SystemBC Powers REM Proxy With 1,500 Daily VPS Victims Across 80 C2 Servers

A proxy network known as REM Proxy is powered by malware known as SystemBC , offering about 80% of the botnet to its users, according to new findings from the Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen Technologies. "REM Proxy is a sizeable network, which also markets a pool of 20,000 Mikrotik routers and a...

Fortra Releases Critical Patch for CVSS 10.0 GoAnywhere MFT Vulnerability

Fortra has disclosed details of a critical security flaw in GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer MFT software that could result in the execution of arbitrary commands. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-10035 , carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity. "A deserialization...

17,500 Phishing Domains Target 316 Brands Across 74 Countries in Global PhaaS Surge

The phishing-as-a-service PhaaS offerings known as Lighthouse and Lucid has been linked to more than 17,500 phishing domains targeting 316 brands from 74 countries. "Phishing-as-a-Service PhaaS deployments have risen significantly recently," Netcraft said in a new report. "The PhaaS operators...

How To Automate Alert Triage With AI Agents and Confluence SOPs Using Tines

Run by the team at workflow orchestration and AI platform Tines, the Tines library features over 1,000 pre-built workflows shared by security practitioners from across the community - all free to import and deploy through the platform's Community Edition. The workflow we are highlighting...

Russian Hackers Gamaredon and Turla Collaborate to Deploy Kazuar Backdoor in Ukraine

Cybersecurity researchers have discerned evidence of two Russian hacking groups Gamaredon and Turla collaborating together to target and co-comprise Ukrainian entities. Slovak cybersecurity company ESET said it observed the Gamaredon tools PteroGraphin and PteroOdd being used to execute Turla...

U.K. Arrests Two Teen Scattered Spider Hackers Linked to August 2024 TfL Cyber Attack

Law enforcement authorities in the U.K. have arrested two teen members of the Scattered Spider hacking group in connection with their alleged participation in an August 2024 cyber attack targeting Transport for London TfL, the city's public transportation agency. Thalha Jubair aka EarthtoStar,...

CISA Warns of Two Malware Strains Exploiting Ivanti EPMM CVE-2025-4427 and CVE-2025-4428

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Thursday released details of two sets of malware that were discovered in an unnamed organization's network following the exploitation of security flaws in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile EPMM. "Each set contains loaders for maliciou...

SonicWall Urges Password Resets After Cloud Backup Breach Affecting Under 5% of Customers

SonicWall is urging customers to reset credentials after their firewall configuration backup files were exposed in a security breach impacting MySonicWall accounts. The company said it recently detected suspicious activity targeting the cloud backup service for firewalls, and that unknown threat...

CountLoader Broadens Russian Ransomware Operations With Multi-Version Malware Loader

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malware loader codenamed CountLoader that has been put to use by Russian ransomware gangs to deliver post-exploitation tools like Cobalt Strike and AdaptixC2, and a remote access trojan known as PureHVNC RAT. "CountLoader is being used either as par...

SilentSync RAT Delivered via Two Malicious PyPI Packages Targeting Python Developers

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two new malicious packages in the Python Package Index PyPI repository that are designed to deliver a remote access trojan called SilentSync on Windows systems. "SilentSync is capable of remote command execution, file exfiltration, and screen capturing,"...

How CISOs Can Drive Effective AI Governance

AI's growing role in enterprise environments has heightened the urgency for Chief Information Security Officers CISOs to drive effective AI governance. When it comes to any emerging technology, governance is hard – but effective governance is even harder. The first instinct for most organizations...

Google Patches Chrome Zero-Day CVE-2025-10585 as Active V8 Exploit Threatens Millions

Google on Wednesday released security updates for the Chrome web browser to address four vulnerabilities, including one that it said has been exploited in the wild. The zero-day vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-10585 , which has been described as a type confusion issue in the V8 JavaScript a...

TA558 Uses AI-Generated Scripts to Deploy Venom RAT in Brazil Hotel Attacks

The threat actor known as TA558 has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks delivering various remote access trojans RATs like Venom RAT to breach hotels in Brazil and Spanish-speaking markets. Russian cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky is tracking the activity, observed in summer 2025, to a cluste...

