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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… 

15,000 Fake TikTok Shop Domains Deliver Malware, Steal Crypto via AI-Driven Scam Campaign

15,000 Fake TikTok Shop Domains Deliver Malware, Steal Crypto via AI-Driven Scam Campaign

Aug 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Mobile Security Cybersecurity researchers have lifted the veil on a widespread malicious campaign that’s targeting TikTok Shop users globally with an aim to steal credentials and distribute trojanized apps. “Threat… 

SonicWall Investigating Potential SSL VPN Zero-Day After 20+ Targeted Attacks Reported

SonicWall Investigating Potential SSL VPN Zero-Day After 20+ Targeted Attacks Reported

Aug 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananZero-Day / Network Security SonicWall said it’s actively investigating reports to determine if there is a new zero-day vulnerability following reports of a spike in Akira ransomware actors in late July 2025.… 

NVIDIA Triton Bugs Let Unauthenticated Attackers Execute Code and Hijack AI Servers

NVIDIA Triton Bugs Let Unauthenticated Attackers Execute Code and Hijack AI Servers

Aug 04, 2025Ravie LakshmananAI Security / Vulnerability A newly disclosed set of security flaws in NVIDIA’s Triton Inference Server for Windows and Linux, an open-source platform for running artificial intelligence (AI) models at scale, could… 

Vietnamese Hackers Use PXA Stealer, Hit 4,000 IPs and Steal 200,000 Passwords Globally

Vietnamese Hackers Use PXA Stealer, Hit 4,000 IPs and Steal 200,000 Passwords Globally

Aug 04, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Browser Security Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new wave of campaigns distributing a Python-based information stealer called PXA Stealer. The malicious activity has been assessed to be the… 

VPN 0-Day, Encryption Backdoor, AI Malware, macOS Flaw, ATM Hack & More

VPN 0-Day, Encryption Backdoor, AI Malware, macOS Flaw, ATM Hack & More

Aug 04, 2025Ravie LakshmananHacking News / Cybersecurity Malware isn’t just trying to hide anymore—it’s trying to belong. We’re seeing code that talks like us, logs like us, even documents itself like a helpful teammate. Some…