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| Tue 13 Oct | 85 | 11 |
| Wed 14 Oct | 86 | 25 |
| Thu 15 Oct | 78 | 15 |
| Fri 16 Oct | 61 | 12 |
| Sat 17 Oct | 10 | 1 |
| Sun 18 Oct | 10 | 0 |
| Mon 19 Oct | 60 | 12 |
| Tue 20 Oct | 86 | 16 |
| Wed 21 Oct | 96 | 17 |
| Thu 22 Oct | 84 | 11 |
| Fri 23 Oct | 68 | 15 |
| Sat 24 Oct | 13 | 3 |
| Sun 25 Oct | 13 | 1 |
| Mon 26 Oct | 75 | 13 |
| Today, Tue 27 Oct | 37 so far | 10 |
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Thu 10 Apr 202588 articles
- Threat Actors Use 'Spam Bombing' Technique to Hide Malicious Motives
Darktrace researchers detailed "spam bombing," a technique in which threat actors bombard targets with spam emails as a pretense for activity like social engineering campaigns.
Dark Reading - Malicious npm Package Targets Atomic Wallet, Exodus Users by Swapping Crypto Addresses
Threat actors are continuing to upload malicious packages to the npm registry so as to tamper with already-installed local versions of legitimate libraries to execute malicious code in what's seen as a sneakier attempt to stage a software supply chain…
The Hacker News - Your 23andMe genetic data could be bought by China, senator warns
Senator Cassidy, the chair of the US Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee has expressed concerns about foreign adversaries, including the Chinese Communist Party, acquiring the sensitive genetic data of millions of Americans through…
Malwarebytes - Study Identifies 20 Most Vulnerable Connected Devices of 2025
Routers are the riskiest devices in enterprise networks as they contain the most critical vulnerabilities, a new Forescout report shows.
SecurityWeek - Cable: Powerful Post-Exploitation Toolkit for Active Directory Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers are raising alarms about Cable, a potent open-source post-exploitation toolkit designed to exploit Active Directory (AD) vulnerabilities. With 298 GitHub stars and 33 forks since its release, this .NET-based tool is rapidly gaining…
gbhackers.com - Langflow AI Builder Vulnerability Allows Remote Server Takeover by Attackers
A critical security vulnerability has been discovered in the Langflow AI Builder, a popular tool for creating agentic AI workflows. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-3248, enables unauthenticated remote attackers to compromise servers running Langflow,…
gbhackers.com - Hackers Claim WooCommerce Breach Exposing 4.4 Million Customer Records
A hacker operating under the alias “Satanic” has claimed responsibility for a massive data breach involving WooCommerce, a leading e-commerce platform used globally to power online stores. The breach, allegedly carried out on April 6, 2025, has reportedly…
gbhackers.com - PlayPraetor Reloaded: CTM360 Uncovers a Play Masquerading Party
Overview of the PlayPraetor Masquerading Party Variants CTM360 has now identified a much larger extent of the ongoing Play Praetor campaign. What started with 6000+ URLs of a very specific banking attack has now grown to 16,000+ with multiple variants. This…
The Hacker News - Email bombing exposed: Darktrace’s email defense in action
An email bomb attack floods inboxes with a large volume of emails to disrupt operations and conceal suspicious activity, often bypassing traditional security tools. Darktrace detected such an attack in early 2025, identifying unusual email patterns and…
darktrace.com - TP-Link Smart Hub Flaw Exposes Users’ Wi-Fi Credentials
A critical vulnerability has been discovered in TP-Link’s Smart Hub, potentially exposing users’ Wi-Fi credentials to malicious actors. This flaw could allow attackers to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information, posing significant risks to affected…
gbhackers.com - GitHub Announces General Availability of Security Campaigns
GitHub security campaigns make it easier for developers and security teams to collaborate on fixing vulnerabilities in their applications.
