The two new variants of the KimJongRAT stealer have emerged, showcasing the persistent and evolving nature of this malicious tool first identified in 2013. Detailed research by Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 reveals that these variants, one employing a Portable…
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New Chaos RAT Variants Targeting Windows and Linux Systems to Steal Sensitive Data
The Acronis Threat Research Unit has identified new variants of Chaos RAT, a remote administration tool (RAT) that has evolved from an open-source project first observed in 2022 into a formidable multi-platform malware. These latest iterations of Chaos RAT are…
New Sophisticated Multi-Stage Malware Campaign Uses VBS Files to Execute PowerShell Script
A recently uncovered malware campaign has revealed a highly sophisticated, multi-stage infection process utilizing heavily obfuscated Visual Basic Script (VBS) files to deploy remote access trojans (RATs) such as Remcos, LimeRAT, DCRat, and AsyncRAT. Discovered across a cluster of 16…
Beware: Weaponized Research Papers Delivering Malware Through Password-Protected Documents
The AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) recently made the concerning revelation that the infamous Kimsuky hacking organization was connected to a crafty phishing email campaign that targeted unwary people. Disguised as a seemingly legitimate request for a paper review from…
XDSpy Threat Actors Exploit Windows LNK Zero-Day Vulnerability to Target Windows System Users
The XDSpy threat actor has been identified as exploiting a Windows LNK zero-day vulnerability, dubbed ZDI-CAN-25373, to target governmental entities in Eastern Europe and Russia. This ongoing campaign, active since March 2025, employs an intricate multi-stage infection chain to deploy…
Kimsuky and Konni APT Groups Lead Active Attacks Targeting East Asia
An significant 20 Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) occurrences were found in April 2025, according to a new report from Fuying Lab’s worldwide threat hunting system. East Asia emerges as a primary hotspot, where the notorious APT groups Kimsuky and Konni…
Critical Vulnerabilities in Sitecore Could Lead to Widespread Enterprise Attacks
A series of newly disclosed critical vulnerabilities in the Sitecore Experience Platform (XP) have raised alarm across the enterprise technology sector, with security researchers warning that unpatched systems could be exposed to devastating remote code execution (RCE) attacks. Sitecore, a…
BeyondTrust Tools RCE Vulnerability Allows Attackers Execute Arbitrary Code
A newly disclosed vulnerability in BeyondTrust’s Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) products has raised alarms across the cybersecurity community. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-5309 and detailed in advisory BT25-04, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected…
Hackers Manipulate Search Engines to Push Malicious Sites
A new wave of cybercrime is exploiting the very backbone of internet trust: search engines. Recent research by Netcraft has exposed a sophisticated and organized SEO poisoning operation, where hackers manipulate search engine algorithms to push malicious websites to the…
Hackers Use Fake Verification Prompt and Clickfix Technique to Deploy Fileless AsyncRAT
Threat actors are leveraging deceptive tactics to distribute a fileless variant of AsyncRAT, a notorious remote access Trojan. Discovered during routine attacker infrastructure analysis, this operation employs a fake verification prompt themed around the “Clickfix” technique to trick users into…
WhatsApp’s Status Tab Set to Feature Ads as Meta Monetizes Platform
WhatsApp, the world’s most popular messaging app, is entering a new era as Meta officially begins rolling out advertisements within its Updates tab—a move that marks the platform’s most significant shift in monetization since its inception. The announcement, made on…
ASUS Armoury Crate Vulnerability Lets Hackers Gain System-Level Access on Windows
A critical vulnerability in ASUS’s popular Armoury Crate software has exposed millions of Windows users to the risk of system-level compromise, according to a recent disclosure by Cisco Talos and confirmed by ASUS. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-3464, allows attackers…
Critical sslh Vulnerabilities Allow Remote Denial-of-Service Attacks
Security researchers disclosed two critical vulnerabilities in sslh, a widely used protocol multiplexer that enables multiple services—such as SSH, HTTPS, and OpenVPN—to share a single network port. These flaws, tracked as CVE-2025-46807 and CVE-2025-46806, could allow remote attackers to crash…
Water Curse Hacker Group Uses 76 GitHub Accounts to Spread Multistage Malware
A newly identified threat actor known as Water Curse has been linked to a sprawling campaign utilizing at least 76 GitHub accounts to distribute weaponized repositories packed with multistage malware. This financially motivated group leverages the inherent trust in open-source…
Hackers Exploiting Chrome Zero‑Day Vulnerability in the Wild
A newly discovered zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome, tracked as CVE-2025-2783, is being actively exploited by hackers in sophisticated cyber-espionage campaigns. Security researchers have observed a surge in targeted attacks leveraging this flaw, with attribution pointing to the advanced persistent…
150K+ Users Affected by Malicious Loan Apps on iOS and Google Play
Over 150,000 users across Google Play and the Apple App Store have fallen victim to a malicious SpyLoan application named “RapiPlata,” which was identified in February 2025 by advanced detection engines. This app, posing as a legitimate financial service primarily…
CISA Alerts: iOS Zero‑Click Flaw Actively Exploited
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a high-priority alert following the discovery and active exploitation of a critical zero-click vulnerability in Apple’s ecosystem, tracked as CVE-2025-43200. This flaw, now patched, enabled attackers to compromise iOS, iPadOS,…
Android Devices Under Siege: How Threat Actors Abuse OEM Permissions for Privilege Escalation
Threat actors are increasingly exploiting legitimate channels to achieve privilege escalation, posing a severe risk to millions of devices worldwide. While conventional exploits remain a concern, a more insidious danger emerges from applications gaining excessive system access through mechanisms such…
DeerStealer Malware Deployed Through Exploitation of Windows Run Prompt by Threat Actors
The eSentire’s Threat Response Unit (TRU) has uncovered a series of malicious campaigns throughout May 2025, where threat actors have been deploying the DeerStealer malware, also known as XFiles Spyware, using the HijackLoader malware loader. This sophisticated information stealer, peddled…
GCHQ Intern Sentenced to 7 Years for Illegally Copying Secret Files to Smartphone
A former intern at the UK’s intelligence agency GCHQ has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison after admitting to smuggling top secret data out of a secure facility using his mobile phone, in a breach described…