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⚡ Weekly Recap: WhatsApp 0-Day, Docker Bug, Salesforce Breach, Fake CAPTCHAs, Spyware App & More
Cybersecurity today is less about single attacks and more about chains of small weaknesses that connect into big risks. One overlooked update, one misused account, or one hidden tool in the wrong hands can be enough to open the door. The news this week shows how attackers are mixing...
⚡ Weekly Recap: WhatsApp 0-Day, Docker Bug, Salesforce Breach, Fake CAPTCHAs, Spyware App & More
Cybersecurity today is less about single attacks and more about chains of small weaknesses that connect into big risks. One overlooked update, one misused account, or one hidden tool in the wrong hands can be enough to open the door. The news this week shows how attackers are mixing...
When Browsers Become the Attack Surface: Rethinking Security for Scattered Spider
As enterprises continue to shift their operations to the browser, security teams face a growing set of cyber challenges. In fact, over 80% of security incidents now originate from web applications accessed via Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and other browsers. One particularly fast-evolving adversary,...
When Browsers Become the Attack Surface: Rethinking Security for Scattered Spider
As enterprises continue to shift their operations to the browser, security teams face a growing set of cyber challenges. In fact, over 80% of security incidents now originate from web applications accessed via Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and other browsers. One particularly fast-evolving adversary,...
ScarCruft Uses RokRAT Malware in Operation HanKook Phantom Targeting South Korean Academics
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new phishing campaign undertaken by the North Korea-linked hacking group called ScarCruft aka APT37 to deliver a malware known as RokRAT. The activity has been codenamed Operation HanKook Phantom by Seqrite Labs, stating the attacks appear to target...
ScarCruft Uses RokRAT Malware in Operation HanKook Phantom Targeting South Korean Academics
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new phishing campaign undertaken by the North Korea-linked hacking group called ScarCruft aka APT37 to deliver a malware known as RokRAT. The activity has been codenamed Operation HanKook Phantom by Seqrite Labs, stating the attacks appear to target...
Attackers Abuse Velociraptor Forensic Tool to Deploy Visual Studio Code for C2 Tunneling
Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a cyber attack in which unknown threat actors deployed an open-source endpoint monitoring and digital forensic tool called Velociraptor, illustrating ongoing abuse of legitimate software for malicious purposes. "In this incident, the threat actor...
Attackers Abuse Velociraptor Forensic Tool to Deploy Visual Studio Code for C2 Tunneling
Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a cyber attack in which unknown threat actors deployed an open-source endpoint monitoring and digital forensic tool called Velociraptor, illustrating ongoing abuse of legitimate software for malicious purposes. "In this incident, the threat actor...
WhatsApp Patches Zero-Click Exploit Targeting iOS and macOS Devices
WhatsApp has addressed a security vulnerability in its messaging apps for Apple iOS and macOS that it said may have been exploited in the wild in conjunction with a recently disclosed Apple flaw in targeted zero-day attacks. The vulnerability, CVE-2025-55177 CVSS score: 5.4, relates to a case of...
WhatsApp Patches Zero-Click Exploit Targeting iOS and macOS Devices
WhatsApp has addressed a security vulnerability in its messaging apps for Apple iOS and macOS that it said may have been exploited in the wild in conjunction with a recently disclosed Apple flaw in targeted zero-day attacks. The vulnerability, CVE-2025-55177 CVSS score: 5.4, relates to a case of...
Researchers Warn of Sitecore Exploit Chain Linking Cache Poisoning and Remote Code Execution
Three new security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the Sitecore Experience Platform that could be exploited to achieve information disclosure and remote code execution. The flaws, per watchTowr Labs, are listed below - CVE-2025-53693 - HTML cache poisoning through unsafe reflections...
Researchers Warn of Sitecore Exploit Chain Linking Cache Poisoning and Remote Code Execution
Three new security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the Sitecore Experience Platform that could be exploited to achieve information disclosure and remote code execution. The flaws, per watchTowr Labs, are listed below - CVE-2025-53693 - HTML cache poisoning through unsafe reflections...
