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11 October 2025
Threat actors are abusing Velociraptor, an open-source digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) tool, in connection with ransomware attacks likely orchestrated by Storm-2603 (aka CL-CRI-1040 or Gold Salem), which is known for deploying the Warlock and LockBit ransomware.
The threat actor's use of the security utility was documented by Sophos last month. It's assessed that the attackers
10 October 2025
The world's largest and most disruptive botnet is now drawing a majority of its firepower from compromised Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices hosted on U.S. Internet providers like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon, new evidence suggests. Experts say the heavy concentration of infected devices at U.S. providers is complicating efforts to limit collateral damage from the botnet's attacks, which shattered previous records this week with a brief traffic flood that clocked in at nearly 30 trillion bits of data per second.
10 October 2025
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an active malware campaign called Stealit that has leveraged Node.js' Single Executable Application (SEA) feature as a way to distribute its payloads.
According to Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, select iterations have also employed the open-source Electron framework to deliver the malware. It's assessed that the malware is being propagated through
10 October 2025
Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: US universities targeted by payroll pirates, Zimbra vulnerability exploited, Mic-E-Mouse attack.
The post In Other News: Gladinet Flaw Exploitation, Attacks on ICS Honeypot, ClayRat Spyware appeared first on SecurityWeek.
10 October 2025
A threat actor known as Storm-2657 has been observed hijacking employee accounts with the end goal of diverting salary payments to attacker-controlled accounts.
"Storm-2657 is actively targeting a range of U.S.-based organizations, particularly employees in sectors like higher education, to gain access to third-party human resources (HR) software as a service (SaaS) platforms like Workday," the
10 October 2025
GreyNoise has discovered that attacks exploiting Cisco, Fortinet, and Palo Alto Networks vulnerabilities are launched from the same infrastructure.
The post Cisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks Devices Targeted in Coordinated Campaign appeared first on SecurityWeek.
10 October 2025
The botnet packs over 50 exploits targeting unpatched routers, DVRs, NVRs, CCTV systems, servers, and other network devices.
The post RondoDox Botnet Takes ‘Exploit Shotgun’ Approach appeared first on SecurityWeek.
10 October 2025
Fortra on Thursday revealed the results of its investigation into CVE-2025-10035, a critical security flaw in GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) that's assessed to have come under active exploitation since at least September 11, 2025.
The company said it began its investigation on September 11 following a "potential vulnerability" reported by a customer, uncovering "potentially suspicious
10 October 2025
The SOC of 2026 will no longer be a human-only battlefield. As organizations scale and threats evolve in sophistication and velocity, a new generation of AI-powered agents is reshaping how Security Operations Centers (SOCs) detect, respond, and adapt.
But not all AI SOC platforms are created equal.
From prompt-dependent copilots to autonomous, multi-agent systems, the current market offers
10 October 2025
More than 85,000 pet and pet owner records were exposed.
10 October 2025
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new set of 175 malicious packages on the npm registry that have been used to facilitate credential harvesting attacks as part of an unusual campaign.
The packages have been collectively downloaded 26,000 times, acting as an infrastructure for a widespread phishing campaign codenamed Beamglea targeting more than 135 industrial, technology, and energy
10 October 2025
Patches were rolled out for more than 200 vulnerabilities in Junos Space and Junos Space Security Director, including nine critical-severity flaws.
The post Juniper Networks Patches Critical Junos Space Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
10 October 2025
The unpatched vulnerabilities allow attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely and escalate their privileges.
The post ZDI Drops 13 Unpatched Ivanti Endpoint Manager Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
10 October 2025
Cybersecurity company Huntress said it has observed active in-the-wild exploitation of an unpatched security flaw impacting Gladinet CentreStack and TrioFox products.
The zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-11371 (CVSS score: 6.1), is an unauthenticated local file inclusion bug that allows unintended disclosure of system files. It impacts all versions of the software prior to and
10 October 2025
Apple has announced significant updates to its bug bounty program, including new categories and target flags.
The post Apple Bug Bounty Update: Top Payout $2 Million, $35 Million Paid to Date appeared first on SecurityWeek.
10 October 2025
Google researchers believe exploitation may have started as early as July 10 and the campaign hit dozens of organizations.
The post Sophisticated Malware Deployed in Oracle EBS Zero-Day Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.
10 October 2025
Dozens of organizations may have been impacted following the zero-day exploitation of a security flaw in Oracle's E-Business Suite (EBS) software since August 9, 2025, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) and Mandiant said in a new report released Thursday.
"We're still assessing the scope of this incident, but we believe it affected dozens of organizations," John Hultquist, chief analyst of
09 October 2025
A China-aligned threat actor codenamed UTA0388 has been attributed to a series of spear-phishing campaigns targeting North America, Asia, and Europe that are designed to deliver a Go-based implant known as GOVERSHELL.
"The initially observed campaigns were tailored to the targets, and the messages purported to be sent by senior researchers and analysts from legitimate-sounding, completely
09 October 2025
A rapidly evolving Android spyware campaign called ClayRat has targeted users in Russia using a mix of Telegram channels and lookalike phishing websites by impersonating popular apps like WhatsApp, Google Photos, TikTok, and YouTube as lures to install them.
"Once active, the spyware can exfiltrate SMS messages, call logs, notifications, and device information; taking photos with the front
09 October 2025
SonicWall on Wednesday disclosed that an unauthorized party accessed firewall configuration backup files for all customers who have used the cloud backup service.
"The files contain encrypted credentials and configuration data; while encryption remains in place, possession of these files could increase the risk of targeted attacks," the company said.
It also noted that it's working to notify all