Microsoft has shed light on the sophisticated operations of Octo Tempest, a financially motivated cybercriminal group alternatively known as Scattered Spider, Muddled Libra, UNC3944, or 0ktapus. This threat actor has demonstrated a versatile arsenal of tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)…
Lenovo Protection Driver Flaw Enables Privilege Escalation and Code Execution
A critical security vulnerability has been discovered in Lenovo’s protection driver software, affecting millions of users across desktop and laptop systems. The flaw, identified as CVE-2025-4657, allows local attackers with elevated privileges to execute arbitrary code through a buffer overflow…
Hackers Exploit ClickFix Tactics to Spread NetSupport RAT, Latrodectus, and Lumma Stealer
Attackers are increasingly leveraging the ClickFix social engineering technique to distribute potent malware families, including NetSupport RAT, Latrodectus, and Lumma Stealer. This method, which emerged prominently in recent months, tricks users into executing malicious commands under the guise of resolving…
Threat Actors Exploit Ivanti Connect Secure Flaws to Deploy Cobalt Strike Beacon
Threat actors have been actively exploiting vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure, specifically CVE-2025-0282 and CVE-2025-22457, to deploy advanced malware, including MDifyLoader and Cobalt Strike Beacon. These attacks, observed from December 2024 through July 2025, build on prior incidents involving SPAWNCHIMERA…
Best VPN services 2025: The fastest VPNs with the best networks, ranked
After testing dozens of VPNs, I’ve ranked my favorite VPNs on the market based on security, speed, and safety. This article has been indexed from Latest news Read the original article: Best VPN services 2025: The fastest VPNs with the…
How a circuit breaker finder helped me map my home’s wiring (and why that matters)
I almost paid for new wiring – until this Klein tool showed me the power was already there. This article has been indexed from Latest news Read the original article: How a circuit breaker finder helped me map my home’s…
The best free email marketing software of 2025: Expert tested
There are many tools to help you automate email marketing, but most suffer from feature bloat and expensive pricing as your contact lists scale. Here are my top picks if you want a simpler free option. This article has been…
The best Apple Watch of 2025: Here’s the best smartwatch for you
The Apple Watch can be a game-changer for everyday tasks and health. Here are our favorite Apple Watch models for those ready to put a smartwatch around their wrist. This article has been indexed from Latest news Read the original…
The best Sony TVs of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed
We’ve tested the best OLED and LED TVs from Sony to help you find the right fit for your budget and home theater. This article has been indexed from Latest news Read the original article: The best Sony TVs of…
5 Features Every AI-Powered SOC Platform Needs in 2025
A modern AI-based SOC platform must adapt in real time to handle alert overloads and fast-moving threats, surpassing traditional SIEM tools. Modern security operations centers (SOCs) are under immense pressure. Analysts are overwhelmed, alert queues are overflowing, and attackers are…
LameHug: first AI-Powered malware linked to Russia’s APT28
LameHug malware uses AI to create data-theft commands on infected Windows systems. Ukraine links it to the Russia-nexus APT28 group. Ukrainian CERT-UA warns of a new malware strain dubbed LameHug that uses a large language model (LLM) to generate commands…
New Mobile Phone Forensics Tool
The Chinese have a new tool called Massistant. Massistant is the presumed successor to Chinese forensics tool, “MFSocket”, reported in 2019 and attributed to publicly traded cybersecurity company, Meiya Pico. The forensics tool works in tandem with a corresponding desktop…
Top-Rated Shopify Plugin Exposes Hundreds of Stores to Takeovers, Token Leaks
A Shopify plugin meant to safeguard privacy did the opposite. For over 100 days, it quietly exposed hundreds of online stores to the kind of risk most businesses dread; data theft, full account takeover, and hijacked ad spend. Ironically, the…
Pro-Russian Cybercrime Group NoName057(16) Hit Hard in Global Takedown
A global police operation has dealt a heavy blow to the pro-Russian cybercrime network dubbed NoName057(16), which has been accused of launching disruptive digital attacks in support of Moscow’s war against Ukraine. Between 14 and 17 July, law enforcement agencies…
Lessons Learned from Steelcon’s 10th Anniversary
Every year, the security community attends regional conferences, which offer a combination of educational learning, hands-on training, and the opportunity to meet with new and familiar faces. Steelcon takes place in Sheffield in mid-July. This year, the conference marked its…
Cyber Attacks Surge 21% Globally in Q2 2025 – Europe Takes the Hardest Hit
Cyber attacks are rising. Fast. In the second quarter of 2025, entities around the world faced an average of 1,984 cyber attacks each week. This was revealed by new research from Check Point. That’s a 21% increase from the same…
Cybercriminals Are Using AI to Cloak Malicious Websites
Cybercriminals have found a new way to stay hidden in plain sight. They’re using artificial intelligence to cloak phishing sites, fake stores, and malware traps, shielding them from scanners while still reaching real victims. This was revealed by recent research…
Hackers are Using ClickFix Techniques to Deliver NetSupport RAT, Latrodectus and Lumma Stealer Malware
Emerging in late 2024 and surging throughout the first half of 2025, ClickFix has become a pervasive social-engineering vector in which threat actors trick users into executing malicious commands under the guise of “quick fixes” for common computer issues. Rather…
New WAFFLED Attack Exploits AWS, Azure, Cloud Armor, Cloudflare, and ModSecurity WAFs
WAFFLED is a recently disclosed technique that evades leading Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) by targeting subtle parsing inconsistencies rather than tampering with the malicious payload itself. By mutating innocuous elements such as boundary delimiters in multipart/form-data, character sets in application/json,…
Signal App Clone TeleMessage Vulnerability May Leak Passwords; Hackers Exploiting It
A critical security vulnerability in TeleMessageTM SGNL, an enterprise messaging system modeled after Signal, has been actively exploited by cybercriminals seeking to extract sensitive user credentials and personal data. The flaw, designated CVE-2025-48927, affects government agencies and enterprises using this…
CISA Releases 3 ICS Advisories Covering Vulnerabilities and Exploits
CISA issued three significant Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on July 17, 2025, addressing critical vulnerabilities affecting energy monitoring, healthcare imaging, and access control systems. These advisories highlight severe security flaws with CVSS v4 scores ranging from 8.5 to 8.7,…
Microsoft Details Scattered Spider TTPs Observed in Recent Attack Chains
In mid-2025, a new surge of targeted intrusions, attributed to the threat group known variously as Scattered Spider, Octo Tempest, UNC3944, Muddled Libra, and 0ktapus, began impacting multiple industries. Initially identified by unusual SMS-based phishing campaigns leveraging adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) domains,…
Google Sues Operators of 10-Million-Device Badbox 2.0 Botnet
Google has filed a lawsuit against the Badbox 2.0 botnet operators, after identifying over 10 million infected Android devices. The post Google Sues Operators of 10-Million-Device Badbox 2.0 Botnet appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek…
CitrixBleed 2: 100 Organizations Hacked, Thousands of Instances Still Vulnerable
The CitrixBleed 2 vulnerability in NetScaler may expose organizations to compromise even if patches have been applied. The post CitrixBleed 2: 100 Organizations Hacked, Thousands of Instances Still Vulnerable appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek…