Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles

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Pentests once a year? Nope. It’s time to build an offensive SOC

You wouldn’t run your blue team once a year, so why accept this substandard schedule for your offensive side? Your cybersecurity teams are under intense pressure to be proactive and to find your network’s weaknesses before adversaries do. But in many organizations, offensive security is still treated as a one-time event: an annual pentest, a quarterly red team engagement, maybe an audit sprint

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China-Based APTs Deploy Fake Dalai Lama Apps to Spy on Tibetan Community

The Tibetan community has been targeted by a China-nexus cyber espionage group as part of two campaigns conducted last month ahead of the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday on July 6, 2025. The multi-stage attacks have been codenamed Operation GhostChat and Operation PhantomPrayers by Zscaler ThreatLabz. "The attackers compromised a legitimate website, redirecting users via a malicious link and

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Storm-2603 Exploits SharePoint Flaws to Deploy Warlock Ransomware on Unpatched Systems

Microsoft has revealed that one of the threat actors behind the active exploitation of SharePoint flaws is deploying Warlock ransomware on targeted systems. The tech giant, in an update shared Wednesday, said the findings are based on an "expanded analysis and threat intelligence from our continued monitoring of exploitation activity by Storm-2603." The threat actor attributed to the financially

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SonicWall Patches Critical SMA 100 Vulnerability, Warns of Recent Malware Attack

SonicWall advises organizations to patch SMA 100 appliances and look for IoCs associated with Overstep malware attacks. The post SonicWall Patches Critical SMA 100 Vulnerability, Warns of Recent Malware Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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From Tech Podcasts to Policy: Trump’s New AI Plan Leans Heavily on Silicon Valley Industry Ideas

President Donald Trump has unveiled a sweeping new plan for America’s “global dominance” in artificial intelligence. The post From Tech Podcasts to Policy: Trump’s New AI Plan Leans Heavily on Silicon Valley Industry Ideas appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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ToolShell Attacks Hit 400+ SharePoint Servers, US Government Victims Named

More information has emerged on the ToolShell SharePoint zero-day attacks, including impact, victims, and threat actors. The post ToolShell Attacks Hit 400+ SharePoint Servers, US Government Victims Named appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Europol Arrests XSS Forum Admin in Kyiv After 12-Year Run Operating Cybercrime Marketplace

Europol on Monday announced the arrest of the suspected administrator of XSS.is (formerly DaMaGeLaB), a notorious Russian-speaking cybercrime platform. The arrest, which took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 222, 2025, was led by the French Police and Paris Prosecutor, in collaboration with Ukrainian authorities and Europol. The action is the result of an investigation that was launched by the

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Hackers Deploy Stealth Backdoor in WordPress Mu-Plugins to Maintain Admin Access

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new stealthy backdoor concealed within the "mu-plugins" directory in WordPress sites to grant threat actors persistent access and allow them to perform arbitrary actions. Must-use plugins (aka mu-plugins) are special plugins that are automatically activated on all WordPress sites in the installation. They are located in the "wp-content/mu-plugins"

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Threat Actor Mimo Targets Magento and Docker to Deploy Crypto Miners and Proxyware

The threat actor behind the exploitation of vulnerable Craft Content Management System (CMS) instances has shifted its tactics to target Magento CMS and misconfigured Docker instances. The activity has been attributed to a threat actor tracked as Mimo (aka Hezb), which has a long history of leveraging N-day security flaws in various web applications to deploy cryptocurrency miners. "Although

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OpenAI’s Sam Altman Warns of AI Voice Fraud Crisis in Banking

AI voice clones can impersonate people in a way that Altman said is increasingly “indistinguishable from reality” and will require new methods for verification. The post OpenAI’s Sam Altman Warns of AI Voice Fraud Crisis in Banking appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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New Coyote Malware Variant Exploits Windows UI Automation to Steal Banking Credentials

The Windows banking trojan known as Coyote has become the first known malware strain to exploit the Windows accessibility framework called UI Automation (UIA) to harvest sensitive information. "The new Coyote variant is targeting Brazilian users, and uses UIA to extract credentials linked to 75 banking institutes' web addresses and cryptocurrency exchanges," Akamai security researcher Tomer

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Should We Trust AI? Three Approaches to AI Fallibility

Experts unpack the risks of trusting agentic AI, arguing that fallibility, hype, and a lack of transparency demand caution—before automation outpaces our understanding. The post Should We Trust AI? Three Approaches to AI Fallibility appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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France Says Administrator of Cybercrime Forum XSS Arrested in Ukraine

French authorities announced that an alleged admin of XSS.is, one of the longest-running cybercrime forums, has been arrested in Ukraine. The post France Says Administrator of Cybercrime Forum XSS Arrested in Ukraine appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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UK’s Ransomware Payment Ban: Bold Strategy or Dangerous Gamble?

Critics warn that a ban on ransomware payments may lead to dangerous unintended consequences, including forcing victims into secrecy or incentivizing attackers to shift tactics. The post UK’s Ransomware Payment Ban: Bold Strategy or Dangerous Gamble? appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Coyote Banking Trojan First to Abuse Microsoft UIA

Akamai’s analysis of the Coyote malware revealed that it abuses Microsoft’s UIA accessibility framework to obtain data. The post Coyote Banking Trojan First to Abuse Microsoft UIA appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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3.5M Records Exposed in Global Fashion Brand Breach

A database with 3.5 million records was exposed, with no password protection or encryption. 

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Organizations Warned of Interlock Ransomware Attacks

The US government has issued an alert on the Interlock ransomware, which targets organizations via drive-by download attacks. The post Organizations Warned of Interlock Ransomware Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Kerberoasting Detections: A New Approach to a Decade-Old Challenge

Security experts have been talking about Kerberoasting for over a decade, yet this attack continues to evade typical defense methods. Why? It’s because existing detections rely on brittle heuristics and static rules, which don’t hold up for detecting potential attack patterns in highly variable Kerberos traffic. They frequently generate false positives or miss “low-and-slow” attacks altogether.&

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Critical Vulnerabilities Patched in Sophos Firewall

Sophos has patched five vulnerabilities in Sophos Firewall that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. The post Critical Vulnerabilities Patched in Sophos Firewall appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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High-Severity Flaws Patched in Chrome, Firefox

Fresh security updates for Chrome and Firefox resolve multiple high-severity memory safety vulnerabilities. The post High-Severity Flaws Patched in Chrome, Firefox appeared first on SecurityWeek.