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Python-Based WhatsApp Worm Spreads Eternidade Stealer Across Brazilian Devices
19
Nov
2025

Python-Based WhatsApp Worm Spreads Eternidade Stealer Across Brazilian Devices

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that leverages a combination of social engineering and WhatsApp hijacking to…

WrtHug Exploits Six ASUS WRT Flaws to Hijack Tens of Thousands of EoL Routers Worldwide
19
Nov
2025

WrtHug Exploits Six ASUS WRT Flaws to Hijack Tens of Thousands of EoL Routers Worldwide

Nov 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Threat Intelligence A newly discovered campaign has compromised tens of thousands of outdated or end-of-life…

How to Use Ringfencing to Prevent the Weaponization of Trusted Software
19
Nov
2025

How to Use Ringfencing to Prevent the Weaponization of Trusted Software

The challenge facing security leaders is monumental: Securing environments where failure is not an option. Reliance on traditional security postures,…

ServiceNow AI Agents Can Be Tricked Into Acting Against Each Other via Second-Order Prompts
19
Nov
2025

ServiceNow AI Agents Can Be Tricked Into Acting Against Each Other via Second-Order Prompts

Nov 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananAI Security / SaaS Security Malicious actors can exploit default configurations in ServiceNow’s Now Assist generative artificial…

EdgeStepper Implant Reroutes DNS Queries to Deploy Malware via Hijacked Software Updates
19
Nov
2025

EdgeStepper Implant Reroutes DNS Queries to Deploy Malware via Hijacked Software Updates

Nov 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware The threat actor known as PlushDaemon has been observed using a previously undocumented…

FortiWeb CVE-2025-58034 Vulnerability
19
Nov
2025

Fortinet Warns of New FortiWeb CVE-2025-58034 Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild

Nov 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security Fortinet has warned of a new security flaw in FortiWeb that it said…

Sneaky 2FA Phishing Kit Adds BitB Pop-ups Designed to Mimic the Browser Address Bar
18
Nov
2025

Sneaky 2FA Phishing Kit Adds BitB Pop-ups Designed to Mimic the Browser Address Bar

The malware authors associated with a Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) kit known as Sneaky 2FA have incorporated Browser-in-the-Browser (BitB) functionality into their…

Meta Expands WhatsApp Security Research with New Proxy Tool and $4M in Bounties This Year
18
Nov
2025

Meta Expands WhatsApp Security Research with New Proxy Tool and $4M in Bounties This Year

Nov 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananBug Bounty / Data Privacy Meta on Tuesday said it has made available a tool called WhatsApp…

Iranian Hackers Use DEEPROOT and TWOSTROKE Malware in Aerospace and Defense Attacks
18
Nov
2025

Iranian Hackers Use DEEPROOT and TWOSTROKE Malware in Aerospace and Defense Attacks

Nov 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware Suspected espionage-driven threat actors from Iran have been observed deploying backdoors like TWOSTROKE…

Researchers Detail Tuoni C2's Role in an Attempted 2025 Real-Estate Cyber Intrusion
18
Nov
2025

Researchers Detail Tuoni C2’s Role in an Attempted 2025 Real-Estate Cyber Intrusion

Nov 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Social Engineering Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a cyber attack targeting a major U.S.-based…

Seven npm Packages Use Adspect Cloaking to Trick Victims Into Crypto Scam Pages
18
Nov
2025

Seven npm Packages Use Adspect Cloaking to Trick Victims Into Crypto Scam Pages

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a set of seven npm packages published by a single threat actor that leverages a cloaking…

Beyond IAM Silos: Why the Identity Security Fabric is Essential for Securing AI and Non-Human Identities
18
Nov
2025

Beyond IAM Silos: Why the Identity Security Fabric is Essential for Securing AI and Non-Human Identities

Identity security fabric (ISF) is a unified architectural framework that brings together disparate identity capabilities. Through ISF, identity governance and…