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Attackers are accelerating their foothold in corporate networks: over the past three months (June 1 to August 31, 2025), the average time from initial breach to lateral movement—called “breakout time”—fell to just 18 minutes. In one striking incident, …
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The U.S. Secret Service has dismantled a sophisticated network of electronic devices scattered across the New York tri-state area. These devices posed an imminent threat to protective operations for senior government officials. During a protective inte…
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In recent months, a sophisticated campaign has emerged in which state-linked threat actors are leveraging fake job offers to ensnare unsuspecting job seekers and deliver advanced malware. These attackers craft convincing phishing emails that direct victims to look-alike career portals, impersonating leading aerospace and defense firms. The lure often begins with a personalized outreach on […] The post Threat Actors with Fake Job Lures Attacking Job Seekers to Deploy Advanced Malware appeared first on Cyber Security News.
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Leveraging a native IIS module named BadIIS, attackers manipulated search engine crawler traffic to poison search results and redirect legitimate users to scam or adult-oriented websites. Infrastructure overlaps link this activity to ESET’s “Group 9” c…
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SolarWinds has released an urgent security advisory for a critical vulnerability in its Web Help Desk software that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution (RCE). The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-26399, carries a critical severity rating of 9.8 out of 10, highlighting the severe risk it poses to affected systems. The vulnerability […] The post SolarWinds Web Help Desk Vulnerability Enables Unauthenticated RCE appeared first on Cyber Security News.
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Microsoft has released comprehensive guidance for implementing certificate-based authentication in Windows Admin Center (WAC), providing administrators with enhanced security through smart card integration and Active Directory Certificate Services. Thi…
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Threat actors were manipulating the Instance Metadata Service (IMDS), a core component designed to securely furnish compute instances with temporary credentials to infiltrate and navigate cloud infrastructures. By compelling unsuspecting applications to query IMDS endpoints, attackers harvest short-lived tokens, enabling credential theft, lateral movement, and privilege escalation within victim environments. Exploit IMDS Service Wiz reports […] The post Hackers Exploits IMDS Service to Gain Initial Access to a Cloud Environment appeared first on Cyber Security News.
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A novel npm package named fezbox has been uncovered by the Socket Threat Research Team as a sophisticated malware delivery mechanism that exfiltrates username and password credentials from browser cookies via an embedded QR code. Published under the np…
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Zloader, a sophisticated Zeus-based modular trojan that first emerged in 2015, has undergone a significant transformation from its original banking-focused purpose to become a dangerous tool for initial access and ransomware deployment in corporate env…
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Recent High-profile supply‐chain attacks have exposed critical weaknesses in package registry security, prompting GitHub to roll out a suite of defenses designed to harden the npm ecosystem. “GitHub Enhances npm’s security with strict authentication, granular tokens, and trusted publishing” marks the latest milestone in defending open source against account takeovers and malicious post-install payloads. Account […] The post GitHub Enhances NPM’s Security with Strict Authentication, Granular Tokens, and Trusted Publishing appeared first on Cyber Security News.
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