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Woman gets 8 years for aiding North Koreans infiltrate 300 US firms
Christina Marie Chapman, a 50-year-old woman from Arizona, was sentenced to 102 months in prison after pleading guilty to her involvement in a scheme that enabled North Korean IT workers to infiltrate 309 U.S. companies. Chapman was charged in May 2024, together with Ukrainian citizen Oleksandr Didenko, with aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to defraud the United States, […]
BlackSuit ransomware extortion sites seized in Operation Checkmate
Law enforcement has seized the dark web extortion sites of the BlackSuit ransomware operation, which has targeted and breached the networks of hundreds of organizations worldwide over the past several years. The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed the takedown in an email earlier today, saying the authorities involved in the action executed a court-authorized seizure […]
New Koske Linux malware hides in cute panda images
A new Linux malware named Koske may have been developed with artificial intelligence and is using seemingly benign JPEG images of panda bears to deploy malware directly into system memory. Researchers from cybersecurity company AquaSec analyzed Koske and described it as “a sophhisticated Linux threat.” Based on the observed adaptive behavior, the researchers believe that […]
Hacker sneaks infostealer malware into early access Steam game
A threat actor called EncryptHub has compromised a game on Steam to distribute info-stealing malware to unsuspecting users downloading the title. A few days ago, the hacker (also tracked as Larva-208), injected malicious binaries into the Chemia game files hosted on Steam. Chemia is a survival crafting game from developer ‘Aether Forge Studios,’ which is […]
Mitel warns of critical MiVoice MX-ONE authentication bypass flaw
Mitel Networks has released security updates to patch a critical-severity authentication bypass vulnerability impacting its MiVoice MX-ONE enterprise communications platform. MX-ONE is the company’s SIP-based communications system, which can scale to support hundreds of thousands of users. The critical security flaw is due to an improper access control weakness discovered in the MiVoice MX-ONE Provisioning […]
Hackers breach Toptal GitHub account, publish malicious npm packages
Hackers compromised Toptal’s GitHub organization account and used their access to publish ten malicious packages on the Node Package Manager (NPM) index. The packages included data-stealing code that collected GitHub authentication tokens and then wiped the victims’ systems. Toptal is a freelance talent marketplace that connects companies with software developers, designers, and finance experts. The company also […]
SonicWall urges admins to patch critical RCE flaw in SMA 100 devices
SonicWall urges customers to patch SMA 100 series appliances against a critical authenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability that can let attackers gain remote code execution. The security flaw (tracked as CVE-2025-40599) is caused by an unrestricted file upload weakness in the devices’ web management interfaces, which can allow remote threat actors with administrative privileges to […]
Microsoft: SharePoint servers also targeted in ransomware attacks
A China-based hacking group is deploying Warlock ransomware on Microsoft SharePoint servers vulnerable to widespread attacks targeting the recently patched ToolShell zero-day exploit chain. Non-profit security organization Shadowserver is currently tracking over 420 SharePoint servers that are exposed online and remain vulnerable to these ongoing attacks. “Although Microsoft has observed this threat actor deploying Warlock and Lockbit ransomware in the past, Microsoft […]
Brave blocks Windows Recall from screenshotting your browsing activity
Brave Software says its privacy-focused browser will block Microsoft’s Windows Recall from capturing screenshots of Brave windows by default to protect users’ privacy. Windows Recall is an opt-in Windows feature that takes screenshots of active windows every few seconds, analyzes them, and enables Windows 11 users to search for text within the snapshots using natural language. […]
Hackers fooled Cognizant help desk, says Clorox in $380M cyberattack lawsuit
Clorox is suing IT giant Cognizant for gross negligence, alleging it enabled a massive August 2023 cyberattack by resetting an employee’s password for a hacker without first verifying their identity. The incident was first made public in September 2023, reportedly carried out by hackers associated with Scattered Spider, who utilized a social engineering attack to […]