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JavaGhost: Exploiting Amazon IAM Permissions for Phishing Attacks

Unit 42 researchers have observed a threat actor group known as JavaGhost exploiting misconfigurations in Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments to conduct sophisticated phishing campaigns. Active for over five years, JavaGhost has pivoted from website defacement to leveraging compromised cloud…

U.S. Suspends Cyberattacks Against Russia

The United States has suspended offensive cyber operations against Russia under an order issued by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to multiple confirmed reports. The directive, first revealed by The Record and corroborated by The New York Times and The Washington Post, marks a notable…

North Korean IT Workers Hide Their IPs Using Astrill VPN

Security researchers have uncovered new evidence that North Korean threat actors, particularly the Lazarus Group, are actively using Astrill VPN to conceal their true IP addresses during cyberattacks and fraudulent IT worker schemes. Silent Push, a cybersecurity firm, recently acquired…

Njrat Exploits Microsoft Dev Tunnels for C2 Communication

A new campaign involving the notorious remote access trojan (RAT) Njrat has been uncovered, leveraging Microsoft’s Dev Tunnels service for command-and-control (C2) communication. This service, intended to help developers securely expose local services to the internet for testing and debugging,…

US Military Personnel Arrested for Hacking 15 Telecom Providers

Federal prosecutors have filed a detention memorandum urging the court to indefinitely detain Cameron John Wagenius, a 21-year-old active-duty U.S. Army soldier stationed at Fort Cavazos, Texas, following his alleged involvement in a multi-state cybercrime campaign targeting at least 15…

PoC Released for Windows Hyper-V SYSTEM Privilege Exploit

Security researchers have publicly disclosed a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for CVE-2025-21333, a critical elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization framework. The vulnerability resides in the vkrnlintvsp.sys driver and enables local attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges through a sophisticated heap manipulation technique. Microsoft rated this flaw…

Trigon: Latest iOS Kernel Exploit Uncovered

A sophisticated kernel exploit leveraging CVE-2023-32434, an integer overflow vulnerability in Apple’s XNU virtual memory subsystem, has been unveiled by security researchers. Dubbed Trigon, this exploit chain enables deterministic kernel read/write primitives on A10(X) devices, bypassing Apple’s KTRR and PPL protections…

Network Penetration Testing Checklist – 2025

Network penetration testing is a cybersecurity practice that simulates cyberattacks on an organization’s network to identify vulnerabilities and improve security defenses. Ethical hackers, or penetration testers, use tools and techniques to mimic real-world hacking attempts, targeting network components like routers,…

PingAM Java Agent Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Bypass Security

A critical security flaw (CVE-2025-20059) has been identified in supported versions of Ping Identity’s PingAM Java Agent, potentially enabling attackers to bypass policy enforcement and access protected resources. The vulnerability—classified as a Relative Path Traversal (CWE-23) weakness—affects all PingAM Java Agent deployments…

New GitHub Scam Uses Fake “Mods” and “Cracks” to Steal User Data

A sophisticated malware campaign leveraging GitHub repositories disguised as game modifications and cracked software has been uncovered, exposing a dangerous convergence of social engineering tactics and automated credential harvesting. Security researchers identified over 1,100 malicious repositories distributing variants of the Redox…

260 Domains Hosting 5,000 Malicious PDFs to Steal Credit Card Data

Netskope Threat Labs uncovered a sprawling phishing operation involving 260 domains hosting approximately 5,000 malicious PDF files. These documents, disguised as legitimate resources, employ fake CAPTCHA prompts to redirect victims to phishing sites designed to harvest credit card details and…

DeepSeek Data Leak Exposes 12,000 Hardcoded API Keys and Passwords

A sweeping analysis of the Common Crawl dataset—a cornerstone of training data for large language models (LLMs) like DeepSeek—has uncovered 11,908 live API keys, passwords, and credentials embedded in publicly accessible web pages.  The leaked secrets, which authenticate successfully with…

Winos4.0 Malware Targets Windows Users Through Malicious PDF Files

A new wave of cyberattacks leveraging the Winos4.0 malware framework has targeted organizations in Taiwan through malicious PDF attachments disguised as tax inspection alerts, according to a January 2025 threat analysis by FortiGuard Labs.  The campaign employs multi-stage payload delivery,…

Authorities Arrested Hacker Behind 90 Major Data Breaches Worldwide

Cybersecurity firm Group-IB, alongside the Royal Thai Police and Singapore Police Force, announced the arrest of a prolific hacker linked to over 90 major data breaches across 25 countries, including 65 attacks in the Asia-Pacific region. The cybercriminal, operating under aliases ALTDOS, DESORDEN,…

Cisco Nexus Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Inject Malicious Commands

Cisco Systems has issued a critical security advisory for a newly disclosed command injection vulnerability affecting its Nexus 3000 and 9000 Series Switches operating in standalone NX-OS mode. Tracked as CVE-2025-20161 (CVSSv3 score: 5.1), the flaw enables authenticated attackers with administrative privileges…

New Wi-Fi Jamming Attack Can Disable Specific Devices

A newly discovered Wi-Fi jamming technique enables attackers to selectively disconnect individual devices from networks with surgical precision, raising alarms across cybersecurity and telecommunications industries. Researchers from Northeastern University and the University of Chicago uncovered this vulnerability in IEEE 802.11…

