May 31, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Linux Two information disclosure flaws have been identified in apport and systemd-coredump, the core dump handlers in Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Fedora, according to the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU). Tracked as CVE-2025-5054… Read More "New Linux Flaws Allow Password Hash Theft via Core Dumps in Ubuntu, RHEL, Fedora"
May 31, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Crime A multinational law enforcement operation has resulted in the takedown of an online cybercrime syndicate that offered services to threat actors to ensure that their malicious software stayed undetected from security software. To… Read More "U.S. DoJ Seizes 4 Domains Supporting Cybercrime Crypting Services in Global Operation"
A new malware campaign is distributing a novel Rust-based information stealer dubbed EDDIESTEALER using the popular ClickFix social engineering tactic initiated via fake CAPTCHA verification pages. “This campaign leverages deceptive CAPTCHA verification pages that trick users into executing a malicious… Read More "New EDDIESTEALER Malware Bypasses Chrome’s App-Bound Encryption to Steal Browser Data"
Breaking Out of the Security Mosh Pit When Jason Elrod, CISO of MultiCare Health System, describes legacy healthcare IT environments, he doesn’t mince words: “Healthcare loves to walk backwards into the future. And this is how we got here, because… Read More "A Healthcare CISO’s Journey to Enabling Modern Care"
May 30, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Threat Intelligence The China-linked threat actor behind the recent in-the-wild exploitation of a critical security flaw in SAP NetWeaver has been attributed to a broader set of attacks targeting organizations in Brazil, India, and Southeast… Read More "China-Linked Hackers Exploit SAP and SQL Server Flaws in Attacks Across Asia and Brazil"
May 30, 2025Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Cybercrime The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has levied sanctions against a Philippines-based company named Funnull Technology Inc. and its administrator Liu Lizhi for providing infrastructure to conduct romance baiting… Read More "U.S. Sanctions Funnull for $200M Romance Baiting Scams Tied to Crypto Fraud"
May 30, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Data Breach ConnectWise, the developer of remote access and support software ScreenConnect, has disclosed that it was the victim of a cyber attack that it said was likely perpetrated by a nation-state threat actor. “ConnectWise… Read More "ConnectWise Hit by Cyberattack; Nation-State Actor Suspected in Targeted Breach"
Meta on Thursday revealed that it disrupted three covert influence operations originating from Iran, China, and Romania during the first quarter of 2025. “We detected and removed these campaigns before they were able to build authentic audiences on our apps,”… Read More "Meta Disrupts Influence Ops Targeting Romania, Azerbaijan, and Taiwan with Fake Personas"
Fake installers for popular artificial intelligence (AI) tools like OpenAI ChatGPT and InVideo AI are being used as lures to propagate various threats, such as the CyberLock and Lucky_Gh0$t ransomware families, and a new malware dubbed Numero. “CyberLock ransomware, developed… Read More "Cybercriminals Target AI Users with Malware-Loaded Installers Posing as Popular Tools"
May 29, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Windows Security Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off an unusual cyber attack that leveraged malware with corrupted DOS and PE headers, according to new findings from Fortinet. The DOS (Disk Operating System) and PE… Read More "New Windows RAT Evades Detection for Weeks Using Corrupted DOS and PE Headers"
