Author: Joe-W

Fortra, in its most forceful admission yet, confirmed a maximum-severity defect it disclosed in GoAnywhere MFT has been actively exploited in attacks, yet researchers are still pressing the vendor to be more forthcoming about how attackers obtained a private key required to achieve exploitation. The vendor published a summary of its investigation into CVE-2025-10035 Thursday, … Read More “Fortra cops to exploitation of GoAnywhere file-transfer service defect  – CyberScoop” »

ShinyHunters and its affiliate hackers have leaked data from 6 firms, including Qantas and Vietnam Airlines, after claiming to breach 39 companies via a Salesforce vulnerability.  – Read More  – Hackread – Latest Cybersecurity, Hacking News, Tech, AI & Crypto 

Just weeks after its release, OpenAI’s Guardrails system was quickly bypassed by researchers. Read how simple prompt injection attacks fooled the system’s AI judges and exposed an ongoing security concern for OpenAI.  – Read More  – Hackread – Latest Cybersecurity, Hacking News, Tech, AI & Crypto 

Every week, the cyber world reminds us that silence doesn’t mean safety. Attacks often begin quietly — one unpatched flaw, one overlooked credential, one backup left unencrypted. By the time alarms sound, the damage is done. This week’s edition looks at how attackers are changing the game — linking different flaws, working together across borders, … Read More “⚡ Weekly Recap: WhatsApp Worm, Critical CVEs, Oracle 0-Day, Ransomware Cartel & More  – The Hacker News” »

Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered nearly 180,000 files, including PII and banking details, left exposed on an unprotected database linked to the Invoicely platform. Read about the identity theft and financial fraud risks for over 250,000 businesses worldwide.  – Read More  – Hackread – Latest Cybersecurity, Hacking News, Tech, AI & Crypto 

Think your WAF has you covered? Think again. This holiday season, unmonitored JavaScript is a critical oversight allowing attackers to steal payment data while your WAF and intrusion detection systems see nothing. With the 2025 shopping season weeks away, visibility gaps must close now. Get the complete Holiday Season Security Playbook here. Bottom Line Up … Read More “Why Unmonitored JavaScript Is Your Biggest Holiday Security Risk  – The Hacker News” »

Microsoft said it has revamped the Internet Explorer (IE) mode in its Edge browser after receiving “credible reports” in August 2025 that unknown threat actors were abusing the backward compatibility feature to gain unauthorized access to users’ devices. “Threat actors were leveraging basic social engineering techniques alongside unpatched (0-day) exploits in Internet Explorer’s JavaScript  – … Read More “Microsoft Locks Down IE Mode After Hackers Turned Legacy Feature Into Backdoor  – The Hacker News” »

Malware campaigns distributing the RondoDox botnet have expanded their targeting focus to exploit more than 50 vulnerabilities across over 30 vendors. The activity, described as akin to an “exploit shotgun” approach, has singled out a wide range of internet-exposed infrastructure, including routers, digital video recorders (DVRs), network video recorders (NVRs), CCTV systems, web servers, and  … Read More “Researchers Warn RondoDox Botnet is Weaponizing Over 50 Flaws Across 30+ Vendors  – The Hacker News” »

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign that delivers the Astaroth banking trojan that employs GitHub as a backbone for its operations to stay resilient in the face of infrastructure takedowns. “Instead of relying solely on traditional command-and-control (C2) servers that can be taken down, these attackers are leveraging GitHub repositories to host … Read More “Astaroth Banking Trojan Abuses GitHub to Remain Operational After Takedowns  – The Hacker News” »

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Rust-based backdoor called ChaosBot that can allow operators to conduct reconnaissance and execute arbitrary commands on compromised hosts. “Threat actors leveraged compromised credentials that mapped to both Cisco VPN and an over-privileged Active Directory account named, ‘serviceaccount,’” eSentire said in a technical report published  – Read More  … Read More “New Rust-Based Malware “ChaosBot” Uses Discord Channels to Control Victims’ PCs  – The Hacker News” »

Oracle on Saturday issued a security alert warning of a fresh security flaw impacting its E-Business Suite that it said could allow unauthorized access to sensitive data. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-61884, carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity. It affects versions from 12.2.3 through 12.2.14. “Easily exploitable vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker … Read More “New Oracle E-Business Suite Bug Could Let Hackers Access Data Without Login  – The Hacker News” »

