Category: Attack Feeds

If you just want to read the contest rules, click here.   Willkommen zurück, meine Damen und Herren, zu unserem zweiten Wettbewerb in Berlin! That’s correct (if Google translate didn’t steer me wrong). After our inaugural competition last year, Pwn2Own returns to Berlin and OffensiveCon. Outside of our shipping troubles, we had an amazing time … Read More “Announcing Pwn2Own Berlin for 2026  – Zero Day Initiative – Blog” »

Authorities from multiple countries dismantled SocksEscort, a residential proxy network cybercriminals used to commit large-scale fraud, claiming access to about 369,000 IP addresses since 2020, the Justice Department said Thursday. Europol, which aided the investigation alongside various law enforcement agencies, Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs and the Shadowserver Foundation, said the malicious proxy service compromised routers … Read More “Authorities takedown global proxy network SocksEscort  – CyberScoop” »

Two years ago, it was revealed that Chinese hackers had compromised at least ten U.S. telecoms, giving them broad access to phone data affecting nearly all Americans. Since then, public officials charged with responding to the campaign and bolstering the nation’s cyber defenses have reported a common problem. Many of their constituents struggle to understand … Read More “Officials worry Salt Typhoon apathy is killing momentum for tougher telecom security rules  – CyberScoop” »

Another Thursday, another pile of weird security stuff that somehow happened in just seven days. Some of it is clever. Some of it is lazy. A few bits fall into that uncomfortable category of “yeah… this is probably going to show up in real incidents sooner than we’d like.” The pattern this week feels familiar … Read More “ThreatsDay Bulletin: OAuth Trap, EDR Killer, Signal Phishing, Zombie ZIP, AI Platform Hack & More  – The Hacker News” »

Phishing has quietly turned into one of the hardest enterprise threats to expose early. Instead of crude lures and obvious payloads, modern campaigns rely on trusted infrastructure, legitimate-looking authentication flows, and encrypted traffic that conceals malicious behavior from traditional detection layers. For CISOs, the priority is now clear: scale phishing detection in a way that … Read More “How to Scale Phishing Detection in Your SOC: 3 Steps for CISOs  – The Hacker News” »

Learn how to protect smart home devices from hackers. Strong passwords, updates and secure networks help keep cameras, sensors and data safe.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

A 41-year-old South Florida man is accused of conducting at least 10 ransomware attacks and extorting a combined $75.25 million in ransom payments while he was working as a ransomware negotiator for DigitalMint.  Five of Angelo John Martino III’s alleged victims hired DigitalMint, which assigned Martino to conduct ransomware negotiations on their clients’ behalf — … Read More “Feds say another DigitalMint negotiator ran ransomware attacks and extorted $75 million  – CyberScoop” »

The most dangerous phishing campaigns aren’t just designed to fool employees. Many are designed to exhaust the analysts investigating them. When a phishing investigation takes 12 hours instead of five minutes, the outcome can shift from a contained incident to a breach. For years, the cybersecurity industry has focused on the front door of phishing … Read More “Attackers Don’t Just Send Phishing Emails. They Weaponize Your SOC’s Workload  – The Hacker News” »

Exclusive: Lab tests discover ‘new form of insider risk’ with artificial intelligence agents engaging in autonomous, even ‘aggressive’ behaviours Robert Booth UK technology editor Rogue artificial intelligence agents have worked together to smuggle sensitive information out of supposedly secure systems, in the latest sign cyber-defences may be overwhelmed by unforeseen scheming by AIs. With companies … Read More “‘Exploit every vulnerability’: rogue AI agents published passwords and overrode anti-virus software  – Data and computer security | The Guardian” »

Signal, the encrypted messaging app trusted by security-savvy users around the world, has confirmed that hackers have managed to takeover accounts – with government officials and journalists among those being targeted. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.  – Read More  – GRAHAM CLULEY 

Researchers have discovered PixRevolution, a new Android banking trojan targeting Brazil’s PIX system. Unlike automated scams, this malware uses live operators to watch your screen and divert funds instantly.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

