How the Browser Became the Main Cyber Battleground
Until recently, the cyber attacker methodology behind the biggest breaches of the last decade or so has been pretty consistent: Compromise an endpoint via software…
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How the Browser Became the Main Cyber Battleground
Until recently, the cyber attacker methodology behind the biggest breaches of the last decade or so has been pretty consistent: Compromise an endpoint via software…
CISA Adds PaperCut NG/MF CSRF Vulnerability to KEV Catalog Amid Active Exploitation
Jul 29, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Software Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a high-severity security vulnerability impacting PaperCutNG/MF print…
Hackers Breach Toptal GitHub, Publish 10 Malicious npm Packages With 5,000 Downloads
Jul 28, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Developer Tools In what’s the latest instance of a software supply chain attack, unknown threat actors managed to compromise Toptal’s…
Why It Needs a Modern Approach
Picture this: you’ve hardened every laptop in your fleet with real‑time telemetry, rapid isolation, and automated rollback. But the corporate mailbox—the front door for most…
Scattered Spider Hijacks VMware ESXi to Deploy Ransomware on Critical U.S. Infrastructure
Jul 28, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Ransomware The notorious cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider is targeting VMware ESXi hypervisors in attacks targeting retail, airline,…
Critical Flaws in Niagara Framework Threaten Smart Buildings and Industrial Systems Worldwide
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered over a dozen security vulnerabilities impacting Tridium’s Niagara Framework that could allow an attacker on the same network to compromise the…
Patchwork Targets Turkish Defense Firms with Spear-Phishing Using Malicious LNK Files
Jul 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence The threat actor known as Patchwork has been attributed to a new spear-phishing campaign targeting Turkish defense contractors…
U.S. Sanctions Firm Behind N. Korean IT Scheme; Arizona Woman Jailed for Running Laptop Farm
Jul 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Insider Threat The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned a North Korean front company…
Cyber Espionage Campaign Hits Russian Aerospace Sector Using EAGLET Backdoor
Jul 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware Russian aerospace and defense industries have become the target of a cyber espionage campaign that delivers a backdoor…
Overcoming Risks from Chinese GenAI Tool Usage
Jul 25, 2025The Hacker NewsArtificial Intelligence / Data Privacy A recent analysis of enterprise data suggests that generative AI tools developed in China are being…
Soco404 and Koske Malware Target Cloud Services with Cross-Platform Cryptomining Attacks
Jul 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cloud Security Threat hunters have disclosed two different malware campaigns that have targeted vulnerabilities and misconfigurations across cloud environments to…