FBI warns of Russian hackers exploiting 7-year-old Cisco flaw
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned that hackers linked to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) are targeting critical infrastructure organizations in attacks exploiting a 7-year-old vulnerability in Cisco devices. The FBI’s public service announcement states that the state-backed hacking group, linked to the FSB’s Center 16 unit and tracked as Berserk Bear (also known as […]
Scattered Spider hacker gets sentenced to 10 years in prison
Noah Michael Urban, a key member of the Scattered Spider cybercrime collective, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to charges of wire fraud and conspiracy in April. He was arrested in January 2024, and in November, the U.S. Justice Department charged Urban (also known as King Bob, Gustavo Fring, Elijah, and Sosa), along […]
Orange Belgium discloses data breach impacting 850,000 customers
Orange Belgium, a subsidiary of telecommunications giant Orange Group, disclosed on Wednesday that attackers who breached its systems in July have stolen the data of approximately 850,000 customers. Orange Belgium provides fixed and mobile connectivity services to over 3 million customers in Belgium and Luxembourg, employs 1,500 staff, and claims to operate the largest 4G/5G […]
OpenAI says GPT-6 is coming and it’ll be better than GPT-5 (obviously)
OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman told reporters that GPT-6 is already in the works, and it’ll not take as long as GPT-5. The GPT-6 announcement doesn’t surprise me because OpenAI is slowly becoming a product-first company rather than research-focused. There’s no denying that OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman overhyped GPT-5 and underdelivered. While GPT-5 isn’t exactly bad and […]
AI website builder Lovable increasingly abused for malicious activity
Cybercriminals are increasingly abusing the AI-powered Lovable website creation and hosting platform to generate phishing pages, malware-dropping portals, and various fraudulent websites. The malicious sites created through the platform impersonate large and recognizable brands, and feature traffic filtering systems like CAPTCHA to keep bots out. While Lovable has taken steps to better protect its platform […]
Apple fixes new zero-day flaw exploited in targeted attacks
Apple has released emergency updates to patch another zero-day vulnerability that was exploited in an “extremely sophisticated attack.” Tracked as CVE-2025-43300, this security flaw is caused by an out-of-bounds write weakness discovered by Apple security researchers in the Image I/O framework, which enables applications to read and write most image file formats. An out-of-bounds write occurs when […]
“Rapper Bot” malware seized, alleged developer identified and charged
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced charges against the alleged developer and administrator of the “Rapper Bot” DDoS-for-hire botnet. Ethan Foltz, 22, of Eugene, Oregon, allegedly rented the botnet to cybercriminals eho targeted various organizations. The botnet operation itself was seized as part of ‘Operation PowerOff ‘on August 6, during a raid at Foltz’s residence in Oregon. […]
Hackers steal Microsoft logins using legitimate ADFS redirects
Hackers are using a novel technique that combines legitimate office.com links with Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) to redirect users to a phishing page that steals Microsoft 365 logins. The method lets attackers bypass traditional URL-based detection and the multi-factor authentication process by leveraging a trusted domain on Microsoft’s infrastructure for the initial redirect. Legitimacy of a […]
Perplexity’s Comet AI browser tricked into buying fake items online
A study looking into agentic AI browsers has found that these emerging tools are vulnerable to both new and old schemes that could make them interact with malicious pages and prompts. Agentic AI browsers can autonomously browse, shop, and manage various online tasks (like handling email, booking tickets, filing forms, or controlling accounts). Perplexity’s Comet is currently […]
Major password managers can leak logins in clickjacking attacks
Six major password managers with tens of millions of users are currently vulnerable to unpatched clickjacking flaws that could allow attackers to steal account credentials, 2FA codes, and credit card details. Threat actors could exploit the security issues when victims visit a malicious page or websites vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) or cache poisoning, where attackers […]