Cybersecurity company Huntress on Friday warned of “widespread compromise” of SonicWall SSL VPN devices to access multiple customer environments. “Threat actors are authenticating into multiple accounts rapidly across compromised devices,” it said. “The speed and scale of these attacks imply that the attackers appear to control valid credentials rather than brute-forcing.” A significant chunk of  … Read More “Experts Warn of Widespread SonicWall VPN Compromise Impacting Over 100 Accounts  – The Hacker News” »

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Threat actors are abusing Velociraptor, an open-source digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) tool, in connection with ransomware attacks likely orchestrated by Storm-2603 (aka CL-CRI-1040 or Gold Salem), which is known for deploying the Warlock and LockBit ransomware. The threat actor’s use of the security utility was documented by Sophos last month. It’s assessed that … Read More “Hackers Turn Velociraptor DFIR Tool Into Weapon in LockBit Ransomware Attacks  – The Hacker News” »

A fast-spreading Android spyware is mushrooming across Russia, camouflaging itself as popular apps like TikTok or YouTube, researchers at Zimperium have revealed in a blog post. The company told CyberScoop they expect the campaign is likely to expand beyond Russian borders, too. In three months, Zimperium zLabs researchers observed more than 600 samples, the company … Read More ” Russian spyware ClayRat is spreading, evolving quickly, according to Zimperium  – CyberScoop” »

The Trump administration wants your voter data. Since President Donald Trump took office in January, the Department of Justice has made an ambitious effort to collect sensitive voter data from all 50 states, including information that one election expert described as “the holy trinity” of identity theft: Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers and dates … Read More “Dems introduce bill to halt mass voter roll purges   – CyberScoop” »

An Authentication Bypass (CVE-2025-5947) in Service Finder Bookings plugin allows any unauthenticated attacker to log in as an administrator. Over 13,800 exploit attempts detected. Update to v6.1 immediately.  – Read More  – Hackread – Latest Cybersecurity, Hacking News, Tech, AI & Crypto 

The world’s largest and most disruptive botnet is now drawing a majority of its firepower from compromised Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices hosted on U.S. Internet providers like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon, new evidence suggests. Experts say the heavy concentration of infected devices at U.S. providers is complicating efforts to limit collateral damage from the botnet’s attacks, … Read More “DDoS Botnet Aisuru Blankets US ISPs in Record DDoS  – Krebs on Security” »

Fortinet warns of Stealit, a MaaS infostealer, now targeting Windows systems and evading detection by using Node.js’s SEA feature while hiding in fake game and VPN installers.  – Read More  – Hackread – Latest Cybersecurity, Hacking News, Tech, AI & Crypto 

A threat actor known as Storm-2657 has been observed hijacking employee accounts with the end goal of diverting salary payments to attacker-controlled accounts. “Storm-2657 is actively targeting a range of U.S.-based organizations, particularly employees in sectors like higher education, to gain access to third-party human resources (HR) software as a service (SaaS) platforms like Workday,” … Read More “Microsoft Warns of ‘Payroll Pirates’ Hijacking HR SaaS Accounts to Steal Employee Salaries  – The Hacker News” »

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an active malware campaign called Stealit that has leveraged Node.js’ Single Executable Application (SEA) feature as a way to distribute its payloads. According to Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, select iterations have also employed the open-source Electron framework to deliver the malware. It’s assessed that the malware is being propagated through  … Read More “Stealit Malware Abuses Node.js Single Executable Feature via Game and VPN Installers  – The Hacker News” »

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Fortra on Thursday revealed the results of its investigation into CVE-2025-10035, a critical security flaw in GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) that’s assessed to have come under active exploitation since at least September 11, 2025. The company said it began its investigation on September 11 following a “potential vulnerability” reported by a customer, uncovering “potentially … Read More “From Detection to Patch: Fortra Reveals Full Timeline of CVE-2025-10035 Exploitation  – The Hacker News” »

