Jun 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananEmail Security / Identity Protection Threat actors with suspected ties to Russia have been observed taking advantage of a Google account feature called application specific passwords (or app passwords) as part of a novel social engineering tactic… Read More "Russian APT29 Exploits Gmail App Passwords to Bypass 2FA in Targeted Phishing Campaign"
Jun 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Passwordless Meta Platforms on Wednesday announced that it’s adding support for passkeys, the next-generation password standard, on Facebook. “Passkeys are a new way to verify your identity and login to your account that’s easier… Read More "Meta Adds Passkey Login Support to Facebook for Android and iOS Users"
Jun 19, 2025Ravie LakshmananLinux / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered two local privilege escalation (LPE) flaws that could be exploited to gain root privileges on machines running major Linux distributions. The vulnerabilities, discovered by Qualys, are listed below – CVE-2025-6018… Read More "New Linux Flaws Enable Full Root Access via PAM and Udisks Across Major Distributions"
Jun 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananHacktivism / Cyber Warfare Iran has throttled internet access in the country in a purported attempt to hamper Israel’s ability to conduct covert cyber operations, days after the latter launched an unprecedented attack on the country, escalating… Read More "Iran Slows Internet to Prevent Cyber Attacks Amid Escalating Regional Conflict"
Jun 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Data Protection Veeam has rolled out patches to contain a critical security flaw impacting its Backup & Replication software that could result in remote code execution under certain conditions. The security defect, tracked as CVE-2025-23121,… Read More "Critical RCE Bug Rated 9.9 CVSS in Backup & Replication"
A new campaign is making use of Cloudflare Tunnel subdomains to host malicious payloads and deliver them via malicious attachments embedded in phishing emails. The ongoing campaign has been codenamed SERPENTINE#CLOUD by Securonix. It leverages “the Cloudflare Tunnel infrastructure and… Read More "New Malware Campaign Uses Cloudflare Tunnels to Deliver RATs via Phishing Chains"
A new multi-stage malware campaign is targeting Minecraft users with a Java-based malware that employs a distribution-as-service (DaaS) offering called Stargazers Ghost Network. “The campaigns resulted in a multi-stage attack chain targeting Minecraft users specifically,” Check Point researchers Jaromír Hořejší… Read More "1,500+ Minecraft Players Infected by Java Malware Masquerading as Game Mods on GitHub"
Cybersecurity researchers have exposed a previously unknown threat actor known as Water Curse that relies on weaponized GitHub repositories to deliver multi-stage malware. “The malware enables data exfiltration (including credentials, browser data, and session tokens), remote access, and long-term persistence… Read More "Water Curse Employs 76 GitHub Accounts to Deliver Multi-Stage Malware Campaign"
Jun 18, 2025The Hacker NewsDevSecOps / Security Architecture For organizations eyeing the federal market, FedRAMP can feel like a gated fortress. With strict compliance requirements and a notoriously long runway, many companies assume the path to authorization is reserved for… Read More "FedRAMP at Startup Speed: Lessons Learned"
Jun 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananLinux / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday placed a security flaw impacting the Linux kernel in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, stating it has been actively exploited in the wild.… Read More "CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability"
