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⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [13 January]
The cyber world’s been buzzing this week, and it’s all about staying ahead of the bad guys. From sneaky software bugs to advanced hacking tricks, the risks are real, but so are the ways to protect yourself. In this recap, we’ll break down what’s happening, why it matters, and what you can do to...
Ransomware on ESXi: The Mechanization of Virtualized Attacks
In 2024, ransomware attacks targeting VMware ESXi servers reached alarming levels, with the average ransom demand skyrocketing to $5 million. With approximately 8,000 ESXi hosts exposed directly to the internet according to Shodan, the operational and business impact of these attacks is profound...
WordPress Skimmers Evade Detection by Injecting Themselves into Database Tables
Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a new stealthy credit card skimmer campaign that targets WordPress e-commerce checkout pages by inserting malicious JavaScript code into a database table associated with the content management system CMS. "This credit card skimmer malware targeting WordPre...
Expired Domains Allowed Control Over 4,000 Backdoors on Compromised Systems
No less than 4,000 unique web backdoors previously deployed by various threat actors have been hijacked by taking control of abandoned and expired infrastructure for as little as $20 per domain. Cybersecurity company watchTowr Labs said it pulled off the operation by registering over 40 domain...
Microsoft Sues Hacking Group Exploiting Azure AI for Harmful Content Creation
Microsoft has revealed that it's pursuing legal action against a "foreign-based threat–actor group" for operating a hacking-as-a-service infrastructure to intentionally get around the safety controls of its generative artificial intelligence AI services and produce offensive and harmful content...
DoJ Indicts Three Russians for Operating Crypto Mixers Used in Cybercrime Laundering
The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ on Friday indicted three Russian nationals for their alleged involvement in operating the cryptocurrency mixing services Blender.io and Sinbad.io. Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko and Alexander Evgenievich Oleynik were arrested on December 1, 2024, in coordination wi...
Google Project Zero Researcher Uncovers Zero-Click Exploit Targeting Samsung Devices
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a now-patched security flaw impacting Monkey's Audio APE decoder on Samsung smartphones that could lead to code execution. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-49415 CVSS score: 8.1, affects Samsung devices running Android versions 12, 13, a...
Taking the Pain Out of Cybersecurity Reporting: A Practical Guide for MSPs
Cybersecurity reporting is a critical yet often overlooked opportunity for service providers managing cybersecurity for their clients, and specifically for virtual Chief Information Security Officers vCISOs. While reporting is seen as a requirement for tracking cybersecurity progress, it often...
AI-Driven Ransomware FunkSec Targets 85 Victims Using Double Extortion Tactics
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a nascent artificial intelligence AI assisted ransomware family called FunkSec that sprang forth in late 2024, and has claimed more than 85 victims to date. "The group uses double extortion tactics, combining data theft with encryption to pressure...
Hands-On Walkthrough: Microsegmentation For all Users, Workloads and Devices by Elisity
Network segmentation remains a critical security requirement, yet organizations struggle with traditional approaches that demand extensive hardware investments, complex policy management, and disruptive network changes. Healthcare and manufacturing sectors face particular challenges as they...
RedDelta Deploys PlugX Malware to Target Mongolia and Taiwan in Espionage Campaigns
Mongolia, Taiwan, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Cambodia have been targeted by the China-nexus RedDelta threat actor to deliver a customized version of the PlugX backdoor between July 2023 and December 2024. "The group used lure documents themed around the 2024 Taiwanese presidential candidate Terry Gou,...
CrowdStrike Warns of Phishing Scam Targeting Job Seekers with XMRig Cryptominer
Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike is alerting of a phishing campaign that exploits its own branding to distribute a cryptocurrency miner that's disguised as an employee CRM application as part of a supposed recruitment process. "The attack begins with a phishing email impersonating CrowdStrike...
