Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles

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New Rust-Based Malware "ChaosBot" Uses Discord Channels to Control Victims' PCs

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Rust-based backdoor called ChaosBot that can allow operators to conduct reconnaissance and execute arbitrary commands on compromised hosts. "Threat actors leveraged compromised credentials that mapped to both Cisco VPN and an over-privileged Active Directory account named, 'serviceaccount,'" eSentire said in a technical report published

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60% of Security Leaders Say Threat Actors Are Evolving Too Quickly

Threat actors are evolving too quickly for organizations to keep up.

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Report Finds That Staff Burnout Is a Top Challenge for Organizations

Staff burnout cited as top concern for security leaders.

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New Oracle E-Business Suite Bug Could Let Hackers Access Data Without Login

Oracle on Saturday issued a security alert warning of a fresh security flaw impacting its E-Business Suite that it said could allow unauthorized access to sensitive data. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-61884, carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity. It affects versions from 12.2.3 through 12.2.14. "Easily exploitable vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker with

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Experts Warn of Widespread SonicWall VPN Compromise Impacting Over 100 Accounts

Cybersecurity company Huntress on Friday warned of "widespread compromise" of SonicWall SSL VPN devices to access multiple customer environments. "Threat actors are authenticating into multiple accounts rapidly across compromised devices," it said. "The speed and scale of these attacks imply that the attackers appear to control valid credentials rather than brute-forcing." A significant chunk of

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Hackers Turn Velociraptor DFIR Tool Into Weapon in LockBit Ransomware Attacks

Threat actors are abusing Velociraptor, an open-source digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) tool, in connection with ransomware attacks likely orchestrated by Storm-2603 (aka CL-CRI-1040 or Gold Salem), which is known for deploying the Warlock and LockBit ransomware. The threat actor's use of the security utility was documented by Sophos last month. It's assessed that the attackers

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DDoS Botnet Aisuru Blankets US ISPs in Record DDoS

The world's largest and most disruptive botnet is now drawing a majority of its firepower from compromised Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices hosted on U.S. Internet providers like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon, new evidence suggests. Experts say the heavy concentration of infected devices at U.S. providers is complicating efforts to limit collateral damage from the botnet's attacks, which shattered previous records this week with a brief traffic flood that clocked in at nearly 30 trillion bits of data per second.

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Stealit Malware Abuses Node.js Single Executable Feature via Game and VPN Installers

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an active malware campaign called Stealit that has leveraged Node.js' Single Executable Application (SEA) feature as a way to distribute its payloads. According to Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, select iterations have also employed the open-source Electron framework to deliver the malware. It's assessed that the malware is being propagated through

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In Other News: Gladinet Flaw Exploitation, Attacks on ICS Honeypot, ClayRat Spyware

Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: US universities targeted by payroll pirates, Zimbra vulnerability exploited, Mic-E-Mouse attack. The post In Other News: Gladinet Flaw Exploitation, Attacks on ICS Honeypot, ClayRat Spyware appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Microsoft Warns of ‘Payroll Pirates’ Hijacking HR SaaS Accounts to Steal Employee Salaries

A threat actor known as Storm-2657 has been observed hijacking employee accounts with the end goal of diverting salary payments to attacker-controlled accounts. "Storm-2657 is actively targeting a range of U.S.-based organizations, particularly employees in sectors like higher education, to gain access to third-party human resources (HR) software as a service (SaaS) platforms like Workday," the

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Cisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks Devices Targeted in Coordinated Campaign

GreyNoise has discovered that attacks exploiting Cisco, Fortinet, and Palo Alto Networks vulnerabilities are launched from the same infrastructure. The post Cisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks Devices Targeted in Coordinated Campaign appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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RondoDox Botnet Takes ‘Exploit Shotgun’ Approach

The botnet packs over 50 exploits targeting unpatched routers, DVRs, NVRs, CCTV systems, servers, and other network devices. The post RondoDox Botnet Takes ‘Exploit Shotgun’ Approach appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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From Detection to Patch: Fortra Reveals Full Timeline of CVE-2025-10035 Exploitation

Fortra on Thursday revealed the results of its investigation into CVE-2025-10035, a critical security flaw in GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) that's assessed to have come under active exploitation since at least September 11, 2025. The company said it began its investigation on September 11 following a "potential vulnerability" reported by a customer, uncovering "potentially suspicious

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The AI SOC Stack of 2026: What Sets Top-Tier Platforms Apart?

The SOC of 2026 will no longer be a human-only battlefield. As organizations scale and threats evolve in sophistication and velocity, a new generation of AI-powered agents is reshaping how Security Operations Centers (SOCs) detect, respond, and adapt. But not all AI SOC platforms are created equal. From prompt-dependent copilots to autonomous, multi-agent systems, the current market offers

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85,000 Pet and Pet Owner Records Exposed

More than 85,000 pet and pet owner records were exposed. 

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175 Malicious npm Packages with 26,000 Downloads Used in Credential Phishing Campaign

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new set of 175 malicious packages on the npm registry that have been used to facilitate credential harvesting attacks as part of an unusual campaign. The packages have been collectively downloaded 26,000 times, acting as an infrastructure for a widespread phishing campaign codenamed Beamglea targeting more than 135 industrial, technology, and energy

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Juniper Networks Patches Critical Junos Space Vulnerabilities

Patches were rolled out for more than 200 vulnerabilities in Junos Space and Junos Space Security Director, including nine critical-severity flaws. The post Juniper Networks Patches Critical Junos Space Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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ZDI Drops 13 Unpatched Ivanti Endpoint Manager Vulnerabilities

The unpatched vulnerabilities allow attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely and escalate their privileges. The post ZDI Drops 13 Unpatched Ivanti Endpoint Manager Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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From LFI to RCE: Active Exploitation Detected in Gladinet and TrioFox Vulnerability

Cybersecurity company Huntress said it has observed active in-the-wild exploitation of an unpatched security flaw impacting Gladinet CentreStack and TrioFox products. The zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-11371 (CVSS score: 6.1), is an unauthenticated local file inclusion bug that allows unintended disclosure of system files. It impacts all versions of the software prior to and

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Apple Bug Bounty Update: Top Payout $2 Million, $35 Million Paid to Date

Apple has announced significant updates to its bug bounty program, including new categories and target flags. The post Apple Bug Bounty Update: Top Payout $2 Million, $35 Million Paid to Date appeared first on SecurityWeek.