Security
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Nissan says thousands of customers exposed in Red Hat breach
Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Nissan) has confirmed that information of thousands of its customers has been compromised after the data breach at Red Hat in September. The Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Yokohama, Japan, produces more than 3.2 million cars a year. The company employs 120,000 people and has a strong presence in Japan, North […]
New MacSync malware dropper evades macOS Gatekeeper checks
The latest variant of the MacSync information stealer targeting macOS systems is delivered through a digitally signed, notarized Swift application. Security researchers at Apple device management platform Jamf say that the distribution method constitutes a significant evolution from past iterations that used less sophisticated “drag-to-Terminal” or ClickFix tactics. “Delivered as a code-signed and notarized Swift application within […]
Interpol-led action decrypts 6 ransomware strains, arrests hundreds
An Interpol-coordinated initiative called Operation Sentinel led to the arrest of 574 individuals and the recovery of $3 million linked to business email compromise, extortion, and ransomware incidents. Between October 27 and November 27, the investigation, which involved law enforcement in 19 countries, took down more than 6,000 malicious links and decrypted six distinct ransomware […]
Malicious npm package steals WhatsApp accounts and messages
A malicious package in the Node Package Manager (NPM) registry poses as a legitimate WhatsApp Web API library to steal WhatsApp messages, collect contacts, and gain access to the account. A fork of the popular WhiskeySockets Baileys project, the malicious package provides the legitimate functionality. It has been available on npm published under the name lotusbail for at least […]
Romanian water authority hit by ransomware attack over weekend
Romanian Waters (Administrația Națională Apele Române), the country’s water management authority, was hit by a ransomware attack over the weekend. Officials with the National Cyber Security Directorate (DNSC) said Sunday that the incident impacted approximately 1,000 computer systems at the national water authority and 10 of its 11 regional offices. While the breach affected servers running geographic […]
University of Phoenix data breach impacts nearly 3.5 million individuals
The Clop ransomware gang has stolen the data of nearly 3.5 million University of Phoenix (UoPX) students, staff, and suppliers after breaching the university’s network in August. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, UoPX is a private for-profit university founded in 1976 with over 100,000 enrolled students and nearly 3,000 academic staff. In early December, the university disclosed […]
Not all CISA-linked alerts are urgent: ASUS Live Update CVE-2025-59374
An ASUS Live Update vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-59374 has been making the rounds in infosec feeds, with some headlines implying recent or ongoing exploitation. The CVE documents a historic supply-chain attack in an End-of-Life (EoL) software product, not a newly emerging threat. Not all CISA KEVs signal urgency Recent coverage of CVE-2025-59374 has framed the […]
Ukrainian hacker admits affiliate role in Nefilim ransomware gang
A Ukrainian national pleaded guilty on Friday to conducting Nefilim ransomware attacks that targeted high-revenue businesses across the United States and other countries. The defendant, 35-year-old Artem Aleksandrovych Stryzhak, was arrested in Spain in June 2024 and extradited to the U.S. on April 30, 2025. Stryzhak has admitted to computer fraud conspiracy charges brought by U.S. prosecutors in […]
Critical RCE flaw impacts over 115,000 WatchGuard firewalls
Over 115,000 WatchGuard Firebox devices exposed online remain unpatched against a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability actively exploited in attacks. The security flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-14733, affects Firebox firewalls running Fireware OS 11.x and later (including 11.12.4_Update1), 12.x or later (including 12.11.5), and 2025.1 up to and including 2025.1.3. Successful exploitation enables unauthenticated attackers to […]
Docker Hardened Images now open source and available for free
More than a 1,000 Docker Hardened Images (DHI) are now freely available and open source for software builders, under the Apache 2.0 license. Docker is a popular platform that enables developers to build, test, and deploy applications quickly inside container images that include the required dependencies, allowing for predictable and repeatable results across various systems and environments. DHIs, launched in May […]