Major Vulnerabilities Patched in SonicWall, Palo Alto Expedition, and Aviatrix Controllers
Palo Alto Networks has released software patches to address several security flaws in its Expedition migration tool, including a high-severity bug that an authenticated attacker could exploit to access sensitive data. "Multiple vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks Expedition migration tool...
New Banshee Stealer Variant Bypasses Antivirus with Apple's XProtect-Inspired Encryption
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new, stealthier version of a macOS-focused information-stealing malware called Banshee Stealer. "Once thought dormant after its source code leak in late 2024, this new iteration introduces advanced string encryption inspired by Apple's XProtect," Check...
Product Walkthrough: How Reco Discovers Shadow AI in SaaS
As SaaS providers race to integrate AI into their product offerings to stay competitive and relevant, a new challenge has emerged in the world of AI: shadow AI. Shadow AI refers to the unauthorized use of AI tools and copilots at organizations. For example, a developer using ChatGPT to assist wit...
MirrorFace Leverages ANEL and NOOPDOOR in Multi-Year Cyberattacks on Japan
Japan's National Police Agency NPA and National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity NCSC accused a China-linked threat actor named MirrorFace of orchestrating a persistent attack campaign targeting organizations, businesses, and individuals in the country since 2019. The...
Webinar: Learn How to Stop Encrypted Attacks Before They Cost You Millions
Ransomware isn't slowing down—it's getting smarter. Encryption, designed to keep our online lives secure, is now being weaponized by cybercriminals to hide malware, steal data, and avoid detection. The result? A 10.3% surge in encrypted attacks over the past year and some of the most shocking...
Critical RCE Flaw in GFI KerioControl Allows Remote Code Execution via CRLF Injection
Threat actors are attempting to take advantage of a recently disclosed security flaw impacting GFI KerioControl firewalls that, if successfully exploited, could allow malicious actors to achieve remote code execution RCE. The vulnerability in question, CVE-2024-52875 , refers to a carriage return...
Ivanti Flaw CVE-2025-0282 Actively Exploited, Impacts Connect Secure and Policy Secure
Ivanti is warning that a critical security flaw impacting Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways has come under active exploitation in the wild beginning mid-December 2024. The security vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-0282 CVSS score: 9.0, a stack-based buffer overflow that...
E.U. Commission Fined for Transferring User Data to Meta in Violation of Privacy Laws
The European General Court on Wednesday fined the European Commission, the primary executive arm of the European Union responsible for proposing and enforcing laws for member states, for violating the bloc's own data privacy regulations. The development marks the first time the Commission has bee...
Neglected Domains Used in Malspam to Evade SPF and DMARC Security Protections
Cybersecurity researchers have found that bad actors are continuing to have success by spoofing sender email addresses as part of various malspam campaigns. Faking the sender address of an email is widely seen as an attempt to make the digital missive more legitimate and get past security...
Researchers Expose NonEuclid RAT Using UAC Bypass and AMSI Evasion Techniques
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new remote access trojan called NonEuclid that allows bad actors to remotely control compromised Windows systems. "The NonEuclid remote access trojan RAT, developed in C, is a highly sophisticated malware offering unauthorised remote access with...
Top 5 Malware Threats to Prepare Against in 2025
2024 had its fair share of high-profile cyber attacks, with companies as big as Dell and TicketMaster falling victim to data breaches and other infrastructure compromises. In 2025, this trend will continue. So, to be prepared for any kind of malware attack, every organization needs to know its...
Mirai Botnet Variant Exploits Four-Faith Router Vulnerability for DDoS Attacks
A Mirai botnet variant has been found exploiting a newly disclosed security flaw impacting Four-Faith industrial routers since early November 2024 with the goal of conducting distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks. The botnet maintains approximately 15,000 daily active IP addresses, with the...
FCC Launches 'Cyber Trust Mark' for IoT Devices to Certify Security Compliance
The U.S. government on Tuesday announced the launch of the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, a new cybersecurity safety label for Internet-of-Things IoT consumer devices. "IoT products can be susceptible to a range of security vulnerabilities," the U.S. Federal Communications Commission FCC said. "Under thi...
