The U.S. government has taken unprecedented action against domestic AI firm Anthropic, directing all federal agencies to immediately stop using its AI model Claude and officially designating the company a supply chain risk to national security, a classification historically reserved…
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Researchers Uncover Aeternum C2 Infrastructure with Advanced Persistence and Network Evasion Features
For years, taking down a botnet meant finding its command-and-control (C2) server, seizing the domain, and watching the network go dark. Law enforcement used this method to dismantle major operations like Emotet, TrickBot, and QakBot. A newly discovered botnet loader…
New Dohdoor Malware Attacking Schools and Health Care Sectors in U.S. via Multi-Stage Attack Chain
A newly discovered malware campaign has been quietly targeting educational institutions and healthcare organizations across the United States since at least December 2025. The threat, tracked under the actor designation “UAT-10027,” deploys a previously unknown backdoor called “Dohdoor,” which uses…
Vshell Gains Traction Among Threat Actors as an Alternative to Cobalt Strike
A Go-based command-and-control (C2) framework originally marketed within Chinese-speaking offensive security communities has been quietly expanding its reach, drawing growing attention from threat actors seeking flexible and cost-effective alternatives to expensive commercial tools. Known as Vshell, the tool has evolved…
Malicious Go Crypto Module Steals Passwords and Deploy Rekoobe Backdoor in Developer Environments
Malicious Go Crypto Module Steals Passwords and Deploys Rekoobe Backdoor in Developer Environments A newly discovered supply chain attack is putting Go developers at serious risk. A threat actor published a malicious Go module that closely mimics one of the…
Critical Trend Micro Apex One Vulnerabilities Allows Malicious Code Execution
Trend Micro has released fixes for multiple Apex One vulnerabilities, ranging from High to Critical severity, including management console issues that can lead to remote code execution (RCE). The affected CVEs range from CVE-2025-71210 to CVE-2025-71217, with CVSS v3 scores ranging from…
Critical Zyxel Vulnerabilities Exposes Routers to Remote Command Injection
Critical firmware updates have been released to address multiple serious vulnerabilities in networking devices, including 4G LTE/5G NR CPEs, DSL/Ethernet CPEs, Fiber ONTs, Security Routers, and Wireless Extenders. These flaws expose affected routers to remote command injection and denial-of-service (DoS)…
FreeBSD Vulnerability Allow Attackers to Crash the Entire System
Administrators must urgently patch a critical vulnerability that allows attackers to escape isolated jail environments. Tracked as CVE-2025-15576, the flaw enables a dangerous jailbreak condition despite often being associated with system crashes. It enables a jailed process to bypass its…
Infostealers Fuel Large‑Scale Brute‑Forcing of Corporate SSO Gateways Using Stolen Credentials
A wave of credential stuffing attacks has exposed a troubling shift in how threat actors are breaking into corporate networks — not by exploiting software vulnerabilities, but by simply logging in with stolen passwords. At the center of this campaign…
Microsoft Defender Expands URL Click Alerts to Include Microsoft Teams for Enhanced Security Visibility
Microsoft is strengthening its cybersecurity ecosystem by extending Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (MDO) URL click alerts to Microsoft Teams. Previously focused on email threats, this update gives security teams crucial visibility into potentially malicious activity happening within Teams messages.…
Juniper Networks PTX Vulnerability Enables Full Router Takeover
A major networking vendor has issued an out-of-cycle security bulletin to address a critical vulnerability in its Junos OS Evolved software, specifically affecting PTX Series platforms. This flaw, identified as CVE-2026-21902, allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code…
North Korean APT37 Hackers Leverages Novel Malware to Infect Air‑Gapped Systems
North Korea-linked threat group APT37 has launched a sophisticated new campaign using a fresh set of custom malware tools specifically designed to reach computers that are not connected to the internet — a type of system long considered among the…
Microsoft Defender Uncovers Trojanized Gaming Utility Campaign Targeting Users with RATs and Remote Data Theft
Cybercriminals have found a new way to get past users’ defenses — by hiding malware inside gaming tools that look completely normal. Microsoft’s security team has uncovered an active campaign where attackers are distributing trojanized versions of popular gaming utilities…
1 Million Records from Dutch Telco Odido Published Online After Extortion Attempt
A major data breach has hit Odido, one of the Netherlands’ prominent telecommunications providers, with cybercriminals publishing over one million customer records online following a failed extortion attempt in February 2026. The threat actor group ShinyHunters is believed to be…
Claude Code Hacked to Achieve Full RCE and Hijacked Organization API keys
Critical vulnerabilities in Anthropic’s Claude Code, an AI-powered command-line development tool. The flaws could allow attackers to achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE) and exfiltrate Anthropic API keys by exploiting project configuration files. The issues were reported by Check Point Research…
Google API Keys Expose Private Data Silently Through Gemini
A critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Google Cloud API keys specifically how legacy public-facing keys now silently grant unauthorized access to Google’s Gemini AI endpoints, exposing private files, cached data, and billable AI usage to attackers. For over a decade,…
1Campaign Platform Helps Attackers Bypass Google Ads Screening to Show Malicious Ads
A newly uncovered cloaking platform called 1Campaign is giving cybercriminals a powerful tool to push malicious advertisements through Google’s ad review system, putting everyday users at serious risk of phishing scams and cryptocurrency theft. Google Ads is one of the most trusted…
Zoom Update Scam Infected 1,437 Users to Deploy Surveillance Tools in 12 Days
A cleverly crafted fake Zoom website has silently pushed surveillance software onto Windows machines, infecting 1,437 users globally in just 12 days. The campaign, first detected on February 11, 2026, on the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) platform, used a…
New $300 Android RAT With Automated Permission Bypass and Hidden Remote Control
A newly discovered Android Remote Access Trojan (RAT) named Oblivion is raising serious concerns across the mobile security community. Sold on a public hacking forum for as little as $300 a month, this malware is built to silently take over…
ResidentBat Android Malware Provides Belarusian KGB with Persistent Access to Mobile Devices
A newly documented Android spyware called ResidentBat has been linked to the Belarusian KGB, giving state operators deep and persistent access to the mobile devices of journalists and civil society members. First publicly reported in December 2025 through a joint investigation by…