LibreOffice Flaws Allow Attackers to Run Malicious Files on Windows

A high-severity security vulnerability (CVE-2025-0514) in LibreOffice, the widely used open-source office suite, has been patched after researchers discovered it could allow attackers to execute malicious files on Windows systems by exploiting hyperlink handling mechanisms. The flaw, which impacts versions…

Cisco Nexus Switch Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Cause DoS

Cisco Systems has disclosed a high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2025-20111) in its Nexus 3000 and 9000 Series Switches operating in standalone NX-OS mode. The vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to trigger denial of service (DoS) conditions through crafted Ethernet frames. Rated 7.4 on…

Poseidon Mac Malware Hiding Within PKG Files to Evade Detections

A recent discovery by cybersecurity researchers has revealed that the Poseidon malware, a macOS-targeting trojan, is leveraging PKG files with preinstall scripts to infiltrate systems. This malware, weighing only 207 bytes, is currently undetected by VirusTotal and represents a significant…

MITRE Releases OCCULT Framework to Address AI Security Challenges

MITRE has unveiled the Offensive Cyber Capability Unified LLM Testing (OCCULT) framework, a groundbreaking methodology designed to evaluate risks posed by large language models (LLMs) in autonomous cyberattacks. Announced on February 26, 2025, the initiative responds to growing concerns that…

GRUB2 Flaws Expose Millions of Linux Devices to Exploitation

A critical set of 20 security vulnerabilities in GRUB2, the widely used bootloader for Linux systems, has been revealed, exposing millions of devices to potential secure boot bypass and remote code execution attacks. Discovered during a proactive hardening initiative, these…

US Employee Background Check Firm Hacked, 3 Million Records Exposed

DISA Global Solutions, a Houston-based provider of employee background checks and workplace safety services, disclosed a significant cybersecurity incident exposing the personal information of over 3.3 million individuals, including 15,198 Maine residents. The breach occurred on February 9, 2024, but was…

2,850+ Ivanti Connect Secure Devices Exposed to Potential Cyberattacks

A sweeping cybersecurity alert has emerged as researchers identify 2,850+ unpatched Ivanti Connect Secure devices worldwide, leaving organizations vulnerable to exploitation through the critical flaw designated CVE-2025-22467. The findings, published by cybersecurity watchdog Shadowserver Foundation, reveal systemic risks to virtual private network (VPN)…

Malicious npm Package Targets Developers for Supply Chain Attack

The Socket Research Team has uncovered a malicious npm package@ton-wallet/create designed to steal sensitive cryptocurrency wallet keys from developers and users in the TON blockchain ecosystem. TON, originally developed by Telegram, is a growing platform for decentralized applications (dApps), smart…

200 Malicious GitHub Repositories Distributing Malware to Developers

A sophisticated malware campaign dubbed GitVenom has infected over 200 GitHub repositories, targeting developers with fake projects masquerading as legitimate tools. The repositories, active for nearly two years, deploy stealers, remote access Trojans (RATs), and clippers to compromise systems and steal sensitive…

Poseidon Stealer Targets Mac Users via Fake DeepSeek Website

Cybersecurity researchers uncovered a sophisticated malware campaign targeting macOS users through a fraudulent DeepSeek.ai interface. Dubbed “Poseidon Stealer,” this information-stealing malware employs advanced anti-analysis techniques and novel infection vectors to bypass Apple’s latest security protocols, marking a significant escalation in…

CISA Alerts: Oracle Agile Vulnerability Actively Exploited

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent alert regarding active exploitation of a severe deserialization vulnerability (CVE-2024-20953) in Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software. Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on February…

KernelSnitch: Uncovering a New Side-Channel Attack on Data Structures

Researchers at Graz University of Technology have uncovered a groundbreaking software-based side-channel attack, KernelSnitch, which exploits timing variances in Linux kernel data structures. Unlike hardware-dependent attacks, KernelSnitch targets hash tables, radix trees, and red-black trees, enabling unprivileged attackers to leak sensitive…

Hackers Evade Outlook Spam Filters to Deliver Malicious ISO Files

A newly discovered technique allows threat actors to circumvent Microsoft Outlook’s spam filters to deliver malicious ISO files, exposing organizations to sophisticated phishing campaigns. The bypass leverages hyperlink obfuscation to disguise malicious links as benign URLs, enabling attackers to distribute…

Smart Bed Security Flaw Lets Hackers Access Other Network Devices

A security researcher has uncovered critical vulnerabilities in Eight Sleep’s internet-connected smart beds, revealing exposed Amazon Web Services (AWS) credentials, remote SSH backdoors, and potential access to users’ entire home networks. The findings underscore growing concerns about IoT device security…

Wireshark 4.4.4 Released – Explore the Latest Features!

The Wireshark Foundation has announced the release of Wireshark 4.4.4, the latest iteration of the world’s most widely used network protocol analyzer. This update focuses on enhancing stability, refining protocol dissectors, and addressing critical security vulnerabilities, cementing Wireshark’s position as…

Stablecoin Bank Hit by Cyberattack, Loses $49.5M to Hackers

The cryptocurrency sector faced one of its most significant security breaches this year as stablecoin banking platform @0xinfini fell victim to a sophisticated cyberattack. Hackers drained 49.5 million USD Coin ($USDC) from the platform’s reserves, triggering immediate market turbulence and…

LockBit Ransomware Strikes: Exploiting a Confluence Vulnerability

In a swift and highly coordinated attack, LockBit ransomware operators exploited a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2023-22527) in Atlassian Confluence servers, targeting an exposed Windows server. This vulnerability, rated CVSS 10.0, enabled unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands by…