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new set of 175 malicious packages on the npm registry that have been used to facilitate credential harvesting attacks as part of an unusual campaign. The packages have been collectively downloaded 26,000 times, acting as an infrastructure for a widespread phishing campaign codenamed Beamglea targeting more than 135 industrial, technology, … Read More “175 Malicious npm Packages with 26,000 Downloads Used in Credential Phishing Campaign  – The Hacker News” »

The SOC of 2026 will no longer be a human-only battlefield. As organizations scale and threats evolve in sophistication and velocity, a new generation of AI-powered agents is reshaping how Security Operations Centers (SOCs) detect, respond, and adapt. But not all AI SOC platforms are created equal. From prompt-dependent copilots to autonomous, multi-agent systems, the … Read More “The AI SOC Stack of 2026: What Sets Top-Tier Platforms Apart?  – The Hacker News” »

Cybersecurity company Huntress said it has observed active in-the-wild exploitation of an unpatched security flaw impacting Gladinet CentreStack and TrioFox products. The zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-11371 (CVSS score: 6.1), is an unauthenticated local file inclusion bug that allows unintended disclosure of system files. It impacts all versions of the software prior to and  – … Read More “From LFI to RCE: Active Exploitation Detected in Gladinet and TrioFox Vulnerability  – The Hacker News” »

Dozens of organizations may have been impacted following the zero-day exploitation of a security flaw in Oracle’s E-Business Suite (EBS) software since August 9, 2025, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) and Mandiant said in a new report released Thursday. “We’re still assessing the scope of this incident, but we believe it affected dozens of organizations,” … Read More “CL0P-Linked Hackers Breach Dozens of Organizations Through Oracle Software Flaw  – The Hacker News” »

SonicWall has confirmed that attackers accessed cloud backup configuration files for all customers using its backup service exposing encrypted credentials and network configurations.  – Read More  – Hackread – Latest Cybersecurity, Hacking News, Tech, AI & Crypto 

A brute-force attack exposed firewall configuration files of every SonicWall customer who used the company’s cloud backup service, the besieged vendor said Wednesday. An investigation aided by Mandiant confirmed the totality of compromise that occurred when unidentified attackers hit a customer-facing system of SonicWall controls. The company previously said less than 5% of its firewall … Read More “SonicWall admits attacker accessed all customer firewall configurations stored on cloud portal  – CyberScoop” »

Zimperium’s zLabs warns of ClayRat, a fast-spreading Android spyware targeting Russia. It hides in fake apps like TikTok and steals texts, calls records, and camera photos.  – Read More  – Hackread – Latest Cybersecurity, Hacking News, Tech, AI & Crypto 

A China-aligned threat actor codenamed UTA0388 has been attributed to a series of spear-phishing campaigns targeting North America, Asia, and Europe that are designed to deliver a Go-based implant known as GOVERSHELL. “The initially observed campaigns were tailored to the targets, and the messages purported to be sent by senior researchers and analysts from legitimate-sounding, … Read More “From HealthKick to GOVERSHELL: The Evolution of UTA0388’s Espionage Malware  – The Hacker News” »

A rapidly evolving Android spyware campaign called ClayRat has targeted users in Russia using a mix of Telegram channels and lookalike phishing websites by impersonating popular apps like WhatsApp, Google Photos, TikTok, and YouTube as lures to install them. “Once active, the spyware can exfiltrate SMS messages, call logs, notifications, and device information; taking photos … Read More “New ClayRat Spyware Targets Android Users via Fake WhatsApp and TikTok Apps  – The Hacker News” »

A top Senate Democrat introduced legislation Thursday to extend and rename an expired information-sharing law, and make it retroactive to cover the lapse that began Oct. 1. Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, the ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced the Protecting America from Cyber Threats (PACT) Act, to replace the expired … Read More “Sen. Peters tries another approach to extend expired cyber threat information-sharing law  – CyberScoop” »

Clop, the notorious ransomware group, began targeting Oracle E-Business Suite customers three months ago and started exploiting a zero-day affecting the enterprise platform to steal massive amounts of data from victims as early as Aug. 9, Google Threat Intelligence Group and Mandiant said in a report Thursday.  “We’re still assessing the scope of this incident, … Read More “Dozens of Oracle customers impacted by Clop data theft for extortion campaign  – CyberScoop” »