A recent disclosure by Cisco Talos’ Vulnerability Discovery & Research team highlighted several vulnerability issues in Adobe Acrobat. All of these vulnerabilities have been addressed by their respective vendors, aligning with Cisco’s third-party vulnerability disclosure policy. For detection of these…
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Hackers Target TP-Link Vulnerability to Gain Full System Control
Hackers exploit a vulnerability in TP-Link routers, specifically the TL-WR845N model, to gain full control over the system. This exploit allows unauthorized users to access the root shell credentials, giving them unrestricted access to manipulate and control the router. Here…
Hackers Exploiting Exposed Jupyter Notebooks to Deploy Cryptominers
Cado Security Labs has identified a sophisticated cryptomining campaign exploiting misconfigured Jupyter Notebooks, targeting both Windows and Linux systems. The attack utilizes multiple stages of obfuscation, including encrypted payloads and COM object manipulation, to ultimately deploy miners for various cryptocurrencies…
AWS SNS Exploited for Data Exfiltration and Phishing Attacks
Amazon Web Services’ Simple Notification Service (AWS SNS) is a versatile cloud-based pub/sub service that facilitates communication between applications and users. While its scalability and integration capabilities make it a powerful tool for organizations, its misuse by adversaries for malicious…
Edimax Camera RCE Vulnerability Exploited to Spread Mirai Malware
A recent alert from the Akamai Security Intelligence and Response Team (SIRT) has highlighted the exploitation of a severe command injection vulnerability in Edimax Internet of Things (IoT) devices. This vulnerability, designated as CVE-2025-1316, has been actively used by multiple…
New Context Compliance Exploit Jailbreaks Major AI Models
Microsoft researchers have uncovered a surprisingly straightforward method that can bypass safety guardrails in most leading AI systems. In a technical blog post published on March 13, 2025, Microsoft’s Mark Russinovich detailed the “Context Compliance Attack” (CCA), which exploits the…
DeepSeek R1 Jailbreaked to Create Malware, Including Keyloggers and Ransomware
The increasing popularity of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini, has attracted cybercriminals seeking to exploit these technologies for malicious purposes. Despite the guardrails implemented by traditional GenAI platforms to prevent misuse, cybercriminals have…
Cisco Warns of Critical IOS XR Vulnerability Enabling DoS Attacks
Cisco has issued a security advisory warning of a vulnerability in its IOS XR Software that could allow attackers to launch denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-20115, affects the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) confederation implementation. The CVE-2025-20115 vulnerability…
Critical ruby-saml Vulnerabilities Allow Attackers to Bypass Authentication
A critical security vulnerability has been identified in the ruby-saml library, a popular tool used for Single Sign-On (SSO) via Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) on the service provider side. The vulnerabilities, designated as CVE-2025-25291 and CVE-2025-25292, allow attackers to…
Lazarus Group Weaponizes IIS Servers for Deploying Malicious ASP Web Shells
The notorious Lazarus group has been identified as leveraging compromised IIS servers to deploy malicious ASP web shells. These sophisticated attacks have been reported to facilitate the spread of malware, including the LazarLoader variant, and utilize privilege escalation tools to…
Ongoing Cyber Attack Mimic Booking.com to Spread Password-Stealing Malware
Microsoft Threat Intelligence has identified an ongoing phishing campaign that began in December 2024, targeting organizations in the hospitality industry by impersonating the online travel agency Booking.com. The campaign, tracked as Storm-1865, employs a sophisticated social engineering technique called ClickFix…
U.S. Charges LockBit Ransomware Developer in Cybercrime Crackdown
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged Rostislav Panev, a dual Russian and Israeli national, for his role as a developer of the notorious LockBit ransomware group. Panev, 51, was arrested in Israel in August following a U.S. provisional arrest…
CISA Releases Security Advisory on 13 Industrial Control System Threats
CISA issued thirteen Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories, highlighting current security issues and vulnerabilities in various systems. These advisories are crucial for maintaining the security and integrity of industrial operations. The affected products primarily include several Siemens systems, along with…
New Microsoft 365 Attack Leverages OAuth Redirection for Credential Theft
Threat researchers at Proofpoint are currently tracking two sophisticated and highly targeted cyber-attack campaigns that are utilizing OAuth redirection mechanisms to compromise user credentials. These attacks combine advanced brand impersonation techniques with malware proliferation, focusing on Microsoft 365-themed credential phishing…
Decrypting Akira Ransomware on Linux/ESXi Without Paying Hackers
A team successfully decrypted an instance of the Akira ransomware on Linux/ESXi systems without succumbing to the hackers’ demands. This achievement not only underscores the ingenuity of cybersecurity experts but also serves as a powerful message to those who rely…
New Cyber Attack Targets PyPI Users to Steal Cloud Tokens and Sensitive Data
A recent discovery by ReversingLabs researchers has unveiled a malicious cyber attack targeting the Python Package Index (PyPI) users, a popular platform for Python developers. This sophisticated campaign involves malicious packages masquerading as time-related utilities, but are designed to steal…
Blind Eagle Targets Organizations with Weaponized .URL Files to Steal User Hashes
In a significant development in the cybersecurity landscape, APT-C-36, more commonly known as Blind Eagle, has intensified its operations targeting Colombian governmental, financial, and critical infrastructure organizations. Active since 2018, this Advanced Persistent Threat group has recently expanded its arsenal…
86,000+ Healthcare Staff Records Exposed Due to AWS S3 Misconfiguration
A non-password-protected database belonging to ESHYFT, a New Jersey-based HealthTech company, was recently discovered by cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler. The database contained over 86,000 records, amounting to 108.8 GB of sensitive information. This data breach, while not attributed to intentional…
Microsoft Finally Patches 2-Year-Old Windows Kernel Security Flaw
Microsoft has released a critical patch for a 2-year-old Windows kernel security vulnerability. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-24983, allows attackers to exploit a weakness in the Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem, leading to an elevation of privilege. The patch comes after…
North Korean Hackers Use Google Play Malware to Steal SMS, Calls & Screenshots
Cybersecurity researchers at Lookout Threat Lab have uncovered a sophisticated Android surveillance tool dubbed “KoSpy,” which appears to be the work of North Korean state-sponsored hackers. This newly discovered spyware has been active since March 2022, with the most recent…