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Tag: CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents
Muzaffarpur Man Loses ₹3.5 Lakh in Remote Access App Bank Fraud
A resident of Muzaffarpur, Bihar fell victim to a sophisticated remote access application scam that resulted in the loss of ₹3.5 lakh from his bank account. The cybercrime incident occurred when the victim was searching online for courier service…
MostereRAT Malware Leverages Evasion Tactics to Foil Defenders
Despite the fact that cybercrime has become increasingly sophisticated over the years, security researchers have uncovered a stealthy phishing campaign in which a powerful malware strain called MostereRAT was deployed. This remote access trojan allows attackers to take full…
GitHub Supply Chain Attack ‘GhostAction’ Exposes Over 3,000 Secrets Across Ecosystems
A newly uncovered supply chain attack on GitHub, named GhostAction, has compromised more than 3,300 secrets across multiple ecosystems, including PyPI, npm, DockerHub, GitHub, Cloudflare, and AWS. The campaign was first identified by GitGuardian researchers, who traced initial signs…
Nx “s1ngularity” Supply Chain Attack Exposes Thousands of Secrets
The recent Nx “s1ngularity” NPM supply chain attack has led to a massive security fallout, exposing thousands of account tokens and repository secrets, according to Wiz researchers. A post-incident analysis revealed that the breach compromised 2,180 accounts and 7,200…
Great Firewall of China Compromised in Historic 600GB Data Exposure
It has been reported that on September 11, 2025, nearly 600 gigabytes of classified materials linked to the Great Firewall of China have emerged online in a breach of China’s closely guarded internet censorship machinery, which is a breach…
Smart Meters: A Growing Target in Data Security
Smart electricity meters, once simple devices for recording household consumption, are now central to modern energy systems. They track usage patterns, support grid balancing, and enable predictive maintenance. But as their role has expanded, so has the volume of…
SVG Phishing Campaign Bypasses Antivirus, Targets Colombian Judiciary
VirusTotal has uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign that leverages SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) files to bypass traditional antivirus detection while impersonating Colombia’s judicial system. The campaign was discovered after VirusTotal added SVG support to its AI Code Insight platform,…
Czechia Warns of Chinese Data Transfers and Espionage Risks to Critical Infrastructure
Czechia’s National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NÚKIB) has issued a stark warning about rising cyber espionage campaigns linked to China and Russia, urging both government institutions and private companies to strengthen their security measures. The agency classified the…
Panama and Vietnam Governments Suffer Cyber Attacks, Data Leaked
Hackers stole government data from organizations in Panama and Vietnam in multiple cyber attacks that surfaced recently. About the incident According to Vietnam’s state news outlet, the Cyber Emergency Response Team (VNCERT) confirmed reports of a breach targeting the National…
Ransomware Groups Still Exploiting SonicWall Firewall Vulnerability Despite Patch
More than a year after SonicWall released a patch for CVE-2024-40766, a critical vulnerability affecting its next-generation firewalls, attackers linked to the Akira ransomware-as-a-service operation continue to exploit the flaw to breach organizations. Similar to incidents in September 2024…
Why Cybersecurity is Critical for Protecting Spatial Data
In a world where almost every service depends on digital connections, one type of information underpins much of our daily lives: spatial data. This data links activities to a place and time, revealing not just “where” something happens, but also…
Fake eSIM Activation Fraud in India Raises Cybersecurity Concerns
The Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), operating under the Ministry of Home Affairs, has issued a warning about a new and highly sophisticated digital scam that leverages fake eSIM activation to commit financial fraud. Unlike traditional methods of cybercrime…
VoidProxy Phishing Platform Emerges as Threat Capable of Bypassing MFA
Researchers in the field of cybersecurity are warning that a sophisticated phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform known as VoidProxy is being used by criminal groups for the purpose of evading widespread security controls and is demonstrating just how far this technology…
Beyond Firewalls: How U.S. Schools Are Building a Culture of Cyber Safety
U.S. district schools are facing a surge in sophisticated cyberattacks, but districts are pushing back by combining strong fundamentals, people-centered training, state partnerships, and community resilience planning to build cyber safety into everyday culture . Rising threat landscape An…
Hackers Exploit Zero-Day Bug to Install Backdoors and Steal Data
Sitecore bug abused Threat actors exploited a zero-day bug in legacy Sitecore deployments to install WeepSteel spying malware. The bug, tracked as CVE-2025-53690, is a ViewState deserialization flaw caused by the addition of a sample ASP.NET machine key in pre-2017…
Ransomware Group Uses AI Training Threats in Artists & Clients Cyberattack
Cybercriminals behind ransomware attacks are adopting new intimidation methods to push victims into paying up. In a recent case, the LunaLock ransomware gang has escalated tactics by threatening to sell stolen artwork for AI training datasets. The popular platform…
Massive database of 250 million data leaked online for public access
Around a quarter of a billion identity records were left publicly accessible, exposing people located in seven countries- Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, Egypt, and Turkey. According to experts from Cybernews, three misconfigured servers, registered…
Deepfake Video of Sadhguru Used to Defraud Bengaluru Woman of Rs 3.75 Crore
As a striking example of how emerging technologies are used as weapons for deception, a Bengaluru-based woman of 57 was deceived out of Rs 3.75 crore by an AI-generated deepfake video supposedly showing the spiritual leader Sadhguru. The video…
Bridgestone Investigates Cyber Incident Affecting North American Operations
Bridgestone Americas has confirmed it is investigating a cyber incident that disrupted operations at several of its tire manufacturing plants in North America. The company emphasized that its response team contained the issue quickly, limiting the scope of the…