Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles

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Industrial Giants Schneider Electric and Emerson Named as Victims of Oracle Hack

Data allegedly stolen from the companies has been made available for download on the Cl0p ransomware leak website. The post Industrial Giants Schneider Electric and Emerson Named as Victims of Oracle Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Why Early Threat Detection Is a Must for Long-Term Business Growth

In cybersecurity, speed isn’t just a win — it’s a multiplier. The faster you learn about emerging threats, the faster you adapt your defenses, the less damage you suffer, and the more confidently your business keeps scaling. Early threat detection isn’t about preventing a breach someday: it’s about protecting the revenue you’re supposed to earn every day. Companies that treat cybersecurity as a

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Cybercriminals Trade 183 Million Stolen Credentials on Telegram, Dark Forums

The email addresses were pulled from various sources and 16.4 million of them were not present in previous data breaches. The post Cybercriminals Trade 183 Million Stolen Credentials on Telegram, Dark Forums appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Is Your Google Workspace as Secure as You Think it is?

The New Reality for Lean Security Teams If you’re the first security or IT hire at a fast-growing startup, you’ve likely inherited a mandate that’s both simple and maddeningly complex: secure the business without slowing it down. Most organizations using Google Workspace start with an environment built for collaboration, not resilience. Shared drives, permissive settings, and constant

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Hackers Target Swedish Power Grid Operator

The hackers stole information from a file transfer solution and the country’s power supply was not affected. The post Hackers Target Swedish Power Grid Operator appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Chrome Zero-Day Exploited to Deliver Italian Memento Labs' LeetAgent Spyware

The zero-day exploitation of a now-patched security flaw in Google Chrome led to the distribution of an espionage-related tool from Italian information technology and services provider Memento Labs, according to new findings from Kaspersky. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-2783 (CVSS score: 8.3), a case of sandbox escape which the company disclosed in March 2025 as having come under

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SideWinder Adopts New ClickOnce-Based Attack Chain Targeting South Asian Diplomats

A European embassy located in the Indian capital of New Delhi, as well as multiple organizations in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, have emerged as the target of a new campaign orchestrated by a threat actor known as SideWinder in September 2025. The activity "reveals a notable evolution in SideWinder's TTPs, particularly the adoption of a novel PDF and ClickOnce-based infection chain, in

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X Warns Users With Security Keys to Re-Enroll Before November 10 to Avoid Lockouts

Social media platform X is urging users who have enrolled for two-factor authentication (2FA) using passkeys and hardware security keys like Yubikeys to re-enroll their key to ensure continued access to the service. To that end, users are being asked to complete the re-enrollment, either using their existing security key or enrolling a new one, by November 10, 2025. "After November 10, if you

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Chainguard Raises $280 Million in Growth Funding

Chainguard has raised $636 million in the past six months alone for its software supply chain security solutions.  The post Chainguard Raises $280 Million in Growth Funding appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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New ChatGPT Atlas Browser Exploit Lets Attackers Plant Persistent Hidden Commands

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new vulnerability in OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas web browser that could allow malicious actors to inject nefarious instructions into the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered assistant's memory and run arbitrary code. "This exploit can allow attackers to infect systems with malicious code, grant themselves access privileges, or deploy malware," LayerX

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Massive China-Linked Smishing Campaign Leveraged 194,000 Domains

The malicious Smishing Triad domains were used to collect sensitive information, including Social Security numbers. The post Massive China-Linked Smishing Campaign Leveraged 194,000 Domains appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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⚡ Weekly Recap: WSUS Exploited, LockBit 5.0 Returns, Telegram Backdoor, F5 Breach Widens

Security, trust, and stability — once the pillars of our digital world — are now the tools attackers turn against us. From stolen accounts to fake job offers, cybercriminals keep finding new ways to exploit both system flaws and human behavior. Each new breach proves a harsh truth: in cybersecurity, feeling safe can be far more dangerous than being alert. Here’s how that false sense of security

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The Women Reimagining Cybersecurity’s Future

This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Oct. 27, 2025 – Read the full story in Forbes In an industry still dominated by men, May Chen-Contino is rewriting what cybersecurity leadership looks like. As CEO of Unit 221B, a women-led The post The Women Reimagining Cybersecurity’s Future appeared first on Cybercrime Magazine.

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New Firefox Extensions Required to Disclose Data Collection Practices

All new extensions will be required to declare their data collection practices in their manifest file using a specific key. The post New Firefox Extensions Required to Disclose Data Collection Practices appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Year-Old WordPress Plugin Flaws Exploited to Hack Websites

Roughly 9 million exploit attempts were observed this month as mass exploitation of the critical vulnerabilities recommenced. The post Year-Old WordPress Plugin Flaws Exploited to Hack Websites appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Ransomware Payments Dropped in Q3 2025: Analysis

Coveware has attributed the drop to large enterprises increasingly refusing to pay up and smaller amounts paid by mid-market firms. The post Ransomware Payments Dropped in Q3 2025: Analysis appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Chrome Zero-Day Exploitation Linked to Hacking Team Spyware

The threat actor behind Operation ForumTroll used the same toolset typically employed in Dante spyware attacks. The post Chrome Zero-Day Exploitation Linked to Hacking Team Spyware appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Qilin Ransomware Combines Linux Payload With BYOVD Exploit in Hybrid Attack

The ransomware group known as Qilin (aka Agenda, Gold Feather, and Water Galura) has claimed more than 40 victims every month since the start of 2025, barring January, with the number of postings on its data leak site touching a high of 100 cases in June. The development comes as the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation has emerged as one of the most active ransomware groups, accounting for

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ChatGPT Atlas Browser Can Be Tricked by Fake URLs into Executing Hidden Commands

The newly released OpenAI Atlas web browser has been found to be susceptible to a prompt injection attack where its omnibox can be jailbroken by disguising a malicious prompt as a seemingly harmless URL to visit. "The omnibox (combined address/search bar) interprets input either as a URL to navigate to, or as a natural-language command to the agent," NeuralTrust said in a report published Friday

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$1M WhatsApp Hack Flops: Only Low-Risk Bugs Disclosed to Meta After Pwn2Own Withdrawal

WhatsApp told SecurityWeek that the two low-impact vulnerabilities cannot be used for arbitrary code execution.  The post $1M WhatsApp Hack Flops: Only Low-Risk Bugs Disclosed to Meta After Pwn2Own Withdrawal appeared first on SecurityWeek.