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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… 

Ex-Developer Jailed Four Years for Sabotaging Ohio Employer with Kill-Switch Malware

Ex-Developer Jailed Four Years for Sabotaging Ohio Employer with Kill-Switch Malware

Aug 22, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Malware A 55-year-old Chinese national has been sentenced to four years in prison and three years of supervised release for sabotaging his former employer’s network with custom malware and deploying… 

Pre-Auth Exploit Chains Found in Commvault Could Enable Remote Code Execution Attacks

Pre-Auth Exploit Chains Found in Commvault Could Enable Remote Code Execution Attacks

Aug 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Software Security Commvault has released updates to address four security gaps that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution on susceptible instances. The list of vulnerabilities, identified in Commvault… 

Cybercriminals Deploy CORNFLAKE.V3 Backdoor via ClickFix Tactic and Fake CAPTCHA Pages

Cybercriminals Deploy CORNFLAKE.V3 Backdoor via ClickFix Tactic and Fake CAPTCHA Pages

Aug 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cryptocurrency Threat actors have been observed leveraging the deceptive social engineering tactic known as ClickFix to deploy a versatile backdoor codenamed CORNFLAKE.V3. Google-owned Mandiant described the activity, which it tracks…