“Cyber warfare is as much about psychological strategy as technical prowess.”
― James Scott
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Researchers Uncover GPT-4-Powered MalTerminal Malware Creating Ransomware, Reverse Shell [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is the earliest example known to date of a malware with that bakes in Large Language Model (LLM) capabilities. The malware has been codenamed MalTerminal by SentinelOne SentinelLABS research team. The findings were presented at the LABScon 2025 security conference. In a report examining the malicious use of…
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ShadowLeak Zero-Click Flaw Leaks Gmail Data via OpenAI ChatGPT Deep Research Agent [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a zero-click flaw in OpenAI ChatGPT’s Deep Research agent that could allow an attacker to leak sensitive Gmail inbox data with a single crafted email without any user action. The new class of attack has been codenamed ShadowLeak by Radware. Following responsible disclosure on June 18, 2025, the issue was addressed…
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News brief: KillSec, Yurei score successful ransomware attacks
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UNC1549 Hacks 34 Devices in 11 Telecom Firms via LinkedIn Job Lures and MINIBIKE Malware [email protected] (The Hacker News)
An Iran-nexus cyber espionage group known as UNC1549 has been attributed to a new campaign targeting European telecommunications companies, successfully infiltrating 34 devices across 11 organizations as part of a recruitment-themed activity on LinkedIn. Swiss cybersecurity company PRODAFT is tracking the cluster under the name Subtle Snail. It’s assessed to be affiliated with Iran’s IslamicRead…
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SystemBC Powers REM Proxy With 1,500 Daily VPS Victims Across 80 C2 Servers [email protected] (The Hacker News)
A proxy network known as REM Proxy is powered by malware known as SystemBC, offering about 80% of the botnet to its users, according to new findings from the Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen Technologies. “REM Proxy is a sizeable network, which also markets a pool of 20,000 Mikrotik routers and a variety of…
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Fortra Releases Critical Patch for CVSS 10.0 GoAnywhere MFT Vulnerability [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Fortra has disclosed details of a critical security flaw in GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) software that could result in the execution of arbitrary commands. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-10035, carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity. “A deserialization vulnerability in the License Servlet of Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT allows an actor with a…
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17,500 Phishing Domains Target 316 Brands Across 74 Countries in Global PhaaS Surge [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) offering known as Lighthouse and Lucid has been linked to more than 17,500 phishing domains targeting 316 brands from 74 countries. “Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) deployments have risen significantly recently,” Netcraft said in a new report. “The PhaaS operators charge a monthly fee for phishing software with pre-installed templates impersonating, in some cases,Read More
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How To Automate Alert Triage With AI Agents and Confluence SOPs Using Tines [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Run by the team at workflow orchestration and AI platform Tines, the Tines library features over 1,000 pre-built workflows shared by security practitioners from across the community – all free to import and deploy through the platform’s Community Edition. The workflow we are highlighting streamlines security alert handling by automatically identifying and executing the appropriate…
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Russian Hackers Gamaredon and Turla Collaborate to Deploy Kazuar Backdoor in Ukraine [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers have discerned evidence of two Russian hacking groups Gamaredon and Turla collaborating together to target and co-comprise Ukrainian entities. Slovak cybersecurity company ESET said it observed the Gamaredon tools PteroGraphin and PteroOdd being used to execute Turla group’s Kazuar backdoor on an endpoint in Ukraine in February 2025, indicating that Turla is very…
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U.K. Arrests Two Teen Scattered Spider Hackers Linked to August 2024 TfL Cyber Attack [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Law enforcement authorities in the U.K. have arrested two teen members of the Scattered Spider hacking group in connection with their alleged participation in an August 2024 cyber attack targeting Transport for London (TfL), the city’s public transportation agency. Thalha Jubair (aka EarthtoStar, Brad, Austin, and @autistic), 19, from East London and Owen Flowers, 18,…
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