Telecommunications and manufacturing sectors in Central and South Asian countries have emerged as the target of an ongoing campaign distributing a new variant of a known malware called PlugX (aka Korplug or SOGU). “The new variant’s features overlap with both…
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Researchers Expose SVG and PureRAT Phishing Threats Targeting Ukraine and Vietnam
A new campaign has been observed impersonating Ukrainian government agencies in phishing attacks to deliver CountLoader, which is then used to drop Amatera Stealer and PureMiner. “The phishing emails contain malicious Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files designed to trick recipients…
New COLDRIVER Malware Campaign Joins BO Team and Bearlyfy in Russia-Focused Cyberattacks
The Russian advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as COLDRIVER has been attributed to a fresh round of ClickFix-style attacks designed to deliver two new “lightweight” malware families tracked as BAITSWITCH and SIMPLEFIX. Zscaler ThreatLabz, which detected the new multi-stage…
Crash Tests for Security: Why BAS Is Proof of Defense, Not Assumptions
Car makers don’t trust blueprints. They smash prototypes into walls. Again and again. In controlled conditions. Because design specs don’t prove survival. Crash tests do. They separate theory from reality. Cybersecurity is no different. Dashboards overflow with “critical” exposure alerts.…
New macOS XCSSET Variant Targets Firefox with Clipper and Persistence Module
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an updated version of a known Apple macOS malware called XCSSET that has been observed in limited attacks. “This new variant of XCSSET brings key changes related to browser targeting, clipboard hijacking, and persistence mechanisms,” the…
Fortra GoAnywhere CVSS 10 Flaw Exploited as 0-Day a Week Before Public Disclosure
Cybersecurity company watchTowr Labs has disclosed that it has “credible evidence” of active exploitation of the recently disclosed security flaw in Fortra GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) software as early as September 10, 2025, a whole week before it was…
Cisco ASA Firewall Zero-Day Exploits Deploy RayInitiator and LINE VIPER Malware
The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has revealed that threat actors have exploited the recently disclosed security flaws impacting Cisco firewalls as part of zero-day attacks to deliver previously undocumented malware families like RayInitiator and LINE VIPER. “The RayInitiator…
Urgent: Cisco ASA Zero-Day Duo Under Attack; CISA Triggers Emergency Mitigation Directive
Cisco is urging customers to patch two security flaws impacting the VPN web server of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software, which it said have been exploited in the wild.…
Salesforce Patches Critical ForcedLeak Bug Exposing CRM Data via AI Prompt Injection
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical flaw impacting Salesforce Agentforce, a platform for building artificial intelligence (AI) agents, that could allow attackers to potentially exfiltrate sensitive data from its customer relationship management (CRM) tool by means of an indirect prompt…
North Korean Hackers Use New AkdoorTea Backdoor to Target Global Crypto Developers
The North Korea-linked threat actors associated with the Contagious Interview campaign have been attributed to a previously undocumented backdoor called AkdoorTea, along with tools like TsunamiKit and Tropidoor. Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET, which is tracking the activity under the name…
Threatsday Bulletin: Rootkit Patch, Federal Breach, OnePlus SMS Leak, TikTok Scandal & More
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CTEM’s Core: Prioritization and Validation
Despite a coordinated investment of time, effort, planning, and resources, even the most up-to-date cybersecurity systems continue to fail. Every day. Why? It’s not because security teams can’t see enough. Quite the contrary. Every security tool spits out thousands of…
Tech Overtakes Gaming as Top DDoS Attack Target, New Gcore Radar Report Finds
The latest Gcore Radar report analyzing attack data from Q1–Q2 2025, reveals a 41% year-on-year increase in total attack volume. The largest attack peaked at 2.2 Tbps, surpassing the 2 Tbps record in late 2024. Attacks are growing not only…
Malicious Rust Crates Steal Solana and Ethereum Keys — 8,424 Downloads Confirmed
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious Rust crates impersonating a legitimate library called fast_log to steal Solana and Ethereum wallet keys from source code. The crates, named faster_log and async_println, were published by the threat actor under the alias rustguruman…
Cisco Warns of Actively Exploited SNMP Vulnerability Allowing RCE or DoS in IOS Software
Cisco has warned of a high-severity security flaw in IOS Software and IOS XE Software that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition under specific circumstances. The company said the vulnerability, CVE-2025-20352…
Chinese Hackers RedNovember Target Global Governments Using Pantegana and Cobalt Strike
A suspected cyber espionage activity cluster that was previously found targeting global government and private sector organizations spanning Africa, Asia, North America, South America, and Oceania has been assessed to be a Chinese state-sponsored threat actor. Recorded Future, which was…
UNC5221 Uses BRICKSTORM Backdoor to Infiltrate U.S. Legal and Technology Sectors
Companies in the legal services, software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers, Business Process Outsourcers (BPOs), and technology sectors in the U.S. have been targeted by a suspected China-nexus cyber espionage group to deliver a known backdoor referred to as BRICKSTORM. The activity, attributed…
Two Critical Flaws Uncovered in Wondershare RepairIt Exposing User Data and AI Models
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed two security flaws in Wondershare RepairIt that exposed private user data and potentially exposed the system to artificial intelligence (AI) model tampering and supply chain risks. The critical-rated vulnerabilities in question, discovered by Trend Micro, are…
iframe Security Exposed: The Blind Spot Fueling Payment Skimmer Attacks
Think payment iframes are secure by design? Think again. Sophisticated attackers have quietly evolved malicious overlay techniques to exploit checkout pages and steal credit card data by bypassing the very security policies designed to stop them. Download the complete iframe…
New YiBackdoor Malware Shares Major Code Overlaps with IcedID and Latrodectus
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new malware family dubbed YiBackdoor that has been found to share “significant” source code overlaps with IcedID and Latrodectus. “The exact connection to YiBackdoor is not yet clear, but it may be used…