Microsoft Windows Vulnerability Exploited to Deploy PipeMagic RansomExx Malware
Aug 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Cloud Security
Cybersecurity researchers have lifted the lid on the threat actors' exploitation of a now-patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows to deploy the PipeMagic...
Noodlophile Malware Campaign Expands Global Reach with Copyright Phishing Lures
Aug 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Enterprise Security
The threat actors behind the Noodlophile malware are leveraging spear-phishing emails and updated delivery mechanisms to deploy the information stealer in attacks aimed...
U.S. Sanctions Garantex and Grinex Over $100M in Ransomware-Linked Illicit Crypto Transactions
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday renewed sanctions against Russian cryptocurrency exchange platform Garantex for facilitating ransomware actors and other cybercriminals...
Simple Steps for Attack Surface Reduction
Aug 14, 2025The Hacker NewsEndpoint Security / Application Security
Story teaser text: Cybersecurity leaders face mounting pressure to stop attacks before they start, and the best defense may come down...
Hackers Found Using CrossC2 to Expand Cobalt Strike Beacon’s Reach to Linux and macOS
Aug 14, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Linux
Japan's CERT coordination center (JPCERT/CC) on Thursday revealed it observed incidents that involved the use of a command-and-control (C2) framework called CrossC2, which...
Charon Ransomware Hits Middle East Sectors Using APT-Level Evasion Tactics
Aug 13, 2025Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Cybercrime
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new campaign that employs a previously undocumented ransomware family called Charon to target the Middle East's public sector...
New PS1Bot Malware Campaign Uses Malvertising to Deploy Multi-Stage In-Memory Attacks
Aug 13, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalvertising / Cryptocurrency
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malvertising campaign that's designed to infect victims with a multi-stage malware framework called PS1Bot.
"PS1Bot features a modular design,...
⚡ Weekly Recap: BadCam Attack, WinRAR 0-Day, EDR Killer, NVIDIA Flaws, Ransomware Attacks &...
Aug 11, 2025Ravie Lakshmanan
This week, cyber attackers are moving quickly, and businesses need to stay alert. They're finding new weaknesses in popular software and coming up with clever ways...
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...
SonicWall Confirms Patched Vulnerability Behind Recent VPN Attacks, Not a Zero-Day
Aug 07, 2025Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability
SonicWall has revealed that the recent spike in activity targeting its Gen 7 and newer firewalls with SSL VPN enabled is related to...
