...