July 2025 – Page 3 – Learn and Explore

July 29, 2025
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Cybercriminals Use Fake Apps to Steal Data and Blackmail Users Across Asia’s Mobile Networks

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new, large-scale mobile malware campaign that’s targeting Android and iOS platforms with fake dating, social networking, cloud storage, and car service apps to steal sensitive personal data. The cross-platform threat has been codenamed SarangTrap by Zimperium zLabs. Users in South Korea appear to be...

July 29, 2025
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How the Browser Became the Main Cyber Battleground

Until recently, the cyber attacker methodology behind the biggest breaches of the last decade or so has been pretty consistent: Compromise an endpoint via software exploit, or social engineering a user to run malware on their device; Find ways to move laterally inside the network and compromise privileged identities;...

July 29, 2025
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CISA Adds PaperCut NG/MF CSRF Vulnerability to KEV Catalog Amid Active Exploitation

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a high-severity security vulnerability impacting PaperCutNG/MF print management software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-2533 (CVSS score: 8.4), is a cross-site request forgery (CSRF)...

July 28, 2025
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Hackers Breach Toptal GitHub, Publish 10 Malicious npm Packages With 5,000 Downloads

In what’s the latest instance of a software supply chain attack, unknown threat actors managed to compromise Toptal’s GitHub organization account and leveraged that access to publish 10 malicious packages to the npm registry. The packages contained code to exfiltrate GitHub authentication tokens and destroy victim systems, Socket said...

July 28, 2025
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⚡ Weekly Recap — SharePoint Breach, Spyware, IoT Hijacks, DPRK Fraud, Crypto Drains and More

Some risks don’t breach the perimeter—they arrive through signed software, clean resumes, or sanctioned vendors still hiding in plain sight. This week, the clearest threats weren’t the loudest—they were the most legitimate-looking. In an environment where identity, trust, and tooling are all interlinked, the strongest attack path is often...

July 28, 2025
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Email Security Is Stuck in the Antivirus Era: Why It Needs a Modern Approach

Picture this: you’ve hardened every laptop in your fleet with real‑time telemetry, rapid isolation, and automated rollback. But the corporate mailbox—the front door for most attackers—is still guarded by what is effectively a 1990s-era filter. This isn’t a balanced approach. Email remains a primary vector for breaches, yet we...

July 28, 2025
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Scattered Spider Hijacks VMware ESXi to Deploy Ransomware on Critical U.S. Infrastructure

The notorious cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider is targeting VMware ESXi hypervisors in attacks targeting retail, airline, and transportation sectors in North America. “The group’s core tactics have remained consistent and do not rely on software exploits. Instead, they use a proven playbook centered on phone calls to...

July 28, 2025
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Critical Flaws in Niagara Framework Threaten Smart Buildings and Industrial Systems Worldwide

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered over a dozen security vulnerabilities impacting Tridium’s Niagara Framework that could allow an attacker on the same network to compromise the system under certain circumstances. “These vulnerabilities are fully exploitable if a Niagara system is misconfigured, thereby disabling encryption on a specific network device,” Nozomi...

July 25, 2025
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Patchwork Targets Turkish Defense Firms with Spear-Phishing Using Malicious LNK Files

The threat actor known as Patchwork has been attributed to a new spear-phishing campaign targeting Turkish defense contractors with the goal of gathering strategic intelligence. “The campaign employs a five-stage execution chain delivered via malicious LNK files disguised as conference invitations sent to targets interested in learning more about...

July 25, 2025
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U.S. Sanctions Firm Behind N. Korean IT Scheme; Arizona Woman Jailed for Running Laptop Farm

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned a North Korean front company and three associated individuals for their involvement in the fraudulent remote information technology (IT) worker scheme designed to generate illicit revenues for Pyongyang. The sanctions target Korea Sobaeksu Trading Company (aka...