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Docker Fixes CVE-2025-9074, Critical Container Escape Vulnerability With CVSS Score 9.3

Docker Fixes CVE-2025-9074, Critical Container Escape Vulnerability With CVSS Score 9.3

Aug 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananContainer Security / Vulnerability Docker has released fixes to address a critical security flaw affecting the Docker Desktop app for Windows and macOS that could potentially allow an attacker to break out… 

Phishing Campaign Uses UpCrypter in Fake Voicemail Emails to Deliver RAT Payloads

Phishing Campaign Uses UpCrypter in Fake Voicemail Emails to Deliver RAT Payloads

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new phishing campaign that’s using fake voicemails and purchase orders to deliver a malware loader called UpCrypter. The campaign leverages “carefully crafted emails to deliver malicious URLs linked to convincing… 

Password Manager Flaws, Apple 0-Day, Hidden AI Prompts, In-the-Wild Exploits & More

Password Manager Flaws, Apple 0-Day, Hidden AI Prompts, In-the-Wild Exploits & More

Aug 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity News / Hacking Cybersecurity today moves at the pace of global politics. A single breach can ripple across supply chains, turn a software flaw into leverage, or shift who holds the… 

Transparent Tribe Targets Indian Govt With Weaponized Desktop Shortcuts via Phishing

Transparent Tribe Targets Indian Govt With Weaponized Desktop Shortcuts via Phishing

Aug 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Attack The advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as Transparent Tribe has been observed targeting both Windows and BOSS (Bharat Operating System Solutions) Linux systems with malicious Desktop shortcut… 

Malicious Go Module Poses as SSH Brute-Force Tool, Steals Credentials via Telegram Bot

Malicious Go Module Poses as SSH Brute-Force Tool, Steals Credentials via Telegram Bot

Aug 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Supply Chain Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious Go module that presents itself as a brute-force tool for SSH but actually contains functionality to discreetly exfiltrate credentials to its… 

GeoServer Exploits, PolarEdge, and Gayfemboy Push Cybercrime Beyond Traditional Botnets

GeoServer Exploits, PolarEdge, and Gayfemboy Push Cybercrime Beyond Traditional Botnets

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to multiple campaigns that leverage known security vulnerabilities and expose Redis servers to various malicious activities, including leveraging the compromised devices as IoT botnets, residential proxies, or cryptocurrency mining infrastructure.… 

Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection

Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a novel attack chain that employs phishing emails to deliver an open-source backdoor called VShell. The “Linux-specific malware infection chain that starts with a spam email with a malicious… 

Chinese Hackers Murky, Genesis, and Glacial Panda Escalate Cloud and Telecom Espionage

Chinese Hackers Murky, Genesis, and Glacial Panda Escalate Cloud and Telecom Espionage

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to malicious activity orchestrated by a China-nexus cyber espionage group known as Murky Panda that involves abusing trusted relationships in the cloud to breach enterprise networks. “The adversary has also… 

INTERPOL Arrests 1,209 Cybercriminals Across 18 African Nations in Global Crackdown

INTERPOL Arrests 1,209 Cybercriminals Across 18 African Nations in Global Crackdown

Aug 22, 2025Ravie LakshmananOnline Fraud / Financial Crime INTERPOL on Friday announced that authorities from 18 countries across Africa have arrested 1,209 cybercriminals who targeted 88,000 victims. “The crackdown recovered $97.4 million and dismantled 11,432…