Dutch authorities have arrested two 17-year-old boys on suspicion of “state interference” in a cybersecurity case with alleged connections to Russian espionage operations. The teenagers appeared in court on Thursday, with one remanded in custody and the other placed under…
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SVG Files Abused to Deploy PureMiner Malware and Exfiltrate Data
Cybercriminals are exploiting SVG files as an initial attack vector in a multi-stage campaign designed to impersonate Ukrainian government communications. FortiGuard Labs has uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting Ukrainian government agencies through malicious Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files, ultimately…
Threat Actors Exploiting Dynamic DNS Providers for Malicious Activity
Cybersecurity researchers have identified a growing trend where threat actors are increasingly exploiting Dynamic DNS providers to host malicious infrastructure, posing significant risks to enterprise organizations worldwide. Dynamic DNS providers, also known as publicly rentable subdomain providers, have become attractive…
Notepad++ DLL Hijack Flaw Lets Attackers Run Malicious Code
Security researchers have identified a critical DLL hijacking vulnerability in Notepad++ version 8.8.3, tracked as CVE-2025-56383. This flaw enables attackers to execute arbitrary code by replacing legitimate Dynamic Link Library (DLL) files within the application’s plugin directory with malicious versions that…
Google Project Zero Discloses Apple Vulnerability Allowing ASLR Bypass
Google Project Zero researcher Jann Horn has disclosed a novel vulnerability in Apple’s macOS and iOS systems that could potentially allow attackers to bypass Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) protections through pointer leaks in serialization processes. Vulnerability Overview The vulnerability…
Top 10 Best AI Penetration Testing Companies in 2025
In 2025, AI penetration testing tools have become the backbone of modern cybersecurity strategies, offering automation, intelligence-driven reconnaissance, and vulnerability analysis faster than traditional manual assessments. Businesses now demand AI-powered solutions to protect against evolving cyber threats and ensure compliance.…
Malicious MCP Server Discovered Stealing Sensitive Emails Using AI Agents
Enterprises everywhere are embracing MCP servers—tools that grant AI assistants “god-mode” permissions to send emails, run database queries, and automate tedious tasks. But no one ever stopped to ask: Who built these tools? Today, the first real-world malicious MCP server—postmark-mcp—has…
Apache Airflow Vulnerability Lets Read-Only Users Access Sensitive Data
Apache Airflow maintainers have disclosed a serious security issue, tracked as CVE-2025-54831, that allows users holding only read permissions to view sensitive connection details via both the Airflow API and web interface. The vulnerability, present in Airflow version 3.0.3, undermines…
Malware Gangs Enlist Covert North Korean IT Workers in Corporate Attacks
Malware operators aligned with North Korea have forged a sophisticated partnership with covert IT workers to target corporate organizations worldwide. This collaboration, detailed in a new white paper presented at Virus Bulletin 2025, sheds light on the intertwined operations of…
New Botnet ‘Loader-as-a-Service’ Turns Home Routers and IoT into Mirai Farms
CloudSEK has uncovered a sophisticated Loader-as-a-Service botnet campaign spanning the last six months, leveraging exposed command-and-control logs to orchestrate attacks against SOHO routers, embedded Linux devices, and enterprise applications. The threat actors exploit unsanitized POST parameters—such as NTP, syslog, and…
Researchers Map Links Between Major Hacker Groups: LAPSUS$, Scattered Spider, ShinyHunters
A loosely connected cybercrime supergroup is exploiting social engineering to compromise Fortune 100 organizations and government agencies. LAPSUS$, Scattered Spider, and ShinyHunters—three of the most notorious English-speaking cybercrime groups—have increasingly blurred their lines through shared tactics, overlapping membership, and joint…
Hackers Breach Active Directory, Steal NTDS.dit for Full Domain Compromise
Threat actors recently infiltrated a corporate environment, dumped the AD database file NTDS.dit, and nearly achieved full domain control. AD acts as the backbone of Windows domains, storing account data, group policies, and password hashes. Compromise of its core file…
Cisco ASA 0-Day RCE Flaw Actively Exploited in the Wild
A critical zero-day vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software is being actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2025-20333, this remote code execution flaw allows an authenticated attacker…
Unveiling LummaStealer’s Technical Details Through ML-Based Detection Approach
In early 2025, LummaStealer was in widespread use by cybercriminals targeting victims throughout the world in multiple industry verticals, including telecom, healthcare, banking, and marketing. A sweeping law enforcement operation in May brought this all to an abrupt halt. After…
Hackers Exploit Cisco ASA 0-Day to Deploy RayInitiator and LINE VIPER Malware
Security teams worldwide have been warned after attackers began exploiting a newly discovered zero-day vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5500-X Series firewalls. The breach allows hackers to deploy sophisticated malware, dubbed RayInitiator and LINE VIPER, potentially giving them full control of…
LAMEHUG: An LLM-Driven Malware for Dynamic Reconnaissance and Data Exfiltration
A novel AI-driven threat leverages LLMs on Hugging Face to execute adaptive reconnaissance and data exfiltration in real time. Rather than relying on static scripts or prewritten payloads, LAMEHUG dynamically queries a Qwen 2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct model via the Hugging Face API…
Critical Cisco Flaw Lets Remote Attackers Execute Code on Firewalls and Routers
Cisco published Security Advisory cisco-sa-http-code-exec-WmfP3h3O revealing a severe flaw in multiple Cisco platforms that handle HTTP-based management. Tracked as CVE-2025-20363, this vulnerability stems from improper validation of user-supplied input in HTTP requests. CVE Affected Products Impact CVSS 3.1 Score CVE-2025-20363…
New XCSSET Malware Variant Targets macOS App Developers
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an advanced variant of the XCSSET malware specifically targeting macOS developers through infected Xcode projects, introducing sophisticated clipboard hijacking and enhanced data exfiltration capabilities. Microsoft Threat Intelligence has identified yet another XCSSET variant in the wild…
LockBit 5.0 Ransomware Targets Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi Systems
Cybersecurity researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a new and dangerous variant of LockBit ransomware that targets Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi systems, utilizing advanced obfuscation techniques and sophisticated cross-platform capabilities. Advanced Multi-Platform Attack Strategy LockBit 5.0 represents a significant…
Salesforce AI Agent Vulnerability Lets Attackers Steal Sensitive Data
Cybersecurity researchers at Noma Labs have discovered a critical vulnerability in Salesforce’s Agentforce AI platform that could allow attackers to steal sensitive customer data through sophisticated prompt injection techniques. The vulnerability, dubbed “ForcedLeak,” carries a CVSS score of 9.4, indicating…