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China-Linked PlugX and Bookworm Malware Attacks Target Asian Telecom and ASEAN Networks

China-Linked PlugX and Bookworm Malware Attacks Target Asian Telecom and ASEAN Networks

Sep 27, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Network Security Telecommunications and manufacturing sectors in Central and South Asian countries have emerged as the target of an ongoing campaign distributing a new variant of a known malware called… 

Researchers Expose SVG and PureRAT Phishing Threats Targeting Ukraine and Vietnam

Researchers Expose SVG and PureRAT Phishing Threats Targeting Ukraine and Vietnam

Sep 26, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cryptocurrency A new campaign has been observed impersonating Ukrainian government agencies in phishing attacks to deliver CountLoader, which is then used to drop Amatera Stealer and PureMiner. “The phishing emails… 

New COLDRIVER Malware Campaign Joins BO Team and Bearlyfy in Russia-Focused Cyberattacks

New COLDRIVER Malware Campaign Joins BO Team and Bearlyfy in Russia-Focused Cyberattacks

The Russian advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as COLDRIVER has been attributed to a fresh round of ClickFix-style attacks designed to deliver two new “lightweight” malware families tracked as BAITSWITCH and SIMPLEFIX. Zscaler ThreatLabz,… 

Fortra GoAnywhere CVSS 10 Flaw Exploited as 0-Day a Week Before Public Disclosure

Fortra GoAnywhere CVSS 10 Flaw Exploited as 0-Day a Week Before Public Disclosure

Sep 26, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity company watchTowr Labs has disclosed that it has “credible evidence” of active exploitation of the recently disclosed security flaw in Fortra GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) software… 

New macOS XCSSET Variant Targets Firefox with Clipper and Persistence Module

New macOS XCSSET Variant Targets Firefox with Clipper and Persistence Module

Sep 26, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Browser Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an updated version of a known Apple macOS malware called XCSSET that has been observed in limited attacks. “This new variant of XCSSET brings… 

Cisco ASA Firewall Zero-Day Exploits Deploy RayInitiator and LINE VIPER Malware

Cisco ASA Firewall Zero-Day Exploits Deploy RayInitiator and LINE VIPER Malware

The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has revealed that threat actors have exploited the recently disclosed security flaws impacting Cisco firewalls as part of zero-day attacks to deliver previously undocumented malware families like RayInitiator… 

Cisco ASA Zero-Day Duo Under Attack; CISA Triggers Emergency Mitigation Directive

Cisco ASA Zero-Day Duo Under Attack; CISA Triggers Emergency Mitigation Directive

Sep 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananZero-Day / Vulnerability Cisco is urging customers to patch two security flaws impacting the VPN web server of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense… 

Vane Viper Generates 1 Trillion DNS Queries to Power Global Malware and Ad Fraud Network

Vane Viper Generates 1 Trillion DNS Queries to Power Global Malware and Ad Fraud Network

Sep 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalvertising / Threat Intelligence The threat actor known as Vane Viper has been outed as a purveyor of malicious ad technology (adtech), while relying on a tangled web of shell companies and… 

Salesforce Patches Critical ForcedLeak Bug Exposing CRM Data via AI Prompt Injection

Salesforce Patches Critical ForcedLeak Bug Exposing CRM Data via AI Prompt Injection

Sep 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / AI Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical flaw impacting Salesforce Agentforce, a platform for building artificial intelligence (AI) agents, that could allow attackers to potentially exfiltrate sensitive data from…