May 2025 – Page 10 – Learn and Explore

May 13, 2025
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China-Linked APTs Exploit SAP CVE-2025-31324 to Breach 581 Critical Systems Worldwide

A recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting SAP NetWeaver is being exploited by multiple China-nexus nation-state actors to target critical infrastructure networks. “Actors leveraged CVE-2025-31324, an unauthenticated file upload vulnerability that enables remote code execution (RCE),” EclecticIQ researcher Arda Büyükkaya said in an analysis published today. Targets of the...

May 13, 2025
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North Korean Konni APT Targets Ukraine with Malware to track Russian Invasion Progress

The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Konni APT has been attributed to a phishing campaign targeting government entities in Ukraine, indicating the threat actor’s targeting beyond Russia. Enterprise security firm Proofpoint said the end goal of the campaign is to collect intelligence on the “trajectory of the Russian...

May 13, 2025
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Deepfake Defense in the Age of AI

The cybersecurity landscape has been dramatically reshaped by the advent of generative AI. Attackers now leverage large language models (LLMs) to impersonate trusted individuals and automate these social engineering tactics at scale. Let’s review the status of these rising attacks, what’s fueling them, and how to actually prevent, not...

May 13, 2025
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Türkiye Hackers Exploited Output Messenger Zero-Day to Drop Golang Backdoors on Kurdish Servers

A Türkiye-affiliated threat actor exploited a zero-day security flaw in an Indian enterprise communication platform called Output Messenger as part of a cyber espionage attack campaign since April 2024. “These exploits have resulted in a collection of related user data from targets in Iraq,” the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team...

May 13, 2025
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Moldovan Police Arrest Suspect in €4.5M Ransomware Attack on Dutch Research Agency

Moldovan law enforcement authorities have arrested a 45-year-old foreign man suspected of involvement in a series of ransomware attacks targeting Dutch companies in 2021. “He is wanted internationally for committing several cybercrimes (ransomware attacks, blackmail, and money laundering) against companies based in the Netherlands,” officials said in a statement...

May 12, 2025
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ASUS Patches DriverHub RCE Flaws Exploitable via HTTP and Crafted .ini Files

ASUS has released updates to address two security flaws impacting ASUS DriverHub that, if successfully exploited, could enable an attacker to leverage the software in order to achieve remote code execution. DriverHub is a tool that’s designed to automatically detect the motherboard model of a computer and display necessary...

May 12, 2025
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⚡ Weekly Recap: Zero-Day Exploits, Developer Malware, IoT Botnets, and AI-Powered Scams

What do a source code editor, a smart billboard, and a web server have in common? They’ve all become launchpads for attacks—because cybercriminals are rethinking what counts as “infrastructure.” Instead of chasing high-value targets directly, threat actors are now quietly taking over the overlooked: outdated software, unpatched IoT devices,...

May 12, 2025
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The Persistence Problem: Why Exposed Credentials Remain Unfixed—and How to Change That

Detecting leaked credentials is only half the battle. The real challenge—and often the neglected half of the equation—is what happens after detection. New research from GitGuardian’s State of Secrets Sprawl 2025 report reveals a disturbing trend: the vast majority of exposed company secrets discovered in public repositories remain valid...

May 12, 2025
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Fake AI Tools Used to Spread Noodlophile Malware, Targeting 62,000+ via Facebook Lures

Threat actors have been observed leveraging fake artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools as a lure to entice users into downloading an information stealer malware dubbed Noodlophile. “Instead of relying on traditional phishing or cracked software sites, they build convincing AI-themed platforms – often advertised via legitimate-looking Facebook groups and viral...

May 10, 2025
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Germany Shuts Down eXch Over $1.9B Laundering, Seizes €34M in Crypto and 8TB of Data

Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (aka Bundeskriminalamt or BKA) has seized the online infrastructure and shutdown linked to the eXch cryptocurrency exchange over allegations of money laundering and operating a criminal trading platform. The operation was carried out on April 30, 2025, authorities said, adding they also confiscated 8...