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September 23, 2025
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ShadowV2 Botnet Exploits Misconfigured AWS Docker Containers for DDoS-for-Hire Service

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new botnet that customers can rent access to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against targets of interest. The ShadowV2 botnet, according to Darktrace, predominantly targets misconfigured Docker containers on Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud servers to deploy a Go-based malware that turns...

September 23, 2025
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GitHub Mandates 2FA and Short-Lived Tokens to Strengthen npm Supply Chain Security

GitHub on Monday announced that it will be changing its authentication and publishing options “in the near future” in response to a recent wave of supply chain attacks targeting the npm ecosystem, including the Shai-Hulud attack. This includes steps to address threats posed by token abuse and self-replicating malware...

September 23, 2025
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BadIIS Malware Spreads via SEO Poisoning — Redirects Traffic, Plants Web Shells

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning campaign likely undertaken by a Chinese-speaking threat actor using a malware called BadIIS in attacks targeting East and Southeast Asia, particularly with a focus on Vietnam. The activity, dubbed Operation Rewrite, is being tracked by Palo Alto...

September 22, 2025
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ComicForm and SectorJ149 Hackers Deploy Formbook Malware in Eurasian Cyberattacks

Organizations in Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia have emerged as the target of a phishing campaign undertaken by a previously undocumented hacking group called ComicForm since at least April 2025. The activity primarily targeted industrial, financial, tourism, biotechnology, research, and trade sectors, cybersecurity company F6 said in an analysis published...

September 22, 2025
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⚡ Weekly Recap: Chrome 0-Day, AI Hacking Tools, DDR5 Bit-Flips, npm Worm & More

The security landscape now moves at a pace no patch cycle can match. Attackers aren’t waiting for quarterly updates or monthly fixes—they adapt within hours, blending fresh techniques with old, forgotten flaws to create new openings. A vulnerability closed yesterday can become the blueprint for tomorrow’s breach. This week’s...

September 22, 2025
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How to Gain Control of AI Agents and Non-Human Identities

We hear this a lot: “We’ve got hundreds of service accounts and AI agents running in the background. We didn’t create most of them. We don’t know who owns them. How are we supposed to secure them?” Every enterprise today runs on more than users. Behind the scenes, thousands...

September 22, 2025
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Microsoft Patches Critical Entra ID Flaw Enabling Global Admin Impersonation Across Tenants

A critical token validation failure in Microsoft Entra ID (previously Azure Active Directory) could have allowed attackers to impersonate any user, including Global Administrators, across any tenant. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-55241, has been assigned the maximum CVSS score of 10.0. It has been described by Microsoft as a...

September 21, 2025
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DPRK Hackers Use ClickFix to Deliver BeaverTail Malware in Crypto Job Scams

Threat actors with ties to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (aka DPRK or North Korea) have been observed leveraging ClickFix-style lures to deliver a known malware called BeaverTail and InvisibleFerret. “The threat actor used ClickFix lures to target marketing and trader roles in cryptocurrency and retail sector organizations...

September 20, 2025
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LastPass Warns of Fake Repositories Infecting macOS with Atomic Infostealer

LastPass is warning of an ongoing, widespread information stealer campaign targeting Apple macOS users through fake GitHub repositories that distribute malware-laced programs masquerading as legitimate tools. “In the case of LastPass, the fraudulent repositories redirected potential victims to a repository that downloads the Atomic infostealer malware,” researchers Alex Cox,...

September 20, 2025
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Researchers Uncover GPT-4-Powered MalTerminal Malware Creating Ransomware, Reverse Shell

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is the earliest example known to date of a malware with that bakes in Large Language Model (LLM) capabilities. The malware has been codenamed MalTerminal by SentinelOne SentinelLABS research team. The findings were presented at the LABScon 2025 security conference. In a...