Oct 06, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Hacking News The cyber world never hits pause, and staying alert matters more than ever. Every week brings new tricks, smarter attacks, and fresh lessons from the field. This recap cuts through the noise to… Read More "Oracle 0-Day, BitLocker Bypass, VMScape, WhatsApp Worm & More"
Oct 06, 2025Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Cyber Espionage A Chinese company named the Beijing Institute of Electronics Technology and Application (BIETA) has been assessed to be likely led by the Ministry of State Security (MSS). The assessment comes from evidence… Read More "New Report Links Research Firms BIETA and CIII to China’s MSS Cyber Operations"
In the era of rapidly advancing artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud technologies, organizations are increasingly implementing security measures to protect sensitive data and ensure regulatory compliance. Among these measures, AI-SPM (AI Security Posture Management) solutions have gained traction to secure… Read More "5 Critical Questions For Adopting an AI Security Solution"
Oct 06, 2025Ravie LakshmananEmail Security / Zero-Day A now patched security vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration was exploited as a zero-day earlier this year in cyber attacks targeting the Brazilian military. Tracked as CVE-2025-27915 (CVSS score: 5.4), the vulnerability is a… Read More "Zimbra Zero-Day Exploited to Target Brazilian Military via Malicious ICS Files"
Oct 06, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Threat Intelligence Oracle has released an emergency update to address a critical security flaw in its E-Business Suite that it said has been exploited in the recent wave of Cl0p data theft attacks. The vulnerability,… Read More "Oracle Rushes Patch for CVE-2025-61882 After Cl0p Exploited It in Data Theft Attacks"
Oct 04, 2025Ravie LakshmananAgentic AI / Enterprise Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new attack called CometJacking targeting Perplexity’s agentic AI browser Comet by embedding malicious prompts within a seemingly innocuous link to siphon sensitive data, including from… Read More "One Click Can Turn Perplexity’s Comet AI Browser Into a Data Thief"
Oct 04, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security Threat intelligence firm GreyNoise disclosed on Friday that it has observed a spike in scanning activity targeting Palo Alto Networks login portals. The company said it observed a nearly 500% increase in IP… Read More "Scanning Activity on Palo Alto Networks Portals Jump 500% in One Day"
A threat actor named Detour Dog has been outed as powering campaigns distributing an information stealer known as Strela Stealer. That’s according to findings from Infoblox, which found the threat actor to maintain control of domains hosting the first stage… Read More "Detour Dog Caught Running DNS-Powered Malware Factory for Strela Stealer"
Oct 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / IoT Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a high-severity security flaw impacting Smartbedded Meteobridge to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, CVE-2025-4008… Read More "CISA Flags Meteobridge CVE-2025-4008 Flaw as Actively Exploited in the Wild"
The threat actor behind Rhadamanthys has also advertised two other tools called Elysium Proxy Bot and Crypt Service on their website, even as the flagship information stealer has been updated to support the ability to collect device and web browser… Read More "Adds Device Fingerprinting, PNG Steganography Payloads"
