Threat actors are leveraging bogus installers masquerading as popular software to trick users into installing malware as part of a global malvertising campaign dubbed TamperedChef. The end goal of the attacks is to establish persistence and deliver JavaScript malware that…
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Hackers Actively Exploiting 7-Zip Symbolic Link–Based RCE Vulnerability (CVE-2025-11001)
A recently disclosed security flaw impacting 7-Zip has come under active exploitation in the wild, according to an advisory issued by the U.K. NHS England Digital on Tuesday. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-11001 (CVSS score: 7.0), which allows remote…
Python-Based WhatsApp Worm Spreads Eternidade Stealer Across Brazilian Devices
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that leverages a combination of social engineering and WhatsApp hijacking to distribute a Delphi-based banking trojan named Eternidade Stealer as part of attacks targeting users in Brazil. “It uses Internet Message…
WrtHug Exploits Six ASUS WRT Flaws to Hijack Tens of Thousands of EoL Routers Worldwide
A newly discovered campaign has compromised tens of thousands of outdated or end-of-life (EoL) ASUS routers worldwide, predominantly in Taiwan, the U.S., and Russia, to rope them into a massive network. The router hijacking activity has been codenamed Operation WrtHug…
Application Containment: How to Use Ringfencing to Prevent the Weaponization of Trusted Software
The challenge facing security leaders is monumental: Securing environments where failure is not an option. Reliance on traditional security postures, such as Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) to chase threats after they have already entered the network, is fundamentally risky…
ServiceNow AI Agents Can Be Tricked Into Acting Against Each Other via Second-Order Prompts
Malicious actors can exploit default configurations in ServiceNow’s Now Assist generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform and leverage its agentic capabilities to conduct prompt injection attacks. The second-order prompt injection, according to AppOmni, makes use of Now Assist’s agent-to-agent discovery to…
EdgeStepper Implant Reroutes DNS Queries to Deploy Malware via Hijacked Software Updates
The threat actor known as PlushDaemon has been observed using a previously undocumented Go-based network backdoor codenamed EdgeStepper to facilitate adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks. EdgeStepper “redirects all DNS queries to an external, malicious hijacking node, effectively rerouting the traffic from legitimate…
Fortinet Warns of New FortiWeb CVE-2025-58034 Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild
Fortinet has warned of a new security flaw in FortiWeb that it said has been exploited in the wild. The medium-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-58034, carries a CVSS score of 6.7 out of a maximum of 10.0. “An Improper Neutralization…
Sneaky 2FA Phishing Kit Adds BitB Pop-ups Designed to Mimic the Browser Address Bar
The malware authors associated with a Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) kit known as Sneaky 2FA have incorporated Browser-in-the-Browser (BitB) functionality into their arsenal, underscoring the continued evolution of such offerings and further making it easier for less-skilled threat actors to mount attacks…
Meta Expands WhatsApp Security Research with New Proxy Tool and $4M in Bounties This Year
Meta on Tuesday said it has made available a tool called WhatsApp Research Proxy to some of its long-time bug bounty researchers to help improve the program and more effectively research the messaging platform’s network protocol. The idea is to…
Seven npm Packages Use Adspect Cloaking to Trick Victims Into Crypto Scam Pages
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a set of seven npm packages published by a single threat actor that leverages a cloaking service called Adspect to differentiate between real victims and security researchers to ultimately redirect them to sketchy crypto-themed sites. The…
Beyond IAM Silos: Why the Identity Security Fabric is Essential for Securing AI and Non-Human Identities
Identity security fabric (ISF) is a unified architectural framework that brings together disparate identity capabilities. Through ISF, identity governance and administration (IGA), access management (AM), privileged access management (PAM), and identity threat detection and response (ITDR) are all integrated into…
Iranian Hackers Use DEEPROOT and TWOSTROKE Malware in Aerospace and Defense Attacks
Suspected espionage-driven threat actors from Iran have been observed deploying backdoors like TWOSTROKE and DEEPROOT as part of continued attacks aimed at aerospace, aviation, and defense industries in the Middle East. The activity has been attributed by Google-owned Mandiant to…
Researchers Detail Tuoni C2’s Role in an Attempted 2025 Real-Estate Cyber Intrusion
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a cyber attack targeting a major U.S.-based real-estate company that involved the use of a nascent command-and-control (C2) and red teaming framework known as Tuoni. “The campaign leveraged the emerging Tuoni C2 framework, a…
Learn How Leading Companies Secure Cloud Workloads and Infrastructure at Scale
You’ve probably already moved some of your business to the cloud—or you’re planning to. That’s a smart move. It helps you work faster, serve your customers better, and stay ahead. But as your cloud setup grows, it gets harder to…
Microsoft Mitigates Record 15.72 Tbps DDoS Attack Driven by AISURU Botnet
Microsoft on Monday disclosed that it automatically detected and neutralized a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack targeting a single endpoint in Australia that measured 15.72 terabits per second (Tbps) and nearly 3.64 billion packets per second (pps). The tech giant said…
Microsoft Mitigates Record 5.72 Tbps DDoS Attack Driven by AISURU Botnet
Microsoft on Monday disclosed that it automatically detected and neutralized a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack targeting a single endpoint in Australia that measured 5.72 terabits per second (Tbps) and nearly 3.64 billion packets per second (pps). The tech giant said…
Google Issues Security Fix for Actively Exploited Chrome V8 Zero-Day Vulnerability
Google on Monday released security updates for its Chrome browser to address two security flaws, including one that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-13223 (CVSS score: 8.8), a type confusion vulnerability in…
New EVALUSION ClickFix Campaign Delivers Amatera Stealer and NetSupport RAT
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered malware campaigns using the now-prevalent ClickFix social engineering tactic to deploy Amatera Stealer and NetSupport RAT. The activity, observed this month, is being tracked by eSentire under the moniker EVALUSION. First spotted in June 2025, Amatera…
5 Reasons Why Attackers Are Phishing Over LinkedIn
Phishing attacks are no longer confined to the email inbox, with 1 in 3 phishing attacks now taking place over non-email channels like social media, search engines, and messaging apps. LinkedIn in particular has become a hotbed for phishing attacks,…