SecurityWeek - FedRAMP High-Compliant email security protects federal agencies from nation-state attacks
Not only has Darktrace Federal achieved its FedRAMP High Authority to Operate, one of the few cybersecurity vendors to do this, but we have also released Darktrace Commercial Government Cloud High/Email, a FedRAMP High-compliant email security solution for…
darktrace.com - The Identities Behind AI Agents: A Deep Dive Into AI & NHI
AI agents have rapidly evolved from experimental technology to essential business tools. The OWASP framework explicitly recognizes that Non-Human Identities play a key role in agentic AI security. Their analysis highlights how these autonomous software…
The Hacker News - Shuckworm’s Sophisticated Cyber Campaign Targets Ukraine Military Mission
Russia-linked espionage group Shuckworm (also known as Gamaredon or Armageddon) has launched a renewed and more sophisticated cyber campaign targeting a foreign military mission based in Ukraine, according to a detailed report by the Symantec Threat Hunter…
SecurityOnline - Gamaredon Uses Infected Removable Drives to Breach Western Military Mission in Ukraine
The Russia-linked threat actor known as Gamaredon (aka Shuckworm) has been attributed to a cyber attack targeting a foreign military mission based in Ukraine with an aim to deliver an updated version of a known malware called GammaSteel. The group targeted…
The Hacker News - An APT group exploited ESET flaw to execute malware
At least one APT group has exploited a vulnerability in ESET software to stealthily execute malware, bypassing security measures. Kaspersky researchers reported that an APT group, tracked as ToddyCat, has exploited a vulnerability in ESET software to…
Security Affairs - Nissan Leaf Hacked for Remote Spying, Physical Takeover
Researchers find vulnerabilities that can be exploited to remotely take control of a Nissan Leaf’s functions, including physical controls.
SecurityWeek - Operations of Sensor Giant Sensata Disrupted by Ransomware Attack
Sensata has informed the SEC that shipping, manufacturing and other operations have been impacted by a ransomware attack.
SecurityWeek - GOFFEE continues to attack organizations in Russia
GOFFEE is a threat actor that first came to our attention in early 2022. Since then, we have observed malicious activities targeting exclusively entities located in the Russian Federation, leveraging spear phishing emails with a malicious attachment.…
securelist.com - Europol Arrests Five SmokeLoader Clients Linked by Seized Database Evidence
Law enforcement authorities have announced that they tracked down the customers of the SmokeLoader malware and detained at least five individuals. "In a coordinated series of actions, customers of the Smokeloader pay-per-install botnet, operated by the actor…
The Hacker News - Oracle confirms the hack of two obsolete servers hacked. No Oracle Cloud systems or customer data were affected
Oracle confirmed a hacker stole credentials from two obsolete servers but said no Oracle Cloud systems or customer data were affected. Oracle confirmed a hacker stole and leaked credentials from two obsolete servers, but said no Oracle Cloud systems or…
Security Affairs - APT32 Turns GitHub into a Weapon Against Security Teams and Enterprise Networks
Southeast Asian Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group OceanLotus, also known as APT32, has been identified as employing GitHub to conduct a sophisticated poison attack against Chinese cybersecurity professionals. The ThreatBook Research and Response Team…
gbhackers.com - AkiraBot Floods 80,000 Sites After Outsmarting CAPTCHAs and Slipping Past Network Defenses
AkiraBot, identified by SentinelLABS, represents a sophisticated spam bot framework that targets website chats and contact forms to promote low-quality SEO services. Since its inception in September 2024, AkiraBot has impacted over 420,000 unique domains,…
gbhackers.com - ‘AkiraBot’ Spammed 80,000 Websites With AI-Generated Messages
CAPTCHA-evading Python framework AkiraBot has spammed over 80,000 websites with AI-generated spam messages.
