HOOK Android Trojan Adds Ransomware Overlays, Expands to 107 Remote Commands
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of an Android banking trojan called HOOK that features ransomware-style overlay screens to display extortion messages.
"A prominent characteristic of the latest variant...
ShadowCaptcha Exploits WordPress Sites to Spread Ransomware, Info Stealers, and Crypto Miners
A new large-scale campaign has been observed exploiting over 100 compromised WordPress sites to direct site visitors to fake CAPTCHA verification pages that employ the ClickFix social engineering tactic...
Anthropic Disrupts AI-Powered Cyberattacks Automating Theft and Extortion Across Critical Sectors
Aug 27, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic on Wednesday revealed that it disrupted a sophisticated operation that weaponized its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot Claude to conduct large-scale theft...
Someone Created the First AI-Powered Ransomware Using OpenAI’s gpt-oss:20b Model
Cybersecurity company ESET has disclosed that it discovered an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered ransomware variant codenamed PromptLock.
Written in Golang, the newly identified strain uses the gpt-oss:20b model from OpenAI locally...
Storm-0501 Exploits Entra ID to Exfiltrate and Delete Azure Data in Hybrid Cloud Attacks
The financially motivated threat actor known as Storm-0501 has been observed refining its tactics to conduct data exfiltration and extortion attacks targeting cloud environments.
"Unlike traditional on-premises ransomware, where the...
Hidden Vulnerabilities of Project Management Tools & How FluentPro Backup Secures Them
Every day, businesses, teams, and project managers trust platforms like Trello, Asana, etc., to collaborate and manage tasks. But what happens when that trust is broken? According to a...
Webinar: Why Top Teams Are Prioritizing Code-to-Cloud Mapping in Our 2025 AppSec
Aug 28, 2025The Hacker NewsCloud Security / Generative AI
Picture this: Your team rolls out some new code, thinking everything's fine. But hidden in there is a tiny flaw that...
⚡ Weekly Recap: Password Manager Flaws, Apple 0-Day, Hidden AI Prompts, In-the-Wild Exploits &...
Aug 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity News / Hacking
Cybersecurity today moves at the pace of global politics. A single breach can ripple across supply chains, turn a software flaw into leverage,...
INTERPOL Arrests 1,209 Cybercriminals Across 18 African Nations in Global Crackdown
Aug 22, 2025Ravie LakshmananOnline Fraud / Financial Crime
INTERPOL on Friday announced that authorities from 18 countries across Africa have arrested 1,209 cybercriminals who targeted 88,000 victims.
"The crackdown recovered $97.4...
Scattered Spider Hacker Gets 10 Years, $13M Restitution for SIM Swapping Crypto Theft
Aug 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Breach / Cybercrime
A 20-year-old member of the notorious cybercrime gang known as Scattered Spider has been sentenced to ten years in prison in the U.S....
