Aug 26, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Mobile Security A team of academics has devised a novel attack that can be used to downgrade a 5G connection to a lower generation without relying on a rogue base…
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a sophisticated social engineering campaign that’s targeting supply chain-critical manufacturing companies with an in-memory malware dubbed MixShell. The activity has been codenamed ZipLine by Check Point Research. “Instead of…
A new large-scale campaign has been observed exploiting over 100 compromised WordPress sites to direct site visitors to fake CAPTCHA verification pages that employ the ClickFix social engineering tactic to deliver information stealers, ransomware, and…
Aug 26, 2025Ravie Lakshmanan Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of an Android banking trojan called HOOK that features ransomware-style overlay screens to display extortion messages. “A prominent characteristic of the latest variant is…
Aug 26, 2025Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Data Privacy Google has announced plans to begin verifying the identity of all developers who distribute apps on Android, even for those who distribute their software outside the Play…
Aug 26, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Data Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added three security flaws impacting Citrix Session Recording and Git to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based…
Aug 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Espionage A China-nexus threat actor known as UNC6384 has been attributed to a set of attacks targeting diplomats in Southeast Asia and other entities across the globe to advance…
Aug 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananContainer Security / Vulnerability Docker has released fixes to address a critical security flaw affecting the Docker Desktop app for Windows and macOS that could potentially allow an attacker to break out…
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new phishing campaign that’s using fake voicemails and purchase orders to deliver a malware loader called UpCrypter. The campaign leverages “carefully crafted emails to deliver malicious URLs linked to convincing…
Aug 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity News / Hacking Cybersecurity today moves at the pace of global politics. A single breach can ripple across supply chains, turn a software flaw into leverage, or shift who holds the…