CISA Flags Critical Flaws in Mitel and Oracle Systems Amid Active Exploitation
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Tuesday added three flaws impacting Mitel MiCollab and Oracle WebLogic Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows - CVE-2024-41713 CV...
Researchers Uncover Major Security Flaw in Illumina iSeq 100 DNA Sequencers
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered firmware security vulnerabilities in the Illumina iSeq 100 DNA sequencing instrument that, if successfully exploited, could permit attackers to brick or plant persistent malware on susceptible devices. "The Illumina iSeq 100 used a very outdated...
Farewell to the Fallen: The Cybersecurity Stars We Lost Last Year
It's time once again to pay our respects to the once-famous cybersecurity solutions whose usefulness died in the past year. The cybercriminal world collectively mourns the loss of these solutions and the easy access they provide to victim organizations. These solutions, though celebrated in their...
New EAGERBEE Variant Targets ISPs and Governments with Advanced Backdoor Capabilities
Internet service providers ISPs and governmental entities in the Middle East have been targeted using an updated variant of the EAGERBEE malware framework. The new variant of EAGERBEE aka Thumtais comes fitted with various components that allow the backdoor to deploy additional payloads, enumerat...
CISA: No Wider Federal Impact from Treasury Cyber Attack, Investigation Ongoing
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Monday said there are no indications that the cyber attack targeting the Treasury Department impacted other federal agencies. The agency said it's working closely with the Treasury Department and BeyondTrust to get a better...
Moxa Alerts Users to High-Severity Vulnerabilities in Cellular and Secure Routers
Taiwan-based Moxa has warned of two security vulnerabilities impacting its cellular routers, secure routers, and network security appliances that could allow privilege escalation and command execution. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows - CVE-2024-9138 CVSS 4.0 score: 8.6 - A hard-coded...
India Proposes Digital Data Rules with Tough Penalties and Cybersecurity Requirements
The Indian government has published a draft version of the Digital Personal Data Protection DPDP Rules for public consultation. "Data fiduciaries must provide clear and accessible information about how personal data is processed, enabling informed consent," India's Press Information Bureau PIB sa...
⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [6 Jan]
Every tap, click, and swipe we make online shapes our digital lives, but it also opens doors—some we never meant to unlock. Extensions we trust, assistants we rely on, and even the codes we scan are turning into tools for attackers. The line between convenience and vulnerability has never been...
From $22M in Ransom to +100M Stolen Records: 2025's All-Star SaaS Threat Actors to Watch
In 2024, cyber threats targeting SaaS surged, with 7,000 password attacks blocked per second just in Entra ID—a 75% increase from last year—and phishing attempts up by 58%, causing $3.5 billion in losses source: Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2024. SaaS attacks are increasing, with hackers ofte...
FireScam Android Malware Poses as Telegram Premium to Steal Data and Control Devices
An Android information stealing malware named FireScam has been found masquerading as a premium version of the Telegram messaging app to steal data and maintain persistent remote control over compromised devices. "Disguised as a fake 'Telegram Premium' app, it is distributed through a...
Cybercriminals Target Ethereum Developers with Fake Hardhat npm Packages
Cybersecurity researchers have revealed several malicious packages on the npm registry that have been found impersonating the Nomic Foundation's Hardhat tool in order to steal sensitive data from developer systems. "By exploiting trust in open source plugins, attackers have infiltrated these...
Researchers Uncover Nuclei Vulnerability Enabling Signature Bypass and Code Execution
A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei, a widely-used open-source vulnerability scanner that, if successfully exploited, could allow attackers to bypass signature checks and potentially execute malicious code. Tracked as CVE-2024-43405, it carries a CVSS sco...
