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Researchers Detail Bitter APT’s Evolving Tactics as Its Geographic Scope Expands
The threat actor known as Bitter has been assessed to be a state-backed hacking group that’s tasked with gathering intelligence that aligns with the interests of the Indian government. That’s according to new findings jointly published by Proofpoint and Threatray in an exhaustive two-part analysis. “Their diverse toolset shows consistent coding patterns across malware families,…
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Redefining Cyber Value: Why Business Impact Should Lead the Security Conversation
Security teams face growing demands with more tools, more data, and higher expectations than ever. Boards approve large security budgets, yet still ask the same question: what is the business getting in return? CISOs respond with reports on controls and vulnerability counts – but executives want to understand risk in terms of financial exposure, operational…
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DoJ Seizes 145 Domains Tied to BidenCash Carding Marketplace in Global Takedown
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced the seizure of cryptocurrency funds and about 145 clearnet and dark web domains associated with an illicit carding marketplace called BidenCash. “The operators of the BidenCash marketplace use the platform to simplify the process of buying and selling stolen credit cards and associated personal information,” the…
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Critical Cisco ISE Auth Bypass Flaw Impacts Cloud Deployments on AWS, Azure, and OCI
Cisco has released security patches to address a critical security flaw impacting the Identity Services Engine (ISE) that, if successfully exploited, could allow unauthenticated actors to carry out malicious actions on susceptible systems. The security defect, tracked as CVE-2025-20286, carries a CVSS score of 9.9 out of 10.0. It has been described as a static…
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Google Exposes Vishing Group UNC6040 Targeting Salesforce with Fake Data Loader App
Google has disclosed details of a financially motivated threat cluster that it said “specialises” in voice phishing (aka vishing) campaigns designed to breach organizations’ Salesforce instances for large-scale data theft and subsequent extortion. The tech giant’s threat intelligence team is tracking the activity under the moniker UNC6040, which it said exhibits characteristics that align with
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Chaos RAT Malware Targets Windows and Linux via Fake Network Tool Downloads
Threat hunters are calling attention to a new variant of a remote access trojan (RAT) called Chaos RAT that has been used in recent attacks targeting Windows and Linux systems. According to findings from Acronis, the malware artifact may have been distributed by tricking victims into downloading a network troubleshooting utility for Linux environments. “Chaos…
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Your SaaS Data Isn’t Safe: Why Traditional DLP Solutions Fail in the Browser Era
Traditional data leakage prevention (DLP) tools aren’t keeping pace with the realities of how modern businesses use SaaS applications. Companies today rely heavily on SaaS platforms like Google Workspace, Salesforce, Slack, and generative AI tools, significantly altering the way sensitive information is handled. In these environments, data rarely appears as traditional files or crosses networks
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Malicious PyPI, npm, and Ruby Packages Exposed in Ongoing Open-Source Supply Chain Attacks
Several malicious packages have been uncovered across the npm, Python, and Ruby package repositories that drain funds from cryptocurrency wallets, erase entire codebases after installation, and exfiltrate Telegram API tokens, once again demonstrating the variety of supply chain threats lurking in open-source ecosystems. The findings come from multiple reports published by Checkmarx,
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HPE Issues Security Patch for StoreOnce Bug Allowing Remote Authentication Bypass
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has released security updates to address as many as eight vulnerabilities in its StoreOnce data backup and deduplication solution that could result in an authentication bypass and remote code execution. “These vulnerabilities could be remotely exploited to allow remote code execution, disclosure of information, server-side request forgery, authentication bypass,
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Fake DocuSign, Gitcode Sites Spread NetSupport RAT via Multi-Stage PowerShell Attack
Threat hunters are alerting to a new campaign that employs deceptive websites to trick unsuspecting users into executing malicious PowerShell scripts on their machines and infect them with the NetSupport RAT malware. The DomainTools Investigations (DTI) team said it identified “malicious multi-stage downloader Powershell scripts” hosted on lure websites that masquerade as Gitcode and DocuSign.…
