Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles

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That Network Traffic Looks Legit, But it Could be Hiding a Serious Threat

With nearly 80% of cyber threats now mimicking legitimate user behavior, how are top SOCs determining what’s legitimate traffic and what is potentially dangerous? Where do you turn when firewalls and endpoint detection and response (EDR) fall short at detecting the most important threats to your organization? Breaches at edge devices and VPN gateways have risen from 3% to 22%, according to

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Iranian Cyber Actors May Target “Entities of Interest” in US, Warns CISA

CISA warns that Iranian cyber actors may target critical infrastructure in the United States. 

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Hackers Using PDFs to Impersonate Microsoft, DocuSign, and More in Callback Phishing Campaigns

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to phishing campaigns that impersonate popular brands and trick targets into calling phone numbers operated by threat actors. "A significant portion of email threats with PDF payloads persuade victims to call adversary-controlled phone numbers, displaying another popular social engineering technique known as Telephone-Oriented Attack Delivery (TOAD

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Forminator WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Exposes 400,000 Websites to Takeover

A vulnerability in the Forminator WordPress plugin allows attackers to delete arbitrary files and take over impacted websites. The post Forminator WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Exposes 400,000 Websites to Takeover appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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U.S. Sanctions Russian Bulletproof Hosting Provider for Supporting Cybercriminals Behind Ransomware

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has levied sanctions against Russia-based bulletproof hosting (BPH) service provider Aeza Group to assist threat actors in their malicious activities and targeting victims in the country and across the world. The sanctions also extend to its subsidiaries Aeza International Ltd., the U.K. branch of Aeza Group, as well

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CISA Warns of Two Exploited TeleMessage Vulnerabilities 

CISA says two more vulnerabilities in the messaging application TeleMessage TM SGNL have been exploited in the wild. The post CISA Warns of Two Exploited TeleMessage Vulnerabilities  appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Cyberattack Targets International Criminal Court

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has detected and contained a sophisticated and targeted cyberattack. The post Cyberattack Targets International Criminal Court appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Qantas Data Breach Impacts Up to 6 Million Customers 

Australian airline Qantas says personal information stolen from systems hosting the service records of 6 million customers. The post Qantas Data Breach Impacts Up to 6 Million Customers  appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Vercel's v0 AI Tool Weaponized by Cybercriminals to Rapidly Create Fake Login Pages at Scale

Unknown threat actors have been observed weaponizing v0, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool from Vercel, to design fake sign-in pages that impersonate their legitimate counterparts. "This observation signals a new evolution in the weaponization of Generative AI by threat actors who have demonstrated an ability to generate a functional phishing site from simple text prompts," Okta

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Critical Vulnerability in Anthropic's MCP Exposes Developer Machines to Remote Exploits

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a critical security vulnerability in artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP) Inspector project that could result in remote code execution (RCE) and allow an attacker to gain complete access to the hosts. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-49596, carries a CVSS score of 9.4 out of a maximum of 10.0. "This is one

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TA829 and UNK_GreenSec Share Tactics and Infrastructure in Ongoing Malware Campaigns

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged the tactical similarities between the threat actors behind the RomCom RAT and a cluster that has been observed delivering a loader dubbed TransferLoader. Enterprise security firm Proofpoint is tracking the activity associated with TransferLoader to a group dubbed UNK_GreenSec and the RomCom RAT actors under the moniker TA829. The latter is also known by the

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Were 16B Passwords Breached? The Claim Is Called Into Question

Research indicated that 16 billion passwords were exposed in what was reportedly the world’s largest data breach to date — however, some experts are questioning these claims.

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PowerSchool Education Technology Company Announces Data Breach

PowerSchool, a California-based education technology company, recently announced a data breach that occurred between December 19 and December 28, 2024. 

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Could Increased MOVEit Transfer Scanning Signal Emerging Threat Activity?

An increase in scanning activity targeted MOVEit Transfer systems may indicate emerging threat activity.

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New Flaw in IDEs Like Visual Studio Code Lets Malicious Extensions Bypass Verified Status

A new study of integrated development environments (IDEs) like Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, and Cursor has revealed weaknesses in how they handle the extension verification process, ultimately enabling attackers to execute malicious code on developer machines. "We discovered that flawed verification checks in Visual Studio Code allow publishers to add functionality

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Critical Microsens Product Flaws Allow Hackers to Go ‘From Zero to Hero’

CISA has informed organizations about critical authentication bypass and remote code execution vulnerabilities in Microsens NMP Web+. The post Critical Microsens Product Flaws Allow Hackers to Go ‘From Zero to Hero’ appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Cloudflare Puts a Default Block on AI Web Scraping

The move could reshape how LLM developers gather information — and force new deals between creators and AI companies. The post Cloudflare Puts a Default Block on AI Web Scraping appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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LevelBlue to Acquire Trustwave to Create Major MSSP

LevelBlue has announced plans to acquire Trustwave to create the largest pure-play managed security services provider (MSSP). The post LevelBlue to Acquire Trustwave to Create Major MSSP appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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A New Maturity Model for Browser Security: Closing the Last-Mile Risk

Despite years of investment in Zero Trust, SSE, and endpoint protection, many enterprises are still leaving one critical layer exposed: the browser. It’s where 85% of modern work now happens. It’s also where copy/paste actions, unsanctioned GenAI usage, rogue extensions, and personal devices create a risk surface that most security stacks weren’t designed to handle. For security leaders who know

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263,000 Impacted by Esse Health Data Breach

Esse Health says the personal information of over 263,000 individuals was stolen in an April 2025 cyberattack. The post 263,000 Impacted by Esse Health Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek.