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Hidden Vulnerabilities of Project Management Tools & How FluentPro Backup Secures Them

Every day, businesses, teams, and project managers trust platforms like Trello, Asana, etc., to collaborate and manage tasks. But what happens when that trust is broken? According to a recent report by Statista, the average cost of a data breach worldwide was about $4.88 million. Also, in 2024, the private data of over 15 million Trello user profiles was shared on a popular hacker forum. Yet,

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Hackers Target Popular Nx Build System in First AI-Weaponized Supply Chain Attack

With more than 4 million weekly downloads, the Nx build platform became the first known supply chain breach where hackers weaponized AI assistants for data theft. The post Hackers Target Popular Nx Build System in First AI-Weaponized Supply Chain Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Malicious Nx Packages in ‘s1ngularity’ Attack Leaked 2,349 GitHub, Cloud, and AI Credentials

The maintainers of the nx build system have alerted users to a supply chain attack that allowed attackers to publish malicious versions of the popular npm package and other auxiliary plugins with data-gathering capabilities. "Malicious versions of the nx package, as well as some supporting plugin packages, were published to npm, containing code that scans the file system, collects credentials,

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U.S. Treasury Sanctions DPRK IT-Worker Scheme, Exposing $600K Crypto Transfers and $1M+ Profits

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a fresh round of sanctions against two individuals and two entities for their role in the North Korean remote information technology (IT) worker scheme to generate illicit revenue for the regime's weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs. "The North Korean regime continues to target American

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Storm-0501 Exploits Entra ID to Exfiltrate and Delete Azure Data in Hybrid Cloud Attacks

The financially motivated threat actor known as Storm-0501 has been observed refining its tactics to conduct data exfiltration and extortion attacks targeting cloud environments. "Unlike traditional on-premises ransomware, where the threat actor typically deploys malware to encrypt critical files across endpoints within the compromised network and then negotiates for a decryption key,

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Someone Created First AI-Powered Ransomware Using OpenAI's gpt-oss:20b Model

Cybersecurity company ESET has disclosed that it discovered an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered ransomware variant codenamed PromptLock. Written in Golang, the newly identified strain uses the gpt-oss:20b model from OpenAI locally via the Ollama API to generate malicious Lua scripts in real-time. The open-weight language model was released by OpenAI earlier this month. "PromptLock

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Hackers Weaponize Trust with AI-Crafted Emails to Deploy ScreenConnect

AI-powered phishing attacks leverage ConnectWise ScreenConnect for remote access, underscoring their sophistication. The post Hackers Weaponize Trust with AI-Crafted Emails to Deploy ScreenConnect appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Hundreds of Salesforce Customers Hit by Widespread Data Theft Campaign

Google says the hackers systematically exported corporate data, focusing on secrets such as AWS and Snowflake keys. The post Hundreds of Salesforce Customers Hit by Widespread Data Theft Campaign appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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China-Linked Hackers Hijack Web Traffic to Deliver Backdoor

Google researchers say China-linked UNC6384 combined social engineering, signed malware, and adversary-in-the-middle attacks to evade detection. The post China-Linked Hackers Hijack Web Traffic to Deliver Backdoor appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Hackers Observed Patching Leveraged Linux Exploit

An Apache ActiveMQ flaw is being actively exploited. Then, it’s being patched by the actors who leveraged it.  

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Anthropic Disrupts AI-Powered Cyberattacks Automating Theft and Extortion Across Critical Sectors

Anthropic on Wednesday revealed that it disrupted a sophisticated operation that weaponized its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot Claude to conduct large-scale theft and extortion of personal data in July 2025. "The actor targeted at least 17 distinct organizations, including in healthcare, the emergency services, and government, and religious institutions," the company said. "

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UK and allies expose China-based technology companies for enabling global cyber campaign against critical networks

The NCSC and international partners share technical details of malicious activities and urge organisations to take mitigative actions.

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ShadowSilk Hits 36 Government Targets in Central Asia and APAC Using Telegram Bots

A threat activity cluster known as ShadowSilk has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting government entities within Central Asia and Asia-Pacific (APAC). According to Group-IB, nearly three dozen victims have been identified, with the intrusions mainly geared towards data exfiltration. The hacking group shares toolset and infrastructural overlaps with campaigns undertaken by threat

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Nevada State Offices Closed Following Disruptive Cyberattack

State websites and phone lines were taken offline, but officials say emergency services and personal data remain unaffected. The post Nevada State Offices Closed Following Disruptive Cyberattack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Infostealers: The Silent Smash-and-Grab Driving Modern Cybercrime

Competition among malware-as-a-service developers has transformed infostealers into refined, accessible tools for cybercriminals worldwide. The post Infostealers: The Silent Smash-and-Grab Driving Modern Cybercrime appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Citrix Patches Exploited NetScaler Zero-Day

Zero-day exploited in the wild forces Citrix and CISA to push emergency patch deadlines for federal agencies. The post Citrix Patches Exploited NetScaler Zero-Day appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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PromptLock: First AI-Powered Ransomware Emerges

Proof-of-concept ransomware uses AI models to generate attack scripts in real time. The post PromptLock: First AI-Powered Ransomware Emerges appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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The 5 Golden Rules of Safe AI Adoption

Employees are experimenting with AI at record speed. They are drafting emails, analyzing data, and transforming the workplace. The problem is not the pace of AI adoption, but the lack of control and safeguards in place. For CISOs and security leaders like you, the challenge is clear: you don’t want to slow AI adoption down, but you must make it safe. A policy sent company-wide will not cut it.

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Salesloft OAuth Breach via Drift AI Chat Agent Exposes Salesforce Customer Data

A widespread data theft campaign has allowed hackers to breach sales automation platform Salesloft to steal OAuth and refresh tokens associated with the Drift artificial intelligence (AI) chat agent. The activity, assessed to be opportunistic in nature, has been attributed to a threat actor tracked by Google Threat Intelligence Group and Mandiant, tracked as UNC6395. "Beginning as early as

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Blind Eagle’s Five Clusters Target Colombia Using RATs, Phishing Lures, and Dynamic DNS Infra

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered five distinct activity clusters linked to a persistent threat actor known as Blind Eagle between May 2024 and July 2025. These attacks, observed by Recorded Future Insikt Group, targeted various victims, but primarily within the Colombian government across local, municipal, and federal levels. The threat intelligence firm is tracking the activity under