Security
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Russian hackers trojanize WebEx, Zoom apps to push Starland malware
A financially motivated Russian threat actor tracked as UAT-11795 is using trojanized software to steal credentials and cryptocurrency by deploying a new backdoor called Starland RAT. Attacks have been occurring since at least June 2025 and have focused on users in the U.S., although victims in Germany, Romania, and Venezuela have been observed as well. […]
New Spirals ransomware encrypts victim network in under 24 hours
A new ransomware actor called Spirals completed a corporate intrusion, from initial access to data theft and encryption, in less than 24 hours. The attack occurred in June and breached an IT services firm in South Asia after compromising an Internet Information Services (IIS) server exposed on the public web. Researchers at Symantec’s Threat Hunter […]
Dutch police bust investment fraud ring stealing over €100 million
The Dutch Police announced the arrest of multiple individuals suspected of being part of an international investment fraud scheme estimated to have tens of thousands of victims. The group is believed to have operated 20 call centers, with more than 700 people posing as financial advisers. Authorities estimate that the criminal organization at one point […]
Zoom warns of critical account takeover vulnerability
Zoom is warning of a critical vulnerability in its desktop client and software development kit for Windows that could be exploited by an unauthenticated party to hijack accounts. Discovered internally, the security issue is tracked as CVE-2026-53412 and received a severity score of 9.8 out of 10. In an advisory this week, the messaging platform says […]
Google Gemini CLI abused as a hacking agent, malware botnet operator
A Russian-speaking threat actor known as “bandcampro” used Google’s open-source Gemini CLI AI tool as a hacking agent and to operate a small-scale botnet. The AI agent responded to the attacker’s prompts, troubleshooting problems on the fly and even proposing operational improvements at least 59 times. In more than 200 sessions between May 19 and […]
AsyncAPI npm packages infected with credential-stealing malware
Five malicious versions of AsyncAPI packages were published to the Node Package Manager (npm) in a supply-chain attack that delivered a remote access trojan with info-stealing capabilities. The threat actor exploited a misconfigured GitHub Actions workflow and pushed trojanized packages in the @asyncapi namespace that had a cummulative weekly download count of more than 2.25 […]
CISA warns admins to patch actively exploited SharePoint flaws
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned Tuesday that attackers are actively exploiting three vulnerabilities to hack Internet-exposed on-premises SharePoint Server instances. These security flaws (tracked as CVE-2026-32201, CVE-2026-45659, and c) affect all supported self-hosted SharePoint Server versions, including SharePoint Server Subscription Edition (the latest on-premises version, which uses a “continuous update” model). […]
SonicWall warns of SMA1000 flaws exploited in zero-day attacks, patch now
SonicWall warns that threat actors have been exploiting two SMA1000 vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2026-15409 and CVE-2026-15410, in zero-day attacks and urges customers to install the newly released security updates. CVE-2026-15409 is a critical (CVSS 10.0) server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the SMA1000 Appliance Work Place interface that allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to force an appliance […]
US charges alleged operators of Russian bulletproof hosting service
U.S. federal prosecutors have unsealed charges against three Russian nationals, accusing them of providing bulletproof hosting (BPH) services to ransomware gangs that caused over $62 million in damages to victims worldwide. BPH providers lease servers that help hinder disruption efforts targeting their malicious activities, including malware delivery, command-and-control operations, phishing attacks, and illicit content hosting. […]
Spanish Police take down €140 million cyber fraud ring, arrest four
The Spanish Police dismantled a cybercrime and money-laundering organization that made €140 million ($160 million) from investment fraud and business email compromise (BEC) attacks. As part of the law enforcement operation, four people were arrested in Spain, Portugal, and Panama. The police describe the operation as an industrial-level scheme as it involved at least 800 […]