From Quantum Hacks to AI Defenses – Expert Guide to Building Unbreakable Cyber Resilience

Quantum computing and AI working together will bring incredible opportunities. Together, the technologies will help us extend innovation further and faster than ever before. But, imagine the flip side, waking up to news that hackers have used a quantum computer to crack your company's encryption...

Chinese TA415 Uses VS Code Remote Tunnels to Spy on U.S. Economic Policy Experts

A China-aligned threat actor known as TA415 has been attributed to spear-phishing campaigns targeting the U.S. government, think tanks, and academic organizations utilizing U.S.-China economic-themed lures. "In this activity, the group masqueraded as the current Chair of the Select Committee on...

Rethinking AI Data Security: A Buyer's Guide 

Generative AI has gone from a curiosity to a cornerstone of enterprise productivity in just a few short years. From copilots embedded in office suites to dedicated large language model LLM platforms, employees now rely on these tools to code, analyze, draft, and decide. But for CISOs and security...

Scattered Spider Resurfaces With Financial Sector Attacks Despite Retirement Claims

Cybersecurity researchers have tied a fresh round of cyber attacks targeting financial services to the notorious cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider, casting doubt on their claims of going "dark." Threat intelligence firm ReliaQuest said it has observed indications that the threat actor ha...

DOJ Resentences BreachForums Founder to 3 Years for Cybercrime and Possession of CSAM

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ on Tuesday resentenced the former administrator of BreachForums to three years in prison in connection with his role in running the cybercrime forum and possessing child sexual abuse material CSAM. Conor Brian Fitzpatrick aka Pompompurin, 22, of Peekskill, New...

RaccoonO365 Phishing Network Dismantled as Microsoft, Cloudflare Take Down 338 Domains

Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit said it teamed up with Cloudflare to coordinate the seizure of 338 domains used by RaccoonO365 , a financially motivated threat group that was behind a phishing-as-a-service Phaas toolkit used to steal more than 5,000 Microsoft 365 credentials from 94 countries sin...

Chaos Mesh Critical GraphQL Flaws Enable RCE and Full Kubernetes Cluster Takeover

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple critical security vulnerabilities in Chaos Mesh that, if successfully exploited, could lead to cluster takeover in Kubernetes environments. "Attackers need only minimal in-cluster network access to exploit these vulnerabilities, execute the...

SlopAds Fraud Ring Exploits 224 Android Apps to Drive 2.3 Billion Daily Ad Bids

A massive ad fraud and click fraud operation dubbed SlopAds ran a cluster of 224 apps, collectively attracting 38 million downloads across 228 countries and territories. "These apps deliver their fraud payload using steganography and create hidden WebViews to navigate to threat actor-owned cashou...

New FileFix Variant Delivers StealC Malware Through Multilingual Phishing Site

Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a new campaign that's leveraging a variant of the FileFix social engineering tactic to deliver the StealC information stealer malware. "The observed campaign uses a highly convincing, multilingual phishing site e.g., fake Facebook Security page, with...

Apple Backports Fix for CVE-2025-43300 Exploited in Sophisticated Spyware Attack

Apple on Monday backported fixes for a recently patched security flaw that has been actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-43300 CVSS score: 8.8, an out-of-bounds write issue in the ImageIO component that could result in memory corruption when processing a...

Securing the Agentic Era: Introducing Astrix's AI Agent Control Plane

AI agents are rapidly becoming a core part of the enterprise, being embedded across enterprise workflows, operating with autonomy, and making decisions about which systems to access and how to use them. But as agents grow in power and autonomy, so do the risks and threats. Recent studies show 80%...

Phoenix RowHammer Attack Bypasses Advanced DDR5 Memory Protections in 109 Seconds

A team of academics from ETH Zürich and Google has discovered a new variant of a RowHammer attack targeting Double Data Rate 5 DDR5 memory chips from South Korean semiconductor vendor SK Hynix. The RowHammer attack variant, codenamed Phoenix CVE-2025-6202, CVSS score: 7.1, is capable of bypassing...

