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EncryptHub Targets Web3 Developers Using Fake AI Platforms to Deploy Fickle Stealer Malware

The financially motivated threat actor known as EncryptHub (aka LARVA-208 and Water Gamayun) has been attributed to a new campaign that's targeting Web3 developers to infect them with information stealer malware. "LARVA-208 has evolved its tactics, using fake AI platforms (e.g., Norlax AI, mimicking Teampilot) to lure victims with job offers or portfolio review requests," Swiss cybersecurity

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SharePoint Under Attack: Microsoft Warns of Zero-Day Exploited in the Wild – No Patch Available

Enterprises running SharePoint servers should not wait for a fix for CVE-2025-53770 and should commence threat hunting to search for compromise immediately. The post SharePoint Under Attack: Microsoft Warns of Zero-Day Exploited in the Wild – No Patch Available appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Critical Unpatched SharePoint Zero-Day Actively Exploited, Breaches 75+ Global Organizations

A critical security vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Server has been weaponized as part of an "active, large-scale" exploitation campaign. The zero-day flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-53770 (CVSS score: 9.8), has been described as a variant of CVE-2025-49706 (CVSS score: 6.3), a spoofing bug in Microsoft SharePoint Server that was addressed by the tech giant as part of its July 2025 Patch Tuesday

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Malware Injected into 6 npm Packages After Maintainer Tokens Stolen in Phishing Attack

Cybersecurity researchers have alerted to a supply chain attack that has targeted popular npm packages via a phishing campaign designed to steal the project maintainers' npm tokens. The captured tokens were then used to publish malicious versions of the packages directly to the registry without any source code commits or pull requests on their respective GitHub repositories. The list of affected

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Hackers Exploit Critical CrushFTP Flaw to Gain Admin Access on Unpatched Servers

A newly disclosed critical security flaw in CrushFTP has come under active exploitation in the wild. Assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2025-54309, the vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.0. "CrushFTP 10 before 10.8.5 and 11 before 11.3.4_23, when the DMZ proxy feature is not used, mishandles AS2 validation and consequently allows remote attackers to obtain admin access via HTTPS," according to

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China's Massistant Tool Secretly Extracts SMS, GPS Data, and Images From Confiscated Phones

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a mobile forensics tool called Massistant that's used by law enforcement authorities in China to gather information from seized mobile devices. The hacking tool, believed to be a successor of MFSocket, is developed by a Chinese company named SDIC Intelligence Xiamen Information Co., Ltd., which was formerly known as Meiya Pico. It specializes in the

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UNG0002 Group Hits China, Hong Kong, Pakistan Using LNK Files and RATs in Twin Campaigns

Multiple sectors in China, Hong Kong, and Pakistan have become the target of a threat activity cluster tracked as UNG0002 (aka Unknown Group 0002) as part of a broader cyber espionage campaign. "This threat entity demonstrates a strong preference for using shortcut files (LNK), VBScript, and post-exploitation tools such as Cobalt Strike and Metasploit, while consistently deploying CV-themed

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Ivanti Zero-Days Exploited to Drop MDifyLoader and Launch In-Memory Cobalt Strike Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new malware called MDifyLoader that has been observed in conjunction with cyber attacks exploiting security flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) appliances. According to a report published by JPCERT/CC today, the threat actors behind the exploitation of CVE-2025-0282 and CVE-2025-22457 in intrusions observed between December 2024 and July

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5M Public, Unsecured Wi-Fi Networks Found Exposed

Mobile threats are growing and evolving as malicious actors engage in mobile-first attack strategies. 

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In Other News: Law Firm Hacked by China, Symantec Flaw, Meta AI Hack, FIDO Key Bypass

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: powerful US law firm hacked by China, Symantec product flaw, $10,000 Meta AI hack, cryptocurrency thieves bypassing FIDO keys.  The post In Other News: Law Firm Hacked by China, Symantec Flaw, Meta AI Hack, FIDO Key Bypass appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Email Protection Startup StrongestLayer Emerges From Stealth Mode

AI-native email security firm StrongestLayer has emerged from stealth mode with $5.2 million in seed funding. The post Email Protection Startup StrongestLayer Emerges From Stealth Mode appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Salt Typhoon Hacks National Guard Systems

The Department of Defense has discovered the National Guard Systems have been hacked by Salt Typhoon. 

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CERT-UA Discovers LAMEHUG Malware Linked to APT28, Using LLM for Phishing Campaign

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disclosed details of a phishing campaign that's designed to deliver a malware codenamed LAMEHUG. "An obvious feature of LAMEHUG is the use of LLM (large language model), used to generate commands based on their textual representation (description)," CERT-UA said in a Thursday advisory. The activity has been attributed with medium

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Fortinet FortiWeb Flaw Exploited in the Wild After PoC Publication

Dozens of FortiWeb instances have been hacked after PoC targeting a recent critical vulnerability was shared publicly. The post Fortinet FortiWeb Flaw Exploited in the Wild After PoC Publication appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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UK calls out Russian military intelligence for use of espionage tool

Cyber threat group APT 28 has been responsible for deploying a sophisticated malware against user email accounts as part of its operations.

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1.4 Million Affected by Data Breach at Virginia Radiology Practice

Radiology Associates of Richmond has disclosed a data breach impacting protected health and personal information.  The post 1.4 Million Affected by Data Breach at Virginia Radiology Practice appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Google Sues 25 Chinese Entities Over BADBOX 2.0 Botnet Affecting 10M Android Devices

Google on Thursday revealed it's pursuing legal action in New York federal court against 25 unnamed individuals or entities in China for allegedly operating BADBOX 2.0 botnet and residential proxy infrastructure. "The BADBOX 2.0 botnet compromised over 10 million uncertified devices running Android's open-source software (Android Open Source Project), which lacks Google's security protections,"

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Fraud: A Growth Industry Powered by Gen-AI

With generative AI enabling fraud-as-a-service at scale, legacy defenses are crumbling. The next wave of cybercrime is faster, smarter, and terrifyingly synthetic. The post Fraud: A Growth Industry Powered by Gen-AI appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Critical NVIDIA Container Toolkit Flaw Allows Privilege Escalation on AI Cloud Services

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical container escape vulnerability in the NVIDIA Container Toolkit that could pose a severe threat to managed AI cloud services. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-23266, carries a CVSS score of 9.0 out of 10.0. It has been codenamed NVIDIAScape by Google-owned cloud security company Wiz. "NVIDIA Container Toolkit for all platforms contains a

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From Backup to Cyber Resilience: Why IT Leaders Must Rethink Backup in the Age of Ransomware

With IT outages and disruptions escalating, IT teams are shifting their focus beyond simply backing up data to maintaining operations during an incident. One of the key drivers behind this shift is the growing threat of ransomware, which continues to evolve in both frequency and complexity. Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) platforms have made it possible for even inexperienced threat actors with