Sep 05, 2025The Hacker NewsPentesting / Security Operations Pentesting remains one of the most effective ways to identify real-world security weaknesses before adversaries do. But as the threat landscape has evolved, the way we deliver pentest results hasn’t kept pace.… Read More "Automation Is Redefining Pentest Delivery"
When Attackers Get Hired: Today’s New Identity Crisis What if the star engineer you just hired isn’t actually an employee, but an attacker in disguise? This isn’t phishing; it’s infiltration by onboarding. Meet “Jordan from Colorado,” who has a strong… Read More "You Didn’t Get Phished — You Onboarded the Attacker"
Cybersecurity never slows down. Every week brings new threats, new vulnerabilities, and new lessons for defenders. For security and IT teams, the challenge is not just keeping up with the news—it’s knowing which risks matter most right now. That’s what… Read More "Drift Breach Chaos, Zero-Days Active, Patch Warnings, Smarter Threats & More"
A threat actor possibly of Russian origin has been attributed to a new set of attacks targeting the energy sector in Kazakhstan. The activity, codenamed Operation BarrelFire, is tied to a new threat group tracked by Seqrite Labs as Noisy… Read More "Noisy Bear Targets Kazakhstan Energy Sector With BarrelFire Phishing Campaign"
Sep 06, 2025Ravie LakshmananSoftware Security / Cryptocurrency A new set of four malicious packages have been discovered in the npm package registry with capabilities to steal cryptocurrency wallet credentials from Ethereum developers. “The packages masquerade as legitimate cryptographic utilities and… Read More "Malicious npm Packages Impersonate Flashbots, Steal Ethereum Wallet Keys"
Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies are being advised to update their Sitecore instances by September 25, 2025, following the discovery of a security flaw that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-53690, carries… Read More "CISA Orders Immediate Patch of Critical Sitecore Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation"
The threat actor behind the malware-as-a-service (MaaS) framework and loader called CastleLoader has also developed a remote access trojan known as CastleRAT. “Available in both Python and C variants, CastleRAT’s core functionality consists of collecting system information, downloading and executing… Read More "TAG-150 Develops CastleRAT in Python and C, Expanding CastleLoader Malware Operations"
Sep 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Enterprise Security A critical security vulnerability impacting SAP S/4HANA, an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, has come under active exploitation in the wild. The command injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-42957 (CVSS score: 9.9), was fixed… Read More "SAP S/4HANA Critical Vulnerability CVE-2025-42957 Exploited in the Wild"
Sep 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cryptocurrency Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware campaign that has leveraged Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files as part of phishing attacks impersonating the Colombian judicial system. The SVG files, according to VirusTotal, are distributed… Read More "VirusTotal Finds 44 Undetected SVG Files Used to Deploy Base64-Encoded Phishing Pages"
Sep 04, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added two security flaws impacting TP-Link wireless routers to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, noting that there is evidence of them being… Read More "CISA Flags TP-Link Router Flaws CVE-2023-50224 and CVE-2025-9377 as Actively Exploited"
