Jul 10, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / AI Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a critical vulnerability in the open-source mcp-remote project that could result in the execution of arbitrary operating system (OS) commands. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-6514, carries a CVSS score… Read More "Critical mcp-remote Vulnerability Enables Remote Code Execution, Impacting 437,000+ Downloads"
Jul 10, 2025Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Cybercrime Cryptocurrency users are the target of an ongoing social engineering campaign that employs fake startup companies to trick users into downloading malware that can drain digital assets from both Windows and macOS systems. “These… Read More "Fake Gaming and AI Firms Push Malware on Cryptocurrency Users via Telegram and Discord"
Generative AI is not arriving with a bang, it’s slowly creeping into the software that companies already use on a daily basis. Whether it is video conferencing or CRM, vendors are scrambling to integrate AI copilots and assistants into their… Read More "What Security Leaders Need to Know About AI Governance for SaaS"
Jul 10, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Ransomware The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) on Thursday announced that four people have been arrested in connection with cyber attacks targeting major retailers Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods. The arrested individuals include two… Read More "Four Arrested in £440M Cyber Attack on Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods"
A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in ServiceNow’s platform that, if successfully exploited, could result in data exposure and exfiltration. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-3648 (CVSS score: 8.2), has been described as a case of data inference in Now… Read More "ServiceNow Flaw CVE-2025-3648 Could Lead to Data Exposure via Misconfigured ACLs"
Jul 09, 2025The Hacker NewsSecurity Operations / Automation Run by the team at workflow orchestration and AI platform Tines, the Tines library features over 1,000 pre-built workflows shared by security practitioners from across the community – all free to import… Read More "How To Automate Ticket Creation, Device Identification and Threat Triage With Tines"
Jul 09, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Malware The Initial Access Broker (IAB) known as Gold Melody has been attributed to a campaign that exploits leaked ASP.NET machine keys to obtain unauthorized access to organizations and peddle that access to other… Read More "Gold Melody IAB Exploits Exposed ASP.NET Machine Keys for Unauthorized Access to Targets"
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday sanctioned a member of a North Korean hacking group called Andariel for their role in the infamous remote information technology (IT) worker scheme. The Treasury said… Read More "U.S. Sanctions North Korean Andariel Hacker Behind Fraudulent IT Worker Scheme"
Jul 09, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Espionage A threat actor with suspected ties to India has been observed targeting a European foreign affairs ministry with malware capable of harvesting sensitive data from compromised hosts. The activity has been attributed by… Read More "DoNot APT Expands Operations, Targets European Foreign Ministries with LoptikMod Malware"
A Chinese national has been arrested in Milan, Italy, for his alleged links to a state-sponsored hacking group known as Silk Typhoon and for carrying out cyber attacks against American organizations and government agencies. The 33-year-old, Xu Zewei, has been… Read More "Chinese Hacker Xu Zewei Arrested for Ties to Silk Typhoon Group and U.S. Cyber Attacks"
