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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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%...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
⚡ 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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,...
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...
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...