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Fake VPN and Spam Blocker Apps Tied to VexTrio Used in Ad Fraud, Subscription Scams

Fake VPN and Spam Blocker Apps Tied to VexTrio Used in Ad Fraud, Subscription Scams

The malicious ad tech purveyor known as VexTrio Viper has been observed developing several malicious apps that have been published on Apple and Google’s official app storefronts under the guise of seemingly useful applications. These… 

AI Slashes Workloads for vCISOs by 68% as SMBs Demand More – New Report Reveals

AI Slashes Workloads for vCISOs by 68% as SMBs Demand More – New Report Reveals

Aug 06, 2025The Hacker NewsCompliance / Security Operations As the volume and sophistication of cyber threats and risks grow, cybersecurity has become mission-critical for businesses of all sizes. To address this shift, SMBs have been… 

Microsoft Launches Project Ire to Autonomously Classify Malware Using AI Tools

Microsoft Launches Project Ire to Autonomously Classify Malware Using AI Tools

Aug 06, 2025Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Threat Detection Microsoft on Tuesday announced an autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agent that can analyze and classify software without assistance in an effort to advance malware detection efforts. The… 

Trend Micro Confirms Active Exploitation of Critical Apex One Flaws in On-Premise Systems

Trend Micro Confirms Active Exploitation of Critical Apex One Flaws in On-Premise Systems

Aug 06, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Endpoint Security Trend Micro has released mitigations to address critical security flaws in on-premise versions of Apex One Management Console that it said have been exploited in the wild. The… 

CERT-UA Warns of HTA-Delivered C# Malware Attacks Using Court Summons Lures

CERT-UA Warns of HTA-Delivered C# Malware Attacks Using Court Summons Lures

Aug 06, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of cyber attacks carried out by a threat actor called UAC-0099 targeting government agencies, the defense forces, and… 

CISA Adds 3 D-Link Vulnerabilities to KEV Catalog Amid Active Exploitation Evidence

CISA Adds 3 D-Link Vulnerabilities to KEV Catalog Amid Active Exploitation Evidence

Aug 06, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Firmware Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added three old security flaws impacting D-Link Wi-Fi cameras and video recorders to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV)… 

ClickFix Malware Campaign Exploits CAPTCHAs to Spread Cross-Platform Infections

ClickFix Malware Campaign Exploits CAPTCHAs to Spread Cross-Platform Infections

Aug 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananSocial Engineering / Malware A combination of propagation methods, narrative sophistication, and evasion techniques enabled the social engineering tactic known as ClickFix to take off the way it did over the past… 

Google’s August Patch Fixes Two Qualcomm Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild

Google’s August Patch Fixes Two Qualcomm Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild

Aug 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Mobile Security Google has released security updates to address multiple security flaws in Android, including fixes for two Qualcomm bugs that were flagged as actively exploited in the wild. The… 

Cursor AI Code Editor Vulnerability Enables RCE via Malicious MCP File Swaps Post Approval

Cursor AI Code Editor Vulnerability Enables RCE via Malicious MCP File Swaps Post Approval

Aug 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananAI Security / MCP Protocol Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a high-severity security flaw in the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered code editor Cursor that could result in remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as…