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Coinbase Agents Bribed, Data of ~1% Users Leaked; M Extortion Attempt Fails

Coinbase Agents Bribed, Data of ~1% Users Leaked; $20M Extortion Attempt Fails

May 15, 2025Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Threat Intelligence Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has disclosed that unknown cyber actors broke into its systems and stole account data for a small subset of its customers. “Criminals targeted our customer… 

Pen Testing for Compliance Only? It’s Time to Change Your Approach

Pen Testing for Compliance Only? It’s Time to Change Your Approach

May 15, 2025The Hacker NewsCompliance / Penetration Testing Imagine this: Your organization completed its annual penetration test in January, earning high marks for security compliance. In February, your development team deployed a routine software update.… 

Russia-Linked APT28 Exploited MDaemon Zero-Day to Hack Government Webmail Servers

Russia-Linked APT28 Exploited MDaemon Zero-Day to Hack Government Webmail Servers

A Russia-linked threat actor has been attributed to a cyber espionage operation targeting webmail servers such as Roundcube, Horde, MDaemon, and Zimbra via cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, including a then-zero-day in MDaemon, according to new… 

Malicious npm Package Leverages Unicode Steganography, Google Calendar as C2 Dropper

Malicious npm Package Leverages Unicode Steganography, Google Calendar as C2 Dropper

May 15, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package named “os-info-checker-es6” that disguises itself as an operating system information utility to stealthily drop a next-stage payload onto compromised systems. “This… 

New Chrome Vulnerability Enables Cross-Origin Data Leak via Loader Referrer Policy

New Chrome Vulnerability Enables Cross-Origin Data Leak via Loader Referrer Policy

May 15, 2025Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Web Security Google on Wednesday released updates to address four security issues in its Chrome web browser, including one for which it said there exists an exploit in the… 

Samsung Patches CVE-2025-4632 Used to Deploy Mirai Botnet via MagicINFO 9 Exploit

Samsung Patches CVE-2025-4632 Used to Deploy Mirai Botnet via MagicINFO 9 Exploit

May 14, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Malware Samsung has released software updates to address a critical security flaw in MagicINFO 9 Server that has been actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-4632 (CVSS… 

BianLian and RansomExx Exploit SAP NetWeaver Flaw to Deploy PipeMagic Trojan

BianLian and RansomExx Exploit SAP NetWeaver Flaw to Deploy PipeMagic Trojan

May 14, 2025Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Vulnerability At least two different cybercrime groups BianLian and RansomExx are said to have exploited a recently disclosed security flaw in SAP NetWeaver, indicating that multiple threat actors are taking… 

Xinbi Telegram Market Tied to .4B in Crypto Crime, Romance Scams, North Korea Laundering

Xinbi Telegram Market Tied to $8.4B in Crypto Crime, Romance Scams, North Korea Laundering

May 14, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Cryptocurrency A Chinese-language, Telegram-based marketplace called Xinbi Guarantee has facilitated no less than $8.4 billion in transactions since 2022, making it the second major black market to be exposed after… 

CTM360 Identifies Surge in Phishing Attacks Targeting Meta Business Users

CTM360 Identifies Surge in Phishing Attacks Targeting Meta Business Users

May 14, 2025The Hacker NewsPhishing / Malware A new global phishing threat called “Meta Mirage” has been uncovered, targeting businesses using Meta’s Business Suite. This campaign specifically aims at hijacking high-value accounts, including those managing…