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Kimwolf Botnet Hijacks 1.8 Million Android TVs, Launches Large-Scale DDoS Attacks

Kimwolf Botnet Hijacks 1.8 Million Android TVs, Launches Large-Scale DDoS Attacks

A new distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet known as Kimwolf has enlisted a massive army of no less than 1.8 million infected devices comprising Android-based TVs, set-top boxes, and tablets, and may be associated with another… 

APT28 Targets Ukrainian UKR-net Users in Long-Running Credential Phishing Campaign

APT28 Targets Ukrainian UKR-net Users in Long-Running Credential Phishing Campaign

Dec 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananEmail Security / Threat Intelligence The Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as APT28 has been attributed to what has been described as a “sustained” credential-harvesting campaign targeting users of UKR[.]net, a webmail… 

New ForumTroll Phishing Attacks Target Russian Scholars Using Fake eLibrary Emails

New ForumTroll Phishing Attacks Target Russian Scholars Using Fake eLibrary Emails

Dec 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Malware The threat actor linked to Operation ForumTroll has been attributed to a fresh set of phishing attacks targeting individuals within Russia, according to Kaspersky. The Russian cybersecurity vendor said… 

China-Linked Ink Dragon Hacks Governments Using ShadowPad and FINALDRAFT Malware

China-Linked Ink Dragon Hacks Governments Using ShadowPad and FINALDRAFT Malware

The threat actor known as Jewelbug has been increasingly focusing on government targets in Europe since July 2025, even as it continues to attack entities located in Southeast Asia and South America. Check Point Research… 

GhostPoster Malware Found in 17 Firefox Add-ons with 50,000+ Downloads

GhostPoster Malware Found in 17 Firefox Add-ons with 50,000+ Downloads

Dec 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananAd Fraud / Browser Security A new campaign named GhostPoster has leveraged logo files associated with 17 Mozilla Firefox browser add-ons to embed malicious JavaScript code designed to hijack affiliate links, inject… 

Compromised IAM Credentials Power a Large AWS Crypto Mining Campaign

Compromised IAM Credentials Power a Large AWS Crypto Mining Campaign

Dec 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Detection An ongoing campaign has been observed targeting Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers using compromised Identity and Access Management (IAM) credentials to enable cryptocurrency mining. The activity, first detected… 

Rogue NuGet Package Poses as Tracer.Fody, Steals Cryptocurrency Wallet Data

Rogue NuGet Package Poses as Tracer.Fody, Steals Cryptocurrency Wallet Data

Dec 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Cryptocurrency Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malicious NuGet package that typosquats and impersonates the popular .NET tracing library and its author to sneak in a cryptocurrency wallet stealer. The… 

Amazon Exposes Years-Long GRU Cyber Campaign Targeting Energy and Cloud Infrastructure

Amazon Exposes Years-Long GRU Cyber Campaign Targeting Energy and Cloud Infrastructure

Dec 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Vulnerability Amazon’s threat intelligence team has disclosed details of a “years-long” Russian state-sponsored campaign that targeted Western critical infrastructure between 2021 and 2025. Targets of the campaign included energy…