When an organization’s credentials are leaked, the immediate consequences are rarely visible—but the long-term impact is far-reaching. Far from the cloak-and-dagger tactics seen in fiction, many real-world cyber breaches begin with something deceptively simple: a username and password. According to…
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GreedyBear Steals $1M in Crypto Using 150+ Malicious Firefox Wallet Extensions
A newly discovered campaign dubbed GreedyBear has leveraged over 150 malicious extensions to the Firefox marketplace that are designed to impersonate popular cryptocurrency wallets and steal more than $1 million in digital assets. The published browser add-ons masquerade as MetaMask,…
SocGholish Malware Spread via Ad Tools; Delivers Access to LockBit, Evil Corp, and Others
The threat actors behind the SocGholish malware have been observed leveraging Traffic Distribution Systems (TDSs) like Parrot TDS and Keitaro TDS to filter and redirect unsuspecting users to sketchy content. “The core of their operation is a sophisticated Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS)…
Malicious Go, npm Packages Deliver Cross-Platform Malware, Trigger Remote Data Wipes
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a set of 11 malicious Go packages that are designed to download additional payloads from remote servers and execute them on both Windows and Linux systems. “At runtime the code silently spawns a shell, pulls a…
SonicWall Confirms Patched Vulnerability Behind Recent VPN Attacks, Not a Zero-Day
SonicWall has revealed that the recent spike in activity targeting its Gen 7 and newer firewalls with SSL VPN enabled is related to an older, now-patched bug and password reuse. “We now have high confidence that the recent SSL VPN…
The AI-Powered Security Shift: What 2025 Is Teaching Us About Cloud Defense
Now that we are well into 2025, cloud attacks are evolving faster than ever and artificial intelligence (AI) is both a weapon and a shield. As AI rapidly changes how enterprises innovate, security teams are now tasked with a triple…
Microsoft Discloses Exchange Server Flaw Enabling Silent Cloud Access in Hybrid Setups
Microsoft has released an advisory for a high-severity security flaw affecting on-premise versions of Exchange Server that could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges under certain conditions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-53786, carries a CVSS score of 8.0. Dirk-jan…
Webinar: How to Stop Python Supply Chain Attacks—and the Expert Tools You Need
Python is everywhere in modern software. From machine learning models to production microservices, chances are your code—and your business—depends on Python packages you didn’t write. But in 2025, that trust comes with a serious risk. Every few weeks, we’re seeing…
Researchers Uncover ECScape Flaw in Amazon ECS Enabling Cross-Task Credential Theft
Cybersecurity researchers have demonstrated an “end-to-end privilege escalation chain” in Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) that could be exploited by an attacker to conduct lateral movement, access sensitive data, and seize control of the cloud environment. The attack technique has…
Fake VPN and Spam Blocker Apps Tied to VexTrio Used in Ad Fraud, Subscription Scams
The malicious ad tech purveyor known as VexTrio Viper has been observed developing several malicious apps that have been published on Apple and Google’s official app storefronts under the guise of seemingly useful applications. These apps masquerade as VPNs, device…
Trend Micro Confirms Active Exploitation of Critical Apex One Flaws in On-Premise Systems
Trend Micro has released mitigations to address critical security flaws in on-premise versions of Apex One Management Console that it said have been exploited in the wild. The vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-54948 and CVE-2025-54987), both rated 9.4 on the CVSS scoring system,…
Microsoft Launches Project Ire to Autonomously Classify Malware Using AI Tools
Microsoft on Tuesday announced an autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agent that can analyze and classify software without assistance in an effort to advance malware detection efforts. The large language model (LLM)-powered autonomous malware classification system, currently a prototype, has been…
AI Slashes Workloads for vCISOs by 68% as SMBs Demand More – New Report Reveals
As the volume and sophistication of cyber threats and risks grow, cybersecurity has become mission-critical for businesses of all sizes. To address this shift, SMBs have been urgently turning to vCISO services to keep up with escalating threats and compliance…
CERT-UA Warns of HTA-Delivered C# Malware Attacks Using Court Summons Lures
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of cyber attacks carried out by a threat actor called UAC-0099 targeting government agencies, the defense forces, and enterprises of the defense-industrial complex in the country. The attacks, which leverage…
CISA Adds 3 D-Link Router Flaws to KEV Catalog After Active Exploitation Reports
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added three old security flaws impacting D-Link routers to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The high-severity vulnerabilities, which are from…
AI Is Transforming Cybersecurity Adversarial Testing – Pentera Founder’s Vision
When Technology Resets the Playing Field In 2015 I founded a cybersecurity testing software company with the belief that automated penetration testing was not only possible, but necessary. At the time, the idea was often met with skepticism, but today,…
ClickFix Malware Campaign Exploits CAPTCHAs to Spread Cross-Platform Infections
A combination of propagation methods, narrative sophistication, and evasion techniques enabled the social engineering tactic known as ClickFix to take off the way it did over the past year, according to new findings from Guardio Labs. “Like a real-world virus…
Cursor AI Code Editor Vulnerability Enables RCE via Malicious MCP File Swaps Post Approval
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a high-severity security flaw in the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered code editor Cursor that could result in remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-54136 (CVSS score: 7.2), has been codenamed MCPoison by Check Point Research, owing…
Google’s August Patch Fixes Two Qualcomm Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild
Google has released security updates to address multiple security flaws in Android, including fixes for two Qualcomm bugs that were flagged as actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerabilities include CVE-2025-21479 (CVSS score: 8.6) and CVE-2025-27038 (CVSS score: 7.5), both…
Misconfigurations Are Not Vulnerabilities: The Costly Confusion Behind Security Risks
In SaaS security conversations, “misconfiguration” and “vulnerability” are often used interchangeably. But they’re not the same thing. And misunderstanding that distinction can quietly create real exposure. This confusion isn’t just semantics. It reflects a deeper misunderstanding of the shared responsibility…