Zivver Report Reveals Critical Challenges in Email Security for 2025

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new, sophisticated variant of a known Android malware referred to as Konfety that leverages the evil twin technique to enable ad fraud. The sneaky approach essentially involves a scenario wherein two variants of an application share the same package name: A benign “decoy” app that’s hosted on the Google Play…

Threat actors with suspected ties to Russia have been observed taking advantage of a Google account feature called application specific passwords (or app passwords) as part of a novel social engineering tactic designed to gain access to victims’ emails. Details of the highly targeted campaign were disclosed by Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) and the…

Universities and government organizations in North America and Asia have been targeted by a previously undocumented Linux malware called Auto-Color between November and December 2024, according to new findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42. “Once installed, Auto-color allows threat actors full remote access to compromised machines, making it very difficult to remove without specialized

The move is unrelated to a recent nation-state attack the vendor endured but stems from a report by a third-party researcher.

The rise of agentic AI means the battle of the machines is just beginning. To win, we’ll need our own agents — human and machine — working together.

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a surge in “mass scanning, credential brute-forcing, and exploitation attempts” originating from IP addresses associated with a Russian bulletproof hosting service provider named Proton66. The activity, detected since January 8, 2025, targeted organizations worldwide, according to a two-part analysis published by Trustwave SpiderLabs last week.  “Net