Pakistani Cybercriminals Turn Piracy Against Pirates in $4M Malware Scheme

  A massive cybercrime operation based in Pakistan has been exposed after running a sophisticated infostealer malware campaign for five years, generating over $4 million by targeting software pirates.  Operation details The criminal network, primarily operating from Bahawalpur and Faisalabad,…

Multiple vtenext Flaws Allow Attackers to Bypass Authentication and Run Remote Code

Security researcher Mattia “0xbro” Brollo disclosed a trio of severe vulnerabilities in vtenext CRM (versions 25.02 and earlier) that enable unauthenticated attackers to completely bypass login controls and execute arbitrary code on affected installations. Although vtenext quietly patched one of…

New Android Spyware Masquerading as Antivirus Targets Business Executives

Doctor Web’s antivirus laboratory has identified a sophisticated Android backdoor malware, designated Android.Backdoor.916.origin, which has been evolving since its initial detection in January 2025. This multifunctional spyware primarily targets representatives of Russian businesses through targeted attacks rather than mass distribution.…

Hackers Use AI-Generated Summaries to Deliver Ransomware Payloads

Cybercriminals have unveiled a novel variation of the ClickFix social engineering technique that weaponizes AI-powered summarization tools to stealthily distribute ransomware instructions. By leveraging invisible prompt injection and a “prompt overdose” strategy, attackers embed malicious directives within hidden HTML elements…

Attaxion Releases Agentless Traffic Monitoring for Immediate Risk Prioritization

Dover, DE, United States, August 25th, 2025, CyberNewsWire Attaxion announces the addition of the Agentless Traffic Monitoring capability to its exposure management platform. Agentless Traffic Monitoring is a new capability designed to give cybersecurity teams actionable visibility into network traffic flowing to and…

Chip Programming Firm Data I/O Hit by Ransomware

Data I/O has disclosed a ransomware attack that disrupted the company’s operations, including communications, shipping and production.  The post Chip Programming Firm Data I/O Hit by Ransomware appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the…

Arch Linux Services Hit by Week-Long DDoS Attack

Arch Linux—the community-driven, lightweight distribution renowned for its rolling-release model—has confirmed that a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack has been targeting its core infrastructure for over a week. Beginning on August 18, users worldwide have experienced intermittent outages and slowdowns on…

Poor Password Choices

Look at this: McDonald’s chose the password “123456” for a major corporate system. This article has been indexed from Schneier on Security Read the original article: Poor Password Choices