Webinar: Learn How to Unite Dev, Sec, and Ops Teams With One Shared Playbook
Picture this: Your team rolls out some new code, thinking everything's fine. But hidden in there is a tiny flaw that explodes into a huge problem once it hits the cloud. Next thing you know, hackers are in, and your company is dealing with a mess that costs millions. Scary, right? In 2025, the...
Webinar: Learn How to Unite Dev, Sec, and Ops Teams With One Shared Playbook
Picture this: Your team rolls out some new code, thinking everything's fine. But hidden in there is a tiny flaw that explodes into a huge problem once it hits the cloud. Next thing you know, hackers are in, and your company is dealing with a mess that costs millions. Scary, right? In 2025, the...
Amazon Disrupts APT29 Watering Hole Campaign Abusing Microsoft Device Code Authentication
Amazon on Friday said it flagged and disrupted what it described as an opportunistic watering hole campaign orchestrated by the Russia-linked APT29 actors as part of their intelligence gathering efforts. The campaign used "compromised websites to redirect visitors to malicious infrastructure...
Amazon Disrupts APT29 Watering Hole Campaign Abusing Microsoft Device Code Authentication
Amazon on Friday said it flagged and disrupted what it described as an opportunistic watering hole campaign orchestrated by the Russia-linked APT29 actors as part of their intelligence gathering efforts. The campaign used "compromised websites to redirect visitors to malicious infrastructure...
Abandoned Sogou Zhuyin Update Server Hijacked, Weaponized in Taiwan Espionage Campaign
An abandoned update server associated with input method editor IME software Sogou Zhuyin was leveraged by threat actors as part of an espionage campaign to deliver several malware families, including C6DOOR and GTELAM, in attacks primarily targeting users across Eastern Asia. "Attackers employed...
Abandoned Sogou Zhuyin Update Server Hijacked, Weaponized in Taiwan Espionage Campaign
An abandoned update server associated with input method editor IME software Sogou Zhuyin was leveraged by threat actors as part of an espionage campaign to deliver several malware families, including C6DOOR and GTELAM, in attacks primarily targeting users across Eastern Asia. "Attackers employed...
Can Your Security Stack See ChatGPT? Why Network Visibility Matters
Generative AI platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and Claude are increasingly common in organizations. While these solutions improve efficiency across tasks, they also present new data leak prevention for generative AI challenges. Sensitive information may be shared through chat prompts, fil...
Can Your Security Stack See ChatGPT? Why Network Visibility Matters
Generative AI platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and Claude are increasingly common in organizations. While these solutions improve efficiency across tasks, they also present new data leak prevention for generative AI challenges. Sensitive information may be shared through chat prompts, fil...
Click Studios Patches Passwordstate Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Emergency Access Page
Click Studios, the developer of enterprise-focused password management solution Passwordstate, said it has released security updates to address an authentication bypass vulnerability in its software. The high-severity issue, which is yet to be assigned a CVE identifier, has been addressed in...
Click Studios Patches Passwordstate Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Emergency Access Page
Click Studios, the developer of enterprise-focused password management solution Passwordstate, said it has released security updates to address an authentication bypass vulnerability in its software. The high-severity issue, which is yet to be assigned a CVE identifier, has been addressed in...
FreePBX Servers Targeted by Zero-Day Flaw, Emergency Patch Now Available
The Sangoma FreePBX Security Team has issued an advisory warning about an actively exploited FreePBX zero-day vulnerability that impacts systems with an administrator control panel ACP exposed to the public internet. FreePBX is an open-source private branch exchange PBX platform widely used by...
FreePBX Servers Targeted by Zero-Day Flaw, Emergency Patch Now Available
The Sangoma FreePBX Security Team has issued an advisory warning about an actively exploited FreePBX zero-day vulnerability that impacts systems with an administrator control panel ACP exposed to the public internet. FreePBX is an open-source private branch exchange PBX platform widely used by...
Feds Seize $6.4M VerifTools Fake-ID Marketplace, but Operators Relaunch on New Domain
Authorities from the Netherlands and the United States have announced the dismantling of an illicit marketplace called VerifTools that peddled fraudulent identity documents to cybercriminals across the world. To that end, two marketplace domains verif.tools and veriftools.net and one blog have be...
