Old Playbook, New Scale: While defenders are chasing trends, attackers are optimizing the basics The security industry loves talking about “new” threats. AI-powered attacks. Quantum-resistant encryption. Zero-trust architectures. But looking around, it seems like the most effective attacks in 2025…
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New Malware Campaign Delivers Remcos RAT Through Multi-Stage Windows Attack
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign dubbed SHADOW#REACTOR that employs an evasive multi-stage attack chain to deliver a commercially available remote administration tool called Remcos RAT and establish persistent, covert remote access. “The infection chain follows a…
CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of Gogs Vulnerability Enabling Code Execution
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned of active exploitation of a high-severity security flaw impacting Gogs by adding it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-8110 (CVSS score: 8.7), relates to…
n8n Supply Chain Attack Abuses Community Nodes to Steal OAuth Tokens
Threat actors have been observed uploading a set of eight packages on the npm registry that masqueraded as integrations targeting the n8n workflow automation platform to steal developers’ OAuth credentials. One such package, named “n8n-nodes-hfgjf-irtuinvcm-lasdqewriit,” mimics a Google Ads integration,…
⚡ Weekly Recap: AI Automation Exploits, Telecom Espionage, Prompt Poaching & More
This week made one thing clear: small oversights can spiral fast. Tools meant to save time and reduce friction turned into easy entry points once basic safeguards were ignored. Attackers didn’t need novel tricks. They used what was already exposed…
GoBruteforcer Botnet Targets Crypto Project Databases by Exploiting Weak Credentials
A new wave of GoBruteforcer attacks has targeted databases of cryptocurrency and blockchain projects to co-opt them into a botnet that’s capable of brute-forcing user passwords for services such as FTP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and phpMyAdmin on Linux servers. “The current…
Anthropic Launches Claude AI for Healthcare with Secure Health Record Access
Anthropic has become the latest Artificial intelligence (AI) company to announce a new suite of features that allows users of its Claude platform to better understand their health information. Under an initiative called Claude for Healthcare, the company said U.S.…
Researchers Uncover Service Providers Fueling Industrial-Scale Pig Butchering Fraud
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on two service providers that supply online criminal networks with the necessary tools and infrastructure to fuel the pig butchering-as-a-service (PBaaS) economy. At least since 2016, Chinese-speaking criminal groups have erected industrial-scale scam centers across…
MuddyWater Launches RustyWater RAT via Spear-Phishing Across Middle East Sectors
The Iranian threat actor known as MuddyWater has been attributed to a spear-phishing campaign targeting diplomatic, maritime, financial, and telecom entities in the Middle East with a Rust-based implant codenamed RustyWater. “The campaign uses icon spoofing and malicious Word documents…
Europol Arrests 34 Black Axe Members in Spain Over €5.9M Fraud and Organized Crime
Europol on Friday announced the arrest of 34 individuals in Spain who are alleged to be part of an international criminal organization called Black Axe. As part of an operation conducted by the Spanish National Police, in coordination with the…
China-Linked Hackers Exploit VMware ESXi Zero-Days to Escape Virtual Machines
Chinese-speaking threat actors are suspected to have leveraged a compromised SonicWall VPN appliance as an initial access vector to deploy a VMware ESXi exploit that may have been developed as far back as February 2024. Cybersecurity firm Huntress, which observed…
Russian APT28 Runs Credential-Stealing Campaign Targeting Energy and Policy Organizations
Russian state-sponsored threat actors have been linked to a fresh set of credential harvesting attacks targeting individuals associated with a Turkish energy and nuclear research agency, as well as staff affiliated with a European think tank and organizations in North…
Cybersecurity Predictions 2026: The Hype We Can Ignore (And the Risks We Can’t)
As organizations plan for 2026, cybersecurity predictions are everywhere. Yet many strategies are still shaped by headlines and speculation rather than evidence. The real challenge isn’t a lack of forecasts—it’s identifying which predictions reflect real, emerging risks and which can…
CISA Retires 10 Emergency Cybersecurity Directives Issued Between 2019 and 2024
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday said it’s retiring 10 emergency directives (Eds) that were issued between 2019 and 2024. The list of the directives now considered closed is as follows – ED 19-01: Mitigate DNS…
Trend Micro Apex Central RCE Flaw Scores 9.8 CVSS in On-Prem Windows Versions
Trend Micro has released security updates to address multiple security vulnerabilities impacting on-premise versions of Apex Central for Windows, including a critical bug that could result in arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-69258, carries a CVSS score of…
FBI Warns North Korean Hackers Using Malicious QR Codes in Spear-Phishing
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday released an advisory warning of North Korean state-sponsored threat actors leveraging malicious QR codes in spear-phishing campaigns targeting entities in the country. “As of 2025, Kimsuky actors have targeted think tanks,…
WhatsApp Worm Spreads Astaroth Banking Trojan Across Brazil via Contact Auto-Messaging
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that uses WhatsApp as a distribution vector for a Windows banking trojan called Astaroth in attacks targeting Brazil. The campaign has been codenamed Boto Cor-de-Rosa by Acronis Threat Research Unit. “The…
China-Linked UAT-7290 Targets Telecoms with Linux Malware and ORB Nodes
A China-nexus threat actor known as UAT-7290 has been attributed to espionage-focused intrusions against entities in South Asia and Southeastern Europe. The activity cluster, which has been active since at least 2022, primarily focuses on extensive technical reconnaissance of target…
ThreatsDay Bulletin: RustFS Flaw, Iranian Ops, WebUI RCE, Cloud Leaks, and 12 More Stories
The internet never stays quiet. Every week, new hacks, scams, and security problems show up somewhere. This week’s stories show how fast attackers change their tricks, how small mistakes turn into big risks, and how the same old tools keep…
The State of Trusted Open Source
Chainguard, the trusted source for open source, has a unique view into how modern organizations actually consume open source software and where they run into risk and operational burdens. Across a growing customer base and an extensive catalog of over…