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Employees Searching Payroll Portals on Google Tricked Into Sending Paychecks to Hackers

Employees Searching Payroll Portals on Google Tricked Into Sending Paychecks to Hackers

Threat hunters have exposed a novel campaign that makes use of search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning techniques to target employee mobile devices and facilitate payroll fraud. The activity, first detected by ReliaQuest in May 2025… 

Russia-Linked Hackers Target Tajikistan Government with Weaponized Word Documents

Russia-Linked Hackers Target Tajikistan Government with Weaponized Word Documents

May 27, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence The Russia-aligned threat actor known as TAG-110 has been observed conducting a spear-phishing campaign targeting Tajikistan using macro-enabled Word templates as an initial payload. The attack chain is… 

Over 70 Malicious npm and VS Code Packages Found Stealing Data and Crypto

Over 70 Malicious npm and VS Code Packages Found Stealing Data and Crypto

As many as 60 malicious npm packages have been discovered in the package registry with malicious functionality to harvest hostnames, IP addresses, DNS servers, and user directories to a Discord-controlled endpoint. The packages, published under… 

APT Campaigns, Browser Hijacks, AI Malware, Cloud Breaches and Critical CVEs

APT Campaigns, Browser Hijacks, AI Malware, Cloud Breaches and Critical CVEs

May 26, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Hacking News Cyber threats don’t show up one at a time anymore. They’re layered, planned, and often stay hidden until it’s too late. For cybersecurity teams, the key isn’t just… 

Hackers Use Fake VPN and Browser NSIS Installers to Deliver Winos 4.0 Malware

Hackers Use Fake VPN and Browser NSIS Installers to Deliver Winos 4.0 Malware

May 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Software Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a malware campaign that uses fake software installers masquerading as popular tools like LetsVPN and QQ Browser to deliver the Winos 4.0 framework.… 

Hackers Use TikTok Videos to Distribute Vidar and StealC Malware via ClickFix Technique

Hackers Use TikTok Videos to Distribute Vidar and StealC Malware via ClickFix Technique

The malware known as Latrodectus has become the latest to embrace the widely-used social engineering technique called ClickFix as a distribution vector. “The ClickFix technique is particularly risky because it allows the malware to execute… 

ViciousTrap Uses Cisco Flaw to Build Global Honeypot from 5,300 Compromised Devices

ViciousTrap Uses Cisco Flaw to Build Global Honeypot from 5,300 Compromised Devices

May 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Network Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed that a threat actor codenamed ViciousTrap has compromised nearly 5,300 unique network edge devices across 84 countries and turned them into a honeypot-like…