AI Becomes Russia’s New Cyber Weapon in War on Ukraine
Oct 09, 2025Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Malware Russian hackers’ adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in cyber attacks against Ukraine has reached a new level in…
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Critical Exploit Lets Hackers Bypass Authentication in WordPress Service Finder Theme
Oct 09, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Website Security Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical security flaw impacting the Service Finder WordPress theme that makes it…
Hackers Exploit WordPress Sites to Power Next-Gen ClickFix Phishing Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a nefarious campaign targeting WordPress sites to make malicious JavaScript injections that are designed to redirect users to sketchy…
Chinese Hackers Weaponize Open-Source Nezha Tool in New Attack Wave
Oct 08, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence Threat actors with suspected ties to China have turned a legitimate open-source monitoring tool called Nezha into an…
LockBit, Qilin, and DragonForce Join Forces to Dominate the Ransomware Ecosystem
Three prominent ransomware groups DragonForce, LockBit, and Qilin have announced a new strategic ransomware alliance, once underscoring continued shifts in the cyber threat landscape. The…
Severe Figma MCP Vulnerability Lets Hackers Execute Code Remotely — Patch Now
Oct 08, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Software Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched vulnerability in the popular figma-developer-mcp Model Context Protocol (MCP) server…
Step Into the Password Graveyard… If You Dare (and Join the Live Session)
Oct 08, 2025The Hacker NewsPassword Security / Cyber Attacks Every year, weak passwords lead to millions in losses — and many of those breaches could…
OpenAI Disrupts Russian, North Korean, and Chinese Hackers Misusing ChatGPT for Cyberattacks
OpenAI on Tuesday said it disrupted three activity clusters for misusing its ChatGPT artificial intelligence (AI) tool to facilitate malware development. This includes a Russian‑language…
BatShadow Group Uses New Go-Based ‘Vampire Bot’ Malware to Hunt Job Seekers
Oct 07, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence A Vietnamese threat actor named BatShadow has been attributed to a new campaign that leverages social engineering tactics…
Google’s New AI Doesn’t Just Find Vulnerabilities — It Rewrites Code to Patch Them
Oct 07, 2025Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Software Security Google’s DeepMind division on Monday announced an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered agent called CodeMender that automatically detects, patches,…
XWorm 6.0 Returns with 35+ Plugins and Enhanced Data Theft Capabilities
Cybersecurity researchers have charted the evolution of XWorm malware, turning it into a versatile tool for supporting a wide range of malicious actions on compromised…
AI Is Already the #1 Data Exfiltration Channel in the Enterprise
For years, security leaders have treated artificial intelligence as an “emerging” technology, something to keep an eye on but not yet mission-critical. A new Enterprise…