Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a cybercriminal group called Jingle Thief that has been observed targeting cloud environments associated with organizations in the retail and consumer services sectors for gift card fraud. “Jingle Thief attackers use phishing and smishing…
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Critical Lanscope Endpoint Manager Bug Exploited in Ongoing Cyberattacks, CISA Confirms
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a critical security flaw impacting Motex Lanscope Endpoint Manager to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, stating it has been actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, CVE-2025-61932 (CVSS…
Over 250 Magento Stores Hit Overnight as Hackers Exploit New Adobe Commerce Flaw
E-commerce security company Sansec has warned that threat actors have begun to exploit a recently disclosed security vulnerability in Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source platforms, with more than 250 attack attempts recorded against multiple stores over the past 24…
Ukraine Aid Groups Targeted Through Fake Zoom Meetings and Weaponized PDF Files
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a coordinated spear-phishing campaign dubbed PhantomCaptcha targeting organizations associated with Ukraine’s war relief efforts to deliver a remote access trojan that uses a WebSocket for command-and-control (C2). The activity, which took place on October…
Iran-Linked MuddyWater Targets 100+ Organisations in Global Espionage Campaign
The Iranian nation-state group known as MuddyWater has been attributed to a new campaign that has leveraged a compromised email account to distribute a backdoor called Phoenix to various organizations across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, including…
Chinese Threat Actors Exploit ToolShell SharePoint Flaw Weeks After Microsoft’s July Patch
Threat actors with ties to China exploited the ToolShell security vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint to breach a telecommunications company in the Middle East after it was publicly disclosed and patched in July 2025. Also targeted were government departments in an…
Bridging the Remediation Gap: Introducing Pentera Resolve
From Detection to Resolution: Why the Gap Persists A critical vulnerability is identified in an exposed cloud asset. Within hours, five different tools alert you about it: your vulnerability scanner, XDR, CSPM, SIEM, and CMDB each surface the issue in…
Why You Should Swap Passwords for Passphrases
The advice didn’t change for decades: use complex passwords with uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and symbols. The idea is to make passwords harder for hackers to crack via brute force methods. But more recent guidance shows our focus should be on…
Researchers Identify PassiveNeuron APT Using Neursite and NeuralExecutor Malware
Government, financial, and industrial organizations located in Asia, Africa, and Latin America are the target of a new campaign dubbed PassiveNeuron, according to findings from Kaspersky. The cyber espionage activity was first flagged by the Russian cybersecurity vendor in November…
TARmageddon Flaw in Async-Tar Rust Library Could Enable Remote Code Execution
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a high-severity flaw impacting the popular async-tar Rust library and its forks, including tokio-tar, that could result in remote code execution under certain conditions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-62518 (CVSS score: 8.1), has been…
TP-Link Patches Four Omada Gateway Flaws, Two Allow Remote Code Execution
TP-Link has released security updates to address four security flaws impacting Omada gateway devices, including two critical bugs that could result in arbitrary code execution. The vulnerabilities in question are listed below – CVE-2025-6541 (CVSS score: 8.6) – An operating…
PolarEdge Targets Cisco, ASUS, QNAP, Synology Routers in Expanding Botnet Campaign
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on the inner workings of a botnet malware called PolarEdge. PolarEdge was first documented by Sekoia in February 2025, attributing it to a campaign targeting routers from Cisco, ASUS, QNAP, and Synology with the goal…
Meta Rolls Out New Tools to Protect WhatsApp and Messenger Users from Scams
Meta on Tuesday said it’s launching new tools to protect Messenger and WhatsApp users from potential scams. To that end, the company said it’s introducing new warnings on WhatsApp when users attempt to share their screen with an unknown contact…
Securing AI to Benefit from AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) holds tremendous promise for improving cyber defense and making the lives of security practitioners easier. It can help teams cut through alert fatigue, spot patterns faster, and bring a level of scale that human analysts alone can’t…
Hackers Used Snappybee Malware and Citrix Flaw to Breach European Telecom Network
A European telecommunications organization is said to have been targeted by a threat actor that aligns with a China-nexus cyber espionage group known as Salt Typhoon. The organization, per Darktrace, was targeted in the first week of July 2025, with…
Google Identifies Three New Russian Malware Families Created by COLDRIVER Hackers
A new malware attributed to the Russia-linked hacking group known as COLDRIVER has undergone numerous developmental iterations since May 2025, suggesting an increased “operations tempo” from the threat actor. The findings come from Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), which said…
Five New Exploited Bugs Land in CISA’s Catalog — Oracle and Microsoft Among Targets
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added five security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, officially confirming a recently disclosed vulnerability impacting Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) has been weaponized in real-world attacks. The security…
131 Chrome Extensions Caught Hijacking WhatsApp Web for Massive Spam Campaign
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a coordinated campaign that leveraged 131 rebranded clones of a WhatsApp Web automation extension for Google Chrome to spam Brazilian users at scale. The 131 spamware extensions share the same codebase, design patterns, and infrastructure, according…
Analysing ClickFix: 3 Reasons Why Copy/Paste Attacks Are Driving Security Breaches
ClickFix, FileFix, fake CAPTCHA — whatever you call it, attacks where users interact with malicious scripts in their web browser are a fast-growing source of security breaches. ClickFix attacks prompt the user to solve some kind of problem or challenge…
⚡ Weekly Recap: F5 Breached, Linux Rootkits, Pixnapping Attack, EtherHiding & More
It’s easy to think your defenses are solid — until you realize attackers have been inside them the whole time. The latest incidents show that long-term, silent breaches are becoming the norm. The best defense now isn’t just patching fast,…