Nov 26, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Espionage The threat actors behind a malware family known as RomCom targeted a U.S.-based civil engineering company via a JavaScript loader dubbed SocGholish to deliver the Mythic Agent. “This is the first time that… Read More "RomCom Uses SocGholish Fake Update Attacks to Deliver Mythic Agent Malware"
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned that cybercriminals are impersonating financial institutions with an aim to steal money or sensitive information to facilitate account takeover (ATO) fraud schemes. The activity targets individuals, businesses, and organizations of varied… Read More "FBI Reports $262M in ATO Fraud as Researchers Cite Growing AI Phishing and Holiday Scams"
Nov 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Browser Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that has leveraged Blender Foundation files to deliver an information stealer known as StealC V2. “This ongoing operation, active for at least six months,… Read More "Hackers Hijack Blender 3D Assets to Deploy StealC V2 Data-Stealing Malware"
2026 will mark a pivotal shift in cybersecurity. Threat actors are moving from experimenting with AI to making it their primary weapon, using it to scale attacks, automate reconnaissance, and craft hyper-realistic social engineering campaigns. The Storm on the Horizon… Read More "3 SOC Challenges You Need to Solve Before 2026"
Nov 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Exposure / Cloud Security New research has found that organizations in various sensitive sectors, including governments, telecoms, and critical infrastructure, are pasting passwords and credentials into online tools like JSONformatter and CodeBeautify that are used to… Read More "Years of JSONFormatter and CodeBeautify Leaks Expose Thousands of Passwords and API Keys"
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign that’s leveraging a combination of ClickFix lures and fake adult websites to deceive users into running malicious commands under the guise of a “critical” Windows security update. “Campaign leverages fake adult… Read More "JackFix Uses Fake Windows Update Pop-Ups on Adult Sites to Deliver Multiple Stealers"
Nov 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Vulnerability The threat actor known as ToddyCat has been observed adopting new methods to obtain access to corporate email data belonging to target companies, including using a custom tool dubbed TCSectorCopy. “This attack allows them… Read More "ToddyCat’s New Hacking Tools Steal Outlook Emails and Microsoft 365 Access Tokens"
Nov 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananSpyware / Mobile Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday issued an alert warning of bad actors actively leveraging commercial spyware and remote access trojans (RATs) to target users of mobile messaging applications.… Read More "CISA Warns of Active Spyware Campaigns Hijacking High-Value Signal and WhatsApp Users"
Nov 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Hacking News This week saw a lot of new cyber trouble. Hackers hit Fortinet and Chrome with new 0-day bugs. They also broke into supply chains and SaaS tools. Many hid inside trusted apps, browser… Read More "Fortinet Exploit, Chrome 0-Day, BadIIS Malware, Record DDoS, SaaS Breach & More"
Nov 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Container Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered five vulnerabilities in Fluent Bit, an open-source and lightweight telemetry agent, that could be chained to compromise and take over cloud infrastructures. The security defects “allow attackers to bypass… Read More "New Fluent Bit Flaws Expose Cloud to RCE and Stealthy Infrastructure Intrusions"
