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Cybercrime Groups Using Vishing and SSO Abuse in Rapid SaaS Extortion Attacks

Cybercrime Groups Using Vishing and SSO Abuse in Rapid SaaS Extortion Attacks

Ravie LakshmananMay 01, 2026 Cybersecurity researchers are warning of two cybercrime groups that are carrying out “rapid, high-impact attacks” operating almost within the confines of SaaS environments, while leaving minimal traces of their actions. The… 

China-Linked Hackers Target Asian Governments, NATO State, Journalists, and Activists

China-Linked Hackers Target Asian Governments, NATO State, Journalists, and Activists

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new China-aligned espionage campaign targeting government and defense sectors across South, East, and Southeast Asia, along with one European government belonging to NATO. Trend Micro has attributed the… 

Two Cybersecurity Professionals Get 4-Year Sentences in BlackCat Ransomware Attacks

Two Cybersecurity Professionals Get 4-Year Sentences in BlackCat Ransomware Attacks

Ravie LakshmananMay 01, 2026Data Breach / Law Enforcement The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the sentencing of two cybersecurity professionals to four years each in prison for their role in facilitating BlackCat… 

Poisoned Ruby Gems and Go Modules Exploit CI Pipelines for Credential Theft

Poisoned Ruby Gems and Go Modules Exploit CI Pipelines for Credential Theft

Ravie LakshmananMay 01, 2026Supply Chain Attack / Malware A new software supply chain attack campaign has been observed using sleeper packages as a conduit to subsequently push malicious payloads that enabled credential theft, GitHub Actions… 

PyTorch Lightning and Intercom-client Hit in Supply Chain Attacks to Steal Credentials

PyTorch Lightning and Intercom-client Hit in Supply Chain Attacks to Steal Credentials

Ravie LakshmananApr 30, 2026Supply Chain Attack / Malware In yet another software supply chain attack, threat actors have managed to compromise the popular Python package Lightning to push two malicious versions to conduct credential theft.… 

New Python Backdoor Uses Tunneling Service to Steal Browser and Cloud Credentials

New Python Backdoor Uses Tunneling Service to Steal Browser and Cloud Credentials

Ravie LakshmananApr 30, 2026Cloud Security / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a stealthy Python-based backdoor framework called DEEP#DOOR that comes with capabilities to establish persistent access and harvest a wide range of… 

EtherRAT Distribution Spoofing Administrative Tools via GitHub Facades

EtherRAT Distribution Spoofing Administrative Tools via GitHub Facades

Intro A sophisticated, high-resilience malicious campaign was identified by Atos Threat Research Center (TRC) in March 2026. This operation specifically targets the high-privilege professional accounts of enterprise administrators, DevOps engineers, and security analysts by impersonating… 

New Linux ‘Copy Fail’ Vulnerability Enables Root Access on Major Distributions

New Linux ‘Copy Fail’ Vulnerability Enables Root Access on Major Distributions

Ravie LakshmananApr 30, 2026Linux / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a Linux local privilege escalation (LPE) flaw that could allow an unprivileged local user to obtain root. The high-severity vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-31431…