Authors, Creators & Presenters: Maximilian von Tschirschnitz (Technical University of Munich), Ludwig Peuckert (Technical University of Munich), Moritz Buhl (Technical University of Munich), Jens Grossklags (Technical University of Munich) Session 1A, PAPER Rediscovering Method Confusion in Proposed Security Fixes for…
Category: EN
Mobdro Pro VPN Under Fire for Compromising User Privacy
A disturbing revelation that highlights the persistent threat that malicious software poses to Android users has been brought to the attention of cybersecurity researchers, who have raised concerns over a deceptive application masquerading as a legitimate streaming and VPN…
AI Becomes the New Spiritual Guide: How Technology Is Transforming Faith in India and Beyond
Around the world — and particularly in India — worshippers are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence for guidance, prayer, and spiritual comfort. As machines become mediators of faith, a new question arises: what happens when technology becomes our spiritual…
The 3 Security Essentials No Growing Business Can Afford to Miss
Cybercriminals today aren’t just targeting Fortune 500s. With nearly half of all cyber breaches affecting organizations with less than 1,000 employees, small to mid-sized enterprises have now emerged as a growing target…. The post The 3 Security Essentials No Growing Business Can…
Cyber Awareness Month: Protecting Your Child in the Digital Age
How can you be a cyber-smart parent? In this interview with Chad Rychlewski, the co-author of a new book, we unpack what family online protection looks like in 2025. The post Cyber Awareness Month: Protecting Your Child in the…
ClickFix Attack Tricks Users into Infecting Their Own Devices
Cybercriminals are increasingly using a social engineering attack called ClickFix, which manipulates victims into unknowingly initiating cyberattacks on their own systems. According to Microsoft’s 2025 Digital Defense Report, ClickFix has become the most common initial access technique, recorded in 47%…
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 68
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter TikTok videos continue to push infostealers in ClickFix attacks 131 Spamware Extensions Targeting WhatsApp Flood Chrome Web Store Salty…
The Financialization of Cybercrime
Cybercrime is no longer a collection of isolated hackers hiding in dark basements—it has become a global, professionalized economy. Today’s attackers don’t just write malware; they sell, lease, and market… The post The Financialization of Cybercrime appeared first on Cyber…
Hidden in Plain Sight: How we followed one malicious extension to uncover a multi-extension…
Hidden in Plain Sight: How we followed one malicious extension to uncover a multi-extension campaign Short read for everyone: we found a malicious Chrome extension that stole login data from a crypto trading site. Tracing the domain it talked to…
Week in review: Actively exploited Windows SMB flaw, trusted OAuth apps turned into cloud backdoors
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Most AI privacy research looks the wrong way Most research on LLM privacy has focused on the wrong problem, according to a new paper by…
What’s new with Google Cloud
Want to know the latest from Google Cloud? Find it here in one handy location. Check back regularly for our newest updates, announcements, resources, events, learning opportunities, and more. Tip: Not sure where to find what you’re looking for on the…
Security Affairs newsletter Round 547 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Russian…
How Secure Are Your Machine Identities?
How Effective Is Your Non-Human Identity Management? Are your data security strategies truly effective in safeguarding machine identities within your organization’s cloud infrastructure? Where businesses increasingly rely on machine identities—or Non-Human Identities (NHIs) —to automate and streamline processes, the importance…
706,000+ BIND 9 Resolver Instances Vulnerable to Cache Poisoning Exposed Online – PoC Released
A high-severity vulnerability in BIND 9 resolvers has been disclosed, potentially allowing attackers to poison caches and redirect internet traffic to malicious sites. Tracked as CVE-2025-40778, the flaw affects over 706,000 exposed instances worldwide, as identified by internet scanning firm…
Hackers Weaponizing Telegram Messenger with Dangerous Android Malware to Gain Full System Control
A sophisticated backdoor named Android.Backdoor.Baohuo.1.origin has been discovered in maliciously modified versions of Telegram X messenger, granting attackers complete control over victims’ accounts while operating undetected. The malware infiltrates devices through deceptive in-app advertisements and third-party app stores, masquerading as…
LockBit 5.0 Actively Attacking Windows, Linux, and ESXi Environments
The notorious LockBit ransomware operation has resurfaced with a vengeance after months of dormancy following Operation Cronos takedown efforts in early 2024. Despite law enforcement disruptions and infrastructure seizures, the group’s administrator, LockBitSupp, has successfully rebuilt the operation and launched…
From Framing Risks to Framing Scenes
Photography and security seem like very different worlds on the surface one creative, one technical; one emotional, one analytical. This article has been indexed from ZephrSec – Adventures In Information Security Read the original article: From Framing Risks to Framing…
Hackers Hijacking IIS Servers in The Wild Using Exposed ASP .NET Machine Keys to Inject Malicious Modules
A sophisticated cyberattack campaign targeting Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) servers has emerged, exploiting decades-old security vulnerabilities to deploy malicious modules that enable remote command execution and search engine optimization fraud. The operation, which came to light in late August…
Google Warns of Threat Actors Using Fake Job Posting to Deliver Malware and Steal Credentials
Cybercriminals have adopted a sophisticated social engineering strategy that exploits the trust inherent in job hunting, according to a recent security advisory. A financially motivated threat cluster operating from Vietnam has been targeting digital advertising and marketing professionals through fake…
Top 10 Best Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) in 2025
The cloud landscape in 2025 continues its unprecedented growth, with organizations of all sizes rapidly migrating critical workloads to public, private, and hybrid cloud environments. While cloud providers meticulously secure their underlying infrastructure, the onus of protecting everything within that…