Apple on Wednesday backported fixes for a security flaw in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Sonoma to older versions after it was found to be used as part of the Coruna exploit kit. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-43010, relates to an unspecified vulnerability in WebKit that could result in memory corruption when processing maliciously crafted web … Read More “Apple Issues Security Updates for Older iOS Devices Targeted by Coruna WebKit Exploit  – The Hacker News” »

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered half-a-dozen new Android malware families that come with capabilities to steal data from compromised devices and conduct financial fraud. The Android malware range from traditional banking trojans like PixRevolution, TaxiSpy RAT, BeatBanker, Mirax, and Oblivion RAT to full-fledged remote administration tools such as SURXRAT. PixRevolution, according to  – Read More  – … Read More “Six Android Malware Families Target Pix Payments, Banking Apps, and Crypto Wallets  – The Hacker News” »

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a critical security flaw impacting n8n to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-68613 (CVSS score: 9.9), concerns a case of expression injection that leads to remote code execution. The security shortcoming was patched  … Read More “CISA Flags Actively Exploited n8n RCE Bug as 24,700 Instances Remain Exposed  – The Hacker News” »

Iran-linked Handala hackers claim cyberattacks on Stryker and Verifone. Stryker confirms network disruption while Verifone says no breach evidence found.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

Agentic web browsers that leverage artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to autonomously execute actions across multiple websites on behalf of a user could be trained and tricked into falling prey to phishing and scam traps. The attack, at its core, takes advantage of AI browsers’ tendency to reason their actions and use it against the model … Read More “Researchers Trick Perplexity’s Comet AI Browser Into Phishing Scam in Under Four Minutes  – The Hacker News” »

BeatBanker Android Trojan spreads via fake Google Play Store pages, using a silent audio loop to stay active while stealing crypto, banking data, and login credentials.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

A hacktivist group with links to Iran’s intelligence agencies is claiming responsibility for a data-wiping attack against Stryker, a global medical technology company based in Michigan. News reports out of Ireland, Stryker’s largest hub outside of the United States, said the company sent home more than 5,000 workers there today. Meanwhile, a voicemail message at … Read More “Iran-Backed Hackers Claim Wiper Attack on Medtech Firm Stryker  – Krebs on Security” »

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of two now-patched security flaws in the n8n workflow automation platform, including two critical bugs that could result in arbitrary command execution. The vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2026-27577 (CVSS score: 9.4) – Expression sandbox escape leading to remote code execution (RCE) CVE-2026-27493 (CVSS score: 9.5) – Unauthenticated  – Read … Read More “Critical n8n Flaws Allow Remote Code Execution and Exposure of Stored Credentials  – The Hacker News” »

Aryaka researchers have identified a new threat from a Russian-speaking group using ‘BlackSanta’ malware. By disguising attacks as job applications, hackers are bypassing security to target recruitment workflows.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

Meta on Wednesday said it disabled over 150,000 accounts associated with scam centers in Southeast Asia as part of a coordinated effort in partnership with authorities from Thailand, the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Korea, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia. The effort also led to 21 arrests made by the Royal Thai … Read More “Meta Disables 150K Accounts Linked to Southeast Asia Scam Centers in Global Crackdown  – The Hacker News” »

Threat hunters and a collection of unconfirmed victims are responding to a series of attacks targeting Salesforce customers, which the vendor disclosed in a security advisory Saturday.  “Salesforce is actively monitoring threat activity targeting public-facing Experience Cloud sites, including attempts to take advantage of overly permissive guest user configurations,” the company said in the alert. … Read More “Salesforce issues new security alert tied to third customer attack spree in six months  – CyberScoop” »

“You knew, and you could have acted. Why didn’t you?”  This is the question you do not want to be asked. And increasingly, it’s the question leaders are forced to answer after an incident. For years, many executive teams and boards have treated a large vulnerability backlog as an uncomfortable but tolerable fact of life: … Read More “What Boards Must Demand in the Age of AI-Automated Exploitation  – The Hacker News” »