PLAYFULGHOST Delivered via Phishing and SEO Poisoning in Trojanized VPN Apps
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware called PLAYFULGHOST that comes with a wide range of information-gathering features like keylogging, screen capture, audio capture, remote shell, and file transfer/execution. The backdoor, according to Google's Mandiant Managed Defense team,...
U.S. Sanctions Chinese Cybersecurity Firm for State-Backed Hacking Campaigns
The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control OFAC on Friday issued sanctions against a Beijing-based cybersecurity company known as Integrity Technology Group, Incorporated for orchestrating several cyber attacks against U.S. victims. These attacks have been publicly attributed...
New AI Jailbreak Method 'Bad Likert Judge' Boosts Attack Success Rates by Over 60%
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new jailbreak technique that could be used to get past a large language model's LLM safety guardrails and produce potentially harmful or malicious responses. The multi-turn aka many-shot attack strategy has been codenamed Bad Likert Judge by Palo Alt...
LDAPNightmare PoC Exploit Crashes LSASS and Reboots Windows Domain Controllers
A proof-of-concept PoC exploit has been released for a now-patched security flaw impacting Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP that could trigger a denial-of-service DoS condition. The out-of-bounds reads vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-49113 CVSS score: 7.5. It was addressed ...
Critical Deadline: Update Old .NET Domains Before January 7, 2025 to Avoid Service Disruption
Microsoft has announced that it's making an "unexpected change" to the way .NET installers and archives are distributed, requiring developers to update their production and DevOps infrastructure. "We expect that most users will not be directly affected, however, it is critical that you validate i...
Apple to Pay Siri Users $20 Per Device in Settlement Over Accidental Siri Privacy Violations
Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a proposed class action lawsuit that accused the iPhone maker of invading users' privacy using its voice-activated Siri assistant. The development was first reported by Reuters. The settlement applies to U.S.-based individuals current or former owners...
Severe Security Flaws Patched in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Apps Web API
Details have emerged about three now-patched security vulnerabilities in Dynamics 365 and Power Apps Web API that could result in data exposure. The flaws, discovered by Melbourne-based cybersecurity company Stratus Security, have been addressed as of May 2024. Two of the three shortcomings resid...
Cross-Domain Attacks: A Growing Threat to Modern Security and How to Combat Them
In the past year, cross-domain attacks have gained prominence as an emerging tactic among adversaries. These operations exploit weak points across multiple domains – including endpoints, identity systems and cloud environments – so the adversary can infiltrate organizations, move laterally and...
Malicious Obfuscated NPM Package Disguised as an Ethereum Tool Deploys Quasar RAT
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package on the npm package registry that masquerades as a library for detecting vulnerabilities in Ethereum smart contracts but, in reality, drops an open-source remote access trojan called Quasar RAT onto developer systems. The heavily...
Three Russian-German Nationals Charged with Espionage for Russian Secret Service
German prosecutors have charged three Russian-German nationals for acting as secret service agents for Russia. The individuals, named Dieter S., Alexander J., and Alex D., have been accused of working for a foreign secret service. Dieter S. is also alleged to have participated in sabotage...
New "DoubleClickjacking" Exploit Bypasses Clickjacking Protections on Major Websites
Threat hunters have disclosed a new "widespread timing-based vulnerability class" that leverages a double-click sequence to facilitate clickjacking attacks and account takeovers in almost all major websites. The technique has been codenamed DoubleClickjacking by security researcher Paulos Yibelo...
Iranian and Russian Entities Sanctioned for Election Interference Using AI and Cyber Tactics
The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control OFAC on Tuesday leveled sanctions against two entities in Iran and Russia for their attempts to interfere with the November 2024 presidential election. The federal agency said the entities – a subordinate organization of Iran's Islam...
New U.S. DoJ Rule Halts Bulk Data Transfers to Adversarial Nations to Protect Privacy
The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ has issued a final rule carrying out Executive Order EO 14117, which prevents mass transfer of citizens' personal data to countries of concern such as China including Hong Kong and Macau, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela. "This final rule is a...