New Malware Campaign Uses Cloudflare Tunnels to Deliver RATs via Phishing Chains
A new campaign is making use of Cloudflare Tunnel subdomains to host malicious payloads and deliver them via malicious attachments embedded in phishing emails. The…
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1,500+ Minecraft Players Infected by Java Malware Masquerading as Game Mods on GitHub
A new multi-stage malware campaign is targeting Minecraft users with a Java-based malware that employs a distribution-as-service (DaaS) offering called Stargazers Ghost Network. “The campaigns…
Water Curse Employs 76 GitHub Accounts to Deliver Multi-Stage Malware Campaign
Cybersecurity researchers have exposed a previously unknown threat actor known as Water Curse that relies on weaponized GitHub repositories to deliver multi-stage malware. “The malware…
FedRAMP at Startup Speed: Lessons Learned
Jun 18, 2025The Hacker NewsDevSecOps / Security Architecture For organizations eyeing the federal market, FedRAMP can feel like a gated fortress. With strict compliance requirements…
CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Jun 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananLinux / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday placed a security flaw impacting the Linux kernel in…
Ex-CIA Analyst Sentenced to 37 Months for Leaking Top Secret National Defense Documents
Jun 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananEspionage / National Security A former U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst has been sentenced to little more than three years in…
Iran Slows Internet to Prevent Cyber Attacks Amid Escalating Regional Conflict
Jun 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananHacktivism / Cyber Warfare Iran has throttled internet access in the country in a purported attempt to hamper Israel’s ability to conduct…
Critical RCE Bug Rated 9.9 CVSS in Backup & Replication
Jun 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Data Protection Veeam has rolled out patches to contain a critical security flaw impacting its Backup & Replication software that…
Google Chrome Zero-Day CVE-2025-2783 Exploited by TaxOff to Deploy Trinper Backdoor
Jun 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Espionage A now-patched security flaw in Google Chrome was exploited as a zero-day by a threat actor known as…
LangSmith Bug Could Expose OpenAI Keys and User Data via Malicious Agents
Jun 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / LLM Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a now-patched security flaw in LangChain’s LangSmith platform that could be exploited to capture…
How to Protect Your Backups
Ransomware has become a highly coordinated and pervasive threat, and traditional defenses are increasingly struggling to neutralize it. Today’s ransomware attacks initially target your last…
Silver Fox APT Targets Taiwan with Complex Gh0stCringe and HoldingHands RAT Malware
Jun 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Email Security Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a new phishing campaign that’s targeting users in Taiwan with malware families such…