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April 2025

WhatsApp Adds Advanced Chat Privacy to Blocks Chat Exports and Auto-Downloads

WhatsApp Adds Advanced Chat Privacy to Blocks Chat Exports and Auto-Downloads

Apr 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Protection / Artificial Intelligence WhatsApp has introduced an extra layer of privacy called Advanced Chat Privacy that allows users to block participants from sharing the contents of a conversation in traditional… 

DPRK Hackers Steal 7M from TRON Users in Single-Day Phishing Attack

DPRK Hackers Steal $137M from TRON Users in Single-Day Phishing Attack

Apr 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cryptocurrency Multiple threat activity clusters with ties to North Korea (aka Democratic People’s Republic of Korea or DPRK) have been linked to attacks targeting organizations and individuals in the Web3… 

Iran-Linked Hackers Target Israel with MURKYTOUR Malware via Fake Job Campaign

Iran-Linked Hackers Target Israel with MURKYTOUR Malware via Fake Job Campaign

The Iran-nexus threat actor known as UNC2428 has been observed delivering a backdoor known as MURKYTOUR as part of a job-themed social engineering campaign aimed at Israel in October 2024. Google-owned Mandiant described UNC2428 as… 

Android Spyware Disguised as Alpine Quest App Targets Russian Military Devices

Android Spyware Disguised as Alpine Quest App Targets Russian Military Devices

Apr 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananSpyware / Mobile Security Cybersecurity researchers have revealed that Russian military personnel are the target of a new malicious campaign that distributes Android spyware under the guise of the Alpine Quest mapping… 

CISA, DHS S&T, INL, LSU Help Energy Industry Partners Strengthen Incident Response and OT Cybersecurity

CISA, DHS S&T, INL, LSU Help Energy Industry Partners Strengthen Incident Response and OT Cybersecurity

WASHINGTON – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) hosted Louisiana State University (LSU) and several energy industry and… 

Three Reasons Why the Browser is Best for Stopping Phishing Attacks

Three Reasons Why the Browser is Best for Stopping Phishing Attacks

Phishing attacks remain a huge challenge for organizations in 2025. In fact, with attackers increasingly leveraging identity-based techniques over software exploits, phishing arguably poses a bigger threat than ever before. Attackers are increasingly leveraging identity-based…