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CTM360 Exposes a Global WhatsApp Hijacking Campaign: HackOnChat

CTM360 Exposes a Global WhatsApp Hijacking Campaign: HackOnChat

Nov 20, 2025The Hacker NewsOnline Fraud / Web Security CTM360 has identified a rapidly expanding WhatsApp account-hacking campaign targeting users worldwide via a network of deceptive authentication portals and impersonation pages. The campaign, internally dubbed… 

New Sturnus Android Trojan Quietly Captures Encrypted Chats and Hijacks Devices

New Sturnus Android Trojan Quietly Captures Encrypted Chats and Hijacks Devices

Nov 20, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Mobile Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Android banking trojan called Sturnus that enables credential theft and full device takeover to conduct financial fraud. “A key differentiator… 

Iran-Linked Hackers Mapped Ship AIS Data Days Before Real-World Missile Strike Attempt

Iran-Linked Hackers Mapped Ship AIS Data Days Before Real-World Missile Strike Attempt

Nov 20, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Warfare / Threat Intelligence Threat actors with ties to Iran engaged in cyber warfare as part of efforts to facilitate and enhance physical, real-world attacks, a trend that Amazon has called… 

TamperedChef Malware Spreads via Fake Software Installers in Ongoing Global Campaign

TamperedChef Malware Spreads via Fake Software Installers in Ongoing Global Campaign

Nov 20, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalvertising / Artificial Intelligence Threat actors are leveraging bogus installers masquerading as popular software to trick users into installing malware as part of a global malvertising campaign dubbed TamperedChef. The end goal… 

Hackers Actively Exploiting 7-Zip Symbolic Link–Based RCE Vulnerability (CVE-2025-11001)

Hackers Actively Exploiting 7-Zip Symbolic Link–Based RCE Vulnerability (CVE-2025-11001)

Nov 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Threat Intelligence A recently disclosed security flaw impacting 7-Zip has come under active exploitation in the wild, according to an advisory issued by the U.K. NHS England Digital on Tuesday.… 

Python-Based WhatsApp Worm Spreads Eternidade Stealer Across Brazilian Devices

Python-Based WhatsApp Worm Spreads Eternidade Stealer Across Brazilian Devices

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that leverages a combination of social engineering and WhatsApp hijacking to distribute a Delphi-based banking trojan named Eternidade Stealer as part of attacks targeting users in… 

WrtHug Exploits Six ASUS WRT Flaws to Hijack Tens of Thousands of EoL Routers Worldwide

WrtHug Exploits Six ASUS WRT Flaws to Hijack Tens of Thousands of EoL Routers Worldwide

Nov 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Threat Intelligence A newly discovered campaign has compromised tens of thousands of outdated or end-of-life (EoL) ASUS routers worldwide, predominantly in Taiwan, the U.S., and Russia, to rope them into… 

How to Use Ringfencing to Prevent the Weaponization of Trusted Software

How to Use Ringfencing to Prevent the Weaponization of Trusted Software

The challenge facing security leaders is monumental: Securing environments where failure is not an option. Reliance on traditional security postures, such as Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) to chase threats after they have already entered… 

EdgeStepper Implant Reroutes DNS Queries to Deploy Malware via Hijacked Software Updates

EdgeStepper Implant Reroutes DNS Queries to Deploy Malware via Hijacked Software Updates

Nov 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware The threat actor known as PlushDaemon has been observed using a previously undocumented Go-based network backdoor codenamed EdgeStepper to facilitate adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks. EdgeStepper “redirects all DNS queries… 

ServiceNow AI Agents Can Be Tricked Into Acting Against Each Other via Second-Order Prompts

ServiceNow AI Agents Can Be Tricked Into Acting Against Each Other via Second-Order Prompts

Nov 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananAI Security / SaaS Security Malicious actors can exploit default configurations in ServiceNow’s Now Assist generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform and leverage its agentic capabilities to conduct prompt injection attacks. The second-order…