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ComicForm and SectorJ149 Hackers Deploy Formbook Malware in Eurasian Cyberattacks
22
Sep
2025

ComicForm and SectorJ149 Hackers Deploy Formbook Malware in Eurasian Cyberattacks

Organizations in Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia have emerged as the target of a phishing campaign undertaken by a previously undocumented…

AI Agents and Non-Human Identities
22
Sep
2025

How to Gain Control of AI Agents and Non-Human Identities

We hear this a lot: “We’ve got hundreds of service accounts and AI agents running in the background. We didn’t…

Microsoft Patches Critical Entra ID Flaw Enabling Global Admin Impersonation Across Tenants
22
Sep
2025

Microsoft Patches Critical Entra ID Flaw Enabling Global Admin Impersonation Across Tenants

A critical token validation failure in Microsoft Entra ID (previously Azure Active Directory) could have allowed attackers to impersonate any…

DPRK Hackers Use ClickFix to Deliver BeaverTail Malware in Crypto Job Scams
21
Sep
2025

DPRK Hackers Use ClickFix to Deliver BeaverTail Malware in Crypto Job Scams

Threat actors with ties to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (aka DPRK or North Korea) have been observed leveraging…

LastPass Warns of Fake Repositories Infecting macOS with Atomic Infostealer
20
Sep
2025

LastPass Warns of Fake Repositories Infecting macOS with Atomic Infostealer

Sep 20, 2025Ravie LakshmananSoftware Security / Malware LastPass is warning of an ongoing, widespread information stealer campaign targeting Apple macOS…

ShadowLeak Zero-Click Flaw Leaks Gmail Data via OpenAI ChatGPT Deep Research Agent
20
Sep
2025

ShadowLeak Zero-Click Flaw Leaks Gmail Data via OpenAI ChatGPT Deep Research Agent

Sep 20, 2025Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Cloud Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a zero-click flaw in OpenAI ChatGPT’s Deep Research…

Researchers Uncover GPT-4-Powered MalTerminal Malware Creating Ransomware, Reverse Shell
20
Sep
2025

Researchers Uncover GPT-4-Powered MalTerminal Malware Creating Ransomware, Reverse Shell

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is the earliest example known to date of a malware with that bakes…

20
Sep
2025

ShadowLeak Zero-Click Flaw Leaks Gmail Data via OpenAI ChatGPT Deep Research Agent

Sep 20, 2025Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Cloud Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a zero-click flaw in OpenAI ChatGPT’s Deep Research…

UNC1549 Hacks 34 Devices in 11 Telecom Firms via LinkedIn Job Lures and MINIBIKE Malware
19
Sep
2025

UNC1549 Hacks 34 Devices in 11 Telecom Firms via LinkedIn Job Lures and MINIBIKE Malware

An Iran-nexus cyber espionage group known as UNC1549 has been attributed to a new campaign targeting European telecommunications companies, successfully…

Fortra Releases Critical Patch for CVSS 10.0 GoAnywhere MFT Vulnerability
19
Sep
2025

Fortra Releases Critical Patch for CVSS 10.0 GoAnywhere MFT Vulnerability

Sep 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Threat Intelligence Fortra has disclosed details of a critical security flaw in GoAnywhere Managed File…

SystemBC Powers REM Proxy With 1,500 Daily VPS Victims Across 80 C2 Servers
19
Sep
2025

SystemBC Powers REM Proxy With 1,500 Daily VPS Victims Across 80 C2 Servers

Sep 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananBotnet / Network Security A proxy network known as REM Proxy is powered by malware known as…

17,500 Phishing Domains Target 316 Brands Across 74 Countries in Global PhaaS Surge
19
Sep
2025

17,500 Phishing Domains Target 316 Brands Across 74 Countries in Global PhaaS Surge

The phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) offering known as Lighthouse and Lucid has been linked to more than 17,500 phishing domains targeting 316…