Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a malicious package on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that claims to offer the ability to create a SOCKS5 proxy service, while also providing a stealthy backdoor-like functionality to drop additional payloads on Windows systems.…
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Google Mandiant Probes New Oracle Extortion Wave Possibly Linked to Cl0p Ransomware
Google Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) have disclosed that they are tracking a new cluster of activity possibly linked to a financially motivated threat actor known as Cl0p. The malicious activity involves sending extortion emails to executives at…
ThreatsDay Bulletin: CarPlay Exploit, BYOVD Tactics, SQL C2 Attacks, iCloud Backdoor Demand & More
From unpatched cars to hijacked clouds, this week’s Threatsday headlines remind us of one thing — no corner of technology is safe. Attackers are scanning firewalls for critical flaws, bending vulnerable SQL servers into powerful command centers, and even finding…
Automating Pentest Delivery: 7 Key Workflows for Maximum Impact
Penetration testing is critical to uncovering real-world security weaknesses. With the shift into continuous testing and validation, it is time we automate the delivery of these results. The way results are delivered hasn’t kept up with today’s fast-moving threat landscape.…
How to Close Threat Detection Gaps: Your SOC’s Action Plan
Running a SOC often feels like drowning in alerts. Every morning, dashboards light up with thousands of signals; some urgent, many irrelevant. The job is to find the real threats fast enough to keep cases from piling up, prevent analyst…
Warning: Beware of Android Spyware Disguised as Signal Encryption Plugin and ToTok Pro
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two Android spyware campaigns dubbed ProSpy and ToSpy that impersonate apps like Signal and ToTok to target users in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.). Slovak cybersecurity company ESET said the malicious apps are distributed via fake…
New WireTap Attack Extracts Intel SGX ECDSA Key via DDR4 Memory-Bus Interposer
In yet another piece of research, academics from Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue University have demonstrated that the security guarantees offered by Intel’s Software Guard eXtensions (SGX) can be bypassed on DDR4 systems to passively decrypt sensitive data. SGX…
Learn How Leading Security Teams Blend AI + Human Workflows (Free Webinar)
AI is changing automation—but not always for the better. That’s why we’re hosting a new webinar, “Workflow Clarity: Where AI Fits in Modern Automation,” with Thomas Kinsella, Co-founder & Chief Customer Officer at Tines, to explore how leading teams are…
OneLogin Bug Let Attackers Use API Keys to Steal OIDC Secrets and Impersonate Apps
A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in the One Identity OneLogin Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution that, if successfully exploited, could expose sensitive OpenID Connect (OIDC) application client secrets under certain circumstances. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-59363, has…
Red Hat OpenShift AI Flaw Exposes Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure to Full Takeover
A severe security flaw has been disclosed in the Red Hat OpenShift AI service that could allow attackers to escalate privileges and take control of the complete infrastructure under certain conditions. OpenShift AI is a platform for managing the lifecycle…
How Leading Security Teams Blend AI + Human Workflows (Free Webinar)
AI is changing automation—but not always for the better. That’s why we’re hosting a new webinar, “Workflow Clarity: Where AI Fits in Modern Automation,” with Thomas Kinsella, Co-founder & Chief Customer Officer at Tines, to explore how leading teams are…
Hackers Exploit Milesight Routers to Send Phishing SMS to European Users
Unknown threat actors are abusing Milesight industrial cellular routers to send SMS messages as part of a smishing campaign targeting users in European countries since at least February 2022. French cybersecurity company SEKOIA said the attackers are exploiting the cellular…
2025 Cybersecurity Reality Check: Breaches Hidden, Attack Surfaces Growing, and AI Misperceptions Rising
Bitdefender’s 2025 Cybersecurity Assessment Report paints a sobering picture of today’s cyber defense landscape: mounting pressure to remain silent after breaches, a gap between leadership and frontline teams, and a growing urgency to shrink the enterprise attack surface. The annual…
New Android Banking Trojan “Klopatra” Uses Hidden VNC to Control Infected Smartphones
A previously undocumented Android banking trojan called Klopatra has compromised over 3,000 devices, with a majority of the infections reported in Spain and Italy. Italian fraud prevention firm Cleafy, which discovered the sophisticated malware and remote access trojan (RAT) in…
Ukraine Warns of CABINETRAT Backdoor + XLL Add-ins Spread via Signal ZIPs
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of new targeted cyber attacks in the country using a backdoor called CABINETRAT. The activity, observed in September 2025, has been attributed to a threat cluster it tracks as UAC-0245.…
$50 Battering RAM Attack Breaks Intel and AMD Cloud Security Protections
A group of academics from KU Leuven and the University of Birmingham has demonstrated a new vulnerability called Battering RAM to bypass the latest defenses on Intel and AMD cloud processors. “We built a simple, $50 interposer that sits quietly…
Phantom Taurus: New China-Linked Hacker Group Hits Governments With Stealth Malware
Government and telecommunications organizations across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia have emerged as the target of a previously undocumented China-aligned nation-state actor dubbed Phantom Taurus over the past two-and-a-half years. “Phantom Taurus’ main focus areas include ministries of foreign…
Urgent: China-Linked Hackers Exploit New VMware Zero-Day Since October 2024
A newly patched security flaw impacting Broadcom VMware Tools and VMware Aria Operations has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day since mid-October 2024 by a threat actor called UNC5174, according to NVISO Labs. The vulnerability in question is…
Stop Alert Chaos: Context Is the Key to Effective Incident Response
The Problem: Legacy SOCs and Endless Alert Noise Every SOC leader knows the feeling: hundreds of alerts pouring in, dashboards lighting up like a slot machine, analysts scrambling to keep pace. The harder they try to scale people or buy…
Microsoft Expands Sentinel Into Agentic Security Platform With Unified Data Lake
Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled the expansion of its Sentinel Security Incidents and Event Management solution (SIEM) as a unified agentic platform with the general availability of the Sentinel data lake. In addition, the tech giant said it’s also releasing a…