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Rogue npm Packages Mimic Telegram Bot API to Plant SSH Backdoors on Linux Systems

Rogue npm Packages Mimic Telegram Bot API to Plant SSH Backdoors on Linux Systems

Apr 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananLinux / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered three malicious packages in the npm registry that masquerade as a popular Telegram bot library but harbor SSH backdoors and data exfiltration capabilities. The packages… 

ASUS Confirms Critical Flaw in AiCloud Routers; Users Urged to Update Firmware

ASUS Confirms Critical Flaw in AiCloud Routers; Users Urged to Update Firmware

Apr 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability ASUS has disclosed a critical security flaw impacting routers with AiCloud enabled that could permit remote attackers to perform unauthorized execution of functions on susceptible devices. The vulnerability,… 

Chinese Smishing Kit Powers Widespread Toll Fraud Campaign Targeting U.S. Users in 8 States

Chinese Smishing Kit Powers Widespread Toll Fraud Campaign Targeting U.S. Users in 8 States

Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a “widespread and ongoing” SMS phishing campaign that’s been targeting toll road users in the United States for financial theft since mid-October 2024. “The toll road smishing attacks are being… 

Multi-Stage Malware Attack Uses .JSE and PowerShell to Deploy Agent Tesla and XLoader

Multi-Stage Malware Attack Uses .JSE and PowerShell to Deploy Agent Tesla and XLoader

A new multi-stage attack has been observed delivering malware families like Agent Tesla variants, Remcos RAT, and XLoader. “Attackers increasingly rely on such complex delivery mechanisms to evade detection, bypass traditional sandboxes, and ensure successful… 

[Webinar] AI Is Already Inside Your SaaS Stack — Learn How to Prevent the Next Silent Breach

[Webinar] AI Is Already Inside Your SaaS Stack — Learn How to Prevent the Next Silent Breach

Apr 18, 2025The Hacker NewsSaaS Security / Shadow IT Your employees didn’t mean to expose sensitive data. They just wanted to move faster. So they used ChatGPT to summarize a deal. Uploaded a spreadsheet to… 

Experts Uncover New XorDDoS Controller, Infrastructure as Malware Expands to Docker, Linux, IoT

Experts Uncover New XorDDoS Controller, Infrastructure as Malware Expands to Docker, Linux, IoT

Apr 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananIoT Security / Malware Cybersecurity researchers are warning of continued risks posed by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) malware known as XorDDoS, with 71.3 percent of the attacks between November 2023 and February… 

CVE-2025-24054 Under Active Attack—Steals NTLM Credentials on File Download

CVE-2025-24054 Under Active Attack—Steals NTLM Credentials on File Download

Apr 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananWindows Security / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a medium-severity security flaw impacting Microsoft Windows to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following reports of… 

Mustang Panda Targets Myanmar With StarProxy, EDR Bypass, and TONESHELL Updates

Mustang Panda Targets Myanmar With StarProxy, EDR Bypass, and TONESHELL Updates

The China-linked threat actor known as Mustang Panda has been attributed to a cyber attack targeting an unspecified organization in Myanmar with previously unreported tooling, highlighting continued effort by the threat actors to increase the… 

State-Sponsored Hackers Weaponize ClickFix Tactic in Targeted Malware Campaigns

State-Sponsored Hackers Weaponize ClickFix Tactic in Targeted Malware Campaigns

Multiple state-sponsored hacking groups from Iran, North Korea, and Russia have been found leveraging the increasingly popular ClickFix social engineering tactic to deploy malware over a three-month period from late 2024 through the beginning of…