Major French retail chain Auchan announced on August 21, 2025, that it suffered a significant cybersecurity incident resulting in the unauthorized access and theft of personal data from “several hundred thousand” customer loyalty accounts. The breach represents another critical example…
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WinRAR 0-Day Vulnerabilities Exploited in Wild by Hackers – Detailed Case Study
The cybersecurity landscape has been significantly impacted by the discovery and active exploitation of two critical zero-day vulnerabilities in WinRAR, one of the world’s most widely used file compression utilities. CVE-2025-6218 and CVE-2025-8088 represent sophisticated attack vectors that have enabled threat actors to…
PoC Exploit Released for Chrome 0-Day Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild
Google has disclosed a critical zero-day vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine used by Chrome, tracked as CVE-2025-5419. Before a patch could be rolled out to all users, proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code had been published, and active exploitation had been…
OneFlip – New Attack Flips a Single Bit in Neural Networks for Stealthily Backdoor on AI Systems
In August 2025, researchers at George Mason University published a groundbreaking study at the 34th USENIX Security Symposium, introducing OneFlip, an inference-time backdoor attack that flips just one bit in full-precision neural networks to implant stealth triggers. Unlike traditional backdoor…
WhatsApp Desktop Users At Risk of Code Execution Attacks with Python on Windows PCs
WhatsApp Desktop users who have Python installed on their Windows PCs are at risk of arbitrary code execution due to a flaw in how the application handles Python archive files. A maliciously crafted .pyz file can be executed with a…
Weaponized PuTTY Via Bing Ads Exploit Kerberos and Attack Active Directory Services
A malvertising campaign using sponsored results on Microsoft’s search platform delivered a weaponized PuTTY that established persistence, enabled hands-on keyboard control, and executed Kerberoasting to target Active Directory service accounts. According to an investigation published by LevelBlue’s MDR SOC and…
X/Twitter The Most Aggressive Social Media App Collecting Users Location Information
A comprehensive analysis of the top 10 social media platforms reveals that X (formerly Twitter) stands out as the most invasive collector of user location information, gathering both precise and coarse location data across all categories listed in Apple’s App…
Threat Actors Adapting Android Droppers Even to Deploy Simple Malware to Stay Future-Proof
Android droppers have evolved from niche installers for heavyweight banking Trojans into universal delivery frameworks, capable of deploying even rudimentary spyware or SMS stealers. Initially, droppers served banking malware families that required elevated Accessibility permissions to harvest credentials. These small…
Hackers Actively Scanning to Exploit Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol Services From 30,000+ IPs
A massive coordinated scanning campaign targeting Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) services, with threat actors deploying over 30,000 unique IP addresses to probe for vulnerabilities in Microsoft RD Web Access and RDP Web Client authentication portals. The campaign represents one…
CISA Warns of Citrix RCE and Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities Exploited in Attacks
CISA has issued a critical alert regarding three newly identified vulnerabilities being actively exploited by threat actors. On August 25, 2025, CISA added these high-risk Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, signaling immediate concern…
Chinese UNC6384 Hackers Leverages Valid Code Signing Certificates to Evade Detection
A stealthy espionage campaign emerged in early 2025 targeting diplomats and government entities in Southeast Asia and beyond. At the heart of this operation lies STATICPLUGIN, a downloader meticulously disguised as a legitimate Adobe plugin update. Victims encountered a captive…
Hackers Sabotage Iranian Ships Using Maritime Communications Terminals in Its MySQL Database
A sophisticated campaign of cyber sabotage unfolded against Iran’s maritime communications infrastructure in late August 2025, cutting off dozens of vessels from vital satellite links and navigation aids. Rather than targeting each ship individually—a logistical nightmare across international waters—the attackers…
New Android Spyware Disguised as an Antivirus Attacking Business Executives
In recent months, security teams have observed the emergence of a highly versatile Android backdoor, Android.Backdoor.916.origin, masquerading as a legitimate antivirus application. Distributed via private messaging services under the guise of “GuardCB,” its icon closely mimics the emblem of the…
Chinese APT Hackers Using Proxy and VPN Service to Anonymize Infrastructure
In recent months, cybersecurity researchers have observed a surge in targeted campaigns by a sophisticated Chinese APT group leveraging commercial proxy and VPN services to mask their attack infrastructure. The emergence of this tactic coincides with a broader shift toward…
Hackers Using PUP Advertisements to Silently Drop Windows Malware
In recent weeks, cybersecurity investigators have uncovered a novel campaign in which hackers leverage seemingly benign potentially unwanted program (PUP) advertisements to deliver stealthy Windows malware. The lure typically begins with ads promoting free PDF tools or desktop assistants that…
Proxyware Malware Mimic as YouTube Video Download Site Delivers Malicious Javascripts
Cybersecurity researchers have observed a surge in deceptive sites masquerading as YouTube video download services to deliver Proxyware malware in recent weeks. Victims seeking to grab videos in MP4 format are redirected through ad pages that sporadically present a download…
0-Click Zendesk Account Takeover Vulnerability Enables Access to all Zendesk Tickets
A critical security vulnerability has been discovered in Zendesk’s Android SDK implementation that allows attackers to perform mass account takeovers without any user interaction. The flaw, which earned a $3,000 bug bounty payout, stems from predictable token generation mechanisms that…
Threat Actors Weaponizes AI Generated Summaries With Malicious Payload to Execute Ransomware
A novel adaptation of the ClickFix social engineering technique has been identified, leveraging invisible prompt injection to weaponize AI summarization systems in email clients, browser extensions, and productivity platforms. By embedding malicious step-by-step instructions within hidden HTML elements—using CSS obfuscation…
5 Common Back-to-School Online Scams Powered Using AI and How to Avoid Them
As students return to campus and online learning platforms, cybercriminals are increasingly leveraging artificial intelligence to create sophisticated scams targeting the education sector. These AI-enhanced attacks have become more convincing and harder to detect, making them particularly dangerous for students,…
Beware of Website Mimicking Google Play Store Pages to Deliver Android Malware
A sophisticated Android malware campaign has resurfaced, exploiting deceptive websites that perfectly mimic legitimate Google Play Store application pages to distribute the notorious SpyNote Remote Access Trojan (RAT). This malicious operation targets unsuspecting users by creating static HTML clones of…