Threat actors with ties to the Qilin ransomware family have leveraged malware known as SmokeLoader along with a previously undocumented .NET compiled loader codenamed NETXLOADER as part of a campaign observed in November 2024. “NETXLOADER is a new .NET-based loader that plays a critical role in cyber attacks,” Trend Micro researchers Jacob Santos, Raymart Yambot,…
The NATO-run live cyber exercise event helps countries test and develop defenses against current and emerging cyber threats including disinformation, quantum, and AI.
61% of security leaders reported suffering a breach due to failed or misconfigured controls over the past 12 months. This is despite having an average of 43 cybersecurity tools in place. This massive rate of security failure is clearly not a security investment problem. It is a configuration problem. Organizations are beginning to understand that…
The nation-state threat actor known as MirrorFace has been observed deploying malware dubbed ROAMINGMOUSE as part of a cyber espionage campaign directed against government agencies and public institutions in Japan and Taiwan. The activity, detected by Trend Micro in March 2025, involved the use of spear-phishing lures to deliver an updated version of a backdoor…
The Russia-linked threat actor known as COLDRIVER has been observed distributing a new malware called LOSTKEYS as part of an espionage-focused campaign using ClickFix-like social engineering lures. “LOSTKEYS is capable of stealing files from a hard-coded list of extensions and directories, along with sending system information and running processes to the attacker,” the Google Threat
The Iranian state-backed group targeted the operational technology of a critical national infrastructure (CNI) network and persisted in its network for years, but ultimately failed.
Cisco has released software fixes to address a maximum-severity security flaw in its IOS XE Wireless Controller that could enable an unauthenticated, remote attacker to upload arbitrary files to a susceptible system. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-20188, has been rated 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system. “This vulnerability is due to the presence of a…
What is the Vulnerability?CVE-2025-22457 is identified as a buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure and ZTA Gateways. If successfully exploited, can result in remote code execution. This exploitation poses significant risks, potentially allowing unauthorized remote access to systems.The Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has linked the exploitation of CVE-2025-22457 and the subsequent…
Japan is being peppered with an overwhelming volume of spam, thanks to a new platform popular across the East China Sea.
Microsoft researchers identify 10 new potential pitfalls for companies who are developing or deploying agentic AI systems, with failures potentially leading to the AI becoming a malicious insider.