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Fake Nethereum NuGet Package Used Homoglyph Trick to Steal Crypto Wallet Keys

Fake Nethereum NuGet Package Used Homoglyph Trick to Steal Crypto Wallet Keys

Oct 22, 2025Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Software Integrity Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new supply chain attack targeting the NuGet package manager with malicious typosquats of Nethereum, a popular Ethereum .NET integration platform, to steal victims’… 

Researchers Identify PassiveNeuron APT Using Neursite and NeuralExecutor Malware

Researchers Identify PassiveNeuron APT Using Neursite and NeuralExecutor Malware

Oct 22, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Network Security Government, financial, and industrial organizations located in Asia, Africa, and Latin America are the target of a new campaign dubbed PassiveNeuron, according to findings from Kaspersky. The… 

TARmageddon Flaw in Async-Tar Rust Library Could Enable Remote Code Execution

TARmageddon Flaw in Async-Tar Rust Library Could Enable Remote Code Execution

Oct 22, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Data Protection Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a high-severity flaw impacting the popular async-tar Rust library and its forks, including tokio-tar, that could result in remote code execution under… 

TP-Link Patches Four Omada Gateway Flaws, Two Allow Remote Code Execution

TP-Link Patches Four Omada Gateway Flaws, Two Allow Remote Code Execution

Oct 22, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security TP-Link has released security updates to address four security flaws impacting Omada gateway devices, including two critical bugs that could result in arbitrary code execution. The vulnerabilities in… 

Meta Rolls Out New Tools to Protect WhatsApp and Messenger Users from Scams

Meta Rolls Out New Tools to Protect WhatsApp and Messenger Users from Scams

Oct 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Encryption Meta on Tuesday said it’s launching new tools to protect Messenger and WhatsApp users from potential scams. To that end, the company said it’s introducing new warnings on WhatsApp… 

PolarEdge Targets Cisco, ASUS, QNAP, Synology Routers in Expanding Botnet Campaign

PolarEdge Targets Cisco, ASUS, QNAP, Synology Routers in Expanding Botnet Campaign

Oct 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on the inner workings of a botnet malware called PolarEdge. PolarEdge was first documented by Sekoia in February 2025, attributing it to a campaign… 

Google Identifies Three New Russian Malware Families Created by COLDRIVER Hackers

Google Identifies Three New Russian Malware Families Created by COLDRIVER Hackers

Oct 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Threat Intelligence A new malware attributed to the Russia-linked hacking group known as COLDRIVER has undergone numerous developmental iterations since May 2025, suggesting an increased “operations tempo” from the…