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…
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…
Aug 22, 2025Ravie 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…
Aug 22, 2025The Hacker NewsPenetration Testing / Security Operations Pentesting remains one of the most effective ways to identify real-world security weaknesses before adversaries do. But as the threat landscape has evolved, the way we…
Aug 22, 2025Ravie 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…
Aug 21, 2025Ravie 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…
Aug 21, 2025Ravie 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…
Aug 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Email Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new malware loader called QuirkyLoader that’s being used to deliver via email spam campaigns an array of next-stage payloads ranging from…
As security professionals, it’s easy to get caught up in a race to counter the latest advanced adversary techniques. Yet the most impactful attacks often aren’t from cutting-edge exploits, but from cracked credentials and compromised…
Aug 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Breach / Cybercrime A 20-year-old member of the notorious cybercrime gang known as Scattered Spider has been sentenced to ten years in prison in the U.S. in connection with a series…