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CISO’s Expert Guide To AI Supply Chain Attacks
AI-enabled supply chain attacks jumped 156% last year. Discover why traditional defenses are failing and what CISOs must do now to protect their organizations. Download the full CISO’s expert guide to AI Supply chain attacks here. TL;DR AI-enabled supply chain attacks are exploding in scale and sophistication – Malicious package uploads to open-source repositories jumped…
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Hackers Exploiting Triofox Flaw to Install Remote Access Tools via Antivirus Feature
Google’s Mandiant Threat Defense on Monday said it discovered n-day exploitation of a now-patched security flaw in Gladinet’s Triofox file-sharing and remote access platform. The critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-12480 (CVSS score: 9.1), allows an attacker to bypass authentication and access the configuration pages, resulting in the upload and execution of arbitrary payloads. The
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⚡ Weekly Recap: Hyper-V Malware, Malicious AI Bots, RDP Exploits, WhatsApp Lockdown and More
Cyber threats didn’t slow down last week—and attackers are getting smarter. We’re seeing malware hidden in virtual machines, side-channel leaks exposing AI chats, and spyware quietly targeting Android devices in the wild. But that’s just the surface. From sleeper logic bombs to a fresh alliance between major threat groups, this week’s roundup highlights a clear…
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Large-Scale ClickFix Phishing Attacks Target Hotel Systems with PureRAT Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a massive phishing campaign targeting the hospitality industry that lures hotel managers to ClickFix-style pages and harvest their credentials by deploying malware like PureRAT. “The attacker’s modus operandi involved using a compromised email account to send malicious messages to multiple hotel establishments,” Sekoia said. “This campaign
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Microsoft Uncovers ‘Whisper Leak’ Attack That Identifies AI Chat Topics in Encrypted Traffic
Microsoft has disclosed details of a novel side-channel attack targeting remote language models that could enable a passive adversary with capabilities to observe network traffic to glean details about model conversation topics despite encryption protections under certain circumstances. This leakage of data exchanged between humans and streaming-mode language models could pose serious risks to
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Samsung Zero-Click Flaw Exploited to Deploy LANDFALL Android Spyware via WhatsApp
A now-patched security flaw in Samsung Galaxy Android devices was exploited as a zero-day to deliver a “commercial-grade” Android spyware dubbed LANDFALL in targeted attacks in the Middle East. The activity involved the exploitation of CVE-2025-21042 (CVSS score: 8.8), an out-of-bounds write flaw in the “libimagecodec.quram.so” component that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary
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From Log4j to IIS, China’s Hackers Turn Legacy Bugs into Global Espionage Tools
A China-linked threat actor has been attributed to a cyber attack targeting an U.S. non-profit organization with an aim to establish long-term persistence, as part of broader activity aimed at U.S. entities that are linked to or involved in policy issues. The organization, according to a report from Broadcom’s Symantec and Carbon Black teams, is…
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Hidden Logic Bombs in Malware-Laced NuGet Packages Set to Detonate Years After Installation
A set of nine malicious NuGet packages has been identified as capable of dropping time-delayed payloads to sabotage database operations and corrupt industrial control systems. According to software supply chain security company Socket, the packages were published in 2023 and 2024 by a user named “shanhai666” and are designed to run malicious code after specific…
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Enterprise Credentials at Risk – Same Old, Same Old?
Imagine this: Sarah from accounting gets what looks like a routine password reset email from your organization’s cloud provider. She clicks the link, types in her credentials, and goes back to her spreadsheet. But unknown to her, she’s just made a big mistake. Sarah just accidentally handed over her login details to cybercriminals who are…
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Google Launches New Maps Feature to Help Businesses Report Review-Based Extortion Attempts
Google on Thursday said it’s rolling out a dedicated form to allow businesses listed on Google Maps to report extortion attempts made by threat actors who post inauthentic bad reviews on the platform and demand ransoms to remove the negative comments. The approach is designed to tackle a common practice called review bombing, where online…