SAP has released security updates to address two critical security flaws that could be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution on affected systems. The vulnerabilities in question listed below – CVE-2019-17571 (CVSS score: 9.8) – A code injection vulnerability in SAP Quotation Management Insurance application (FS-QUO) CVE-2026-27685 (CVSS score: 9.1) – An insecure deserialization  – … Read More “Dozens of Vendors Patch Security Flaws Across Enterprise Software and Network Devices  – The Hacker News” »

Microsoft fixes 79 vulnerabilities in March 2026 Patch Tuesday, including two publicly disclosed 0-days affecting SQL Server, .NET and Windows systems.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

Data lakes start organized but can turn into dumping grounds. Learn the signs of data lake clutter and simple steps to clean it up without rebuilding.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

Microsoft on Tuesday released patches for a set of 84 new security vulnerabilities affecting various software components, including two that have been listed as publicly known. Of these, eight are rated Critical, and 76 are rated Important in severity. Forty-six of the patched vulnerabilities relate to privilege escalation, followed by 18 remote code execution, 10 … Read More “Microsoft Patches 84 Flaws in March Patch Tuesday, Including Two Public Zero-Days  – The Hacker News” »

Washington has rediscovered consequences. Just not consistently. The March 6 executive order rests on a simple, correct idea: cyber-enabled fraud persists because it is profitable, scalable, and too often tolerated. So the government’s answer is to raise the cost. More coordination. More disruption. More prosecutions. More diplomatic pressure on the states that shelter these operations. … Read More “If consequences matter, they should apply to vendors, too  – CyberScoop” »

A threat actor known as UNC6426 leveraged keys stolen following the supply chain compromise of the nx npm package last year to completely breach a victim’s cloud environment within a span of 72 hours. The attack started with the theft of a developer’s GitHub token, which the threat actor then used to gain unauthorized access … Read More “UNC6426 Exploits nx npm Supply-Chain Attack to Gain AWS Admin Access in 72 Hours  – The Hacker News” »

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered five malicious Rust crates that masquerade as time-related utilities to transmit .env file data to the threat actors. The Rust packages, published to crates.io, are listed below – chrono_anchor dnp3times time_calibrator time_calibrators time-sync The crates, per Socket, impersonate timeapi.io and were published between late February and early March  – Read More  … Read More “Five Malicious Rust Crates and AI Bot Exploit CI/CD Pipelines to Steal Developer Secrets  – The Hacker News” »

Microsoft Corp. today pushed security updates to fix at least 77 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software. There are no pressing “zero-day” flaws this month (compared to February’s five zero-day treat), but as usual some patches may deserve more rapid attention from organizations using Windows. Here are a few highlights from this … Read More “Microsoft Patch Tuesday, March 2026 Edition  – Krebs on Security” »

Cal AI faces data breach claims after hackers post alleged data of 3 million users, including emails, health details, and subscriptions.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

ShinyHunters claims to have stolen data from 400 firms via Salesforce portals and is threatening to leak the information unless ransom demands are paid.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

Microsoft addressed 83 vulnerabilities that cut across its broad portfolio of enterprise software and underlying services in its latest security update. The company’s Patch Tuesday release contained no actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities and six defects it described as more likely to be exploited.  The vendor’s batch of patches marks the first monthly update without an … Read More “Microsoft’s monthly Patch Tuesday is first in 6 months with no actively exploited zero-days  – CyberScoop” »

Artificial intelligence may be enhancing cyber threats, but the defensive approach to those AI-amplified attacks remains the same, a top FBI official said Tuesday. “We have seen actors both criminal and nation-state, they’re absolutely using AI to their advantage,” said Jason Bilnoski, deputy assistant director at the FBI’s cyber division. “But the way attacks unfold … Read More “FBI says even in an AI-powered world, security basics still matter  – CyberScoop” »

Artificial intelligence may be enhancing cyber threats, but the defensive approach to those AI-amplified attacks remains the same, a top FBI official said Tuesday. “We have seen actors both criminal and nation-state, they’re absolutely using AI to their advantage,” said Jason Bilnoski, deputy assistant director at the FBI’s cyber division. “But the way attacks unfold … Read More “FBI says even in an AI-powered world, security basics still matter  – CyberScoop” »

