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New .NET CAPI Backdoor Targets Russian Auto and E-Commerce Firms via Phishing ZIPs [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new campaign that has likely targeted the Russian automobile and e-commerce sectors with a previously undocumented .NET malware dubbed CAPI Backdoor. According to Seqrite Labs, the attack chain involves distributing phishing emails containing a ZIP archive as a way to trigger the infection. The cybersecurity company’s analysis is…
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Silver Fox Expands Winos 4.0 Attacks to Japan and Malaysia via HoldingHands RAT [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The threat actors behind a malware family known as Winos 4.0 (aka ValleyRAT) have expanded their targeting footprint from China and Taiwan to target Japan and Malaysia with another remote access trojan (RAT) tracked as HoldingHands RAT (aka Gh0stBins). “The campaign relied on phishing emails with PDFs that contained embedded malicious links,” Pei Han Liao,…
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F5 Data Breach Attack
What is the Attack? A sophisticated nation-state actor gained long-term access to F5’s corporate networks and exfiltrated files from BIG-IP product development and engineering knowledge-management systems, including portions of BIG-IP source code and information about previously undisclosed vulnerabilities. F5 has released security updates and advisories covering affected products. The stolen data could accelerate exploit development…
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News brief: National cyberdefenses under mounting pressure
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.Read More
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North Korean Hackers Combine BeaverTail and OtterCookie into Advanced JS Malware [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The North Korean threat actor linked to the Contagious Interview campaign has been observed merging some of the functionality of two of its malware programs, indicating that the hacking group is actively refining its toolset. That’s according to new findings from Cisco Talos, which said recent campaigns undertaken by the hacking group have seen the…
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Identity Security: Your First and Last Line of Defense [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The danger isn’t that AI agents have bad days — it’s that they never do. They execute faithfully, even when what they’re executing is a mistake. A single misstep in logic or access can turn flawless automation into a flawless catastrophe. This isn’t some dystopian fantasy—it’s Tuesday at the office now. We’ve entered a new…
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Researchers Uncover WatchGuard VPN Bug That Could Let Attackers Take Over Devices [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a recently patched critical security flaw in WatchGuard Fireware that could allow unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-9242 (CVSS score: 9.3), is described as an out-of-bounds write vulnerability affecting Fireware OS 11.10.2 up to and including 11.12.4_Update1, 12.0 up to and includingRead More
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What is a backup storage device?
A backup storage device is a hardware component that stores duplicate copies of data.Read More
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Microsoft Revokes 200 Fraudulent Certificates Used in Rhysida Ransomware Campaign [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Microsoft on Thursday disclosed that it revoked more than 200 certificates used by a threat actor it tracks as Vanilla Tempest to fraudulently sign malicious binaries in ransomware attacks. The certificates were “used in fake Teams setup files to deliver the Oyster backdoor and ultimately deploy Rhysida ransomware,” the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team said in…
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7 top deception technology vendors for active defense
Once reserved for the most mature organizations, cyber deception technology is picking up steam on the ground and in practice. Here are seven platforms for CISOs to consider.Read More