Feds Seize $6.4M VerifTools Fake-ID Marketplace, but Operators Relaunch on New Domain
Authorities from the Netherlands and the United States have announced the dismantling of an illicit marketplace called VerifTools that peddled fraudulent identity documents to cybercriminals across the world. To that end, two marketplace domains verif.tools and veriftools.net and one blog have be...
Google Warns Salesloft Drift Breach Impacts All Drift Integrations Beyond Salesforce
Google has revealed that the recent wave of attacks targeting Salesforce instances via Salesloft Drift is much broader in scope than previously thought, stating it impacts all integrations. "We now advise all Salesloft Drift customers to treat any and all authentication tokens stored in or...
Google Warns Salesloft Drift Breach Impacts All Drift Integrations Beyond Salesforce
Google has revealed that the recent wave of attacks targeting Salesforce instances via Salesloft Drift is much broader in scope than previously thought, stating it impacts all integrations. "We now advise all Salesloft Drift customers to treat any and all authentication tokens stored in or...
TamperedChef Malware Disguised as Fake PDF Editors Steals Credentials and Cookies
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cybercrime campaign that's using malvertising tricks to direct victims to fraudulent sites to deliver a new information stealer called TamperedChef. "The objective is to lure victims into downloading and installing a trojanized PDF editor, which include...
TamperedChef Malware Disguised as Fake PDF Editors Steals Credentials and Cookies
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cybercrime campaign that's using malvertising tricks to direct victims to fraudulent sites to deliver a new information stealer called TamperedChef. "The objective is to lure victims into downloading and installing a trojanized PDF editor, which include...
Researchers Find VS Code Flaw Allowing Attackers to Republish Deleted Extensions Under Same Names
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a loophole in the Visual Studio Code Marketplace that allows threat actors to reuse names of previously removed extensions. Software supply chain security outfit ReversingLabs said it made the discovery after it identified a malicious extension named...
Researchers Find VS Code Flaw Allowing Attackers to Republish Deleted Extensions Under Same Names
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a loophole in the Visual Studio Code Marketplace that allows threat actors to reuse names of previously removed extensions. Software supply chain security outfit ReversingLabs said it made the discovery after it identified a malicious extension named...
Salt Typhoon Exploits Flaws in Edge Network Devices to Breach 600 Organizations Worldwide
The China-linked advanced persistent threat APT actor known as Salt Typhoon has continued its attacks targeting networks across the world, including organizations in the telecommunications, government, transportation, lodging, and military infrastructure sectors. "While these actors focus on larg...
Salt Typhoon Exploits Flaws in Edge Network Devices to Breach 600 Organizations Worldwide
The China-linked advanced persistent threat APT actor known as Salt Typhoon has continued its attacks targeting networks across the world, including organizations in the telecommunications, government, transportation, lodging, and military infrastructure sectors. "While these actors focus on larg...
Hidden Vulnerabilities of Project Management Tools & How FluentPro Backup Secures Them
Every day, businesses, teams, and project managers trust platforms like Trello, Asana, etc., to collaborate and manage tasks. But what happens when that trust is broken? According to a recent report by Statista, the average cost of a data breach worldwide was about $4.88 million. Also, in 2024, t...
Hidden Vulnerabilities of Project Management Tools & How FluentPro Backup Secures Them
Every day, businesses, teams, and project managers trust platforms like Trello, Asana, etc., to collaborate and manage tasks. But what happens when that trust is broken? According to a recent report by Statista, the average cost of a data breach worldwide was about $4.88 million. Also, in 2024, t...
Malicious Nx Packages in ‘s1ngularity’ Attack Leaked 2,349 GitHub, Cloud, and AI Credentials
The maintainers of the nx build system have alerted users to a supply chain attack that allowed attackers to publish malicious versions of the popular npm package and other auxiliary plugins with data-gathering capabilities. "Malicious versions of the nx package, as well as some supporting plugin...
Malicious Nx Packages in 's1ngularity' Attack Leaked 2,349 GitHub, Cloud, and AI Credentials
The maintainers of the nx build system have alerted users to a supply chain attack that allowed attackers to publish malicious versions of the popular npm package and other auxiliary plugins with data-gathering capabilities. "Malicious versions of the nx package, as well as some supporting plugin...
