Russian hackers evolve malware pushed in “I am not a robot” captchas
The Russian state-backed Star Blizzard hacker group has ramped up operations with new, constantly evolving malware families (NoRobot, MaybeRobot) deployed in complex delivery chains that start with ClickFix social engineering attacks. Also known as ColdRiver, UNC4057, and Callisto, the Star Blizzard threat group abandoned the LostKeys malware less than a week after researchers published their analysis and leveraged the […]
Microsoft: Hackers target universities in “payroll pirate” attacks
A cybercrime gang tracked as Storm-2657 has been targeting university employees in the United States to hijack salary payments in “pirate payroll” attacks since March 2025. Microsoft Threat Intelligence analysts who spotted this campaign found that the threat actors are targeting Workday accounts; however, other third-party human resources (HR) software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms could also be […]
RondoDox botnet targets 56 n-day flaws in worldwide attacks
A new large-scale botnet called RondoDox is targeting 56 vulnerabilities in more than 30 distinct devices, including flaws first disclosed during Pwn2Own hacking competitions. The attacker focuses on a wide range of exposed devices, including DVRs, NVRs, CCTV systems, and web servers and have been active since June. The RondoDox botnet leverages what Trend Micro researchers call an […]
Microsoft: Windows Backup now available for enterprise users
Microsoft announced this week the general availability of Windows Backup for Organizations, a new enterprise-grade backup tool that helps simplify backups and makes the transition to Windows 11 easier. First announced at the Microsoft Ignite conference in November 2024, this opt-in feature is turned off by default and has been available in public preview since May 2025. […]
SonicWall: Firewall configs stolen for all cloud backup customers
SonicWall has confirmed that all customers that used the company’s cloud backup service are affected by the security breach last month. Previously, the vendor stated that the incident “exposed firewall configuration backup files stored in certain MySonicWall accounts,” without sharing additional details. MySonicWall is an online customer portal used for managing product access, licensing, registration, […]
Azure outage blocks access to Microsoft 365 services, admin portals
Microsoft is working to resolve an outage affecting its Azure Front Door content delivery network (CDN), which is preventing customers from accessing some Microsoft 365 services. According to Redmond, the incident began around 07:40 UTC, with delays and timeouts across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East when connecting to the Azure and Entra portals. Since […]
Hacktivists target critical infrastructure, hit decoy plant
A pro-Russian hacktivist group called TwoNet pivoted in less than a year from launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to targeting critical infrastructure. Recently, the threat actor claimed an attack on a water treatment facility that turned out to be a realistic honeypot system set up by threat researchers specifically to observe adversaries’ movements. The compromise […]
Hackers claim Discord breach exposed data of 5.5 million users
Discord says they will not be paying threat actors who claim to have stolen the data of 5.5 million unique users from the company’s Zendesk support system instance, including government IDs and partial payment information for some people. The company is also pushing back on claims that 2.1 million photos of government IDs were disclosed in […]
New FileFix attack uses cache smuggling to evade security software
A new variant of the FileFix social engineering attack uses cache smuggling to secretly download a malicious ZIP archive onto a victim’s system and bypassing security software. The new phishing and social engineering attack impersonates a “Fortinet VPN Compliance Checker” and was first spotted by cybersecurity researcher P4nd3m1cb0y, who shared information about it on X. In […]
Qilin ransomware claims Asahi brewery attack, leaks data
The Qilin ransomware group has claimed the attack on Japanese beer giant Asahi by adding the company to the list of victims on its data leak site. The threat actor claims to have exfiltrated more than 9,300 files in 27GB of data. As proof of the theft, the hackers published 29 images showing internal financial documents, employee […]