Sep 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Network Security Cloudflare on Tuesday said it automatically mitigated a record-setting volumetric distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at 11.5 terabits per second (Tbps). “Over the past few weeks, we’ve autonomously blocked hundreds of… Read More "Cloudflare Blocks Record-Breaking 11.5 Tbps DDoS Attack"
Sep 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Mobile Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added a high-severity security flaw impacting TP-Link TL-WA855RE Wi-Fi Ranger Extender products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active… Read More "CISA Adds TP-Link and WhatsApp Flaws to KEV Catalog Amid Active Exploitation"
Sep 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Breach / Threat Intelligence, Salesloft on Tuesday announced that it’s taking Drift temporarily offline “in the very near future,” as multiple companies have been ensnared in a far-reaching supply chain attack spree targeting the marketing software-as-a-service… Read More "Salesloft Takes Drift Offline After OAuth Token Theft Hits Hundreds of Organizations"
Sep 02, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Network Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a stealthy new backdoor called MystRodX that comes with a variety of features to capture sensitive data from compromised systems. “MystRodX is a typical backdoor implemented in C++,… Read More "Researchers Warn of MystRodX Backdoor Using DNS and ICMP Triggers for Stealthy Control"
Sep 02, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence The North Korea-linked threat actor known as the Lazarus Group has been attributed to a social engineering campaign that distributes three different pieces of cross-platform malware called PondRAT, ThemeForestRAT, and RemotePE. The attack,… Read More "Lazarus Group Expands Malware Arsenal With PondRAT, ThemeForestRAT, and RemotePE"
Sep 02, 2025The Hacker NewsData Privacy / SaaS Security The Harsh Truths of AI Adoption MITs State of AI in Business report revealed that while 40% of organizations have purchased enterprise LLM subscriptions, over 90% of employees are actively using… Read More "A Critical Part of Enterprise AI Governance"
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a Ukrainian IP network for engaging in massive brute-force and password spraying campaigns targeting SSL VPN and RDP devices between June and July 2025. The activity originated from a Ukraine-based autonomous system FDN3 (AS211736), per French… Read More "Ukrainian Network FDN3 Launches Massive Brute-Force Attacks on SSL VPN and RDP Devices"
The threat actor known as Silver Fox has been attributed to abuse of a previously unknown vulnerable driver associated with WatchDog Anti-malware as part of a Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attack aimed at disarming security solutions installed on… Read More "Silver Fox Exploits Microsoft-Signed WatchDog Driver to Deploy ValleyRAT Malware"
Sep 02, 2025Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious npm package that comes with stealthy features to inject malicious code into desktop apps for cryptocurrency wallets like Atomic and Exodus on Windows systems. The package, named nodejs-smtp,… Read More "Malicious npm Package nodejs-smtp Mimics Nodemailer, Targets Atomic and Exodus Wallets"
Sep 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Malvertising Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new shift in the Android malware landscape where dropper apps, which are typically used to deliver banking trojans, to also distribute simpler malware such as SMS… Read More "Android Droppers Now Deliver SMS Stealers and Spyware, Not Just Banking Trojans"
