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New Morphing Meerkat Phishing Kit Mimics 114 Brands Using Victims’ DNS Email Records

New Morphing Meerkat Phishing Kit Mimics 114 Brands Using Victims’ DNS Email Records

Mar 27, 2025Ravie LakshmananEmail Security / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform that leverages the Domain Name System (DNS) mail exchange (MX) records to serve fake login pages that… 

Hackers Repurpose RansomHub’s EDRKillShifter in Medusa, BianLian, and Play Attacks

Hackers Repurpose RansomHub’s EDRKillShifter in Medusa, BianLian, and Play Attacks

Mar 27, 2025Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Ransomware A new analysis has uncovered connections between affiliates of RansomHub and other ransomware groups like Medusa, BianLian, and Play. The connection stems from the use of a custom… 

APT36 Spoofs India Post Website to Infect Windows and Android Users with Malware

APT36 Spoofs India Post Website to Infect Windows and Android Users with Malware

Mar 27, 2025Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Malware An advanced persistent threat (APT) group with ties to Pakistan has been attributed to the creation of a fake website masquerading as India’s public sector postal system as… 

New Report Explains Why CASB Solutions Fail to Address Shadow SaaS and How to Fix It

New Report Explains Why CASB Solutions Fail to Address Shadow SaaS and How to Fix It

Mar 27, 2025The Hacker NewsBrowser Security / Data Protection Whether it’s CRMs, project management tools, payment processors, or lead management tools – your workforce is using SaaS applications by the pound. Organizations often rely on… 

150,000 Sites Compromised by JavaScript Injection Promoting Chinese Gambling Platforms

150,000 Sites Compromised by JavaScript Injection Promoting Chinese Gambling Platforms

Mar 27, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Website Security An ongoing campaign that infiltrates legitimate websites with malicious JavaScript injects to promote Chinese-language gambling platforms has ballooned to compromise approximately 150,000 sites to date. “The threat actor… 

CISA Warns of Sitecore RCE Flaws; Active Exploits Hit Next.js and DrayTek Devices

CISA Warns of Sitecore RCE Flaws; Active Exploits Hit Next.js and DrayTek Devices

Mar 27, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Threat Intelligence The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added two six-year-old security flaws impacting Sitecore CMS and Experience Platform (XP) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog,… 

NetApp SnapCenter Flaw Could Let Users Gain Remote Admin Access on Plug-In Systems

NetApp SnapCenter Flaw Could Let Users Gain Remote Admin Access on Plug-In Systems

Mar 27, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Enterprise Security A critical security flaw has been disclosed in NetApp SnapCenter that, if successfully exploited, could allow privilege escalation. SnapCenter is an enterprise-focused software that’s used to manage data… 

New SparrowDoor Backdoor Variants Found in Attacks on U.S. and Mexican Organizations

New SparrowDoor Backdoor Variants Found in Attacks on U.S. and Mexican Organizations

Mar 26, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Vulnerability The Chinese threat actor known as FamousSparrow has been linked to a cyber attack targeting a trade group in the United States and a research institute in Mexico to… 

EncryptHub Exploits Windows Zero-Day to Deploy Rhadamanthys and StealC Malware

EncryptHub Exploits Windows Zero-Day to Deploy Rhadamanthys and StealC Malware

Mar 26, 2025Ravie LakshmananWindows Security / Vulnerability The threat actor known as EncryptHub exploited a recently-patched security vulnerability in Microsoft Windows as a zero-day to deliver a wide range of malware families, including backdoors and…