U.K. Police Just Seized £5.5 Billion in Bitcoin — The World’s Largest Crypto Bust
A Chinese national has been convicted for her role in a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme after law enforcement authorities in the U.K. confiscated £5.5 billion (about…
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New Android Trojan “Datzbro” Tricking Elderly with AI-Generated Facebook Travel Events
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a previously undocumented Android banking trojan called Datzbro that can conduct device takeover (DTO) attacks and perform fraudulent transactions by preying…
Evolving Enterprise Defense to Secure the Modern AI Supply Chain
Sep 30, 2025The Hacker NewsArtificial Intelligence / Data Protection The world of enterprise technology is undergoing a dramatic shift. Gen-AI adoption is accelerating at an…
CISA Sounds Alarm on Critical Sudo Flaw Actively Exploited in Linux and Unix Systems
Sep 30, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Linux The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a critical security flaw impacting the Sudo command-line…
EvilAI Malware Masquerades as AI Tools to Infiltrate Global Organizations
Threat actors have been observed using seemingly legitimate artificial intelligence (AI) tools and software to sneakily slip malware for future attacks on organizations worldwide. According…
The State of AI in the SOC 2025
Security leaders are embracing AI for triage, detection engineering, and threat hunting as alert volumes and burnout hit breaking points. A comprehensive survey of 282…
First Malicious MCP Server Found Stealing Emails in Rogue Postmark-MCP Package
Sep 29, 2025Ravie LakshmananMCP Server / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what has been described as the first-ever instance of a Model Context Protocol (MCP)…
LLM-Crafted SVG Files Outsmart Email Security
Microsoft is calling attention to a new phishing campaign primarily aimed at U.S.-based organizations that has likely utilized code generated using large language models (LLMs)…
China-Linked PlugX and Bookworm Malware Attacks Target Asian Telecom and ASEAN Networks
Sep 27, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Network Security Telecommunications and manufacturing sectors in Central and South Asian countries have emerged as the target of an ongoing…
Researchers Expose SVG and PureRAT Phishing Threats Targeting Ukraine and Vietnam
Sep 26, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cryptocurrency A new campaign has been observed impersonating Ukrainian government agencies in phishing attacks to deliver CountLoader, which is then…
New COLDRIVER Malware Campaign Joins BO Team and Bearlyfy in Russia-Focused Cyberattacks
The Russian advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as COLDRIVER has been attributed to a fresh round of ClickFix-style attacks designed to deliver two new…
Why BAS Is Proof of Defense, Not Assumptions
Sep 26, 2025The Hacker NewsSecurity Validation / Enterprise Security Car makers don’t trust blueprints. They smash prototypes into walls. Again and again. In controlled conditions.…