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PlayPraetor Android Trojan Infects 11,000+ Devices via Fake Google Play Pages and Meta Ads [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a nascent Android remote access trojan (RAT) called PlayPraetor that has infected more than 11,000 devices, primarily across Portugal, Spain, France, Morocco, Peru, and Hong Kong. “The botnet’s rapid growth, which now exceeds 2,000 new infections per week, is driven by aggressive campaigns focusing on Spanish and French speakers, indicating a…
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CL-STA-0969 Installs Covert Malware in Telecom Networks During 10-Month Espionage Campaign [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Telecommunications organizations in Southeast Asia have been targeted by a state-sponsored threat actor known as CL-STA-0969 to facilitate remote control over compromised networks. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 said it observed multiple incidents in the region, including one aimed at critical telecommunications infrastructure between February and November 2024. The attacks are characterized by theRead More
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New ‘Plague’ PAM Backdoor Exposes Critical Linux Systems to Silent Credential Theft [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a previously undocumented Linux backdoor dubbed Plague that has managed to evade detection for a year. “The implant is built as a malicious PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module), enabling attackers to silently bypass system authentication and gain persistent SSH access,” Nextron Systems researcher Pierre-Henri Pezier said. Pluggable Authentication ModulesRead More
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Akira Ransomware Exploits SonicWall VPNs in Likely Zero-Day Attack on Fully-Patched Devices [email protected] (The Hacker News)
SonicWall SSL VPN devices have become the target of Akira ransomware attacks as part of a newfound surge in activity observed in late July 2025. “In the intrusions reviewed, multiple pre-ransomware intrusions were observed within a short period of time, each involving VPN access through SonicWall SSL VPNs,” Arctic Wolf Labs researcher Julian Tuin said…
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How to use the John the Ripper password cracker
Password crackers are essential tools in any pen tester’s toolbox. This step-by-step tutorial explains how to use John the Ripper, an open source offline password-cracking tool.Read More
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Cursor AI Code Editor Fixed Flaw Allowing Attackers to Run Commands via Prompt Injection [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a now-patched, high-severity security flaw in Cursor, a popular artificial intelligence (AI) code editor, that could result in remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-54135 (CVSS score: 8.6), has been addressed in version 1.3 released on July 29, 2025. It has been codenamed CurXecute by Aim Labs, which previously disclosed EchoLeak.Read…
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Black Hat 2025: Navigating AI and supply chain security
Experts at the conference will discuss how AI impacts software supply chain security, highlighting challenges and strategies for developers and security teams.Read More
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Attackers Use Fake OAuth Apps with Tycoon Kit to Breach Microsoft 365 Accounts [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a new cluster of activity where threat actors are impersonating enterprises with fake Microsoft OAuth applications to facilitate credential harvesting as part of account takeover attacks. “The fake Microsoft 365 applications impersonate various companies, including RingCentral, SharePoint, Adobe, and Docusign,” Proofpoint said in a Thursday report. TheRead More
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AI-Generated Malicious npm Package Drains Solana Funds from 1,500+ Before Takedown [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a malicious npm package that was generated using artificial intelligence (AI) and concealed a cryptocurrency wallet drainer. The package, @kodane/patch-manager, claims to offer “advanced license validation and registry optimization utilities for high-performance Node.js applications.” It was uploaded to npm by a user named “Kodane” on July 28, 2025. TheRead More
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You Are What You Eat: Why Your AI Security Tools Are Only as Strong as the Data You Feed Them [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Just as triathletes know that peak performance requires more than expensive gear, cybersecurity teams are discovering that AI success depends less on the tools they deploy and more on the data that powers them The junk food problem in cybersecurity Imagine a triathlete who spares no expense on equipment—carbon fiber bikes, hydrodynamic wetsuits, precision GPS…
