Security / October 30, 2025
Former US defense contractor exec Peter Williams pled guilty to stealing trade secrets and selling cyber exploits to a Russian broker, per the US DOJ. Ex-US defense contractor Peter Williams (39) admits stealing US trade secrets and selling cyber exploits to a Russian broker. Williams, an Australian national, pleaded guilty to stealing and selling U.S. […]
Data Breach / October 30, 2025
Dentsu said its U.S. unit Merkle was hit by a cyberattack exposing staff and client data, forcing some systems offline to mitigate the security breach. Japanese multinational advertising and public relations company Dentsu, one of the largest marketing agencies in the world, announced that its U.S.-based subsidiary Merkle suffered from a cyber attack that exposed […]
Hacktivism / October 29, 2025
Canada’s cyber agency warns hacktivists breached critical infrastructure, altering industrial controls and risking public safety. The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security revealed that hacktivists have repeatedly breached systems of country’s critical infrastructure systems in the country. Attackers tampered with industrial controls at a water treatment facility, an oil & gas firm, and an agricultural facility. […]
APT / October 29, 2025
Russian actors, likely linked to Sandworm, targeted Ukrainian firms using LotL tactics and dual-use tools to steal data and stay hidden, says Symantec and Carbon Black. Russian threat actors, likely linked to the APT Sandworm, targeted Ukrainian organizations to steal sensitive data and maintain long-term network access, Symantec Threat Hunter Team and Carbon Black report. […]
Security / October 29, 2025
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Dassault Systèmes DELMIA Apriso flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Oracle, Windows, Kentico, and Apple flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Dassault Systèmes DELMIA Apriso is a Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) and Manufacturing Execution System (MES) platform. […]
Malware / October 29, 2025
Threat Fabric researchers spotted Herodotus Android malware mimicking human typing with random delays to evade detection. Threat Fabric found a new Android malware, named Herodotus, which mimics human typing by adding random delays to evade detection. Herodotus allows operators to takeover devices and bypass behaviour biometrics detection, it is offered as a malware-as-a-service (MaaS). The researchers […]
Malware / October 28, 2025
A new Mirai-based IoT botnet, dubbed Aisuru, was used to launch multiple high-impact DDoS attacks exceeding 20Tb/sec and/or 4gpps. In October 2025, the Aisuru Mirai-based IoT botnet launched massive DDoS attacks of over 20Tb/sec, mainly targeting online gaming, cybersecurity firm Netscout reports. The botnet uses residential proxies to reflect HTTPS DDoS attacks. Its nodes are […]
Cyber Crime / October 28, 2025
Hackers hit Sweden’s power grid operator Svenska kraftnät, stealing data via a file transfer tool. The power grid was not affected. Hackers breached Sweden’s state-owned power grid operator Svenska kraftnät, stealing data from an isolated file transfer system. The power grid operations were not impacted by the cyber incident. The Swedish company on Monday disclosed […]
Security / October 28, 2025
QNAP warns of critical ASP.NET flaw (CVE-2025-55315) in NetBak PC Agent, letting attackers hijack credentials or bypass security via HTTP smuggling. QNAP urges users to patch a critical ASP.NET Core vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-55315 (CVSS score of 9.9), in its NetBak PC Agent for Windows. The flaw resides in the Kestrel server and lets low-privilege […]
Cyber Crime / October 28, 2025
Only 23% of ransomware victims paid in Q3 2025, the lowest ever, continuing a six-year decline in payment rates, Coveware reports. Cybersecurity firm Coveware reports that only 23% of ransomware victims paid attackers in Q3 2025, the lowest rate ever recorded. The researchers note this continues a six-year decline in payment rates. After 28% of […]
Security / October 28, 2025
X urges users with passkeys or YubiKeys to re-enroll 2FA by Nov 10, 2025, or risk account lockout. Re-enroll, switch 2FA, or disable it. Social media platform X is urging users who use passkeys or hardware security keys like YubiKeys for two-factor authentication (2FA) to re-enroll their keys by November 10, 2025, to keep account […]
APT / October 27, 2025
Kaspersky links the first Chrome zero-day of 2025 to tools used in attacks attributed to Memento Labs, formerly known as the Hacking Team. The actor behind Operation ForumTroll used the same tools seen in Dante spyware attacks. Kaspersky researchers linked the first Chrome zero-day of 2025 (CVE-2025-2783), a sandbox escape flaw, to the arsenal of […]
Hacking / October 27, 2025
Attackers can trick OpenAI Atlas browser via prompt injection, treating malicious instructions disguised as URLs in the omnibox as trusted commands. Attackers can exploit the OpenAI Atlas browser by disguising malicious instructions as URLs in the omnibox, which Atlas interprets as trusted commands, enabling harmful actions. NeuralTrust researchers warn that agentic browsers fail by not […]
Malware / October 27, 2025
Qilin ransomware group used Linux binaries on Windows to evade EDRs, steal backups, and disable defenses via BYOVD attacks. Trend Research found that the Qilin ransomware group (aka Agenda) used a Linux ransomware binary on Windows systems via legitimate remote tools, bypassing Windows defenses and EDRs. The cross-platform method enables stealthy attacks, stealing backup credentials […]
Uncategorized / October 27, 2025
Hackers exploited old RCE flaws in WordPress GutenKit and Hunk Companion plugins. Wordfence firm blocked 8.7M attacks in two days. In September and October 2024, submissions revealed Arbitrary Plugin Installation vulnerabilities in GutenKit and Hunk Companion WordPress plugins, with 40,000 and 8,000+ installs, respectively. These flaws allow unauthenticated attackers to install plugins and achieve RCE. […]
Malware / October 26, 2025
Safepay group claims the hack of professional video surveillance provider Xortec and added the company to its data leak site. The Safepay group claimed responsibility for hacking German video surveillance provider Xortec and listed the company on its data leak site. The ransomware payment deadline is October 27, 2025. Xortec GmbH, based in Frankfurt with […]
Security / October 26, 2025
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter TikTok videos continue to push infostealers in ClickFix attacks 131 Spamware Extensions Targeting WhatsApp Flood Chrome Web Store Salty Much: Darktrace’s view on a recent Salt Typhoon intrusion Shifts in the Underground: The Impact […]
Security / October 25, 2025
A DDoS attack on Russia’s food safety agency Rosselkhoznadzor disrupted food shipments by crippling its VetIS and Saturn tracking systems. A DDoS cyberattack on Russia’s food safety agency, Rosselkhoznadzor, disrupted nationwide food shipments by knocking offline its VetIS and Saturn tracking systems for agricultural products and chemicals. Rosselkhoznadzor (Россельхознадзор) is the Federal Service for Veterinary […]
Security / October 25, 2025
Microsoft released urgent updates to address the critical WSUS RCE vulnerability CVE-2025-59287, which is under active attack.. Microsoft released an out-of-band fix for CVE-2025-59287, a critical WSUS RCE flaw (CVSS 9.8) that is under active exploitation. Researchers MEOW and Markus Wulftange of CODE WHITE GmbH reported the vulnerability. “To comprehensively address CVE-2025-59287, Microsoft has released […]
Security / October 24, 2025
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft WSUS, and Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Microsoft WSUS, and Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below the list of flaws added to the […]
