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DragonForce Exploits SimpleHelp Flaws to Deploy Ransomware Across Customer Endpoints

DragonForce Exploits SimpleHelp Flaws to Deploy Ransomware Across Customer Endpoints

The threat actors behind the DragonForce ransomware gained access to an unnamed Managed Service Provider’s (MSP) SimpleHelp remote monitoring and management (RMM) tool, and then leveraged it to exfiltrate data and drop the locker on… 

Chinese APT41 Exploits Google Calendar for Malware Command-and-Control Operations

Chinese APT41 Exploits Google Calendar for Malware Command-and-Control Operations

May 29, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cloud Security Google on Wednesday disclosed that the Chinese state-sponsored threat actor known as APT41 leveraged a malware called TOUGHPROGRESS that uses Google Calendar for command-and-control (C2). The tech giant,… 

Over 100,000 WordPress Sites at Risk from Critical CVSS 10.0 Vulnerability in Wishlist Plugin

Over 100,000 WordPress Sites at Risk from Critical CVSS 10.0 Vulnerability in Wishlist Plugin

May 29, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Website Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical unpatched security flaw impacting TI WooCommerce Wishlist plugin for WordPress that could be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files. TI… 

Iranian Hacker Pleads Guilty in  Million Robbinhood Ransomware Attack on Baltimore

Iranian Hacker Pleads Guilty in $19 Million Robbinhood Ransomware Attack on Baltimore

May 28, 2025Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Data Breach An Iranian national has pleaded guilty in the U.S. over his involvement in an international ransomware and extortion scheme involving the Robbinhood ransomware. Sina Gholinejad (aka Sina Ghaaf),… 

Microsoft OneDrive File Picker Flaw Grants Apps Full Cloud Access — Even When Uploading Just One File

Microsoft OneDrive File Picker Flaw Grants Apps Full Cloud Access — Even When Uploading Just One File

May 28, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Privacy / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a security flaw in Microsoft’s OneDrive File Picker that, if successfully exploited, could allow websites to access a user’s entire cloud storage content, as… 

New PumaBot Botnet Targets Linux IoT Devices to Steal SSH Credentials and Mine Crypto

New PumaBot Botnet Targets Linux IoT Devices to Steal SSH Credentials and Mine Crypto

May 28, 2025Ravie LakshmananIoT Security / Cryptocurrency Embedded Linux-based Internet of Things (IoT) devices have become the target of a new botnet dubbed PumaBot. Written in Go, the botnet is designed to conduct brute-force attacks…