Self-Replicating Worm Hits 180+ npm Packages to Steal Credentials in Latest Supply Chain Attack

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a fresh software supply chain attack targeting the npm registry that has affected more than 40 packages that belong to multiple maintainers. "The compromised versions include a function NpmModule.updatePackage that downloads a package tarball, modifies...

Mustang Panda Deploys SnakeDisk USB Worm to Deliver Yokai Backdoor on Thailand IPs

The China-aligned threat actor known as Mustang Panda has been observed using an updated version of a backdoor called TONESHELL and a previously undocumented USB worm called SnakeDisk. "The worm only executes on devices with Thailand-based IP addresses and drops the Yokai backdoor," IBM X-Force...

6 Browser-Based Attacks Security Teams Need to Prepare For Right Now

Attacks that target users in their web browsers have seen an unprecedented rise in recent years. In this article, we'll explore what a "browser-based attack" is, and why they're proving to be so effective. What is a browser-based attack? First, it's important to establish what a browser-based...

⚡ Weekly Recap: Bootkit Malware, AI-Powered Attacks, Supply Chain Breaches, Zero-Days & More

In a world where threats are persistent, the modern CISO's real job isn't just to secure technology—it's to preserve institutional trust and ensure business continuity. This week, we saw a clear pattern: adversaries are targeting the complex relationships that hold businesses together, from suppl...

AI-Powered Villager Pen Testing Tool Hits 11,000 PyPI Downloads Amid Abuse Concerns

A new artificial intelligence AI-powered penetration testing tool linked to a China-based company has attracted nearly 11,000 downloads on the Python Package Index PyPI repository, raising concerns that it could be repurposed by cybercriminals for malicious purposes. Dubbed Villager, the framewor...

HiddenGh0st, Winos and kkRAT Exploit SEO, GitHub Pages in Chinese Malware Attacks

Chinese-speaking users are the target of a search engine optimization SEO poisoning campaign that uses fake software sites to distribute malware. "The attackers manipulated search rankings with SEO plugins and registered lookalike domains that closely mimicked legitimate software sites," Fortinet...

FBI Warns of UNC6040 and UNC6395 Targeting Salesforce Platforms in Data Theft Attacks

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has issued a flash alert to release indicators of compromise IoCs associated with two cybercriminal groups tracked as UNC6040 and UNC6395 for orchestrating a string of data theft and extortion attacks. "Both groups have recently been observed targeting...

Samsung Fixes Critical Zero-Day CVE-2025-21043 Exploited in Android Attacks

Samsung has released its monthly security updates for Android, including a fix for a security vulnerability that it said has been exploited in zero-day attacks. The vulnerability, CVE-2025-21043 CVSS score: 8.8, concerns an out-of-bounds write that could result in arbitrary code execution...

Apple Warns French Users of Fourth Spyware Campaign in 2025, CERT-FR Confirms

Apple has notified users in France of a spyware campaign targeting their devices, according to the Computer Emergency Response Team of France CERT-FR. The agency said the alerts were sent out on September 3, 2025, making it the fourth time this year that Apple has notified citizens in the county...

New HybridPetya Ransomware Bypasses UEFI Secure Boot With CVE-2024-7344 Exploit

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new ransomware strain dubbed HybridPetya that resembles the notorious Petya/NotPetya malware, while also incorporating the ability to bypass the Secure Boot mechanism in Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI systems using a now-patched vulnerabilit...

Critical CVE-2025-5086 in DELMIA Apriso Actively Exploited, CISA Issues Warning

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Thursday added a critical security flaw impacting Dassault Systèmes DELMIA Apriso Manufacturing Operations Management MOM software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The...

Cloud-Native Security in 2025: Why Runtime Visibility Must Take Center Stage

The security landscape for cloud-native applications is undergoing a profound transformation. Containers, Kubernetes, and serverless technologies are now the default for modern enterprises, accelerating delivery but also expanding the attack surface in ways traditional security models can't keep ...

Cursor AI Code Editor Flaw Enables Silent Code Execution via Malicious Repositories

A security weakness has been disclosed in the artificial intelligence AI-powered code editor Cursor that could trigger code execution when a maliciously crafted repository is opened using the program. The issue stems from the fact that an out-of-the-box security setting is disabled by default,...

