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The FBI warns that Scattered Spider is now targeting the airline sector. Feds are working with aviation partners to combat the threat and assist affected victims. The FBI reports that the cybercrime group Scattered Spider is now targeting the airline sector. The cybercriminals are using social engineering techniques to gain access to target organizations by […]
Over 1,000 SOHO devices were hacked in a China-linked spying campaign called LapDogs, forming a covert network to support cyber espionage. Security researchers at SecurityScorecard’s STRIKE team have uncovered a cyber espionage campaign, dubbed LapDogs, involving over 1,000 hacked SOHO (small office/home office) devices. These compromised devices formed a hidden network, called an Operational Relay […]
A critical flaw in Open VSX Registry could let attackers hijack the VS Code extension hub, exposing millions of developers to supply chain attacks. Cybersecurity researchers at Koi Security discovered a critical vulnerability in the Open VSX Registry (open-vsx.org) that could have let attackers take over the Visual Studio Code extensions marketplace, endangering millions of […]
A OneClik campaign, likely carried out by China-linked actor, targets energy sectors using stealthy ClickOnce and Golang backdoors. Trellix cybersecurity researchers uncovered a new APT malware campaign, OneClik, targeting the energy, oil, and gas sectors. It abuses Microsoft’s ClickOnce deployment tech and custom Golang backdoors. While links to China-affiliated actors are suspected, attribution remains cautious. […]
Iran-linked APT42 targets Israeli experts with phishing attacks, posing as security professionals to steal email credentials and 2FA codes. Iran-linked group APT42 (aka Educated Manticore, Charming Kitten, and Mint Sandstorm) is targeting Israeli journalists, cybersecurity experts, and academics with phishing attacks, posing as security professionals to steal email credentials and 2FA codes, according to Check Point. […]
British national Kai West, aka IntelBroker, was charged in U.S. for a global hacking scheme that stole and sold data, causing millions in damages. Kai West (25), a British national, has been charged in the U.S. for operating as ‘IntelBroker,’ running a global hacking scheme that stole and sold data, causing millions in damages. The […]
Cisco released patches to address two critical vulnerabilities in ISE and ISE-PIC that could let remote attackers execute to code as root. Cisco addressed two critical vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2025-20281 and CVE-2025-20282, in Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) that could allow remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code with root […]
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds AMI MegaRAC SPx, D-Link DIR-859 routers, and Fortinet FortiOS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added AMI MegaRAC SPx, D-Link DIR-859 routers, and Fortinet FortiOS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the descriptions for these […]
Cybersecurity researchers devised two attack techniques to disrupt the operations of cryptocurrency mining botnets. Akamai Researchers uncovered two novel techniques to disrupt cryptocurrency mining botnets by exploiting flaws in common mining topologies. Current methods to stop cryptocurrecy mining botnets are pool bans or infrastructure takedowns, however, both are slow and complex. Researchers developed two faster techniques exploiting […]