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Meta Rolls Out New Tools to Protect WhatsApp and Messenger Users from Scams
21
Oct
2025

Meta Rolls Out New Tools to Protect WhatsApp and Messenger Users from Scams

Oct 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Encryption Meta on Tuesday said it’s launching new tools to protect Messenger and WhatsApp users…

Securing AI to Benefit from AI
21
Oct
2025

Securing AI to Benefit from AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) holds tremendous promise for improving cyber defense and making the lives of security practitioners easier. It can…

Snappybee Malware and Citrix Flaw
21
Oct
2025

Hackers Used Snappybee Malware and Citrix Flaw to Breach European Telecom Network

Oct 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Network Security A European telecommunications organization is said to have been targeted by a…

Google Identifies Three New Russian Malware Families Created by COLDRIVER Hackers
21
Oct
2025

Google Identifies Three New Russian Malware Families Created by COLDRIVER Hackers

Oct 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Threat Intelligence A new malware attributed to the Russia-linked hacking group known as COLDRIVER…

Five New Exploited Bugs Land in CISA's Catalog — Oracle and Microsoft Among Targets
20
Oct
2025

Five New Exploited Bugs Land in CISA’s Catalog — Oracle and Microsoft Among Targets

Oct 20, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Data Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added five…

WhatsApp Web for Massive Spam Campaign
20
Oct
2025

131 Chrome Extensions Caught Hijacking WhatsApp Web for Massive Spam Campaign

Oct 20, 2025Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a coordinated campaign that leveraged 131 rebranded clones of…

3 Reasons Why Copy/Paste Attacks Are Driving Security Breaches
20
Oct
2025

3 Reasons Why Copy/Paste Attacks Are Driving Security Breaches

ClickFix, FileFix, fake CAPTCHA — whatever you call it, attacks where users interact with malicious scripts in their web browser…

20
Oct
2025

3 Reasons Why Copy/Paste Attacks Are Driving Security Breaches

ClickFix, FileFix, fake CAPTCHA — whatever you call it, attacks where users interact with malicious scripts in their web browser…

MSS Claims NSA Used 42 Cyber Tools in Multi-Stage Attack on Beijing Time Systems
20
Oct
2025

MSS Claims NSA Used 42 Cyber Tools in Multi-Stage Attack on Beijing Time Systems

Oct 20, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / National Security China on Sunday accused the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) of carrying…

Europol Dismantles SIM Farm Network Powering 49 Million Fake Accounts Worldwide
19
Oct
2025

Europol Dismantles SIM Farm Network Powering 49 Million Fake Accounts Worldwide

Oct 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananSIM Swapping / Cryptocurrency Europol on Friday announced the disruption of a sophisticated cybercrime-as-a-service (CaaS) platform that…

New .NET CAPI Backdoor Targets Russian Auto and E-Commerce Firms via Phishing ZIPs
18
Oct
2025

New .NET CAPI Backdoor Targets Russian Auto and E-Commerce Firms via Phishing ZIPs

Oct 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Cybercrime Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new campaign that has likely targeted…

Silver Fox Expands Winos 4.0 Attacks to Japan and Malaysia via HoldingHands RAT
18
Oct
2025

Silver Fox Expands Winos 4.0 Attacks to Japan and Malaysia via HoldingHands RAT

The threat actors behind a malware family known as Winos 4.0 (aka ValleyRAT) have expanded their targeting footprint from China…