ShadyPanda Turns Popular Browser Extensions with 4.3 Million Installs Into Spyware
A threat actor known as ShadyPanda has been linked to a seven-year-long browser extension campaign that has amassed over 4.3 million installations over time. Five…
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India Orders Phone Makers to Pre-Install Sanchar Saathi App to Tackle Telecom Fraud
Dec 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananSurveillance / National Security India’s telecommunications ministry has reportedly asked major mobile device manufacturers to preload a government-backed cybersecurity app named Sanchar…
Why the New AI Browsers War is a Nightmare for Security Teams
The AI browser wars are coming to a desktop near you, and you need to start worrying about their security challenges. For the last two…
New Albiriox MaaS Malware Targets 400+ Apps for On-Device Fraud and Screen Control
A new Android malware named Albiriox has been advertised under a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) model to offer a “full spectrum” of features to facilitate on-device fraud…
Tomiris Shifts to Public-Service Implants for Stealthier C2 in Attacks on Government Targets
Dec 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence The threat actor known as Tomiris has been attributed to attacks targeting foreign ministries, intergovernmental organizations, and government…
CISA Adds Actively Exploited XSS Bug CVE-2021-26829 in OpenPLC ScadaBR to KEV
Nov 30, 2025Ravie LakshmananHacktivism / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has updated its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog to include a…
North Korean Hackers Deploy 197 npm Packages to Spread Updated OtterCookie Malware
Nov 28, 2025Ravie LakshmananSupply Chain Attack / Malware The North Korean threat actors behind the Contagious Interview campaign have continued to flood the npm registry…
Legacy Python Bootstrap Scripts Create Domain-Takeover Risk in Multiple PyPI Packages
Nov 28, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have discovered vulnerable code in legacy Python packages that could potentially pave the way for a supply…
Why Organizations Are Turning to RPAM
Nov 28, 2025The Hacker NewsEnterprise Security / Threat Detection As IT environments become increasingly distributed and organizations adopt hybrid and remote work at scale, traditional…
MS Teams Guest Access Can Remove Defender Protection When Users Join External Tenants
Nov 28, 2025Ravie LakshmananEmail Security / Enterprise Security Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a cross-tenant blind spot that allows attackers to bypass Microsoft Defender…
Bloody Wolf Expands Java-based NetSupport RAT Attacks in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan
Nov 27, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Social Engineering The threat actor known as Bloody Wolf has been attributed to a cyber attack campaign that has targeted…
Microsoft to Block Unauthorized Scripts in Entra ID Logins with 2026 CSP Update
Nov 27, 2025Ravie LakshmananWeb Security / Zero Trust Microsoft has announced plans to improve the security of Entra ID authentication by blocking unauthorized script injection…