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Safe{Wallet} Confirms North Korean TraderTraitor Hackers Stole .5 Billion in Bybit Heist

Safe{Wallet} Confirms North Korean TraderTraitor Hackers Stole $1.5 Billion in Bybit Heist

Mar 07, 2025Ravie LakshmananSecurity Breach / Cryptocurrency Safe{Wallet} has revealed that the cybersecurity incident that led to the Bybit $1.5 billion crypto heist is a “highly sophisticated, state-sponsored attack,” stating the North Korean threat actors… 

PHP-CGI RCE Flaw Exploited in Attacks on Japan’s Tech, Telecom, and E-Commerce Sectors

PHP-CGI RCE Flaw Exploited in Attacks on Japan’s Tech, Telecom, and E-Commerce Sectors

Mar 07, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence /Vulnerability Threat actors of unknown provenance have been attributed to a malicious campaign predominantly targeting organizations in Japan since January 2025. “The attacker has exploited the vulnerability CVE-2024-4577, a remote… 

Elastic Releases Urgent Fix for Critical Kibana Vulnerability Enabling Remote Code Execution

Elastic Releases Urgent Fix for Critical Kibana Vulnerability Enabling Remote Code Execution

Mar 06, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Security / Software Security Elastic has rolled out security updates to address a critical security flaw impacting the Kibana data visualization dashboard software for Elasticsearch that could result in arbitrary code… 

EncryptHub Deploys Ransomware and Stealer via Trojanized Apps, PPI Services, and Phishing

EncryptHub Deploys Ransomware and Stealer via Trojanized Apps, PPI Services, and Phishing

Mar 06, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Ransomware The financially motivated threat actor known as EncryptHub has been observed orchestrating sophisticated phishing campaigns to deploy information stealers and ransomware, while also working on a new product called… 

Medusa Ransomware Hits 40+ Victims in 2025, Demands 0K–M Ransom

Medusa Ransomware Hits 40+ Victims in 2025, Demands $100K–$15M Ransom

Mar 06, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Vulnerability The threat actors behind the Medusa ransomware have claimed nearly 400 victims since it first emerged in January 2023, with the financially motivated attacks witnessing a 42% increase… 

Over 1,000 WordPress Sites Infected with JavaScript Backdoors Enabling Persistent Attacker Access

Over 1,000 WordPress Sites Infected with JavaScript Backdoors Enabling Persistent Attacker Access

Mar 06, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Breach / Website Security Over 1,000 websites powered by WordPress have been infected with a third-party JavaScript code that injects four separate backdoors. “Creating four backdoors facilitates the attackers having multiple… 

China-Linked Silk Typhoon Expands Cyber Attacks to IT Supply Chains for Initial Access

China-Linked Silk Typhoon Expands Cyber Attacks to IT Supply Chains for Initial Access

Mar 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Data Breach The China-linked threat actor behind the zero-day exploitation of security flaws in Microsoft Exchange servers in January 2021 has shifted its tactics to target the information technology…