Google Pixel 10 Adds C2PA Support to Verify AI-Generated Media Authenticity

Google on Tuesday announced that its new Google Pixel 10 phones support the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity C2PA standard out of the box to verify the origin and history of digital content. To that end, support for C2PA's Content Credentials has been added to Pixel Camera and...

Senator Wyden Urges FTC to Probe Microsoft for Ransomware-Linked Cybersecurity Negligence

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden has called on the Federal Trade Commission FTC to probe Microsoft and hold it responsible for what he called "gross cybersecurity negligence" that enabled ransomware attacks on U.S. critical infrastructure, including against healthcare networks. "Without timely action,...

Cracking the Boardroom Code: Helping CISOs Speak the Language of Business

CISOs know their field. They understand the threat landscape. They understand how to build a strong and cost-effective security stack. They understand how to staff out their organization. They understand the intricacies of compliance. They understand what it takes to reduce risk. Yet one question...

SonicWall SSL VPN Flaw and Misconfigurations Actively Exploited by Akira Ransomware Hackers

Threat actors affiliated with the Akira ransomware group have continued to target SonicWall devices for initial access. Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 said it observed a spike in intrusions involving SonicWall appliances over the past month, particularly following reports about renewed Akira ransomwar...

Fake Madgicx Plus and SocialMetrics Extensions Are Hijacking Meta Business Accounts

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed two new campaigns that are serving fake browser extensions using malicious ads and fake websites to steal sensitive data. The malvertising campaign, per Bitdefender, is designed to push fake "Meta Verified" browser extensions named SocialMetrics Pro that...

AsyncRAT Exploits ConnectWise ScreenConnect to Steal Credentials and Crypto

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that leverages ConnectWise ScreenConnect, a legitimate Remote Monitoring and Management RMM software, to deliver a fleshless loader that drops a remote access trojan RAT called AsyncRAT to steal sensitive data from compromised...

Chinese APT Deploys EggStreme Fileless Malware to Breach Philippine Military Systems

An advanced persistent threat APT group from China has been attributed to the compromise of a Philippines-based military company using a previously undocumented fileless malware framework called EggStreme. "This multi-stage toolset achieves persistent, low-profile espionage by injecting malicious...

CHILLYHELL macOS Backdoor and ZynorRAT RAT Threaten macOS, Windows, and Linux Systems

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two new malware families, including a modular Apple macOS backdoor called CHILLYHELL and a Go-based remote access trojan RAT named ZynorRAT that can target both Windows and Linux systems. According to an analysis from Jamf Threat Labs, ChillyHell is writt...

Microsoft Fixes 80 Flaws — Including SMB PrivEsc and Azure CVSS 10.0 Bugs

Microsoft on Tuesday addressed a set of 80 security flaws in its software, including one vulnerability that has been disclosed as publicly known at the time of release. Of the 80 vulnerabilities, eight are rated Critical and 72 are rated Important in severity. None of the shortcomings has been...

Apple iPhone Air and iPhone 17 Feature A19 Chips With Spyware-Resistant Memory Safety

Apple on Tuesday revealed a new security feature called Memory Integrity Enforcement MIE that's built into its newly introduced iPhone models, including iPhone 17 and iPhone Air. MIE, per the tech giant, offers "always-on memory safety protection" across critical attack surfaces such as the kerne...

The Time-Saving Guide for Service Providers: Automating vCISO and Compliance Services

Introduction Managed service providers MSPs and managed security service providers MSSPs are under increasing pressure to deliver strong cybersecurity outcomes in a landscape marked by rising threats and evolving compliance requirements. At the same time, clients want better protection without...

Watch Out for Salty2FA: New Phishing Kit Targeting US and EU Enterprises

Phishing-as-a-Service PhaaS platforms keep evolving, giving attackers faster and cheaper ways to break into corporate accounts. Now, researchers at ANY.RUN has uncovered a new entrant: Salty2FA , a phishing kit designed to bypass multiple two-factor authentication methods and slip past traditiona...