Polish police arrested 4 people behind DDoS-for-hire platforms used in global attacks, offering takedowns for as little as €10 via six stresser services. Polish authorities arrested 4 people linked to 6 DDoS-for-hire platforms, Cfxapi, Cfxsecurity, neostress, jetstress, quickdown, and zapcut,…
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Play ransomware affiliate leveraged zero-day to deploy malware
The Play ransomware gang exploited a high-severity Windows Common Log File System flaw in zero-day attacks to deploy malware. The Play ransomware gang has exploited a Windows Common Log File System flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-29824, in zero-day attacks to gain SYSTEM privileges and…
Canary Exploit tool allows to find servers affected by Apache Parquet flaw
F5 Labs researchers released a PoC tool to find servers vulnerable to the Apache Parquet vulnerability CVE-2025-30065. A working proof-of-concept exploit for the critical Apache Parquet vulnerability CVE-2025-30065 has been released by F5 Labs, allowing the identification of vulnerable servers.…
Unsophisticated cyber actors are targeting the U.S. Energy sector
CISA, FBI, EPA, and DoE warn of cyberattacks on the U.S. Energy sector carried out by unsophisticated cyber actors targeting ICS/SCADA systems. The US cybersecurity agency CISA, the FBI, EPA, and the DoE issued a joint alert to warn of…
NSO Group must pay WhatsApp over $167M in damages for attacks on its users
NSO Group must pay WhatsApp over $167M in damages for a 2019 hack targeting 1,400+ users, per U.S. jury ruling after a five-year legal battle. A U.S. jury ordered NSO Group to pay WhatsApp over $167M for using Pegasus spyware…
U.S. CISA adds FreeType flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds FreeType flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a FreeType flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-27363 (CVSS score of 8.1), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.…
Samsung MagicINFO flaw exploited days after PoC exploit publication
Threat actors started exploiting a vulnerability in Samsung MagicINFO only days after a PoC exploit was published. Arctic Wolf researchers observed threat actors beginning to exploit a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-7399 (CVSS score: 8.8), in the Samsung MagicINFO content…
Experts warn of a second wave of attacks targeting SAP NetWeaver bug CVE-2025-31324
Threat actors launch second wave of attacks on SAP NetWeaver, exploiting webshells from a recent zero-day vulnerability. In April, ReliaQuest researchers warned that a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-31324 (CVSS score of 10/10), in SAP NetWeaver is potentially being exploited. Thousands of…
U.S. CISA adds Langflow flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Langflow flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Langflow flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-3248 (CVSS score of 9.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV)…
Google fixed actively exploited Android flaw CVE-2025-27363
Google addressed 46 Android security vulnerabilities, including one issue that has been exploited in attacks in the wild. Google’s monthly security updates for Android addressed 46 flaws, including a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-27363 (CVSS score of 8.1), that has…
New ‘Bring Your Own Installer (BYOI)’ technique allows to bypass EDR
A new BYOI technique lets attackers bypass SentinelOne EDR, disable protection, and deploy Babuk ransomware by exploiting the agent upgrade process. Aon’s Stroz Friedberg discovered a new “Bring Your Own Installer” (BYOI) EDR bypass technique that exploits a flaw in…
Smishing on a Massive Scale: ‘Panda Shop’ Chinese Carding Syndicate
Resecurity found a new smishing kit called ‘Panda Shop,’ mimicking Smishing Triad tactics with improved features and new templates. Resecurity (USA) was the first company to identify the Smishing Triad, a group of Chinese cybercriminals targeting consumers across the globe.…
Kelly Benefits December data breach impacted over 400,000 individuals
Kelly Benefits has determined that the impact of the recently disclosed data breach is much bigger than initially believed. Benefits and payroll solutions firm Kelly & Associates Insurance Group, aka Kelly Benefits, announced that the impact of a recently disclosed…
A hacker stole data from TeleMessage, the firm that sells modified versions of Signal to the U.S. gov
A hacker stole data from TeleMessage, exposing messages from its modified Signal, WhatsApp, and other apps sold to the U.S. government. A hacker stole customer data from TeleMessage, an Israeli firm selling modified versions of popular messaging apps, such as…
Experts shared up-to-date C2 domains and other artifacts related to recent MintsLoader attacks
MintsLoader is a malware loader delivering the GhostWeaver RAT via a multi-stage chain using obfuscated JavaScript and PowerShell. Recorded Future researchers observed MintsLoader delivering payloads like GhostWeaver via obfuscated scripts, evading detection with sandbox/VM checks, and uses DGA and HTTP…
Sansec uncovered a supply chain attack via 21 backdoored Magento extensions
Supply chain attack via 21 backdoored Magento extensions hit 500–1,000 e-stores, including a $40B multinational. Sansec researchers reported that multiple vendors were hacked in a coordinated supply chain attack, the experts discovered that a backdoor was hidden in 21 applications.…
US authorities have indicted Black Kingdom ransomware admin
A 36-year-old Yemeni man behind Black Kingdom ransomware is indicted in the U.S. for 1,500 attacks on Microsoft Exchange servers. U.S. authorities have indicted Rami Khaled Ahmed (aka “Black Kingdom,” of Sana’a, Yemen), a 36-year-old Yemeni national, suspected of being…
Malicious Go Modules designed to wipe Linux systems
Researchers found 3 malicious Go modules with hidden code that can download payloads to wipe a Linux system’s main disk, making it unbootable. The malicious modules contain obfuscated code to fetch next-stage payloads that can wipe a Linux system’s primary…
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A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter 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. Rhysida Ransomware gang…