Ascension says recent data breach affects over 430,000 patients
Ascension, one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, has revealed that a data breach disclosed last month affects the personal and…
Month: May 2025
Hackers Weaponizing Facebook Ads to Deploy Multi-Stage Malware Attacks
A persistent and highly sophisticated malvertising campaign on Facebook has been uncovered by Bitdefender Labs, exploiting the trust associated with major cryptocurrency exchanges to distribute…
Google Chrome will use AI to block tech support scam websites
Google has expressed plans to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to stop tech support scams in Chrome. With the launch of Chrome version 137, Google plans…
OtterCookie v4 Adds VM Detection and Chrome, MetaMask Credential Theft Capabilities
The North Korean threat actors behind the Contagious Interview campaign have been observed using updated versions of a cross-platform malware called OtterCookie with capabilities to…
New Stealthy .NET Malware Hiding Malicious Payloads within bitmap resources
Cybersecurity researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 have uncovered a novel obfuscation method employed by threat actors to conceal malware within bitmap resources of…
BREAKING: 7,000-Device Proxy Botnet Using IoT, EoL Systems Dismantled in U.S.
A joint law enforcement operation undertaken by Dutch and U.S. authorities has dismantled a criminal proxy network that’s powered by thousands of infected Internet of…
US Customs and Border Protection Plans to Photograph Everyone Exiting the US by Car
United States Customs and Border Protection plans to log every person leaving the country by vehicle by taking photos at border crossings of every passenger…
Cyberattackers Targeting IT Help Desks for Initial Breach
Cybercriminals are increasingly impersonating IT support personnel and trusted authorities to manipulate victims into granting access to critical systems, according to recent analyses by cybersecurity…
Broadcom letters demonstrate push to VMware subscriptions
Concerns over support for VMware recently made the headlines following a critical vulnerability and the subsequent patch, which was limited to certain versions of the…
SAP NetWeaver exploitation enters second wave of threat activity
A second wave of cyberattacks is targeting a critical vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer, according to researchers. Following the initial round of threat activity…
Chinese hackers behind attacks targeting SAP NetWeaver servers
Forescout Vedere Labs security researchers have linked ongoing attacks targeting a maximum severity vulnerability impacting SAP NetWeaver instances to a Chinese threat actor. SAP released…
Malicious Python Package Impersonates Discord Developers to Deploy Remote Commands
A seemingly innocuous Python package named ‘discordpydebug’ surfaced on the Python Package Index (PyPI) under the guise of “Discord py error logger.” Marketed as a…