SecurityWeek - Microsoft Identity Web Flaw Exposes Sensitive Client Secrets and Certificates
A new vulnerability has been discovered in the Microsoft.Identity.Web NuGet package under specific conditions, potentially exposing sensitive information such as client secrets and certificate details in service logs. The flaw, identified as CVE-2025-32016,…
gbhackers.com - CatB Ransomware Abuses Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator for Stealthy Payload Execution
The cybersecurity realm has encountered a formidable adversary with the emergence of CatB ransomware, also known as CatB99 or Baxtoy. First identified in late 2022, this strain has caught the eye of security analysts due to its sophisticated evasion…
gbhackers.com - Smokeloader Malware Operators Busted, Servers Seized by Authorities
In a major victory against cybercrime, law enforcement agencies across North America and Europe have dismantled the infrastructure behind the Smokeloader malware, a notorious pay-per-install (PPI) botnet service. This decisive action, a continuation of the…
gbhackers.com - CISA Alerts on Actively Exploited Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds & Read Flaw
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued alerts regarding two actively exploited vulnerabilities in the Linux Kernel. The flaws, tagged as CVE-2024-53197 and CVE-2024-53150, both reside in the USB-audio driver. These…
gbhackers.com - ChatGPT's o4-mini, o4-mini-high and o3 spotted ahead of release
OpenAI is preparing to launch as many as three new AI models, possibly called "o4-mini", "o4-mini-high" and "o3". [...]
BleepingComputer - AkiraBot Targets 420,000 Sites with OpenAI-Generated Spam, Bypassing CAPTCHA Protections
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an artificial intelligence (AI) powered platform called AkiraBot that's used to spam website chats, comment sections, and contact forms to promote dubious search engine optimization (SEO) services such as…
The Hacker News - PAN-OS DoS Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Force Repeated Firewall Reboots
A newly disclosed denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS software enables attackers to force firewalls into repeated reboots using maliciously crafted packets. Tracked as CVE-2025-0128, the flaw impacts SCEP (Simple Certificate…
gbhackers.com - Linux Firewall IPFire 2.29 Launches with Post-Quantum Encryption and System Enhancements
The open-source Linux firewall solution, IPFire, has officially released its latest version, IPFire 2.29 – Core Update 193. This landmark update introduces cutting-edge post-quantum encryption capabilities for IPsec tunnels, along with extensive system…
gbhackers.com - ‘RemoteMonologue’ New Red Team Technique Exploits DCOM To Steal NTLM Credentials Remotely
A sophisticated new red team technique dubbed “RemoteMonologue” has emerged, enabling attackers to remotely harvest NTLM credentials without deploying malicious payloads or accessing the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS). As traditional…
gbhackers.com - OpenSSH 10.0 Released: New Protocol Changes and Key Security Improvements
The OpenSSH team has announced the release of OpenSSH 10.0 on April 9, marking an important milestone for one of the most widely-used open-source tools in secure communications. With significant protocol changes, security advancements, and new features, this…
gbhackers.com - PAN-OS Command Injection Flaw Lets Hackers Execute Arbitrary Code Remotely
Palo Alto Networks has disclosed a medium-severity vulnerability (CVE-2025-0127) in its PAN-OS software, enabling authenticated administrators on VM-Series firewalls to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. The flaw, discovered internally, affects…
gbhackers.com - SonicWall Patches Multi Vulnerabilities in NetExtender VPN Client
SonicWall has issued a security advisory disclosing three newly identified vulnerabilities in its NetExtender Windows client, a popular VPN tool used by organizations for secure remote access to internal networks. SonicWall outlined three distinct…
SecurityOnline - CISA Warns of Actively Exploited Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-53197, CVE-2024-53150)
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a warning after adding two newly discovered Linux kernel vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, confirming that both flaws are being actively weaponized in…
SecurityOnline - Seven Years Later: Cisco CVE-2018-0171 Still Exposes Thousands to RCE
In a deep dive published by Guy Bruneau, Senior Security Consultant and former network engineer, the lingering dangers of a years-old Cisco vulnerability—CVE-2018-0171—are laid bare with fresh insights and real-world testing. Despite being disclosed seven…
SecurityOnline - SureTriggers Vulnerability Exposes 100,000+ WordPress Sites to Admin Takeover
A critical vulnerability in the popular WordPress automation plugin SureTriggers has exposed over 100,000 sites to the risk of unauthenticated administrative account creation, potentially allowing full site takeover. The vulnerability, tracked as…
SecurityOnline - Dell Addresses Security Vulnerabilities in PowerScale OneFS
Dell has released a security advisory addressing multiple vulnerabilities in PowerScale OneFS, its scale-out network-attached storage operating system. The vulnerabilities could be exploited by malicious users to compromise affected systems. The advisory…
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