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14 April 2025
A threat actor claims to offer a zero-day exploit for an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in Fortinet firewalls.
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14 April 2025
Organizations in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors have been targeted with ResolverRAT, a new malware family with advanced capabilities.
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14 April 2025
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new type of credential phishing scheme that ensures that the stolen information is associated with valid online accounts.
The technique has been codenamed precision-validating phishing by Cofense, which it said employs real-time email validation so that only a select set of high-value targets are served the fake login screens.
"This tactic not
14 April 2025
Researchers uncover new software supply chain threat from LLM-generated package hallucinations.
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14 April 2025
Attackers aren’t waiting for patches anymore — they are breaking in before defenses are ready. Trusted security tools are being hijacked to deliver malware. Even after a breach is detected and patched, some attackers stay hidden.
This week’s events show a hard truth: it’s not enough to react after an attack. You have to assume that any system you trust today could fail tomorrow. In a world
14 April 2025
Explore industry moves and significant changes in the industry for the week of April 14, 2025. Stay updated with the latest industry trends and shifts.
14 April 2025
Threat actors are publishing malicious NPM packages to steal PayPal credentials and hijack cryptocurrency transfers.
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14 April 2025
AI is changing cybersecurity faster than many defenders realize. Attackers are already using AI to automate reconnaissance, generate sophisticated phishing lures, and exploit vulnerabilities before security teams can react. Meanwhile, defenders are overwhelmed by massive amounts of data and alerts, struggling to process information quickly enough to identify real threats. AI offers a way to
14 April 2025
A threat actor with ties to Pakistan has been observed targeting various sectors in India with various remote access trojans like Xeno RAT, Spark RAT, and a previously undocumented malware family called CurlBack RAT.
The activity, detected by SEQRITE in December 2024, targeted Indian entities under railway, oil and gas, and external affairs ministries, marking an expansion of the hacking crew's
14 April 2025
Oracle has informed customers that a malicious actor accessed a computer system, stealing old login credentials for clients.
11 April 2025
Fortinet has revealed that threat actors have found a way to maintain read-only access to vulnerable FortiGate devices even after the initial access vector used to breach the devices was patched.
The attackers are believed to have leveraged known and now-patched security flaws, including, but not limited to, CVE-2022-42475, CVE-2023-27997, and CVE-2024-21762.
"A threat actor used a known
11 April 2025
The CVE-2025-22457 has already been exploited by a China-nexus hacking gang notorious for breaking into edge network devices.
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11 April 2025
The hackers who posted the documents on Telegram said the attack was in response to alleged Moroccan “harassment” of Algeria on social media platforms.
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11 April 2025
The threat actor known as Paper Werewolf has been observed exclusively targeting Russian entities with a new implant called PowerModul.
The activity, which took place between July and December 2024, singled out organizations in the mass media, telecommunications, construction, government entities, and energy sectors, Kaspersky said in a new report published Thursday.
Paper Werewolf, also known
11 April 2025
A vulnerability in the OttoKit WordPress plugin with over 100,000 active installations has been exploited in the wild.
The post Vulnerability in OttoKit WordPress Plugin Exploited in the Wild appeared first on SecurityWeek.
11 April 2025
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Scattered Spider still active despite arrests, hacker known as EncryptHub unmasked, Rydox admins extradited to US.
The post In Other News: Scattered Spider Still Active, EncryptHub Unmasked, Rydox Extraditions appeared first on SecurityWeek.
11 April 2025
The United States Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has recently discovered an email system breach.
11 April 2025
SonicWall has released fixes for three vulnerabilities in NetExtender for Windows, including a high-severity bug.
The post SonicWall Patches High-Severity Vulnerability in NetExtender appeared first on SecurityWeek.
11 April 2025
Laboratory Services Cooperative says the personal and medical information of 1.6 million was stolen in an October 2024 data breach.
The post 1.6 Million People Impacted by Data Breach at Laboratory Services Cooperative appeared first on SecurityWeek.
11 April 2025
What are IABs?
Initial Access Brokers (IABs) specialize in gaining unauthorized entry into computer systems and networks, then selling that access to other cybercriminals. This division of labor allows IABs to concentrate on their core expertise: exploiting vulnerabilities through methods like social engineering and brute-force attacks.
By selling access, they significantly mitigate the