Security
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Output Messenger flaw exploited as zero-day in espionage attacks
A Türkiye-backed cyberespionage group exploited a zero-day vulnerability to attack Output Messenger users linked to the Kurdish military in Iraq. Microsoft Threat Intelligence analysts who spotted these attacks also discovered the security flaw (CVE-2025-27920) in the LAN messaging application, a directory traversal vulnerability that can let authenticated attackers access sensitive files outside the intended directory […]
Moldova arrests suspect linked to DoppelPaymer ransomware attacks
Moldovan authorities have detained a 45-year-old suspect linked to DoppelPaymer ransomware attacks targeting Dutch organizations in 2021. Police officers searched the suspect’s home and car on May 6, seizing an electronic wallet, €84,800, two laptops, a mobile phone, a tablet, six bank cards, and multiple data storage devices. The suspect remains in custody, while Moldovan […]
Bluetooth 6.1 enhances privacy with randomized RPA timing
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has announced Bluetooth Core Specification 6.1, bringing important improvements to the popular wireless communication protocol. One new feature highlighted in the latest release is the increased device privacy via randomized Resolvable Private Addresses (RPA) updates. “Randomizing the timing of address changes makes it much more difficult for third parties […]
iClicker hack targeted students with malware via fake CAPTCHA
The website of iClicker, a popular student engagement platform, was compromised in a ClickFix attack that used a fake CAPTCHA prompt to trick students and instructors into installing malware on their devices. iClicker is a subsidiary of Macmillan and is a digital classroom tool that allows instructors to take attendance, ask live questions or surveys, […]
Fake AI video generators drop new Noodlophile infostealer malware
Fake AI-powered video generation tools are being used to distribute a new information-stealing malware family called ‘Noodlophile,’ under the guise of generated media content. The websites use enticing names like the “Dream Machine” and are advertised on high-visibility groups on Facebook, posing as advanced AI tools that generate videos based on uploaded user files. Although […]
Ascension says recent data breach affects over 430,000 patients
Ascension, one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, has revealed that the personal and healthcare information of over 430,000 patients was exposed in a data breach disclosed last month. As Ascension revealed in breach notification letters sent to affected individuals in April, their information was stolen in a data theft attack that impacted […]
Google Chrome to use on-device AI to detect tech support scams
Google is implementing a new Chrome security feature that uses the built-in ‘Gemini Nano’ large-language model (LLM) to detect and block tech support scams while browsing the web. Tech support scams are malicious websites that trick users into thinking their computer has a virus infection or other problem. These alerts are shown as full-screen browser windows or […]
Police dismantles botnet selling hacked routers as residential proxies
Law enforcement authorities have dismantled a botnet that infected thousands of routers over the last 20 years to build two networks of residential proxies known as Anyproxy and 5socks. The U.S. Justice Department also indicted three Russian nationals (Alexey Viktorovich Chertkov, Kirill Vladimirovich Morozov, and Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Shishkin) and a Kazakhstani (Dmitriy Rubtsov) for their […]
Chinese hackers behind attacks targeting SAP NetWeaver servers
Forescout Vedere Labs security researchers have linked ongoing attacks targeting a maximum severity vulnerability impacting SAP NetWeaver instances to a Chinese threat actor. SAP released an out-of-band emergency patch on April 24 to address this unauthenticated file upload security flaw (tracked as CVE-2025-31324) in SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer, days after cybersecurity company ReliaQuest first detected the vulnerability being targeted in […]
Germany takes down eXch cryptocurrency exchange, seizes servers
The Federal police in Germany (BKA) seized the server infrastructure and shut down the ‘eXch’ cryptocurrency exchange platform for alleged money laundering cybercrime proceeds. During the law enforcement operation, the authorities also seized eight terabytes of data and cryptocurrency (Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, and Dash) worth approximately $38,000,000, making this the third largest seizure of digital assets […]