Google has announced a record-breaking year for its Vulnerability Reward Program (VRP). In 2025, the tech giant paid out more than $17 million to ethical hackers worldwide to help secure its platforms. This major milestone marks a massive 40% increase…
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Alleged REvil Leader ‘UNKN’ Identified by German Authorities in New Takedown Effort
German authorities have officially put a face to one of the most notorious names in cybercrime. The German Federal Criminal Police (BKA) recently identified 31-year-old Russian national Daniil Maksimovich Shchukin as the man behind the hacker alias “UNKN.” According to…
Qilin and Warlock Ransomware Use Vulnerable Drivers to Disable 300+ EDR Tools
Threat actors associated with Qilin and Warlock ransomware operations have been observed using the bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) technique to silence security tools running on compromised hosts, according to findings from Cisco Talos and Trend Micro. Qilin attacks analyzed by Talos have been found to deploy…
Hackers Using Fake “Microsoft Teams” Domains to Attack Users Via Malicious Payload
Cybercriminals are launching a sophisticated new wave of attacks using fake Microsoft Teams domains. According to recent threat intelligence shared by SEAL Org, hackers are actively tricking corporate users into downloading malicious payloads by mimicking the widely used communication platform. As…
Critical Claude Code Flaw Silently Bypasses Developer-Configured Security Rules
A high-severity security bypass vulnerability in Anthropic’s Claude Code AI coding agent allows malicious actors to silently evade user-configured deny rules through a simple command-padding technique, exposing hundreds of thousands of developers to credential theft and supply chain compromise. According…
Fortinet Rushes Emergency Fixes for Exploited Zero-Day
The improper access control bug in FortiClient EMS allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely. The post Fortinet Rushes Emergency Fixes for Exploited Zero-Day appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the original article:…
Banning Routers Won’t Secure the Internet
Washington’s push to ban foreign-made Wi-Fi routers may sound tough on cybersecurity, but like earlier bans on foreign drones and telecom gear it risks becoming security theater that ignores the real problem: Millions of unpatched devices already sitting on American…
Six Month DPRK Campaign Behind $285 Million Drift Cyber Theft
The Drift Protocol, widely considered to be the largest perpetual futures exchange operating on the Solana blockchain, became the focal point of a highly coordinated attack on April 1, 2026, which is rapidly turning into one of the most…
Traffic Violation Scam Texts Now Use QR Codes to Bypass Security Filters and Steal Payment Data
A phishing campaign is targeting residents across multiple US states with fake traffic violation notices delivered by text message, using embedded QR codes to d Thank you for being a Ghacks reader. The post Traffic Violation Scam Texts Now Use…
How often are redirects used in phishing in 2026?, (Mon, Apr 6th)
In one of his recent diaries, Johannes discussed how open redirects are actively being sought out by threat actors[1], which made me wonder about how commonly these mechanisms are actually misused… This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm…
Chat With Your Data: Introducing AI Assistant for Web Supply Chain Defense
There’s a gap in how security teams work today. The alerts exist. The risk signals exist. The data exists. But turning that data into a […] The post Chat With Your Data: Introducing AI Assistant for Web Supply Chain Defense…
Apache Traffic Server Flaw Allowed Attackers to Trigger Denial-of-Service Attacks
The Apache Software Foundation has released critical security updates to address two vulnerabilities in Apache Traffic Server (ATS). Disclosed on April 2, 2026, these flaws could allow remote threat actors to trigger denial-of-service (DoS) conditions or execute HTTP request smuggling…
Poisoned Axios Package Spreads Cross-Platform Malware via Phantom Dependency
Hackers hijacked the npm account of Axios’s lead maintainer. They used it to push two malicious releases that silently installed a cross‑platform remote access trojan (RAT) on macOS, Windows, and Linux systems. Axios is one of the JavaScript ecosystem’s most…
Hackers Breach ILSpy WordPress Domain to Deliver Malware
The official WordPress website for ILSpy, a highly popular open-source tool used by software developers to examine .NET code, has been compromised. Hackers successfully breached the site to redirect visitors and deliver malware, turning a trusted developer resource into a…
Critical Dgraph Database Flaw Allowed Attackers to Bypass Authentication
A newly discovered critical vulnerability in the open-source Dgraph database system leaves servers exposed to complete system takeovers. Tracked as CVE-2026-34976 and carrying a maximum CVSS score of 10.0, this missing authorization flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to overwrite databases,…
Proven incident response and business continuity strategy
From cybersecurity breaches to natural disasters, disruptive events can occur suddenly and without warning. As a result, it is crucial for organizations to develop resilient plans that not only respond to incidents in real time but also ensure long-term operational…
METATRON – Open-Source AI Penetration Testing Assistant Brings Local LLM Analysis to Linux
A new open-source penetration testing framework called METATRON is gaining attention in the security research community for its fully offline, AI-driven approach to vulnerability assessment. Built for Parrot OS and other Debian-based Linux distributions, METATRON combines automated reconnaissance tooling with…
New ResokerRAT Uses Telegram Bot API to Control Infected Windows Systems
A new Remote Access Trojan (RAT) called ResokerRAT has been found targeting Windows systems by abusing Telegram’s widely used Bot API to receive commands and send stolen data back to attackers. Unlike traditional malware that relies on custom command-and-control servers,…
A week in security (March 30 – April 5)
A list of topics we covered in the week of March 30 to April 5 of 2026 This article has been indexed from Malwarebytes Read the original article: A week in security (March 30 – April 5)
BKA Identifies REvil Leaders Behind 130 German Ransomware Attacks
Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (aka BKA or the Bundeskriminalamt) has unmasked the real identity of the main threat actors associated with the now-defunct REvil (aka Sodinokibi) ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation. The threat actor, who went by the alias UNKN, functioned…