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Kimwolf Android Botnet Compromises 1.8 Million Devices Worldwide

A newly discovered Android botnet dubbed “Kimwolf” has silently compromised over 1.8 million devices globally, primarily targeting Android TV boxes in residential networks. The massive operation, which at one point saw its command-and-control (C2) domain surpass Google in global popularity…

Chinese Hackers Turn Compromised Servers Into ShadowPad Nodes

A sophisticated Chinese threat actor tracked as Ink Dragon has been weaponizing a custom ShadowPad IIS Listener module to convert compromised servers into distributed relay nodes, according to research by Check Point Research. The tactic represents a significant escalation in…

Microsoft Desktop Window Manager Flaw Allows Privilege Escalation

A critical vulnerability has been discovered in the Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) that could allow attackers to escalate privileges to system level. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-55681, resides in the dwmcore.dll component and was disclosed during the TyphoonPWN Windows security competition, where…

ForumTrol Operation Uses Chrome Zero-Day in Fresh Phishing Attacks

The ForumTroll APT group has resurfaced with a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting Russian academics, marking a significant escalation in their ongoing operations against entities in Russia and Belarus. While the group initially gained notoriety for exploiting CVE-2025-2783, a zero-day vulnerability…

ClickFix Spoof of “Word Online” Used to Spread DarkGate Malware

A sophisticated social engineering campaign leveraging a fake “Word Online” extension error message has been discovered distributing the notorious DarkGate malware. This attack employs the increasingly popular “ClickFix” technique, where threat actors manipulate users into executing malicious commands disguised as…