LapDogs: China-nexus hackers Hijack 1,000+ SOHO devices for espionage

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 […]

June 28, 2025
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Taking over millions of developers exploiting an Open VSX Registry flaw

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 […]

June 27, 2025
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OneClik APT campaign targets energy sector with stealthy backdoors

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. […]

June 27, 2025
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APT42 impersonates cyber professionals to phish Israeli academics and journalists

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. […]

June 27, 2025
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Cisco fixed critical ISE flaws allowing Root-level remote code execution

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 […]

June 26, 2025
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U.S. CISA adds AMI MegaRAC SPx, D-Link DIR-859 routers, and Fortinet FortiOS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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 […]

June 26, 2025
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CitrixBleed 2: The nightmare that echoes the ‘CitrixBleed’ flaw in Citrix NetScaler devices

New Citrix flaw ‘CitrixBleed 2’ lets attackers steal session cookies without logging in, echoing a previously exploited vulnerability. A new flaw in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway, dubbed ‘CitrixBleed 2‘ (CVE-2025-5777, CVSS v4.0 Base Score of 9.3), can allow unauthenticated attackers to steal session cookies, similar to a past critical exploit. The vulnerability is an […]

June 26, 2025
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Mainline Health Systems data breach impacted over 100,000 individuals

Mainline Health Systems disclosed a data breach that impacted over 100,000 individuals. Mainline Health Systems is a nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center founded in 1978 in Portland, Arkansas, serving Southeast Arkansas . With over 30 locations across multiple counties—including in-school clinics and community centers—it provides comprehensive primary medical, dental, and behavioral health services. The healthcare […]

June 25, 2025
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Disrupting the operations of cryptocurrency mining botnets

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 […]

June 25, 2025
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