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Four individuals admitted to assisting foreign IT workers in gaining employment at US companies by providing false identities and remote access to employer-owned laptops.

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered malware campaigns using the now-prevalent ClickFix social engineering tactic to deploy Amatera Stealer and NetSupport RAT. The activity, observed this month, is being tracked by eSentire under the moniker EVALUSION. First spotted in June 2025, Amatera is assessed to be an evolution of ACR (short for “AcridRain”) Stealer, which was available…

Researchers discovered a security weakness in the AI-powered coding tool that allows malicious MCP server to hijack Cursor’s internal browser.

This week showed just how fast things can go wrong when no one’s watching. Some attacks were silent and sneaky. Others used tools we trust every day — like AI, VPNs, or app stores — to cause damage without setting off alarms. It’s not just about hacking anymore. Criminals are building systems to make money,…

Phishing attacks are no longer confined to the email inbox, with 1 in 3 phishing attacks now taking place over non-email channels like social media, search engines, and messaging apps. LinkedIn in particular has become a hotbed for phishing attacks, and for good reason. Attackers are running sophisticated spear-phishing attacks against company executives, with recent…

The threat actor known as Dragon Breath has been observed making use of a multi-stage loader codenamed RONINGLOADER to deliver a modified variant of a remote access trojan called Gh0st RAT. The campaign, which is primarily aimed at Chinese-speaking users, employs trojanized NSIS installers masquerading as legitimate like Google Chrome and Microsoft Teams, according to…

Google has disclosed that the company’s continued adoption of the Rust programming language in Android has resulted in the number of memory safety vulnerabilities falling below 20% for the first time. “We adopted Rust for its security and are seeing a 1000x reduction in memory safety vulnerability density compared to Android’s C and C++ code….

The botnet malware known as RondoDox has been observed targeting unpatched XWiki instances against a critical security flaw that could allow attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-24893 (CVSS score: 9.8), an eval injection bug that could allow any guest user to perform arbitrary remote code execution through a request…

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday announced that five individuals have pleaded guilty to assisting North Korea’s illicit revenue generation schemes by enabling information technology (IT) worker fraud in violation of international sanctions. The five individuals are listed below – Audricus Phagnasay, 24 Jason Salazar, 30 Alexander Paul Travis, 34 Oleksandr Didenko, 28,…

The Akira ransomware group has been experimenting with new tools, bugs, and attack surfaces, with demonstrated success in significant sectors.