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TAG-140 Deploys DRAT V2 RAT, Targeting Indian Government, Defense, and Rail Sectors

A hacking group with ties other than Pakistan has been found targeting Indian government organizations with a modified variant of a remote access trojan (RAT) called DRAT. The activity has been attributed by Recorded Future's Insikt Group to a threat actor tracked as TAG-140, which it said overlaps with SideCopy, an adversarial collective assessed to be an operational sub-cluster within

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Police in Brazil Arrest a Suspect Over $100M Banking Hack

Officials identified the suspect as João Roque, a C&M employee who worked in information technology and allegedly helped others gain unauthorized access to PIX systems. The post Police in Brazil Arrest a Suspect Over $100M Banking Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Taiwan NSB Alerts Public on Data Risks from TikTok, Weibo, and RedNote Over China Ties

Taiwan's National Security Bureau (NSB) has warned that China-developed applications like RedNote (aka Xiaohongshu), Weibo, TikTok, WeChat, and Baidu Cloud pose security risks due to excessive data collection and data transfer to China. The alert comes following an inspection of these apps carried out in coordination with the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB) and the Criminal

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Alert: Exposed JDWP Interfaces Lead to Crypto Mining, Hpingbot Targets SSH for DDoS

Threat actors are weaponizing exposed Java Debug Wire Protocol (JDWP) interfaces to obtain code execution capabilities and deploy cryptocurrency miners on compromised hosts. "The attacker used a modified version of XMRig with a hard-"coded configuration, allowing them to avoid suspicious command-line arguments that are often flagged by defenders," Wiz researchers Yaara Shriki and Gili

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NightEagle APT Exploits Microsoft Exchange Flaw to Target China's Military and Tech Sectors

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a previously undocumented threat actor called NightEagle (aka APT-Q-95) that has been observed targeting Microsoft Exchange servers as a part of a zero-day exploit chain designed to target government, defense, and technology sectors in China. According to QiAnXin's RedDrip Team, the threat actor has been active since 2023 and has switched network

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In Other News: Hacker Helps Kill Informants, Crylock Developer Sentenced, Ransomware Negotiator Probed

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: drug cartel hires hacker to identify FBI informants, prison time for Russian ransomware developer, ransomware negotiator investigated.  The post In Other News: Hacker Helps Kill Informants, Crylock Developer Sentenced, Ransomware Negotiator Probed appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Your AI Agents Might Be Leaking Data — Watch this Webinar to Learn How to Stop It

Generative AI is changing how businesses work, learn, and innovate. But beneath the surface, something dangerous is happening. AI agents and custom GenAI workflows are creating new, hidden ways for sensitive enterprise data to leak—and most teams don’t even realize it. If you’re building, deploying, or managing AI systems, now is the time to ask: Are your AI agents exposing confidential data

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Critical Sudo Vulnerabilities Let Local Users Gain Root Access on Linux, Impacting Major Distros

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed two security flaws in the Sudo command-line utility for Linux and Unix-like operating systems that could enable local attackers to escalate their privileges to root on susceptible machines. A brief description of the vulnerabilities is below - CVE-2025-32462 (CVSS score: 2.8) - Sudo before 1.9.17p1, when used with a sudoers file that specifies a host

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Google Ordered to Pay $314M for Misusing Android Users' Cellular Data Without Permission

Google has been ordered by a court in the U.S. state of California to pay $314 million over charges that it misused Android device users' cellular data when they were idle to passively send information to the company. The verdict marks an end to a legal class-action complaint that was originally filed in August 2019. In their lawsuit, the plaintiffs argued that Google's Android operating system

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Big Tech’s Mixed Response to U.S. Treasury Sanctions

In May 2025, the U.S. government sanctioned a Chinese national for operating a cloud provider linked to the majority of virtual currency investment scam websites reported to the FBI. But more than a month later, the accused continues to openly operate accounts at a slew of American tech companies, including Facebook, Github, LinkedIn, PayPal and Twitter/X.

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Massive Android Fraud Operations Uncovered: IconAds, Kaleidoscope, SMS Malware, NFC Scams

A mobile ad fraud operation dubbed IconAds that consisted of 352 Android apps has been disrupted, according to a new report from HUMAN. The identified apps were designed to load out-of-context ads on a user's screen and hide their icons from the device home screen launcher, making it harder for victims to remove them, per the company's Satori Threat Intelligence and Research Team. The apps have

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Undetectable Android Spyware Backfires, Leaks 62,000 User Logins

A vulnerability in the Catwatchful spyware allowed a security researcher to retrieve the usernames and passwords of over 62,000 accounts. The post Undetectable Android Spyware Backfires, Leaks 62,000 User Logins appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Cisco Warns of Hardcoded Credentials in Enterprise Software

Hardcoded SSH credentials in Cisco Unified CM and Unified CM SME could allow attackers to execute commands as root. The post Cisco Warns of Hardcoded Credentials in Enterprise Software appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Over 40 Malicious Firefox Extensions Target Cryptocurrency Wallets, Stealing User Assets

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered over 40 malicious browser extensions for Mozilla Firefox that are designed to steal cryptocurrency wallet secrets, putting users' digital assets at risk. "These extensions impersonate legitimate wallet tools from widely-used platforms such as Coinbase, MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Phantom, Exodus, OKX, Keplr, MyMonero, Bitget, Leap, Ethereum Wallet, and Filfox

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The Hidden Weaknesses in AI SOC Tools that No One Talks About

If you’re evaluating AI-powered SOC platforms, you’ve likely seen bold claims: faster triage, smarter remediation, and less noise. But under the hood, not all AI is created equal. Many solutions rely on pre-trained AI models that are hardwired for a handful of specific use cases. While that might work for yesterday’s SOC, today's reality is different. Modern security operations teams face a

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North Korean Hackers Use Fake Zoom Updates to Install macOS Malware

SentinelOne says the fake Zoom update scam delivers ‘NimDoor’, a rare Nim-compiled backdoor. The post North Korean Hackers Use Fake Zoom Updates to Install macOS Malware appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Chinese Hackers Exploit Ivanti CSA Zero-Days in Attacks on French Government, Telecoms

The French cybersecurity agency on Tuesday revealed that a number of entities spanning governmental, telecommunications, media, finance, and transport sectors in the country were impacted by a malicious campaign undertaken by a Chinese hacking group by weaponizing several zero-day vulnerabilities in Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) devices. The campaign, detected at the beginning of

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Critical Cisco Vulnerability in Unified CM Grants Root Access via Static Credentials

Cisco has released security updates to address a maximum-severity security flaw in Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME) that could permit an attacker to login to a susceptible device as the root user, allowing them to gain elevated privileges. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-20309, carries a CVSS score

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North Korean Hackers Target Web3 with Nim Malware and Use ClickFix in BabyShark Campaign

Threat actors with ties to North Korea have been observed targeting Web3 and cryptocurrency-related businesses with malware written in the Nim programming language, underscoring a constant evolution of their tactics. "Unusually for macOS malware, the threat actors employ a process injection technique and remote communications via wss, the TLS-encrypted version of the WebSocket protocol,"

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Like Ransoming a Bike: Organizational Muscle Memory Drives the Most Effective Response

Ransomware is a major threat to the enterprise. Tools and training help, but survival depends on one thing: your organization’s muscle memory to respond fast and recover stronger. The post Like Ransoming a Bike: Organizational Muscle Memory Drives the Most Effective Response appeared first on SecurityWeek.