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ConnectWise Hit by Cyberattack; Nation-State Actor Suspected in Targeted Breach

ConnectWise Hit by Cyberattack; Nation-State Actor Suspected in Targeted Breach

May 30, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Data Breach ConnectWise, the developer of remote access and support software ScreenConnect, has disclosed that it was the victim of a cyber attack that it said was likely perpetrated by… 

Meta Disrupts Influence Ops Targeting Romania, Azerbaijan, and Taiwan with Fake Personas

Meta Disrupts Influence Ops Targeting Romania, Azerbaijan, and Taiwan with Fake Personas

Meta on Thursday revealed that it disrupted three covert influence operations originating from Iran, China, and Romania during the first quarter of 2025. “We detected and removed these campaigns before they were able to build… 

Cybercriminals Target AI Users with Malware-Loaded Installers Posing as Popular Tools

Cybercriminals Target AI Users with Malware-Loaded Installers Posing as Popular Tools

Fake installers for popular artificial intelligence (AI) tools like OpenAI ChatGPT and InVideo AI are being used as lures to propagate various threats, such as the CyberLock and Lucky_Gh0$t ransomware families, and a new malware… 

New Windows RAT Evades Detection for Weeks Using Corrupted DOS and PE Headers

New Windows RAT Evades Detection for Weeks Using Corrupted DOS and PE Headers

May 29, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Windows Security Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off an unusual cyber attack that leveraged malware with corrupted DOS and PE headers, according to new findings from Fortinet. The DOS… 

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…