A federal judge has blocked Perplexity, makers of the Comet AI browser, from accessing user Amazon accounts and making purchases on their behalf. In an March 9 order, Judge Maxine Chesney of the Northern District Court of California said the temporary injunction reflects the likelihood that Amazon “will succeed on the merits” of its claim … Read More “Federal judge blocks Perplexity’s AI browser from making Amazon purchases  – CyberScoop” »

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign where threat actors are abusing FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) appliances as entry points to breach victim networks.  The activity involves the exploitation of recently disclosed security vulnerabilities or weak credentials to extract configuration files containing service account credentials and network topology  – Read More  – The … Read More “FortiGate Devices Exploited to Breach Networks and Steal Service Account Credentials  – The Hacker News” »

China-linked hackers targeted Qatar using fake war news lures to spread PlugX backdoor malware and spy on military and energy sectors.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

A maximum-severity vulnerability in pac4j, an open-source library integrated into hundreds of software packages and repositories, poses a significant security threat, but has thus far received scant attention. The defect in the Java security engine, which handles authentication across multiple frameworks, has not been exploited in the wild since code review firm CodeAnt AI published … Read More “Critical defect in Java security engine poses serious downstream security risks  – CyberScoop” »

I am back in the friendly confines of the Mid-South headquarters of TrendAI ZDI (a.k.a. my home office), and am all set for the third patch Tuesday of 2026. Take a break from your regularly scheduled activities and let’s take a look at the latest security patches from Adobe and Microsoft. If you’d rather watch … Read More “The March 2026 Security Update Review  – Zero Day Initiative – Blog” »

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malware called KadNap that’s primarily targeting Asus routers to enlist them into a botnet for proxying malicious traffic. The malware, first detected in the wild in August 2025, has expanded to over 14,000 infected devices, with more than 60% of victims located in the U.S., according to the Black … Read More “KadNap Malware Infects 14,000+ Edge Devices to Power Stealth Proxy Botnet  – The Hacker News” »

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malware called KadNap that’s primarily targeting Asus routers to enlist them into a botnet for proxying malicious traffic. The malware, first detected in the wild in August 2025, has expanded to over 14,000 infected devices, with more than 60% of victims located in the U.S., according to the Black … Read More “KadNap Malware Infects 14,000+ Edge Devices to Power Stealth Proxy Botnet  – The Hacker News” »

Elon Musk’s social media site says it suspended 800 million accounts in a year for spam and manipulation – but with state-backed campaigns still flooding the platform, the real question is how many fake accounts remain. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.  – Read More  – GRAHAM CLULEY 

Researchers at AllSecure have revealed how North Korean hackers from the Lazarus Group used a fake LinkedIn job interview and deepfake technology to target their CEO.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

A recent research paper describing the training of an experimental AI agent has started a discussion after the…  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed nine cross-tenant vulnerabilities in Google Looker Studio that could have permitted attackers to run arbitrary SQL queries on victims’ databases and exfiltrate sensitive data within organizations’ Google Cloud environments. The shortcomings have been collectively named LeakyLooker by Tenable. There is no evidence that the vulnerabilities were exploited in  – Read More  … Read More “New “LeakyLooker” Flaws in Google Looker Studio Could Enable Cross-Tenant SQL Queries  – The Hacker News” »

You can’t control when the next critical vulnerability drops. You can control how much of your environment is exposed when it does. The problem is that most teams have more internet-facing exposure than they realise. Intruder’s Head of Security digs into why this happens and how teams can manage it deliberately. Time-to-exploit is shrinking The … Read More “The Zero-Day Scramble is Avoidable: A Guide to Attack Surface Reduction  – The Hacker News” »

The Russian state-sponsored hacking group tracked as APT28 has been observed using a pair of implants dubbed BEARDSHELL and COVENANT to facilitate long‑term surveillance of Ukrainian military personnel. The two malware families have been put to use since April 2024, ESET said in a new report shared with The Hacker News. APT28, also tracked as … Read More “APT28 Uses BEARDSHELL and COVENANT Malware to Spy on Ukrainian Military  – The Hacker News” »