U.S. Treasury Sanctions DPRK IT-Worker Scheme, Exposing $600K Crypto Transfers and $1M+ Profits
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control OFAC announced a fresh round of sanctions against two individuals and two entities for their role in the North Korean remote information technology IT worker scheme to generate illicit revenue for the regime's weapons of mass...
U.S. Treasury Sanctions DPRK IT-Worker Scheme, Exposing $600K Crypto Transfers and $1M+ Profits
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control OFAC announced a fresh round of sanctions against two individuals and two entities for their role in the North Korean remote information technology IT worker scheme to generate illicit revenue for the regime's weapons of mass...
Storm-0501 Exploits Entra ID to Exfiltrate and Delete Azure Data in Hybrid Cloud Attacks
The financially motivated threat actor known as Storm-0501 has been observed refining its tactics to conduct data exfiltration and extortion attacks targeting cloud environments. "Unlike traditional on-premises ransomware, where the threat actor typically deploys malware to encrypt critical files...
Storm-0501 Exploits Entra ID to Exfiltrate and Delete Azure Data in Hybrid Cloud Attacks
The financially motivated threat actor known as Storm-0501 has been observed refining its tactics to conduct data exfiltration and extortion attacks targeting cloud environments. "Unlike traditional on-premises ransomware, where the threat actor typically deploys malware to encrypt critical files...
Someone Created the First AI-Powered Ransomware Using OpenAI's gpt-oss:20b Model
Cybersecurity company ESET has disclosed that it discovered an artificial intelligence AI-powered ransomware variant codenamed PromptLock. Written in Golang, the newly identified strain uses the gpt-oss:20b model from OpenAI locally via the Ollama API to generate malicious Lua scripts in real-tim...
Someone Created the First AI-Powered Ransomware Using OpenAI's gpt-oss:20b Model
Cybersecurity company ESET has disclosed that it discovered an artificial intelligence AI-powered ransomware variant codenamed PromptLock. Written in Golang, the newly identified strain uses the gpt-oss:20b model from OpenAI locally via the Ollama API to generate malicious Lua scripts in real-tim...
Anthropic Disrupts AI-Powered Cyberattacks Automating Theft and Extortion Across Critical Sectors
Anthropic on Wednesday revealed that it disrupted a sophisticated operation that weaponized its artificial intelligence AI-powered chatbot Claude to conduct large-scale theft and extortion of personal data in July 2025. "The actor targeted at least 17 distinct organizations, including in...
Anthropic Disrupts AI-Powered Cyberattacks Automating Theft and Extortion Across Critical Sectors
Anthropic on Wednesday revealed that it disrupted a sophisticated operation that weaponized its artificial intelligence AI-powered chatbot Claude to conduct large-scale theft and extortion of personal data in July 2025. "The actor targeted at least 17 distinct organizations, including in...
ShadowSilk Hits 35 Organizations in Central Asia and APAC Using Telegram Bots
A threat activity cluster known as ShadowSilk has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting government entities within Central Asia and Asia-Pacific APAC. According to Group-IB, nearly three dozen victims have been identified, with the intrusions mainly geared towards data exfiltration...
ShadowSilk Hits 35 Organizations in Central Asia and APAC Using Telegram Bots
A threat activity cluster known as ShadowSilk has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting government entities within Central Asia and Asia-Pacific APAC. According to Group-IB, nearly three dozen victims have been identified, with the intrusions mainly geared towards data exfiltration...
The 5 Golden Rules of Safe AI Adoption
Employees are experimenting with AI at record speed. They are drafting emails, analyzing data, and transforming the workplace. The problem is not the pace of AI adoption, but the lack of control and safeguards in place. For CISOs and security leaders like you, the challenge is clear: you don't wa...
The 5 Golden Rules of Safe AI Adoption
Employees are experimenting with AI at record speed. They are drafting emails, analyzing data, and transforming the workplace. The problem is not the pace of AI adoption, but the lack of control and safeguards in place. For CISOs and security leaders like you, the challenge is clear: you don’t wa...