Schneier on Security

MAY 27, 2025

One one my biggest worries about VPNs is the amount of trust users need to place in them, and how opaque most of them are about who owns them and what sorts of data they retain. A new study found that many commercials VPNS are (often surreptitiously) owned by Chinese companies. It would be hard for U.S. users to avoid the Chinese VPNs. The ownership of many appeared deliberately opaque, with several concealing their structure behind layers of offshore shell companies.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 28, 2025

Authorities in Pakistan have arrested 21 individuals accused of operating “ Heartsender ,” a once popular spam and malware dissemination service that operated for more than a decade. The main clientele for HeartSender were organized crime groups that tried to trick victim companies into making payments to a third party, and its alleged proprietors were publicly identified by KrebsOnSecurity in 2021 after they inadvertently infected their computers with malware.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2025

The U.S. government today unsealed criminal charges against 16 individuals accused of operating and selling DanaBot , a prolific strain of information-stealing malware that has been sold on Russian cybercrime forums since 2018. The FBI says a newer version of DanaBot was used for espionage, and that many of the defendants exposed their real-life identities after accidentally infecting their own systems with the malware.

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Lohrman on Security

MAY 25, 2025

What is the current situation with nation-state cyber attacks in the middle of 2025? Heres a look at some of the biggest cyber threats from Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.

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Tech Republic Security

MAY 23, 2025

The databases exposure duration is unknown. Signs of infostealer malware were found, but no confirmed breach or misuse of user data, says cybersecurity researcher.

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The Hacker News

MAY 23, 2025

The malware known as Latrodectus has become the latest to embrace the widely-used social engineering technique called ClickFix as a distribution vector. "The ClickFix technique is particularly risky because it allows the malware to execute in memory rather than being written to disk," Expel said in a report shared with The Hacker News.

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Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2025

Operation ENDGAME dismantled key ransomware infrastructure, taking down 300 servers, 650 domains, and seizing 21.2M in crypto. From May 19 to 22, 2025, Operation ENDGAME, coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, disrupted global ransomware infrastructure. Law enforcement took down down 300 servers and 650 domains, and issuing 20 international arrest warrants. “A Command Post was set up at Europol headquarters in The Hague during the action week, with investigators from Canada, Denmark, France,

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Google Security

MAY 23, 2025

Posted by Craig Gidney, Quantum Research Scientist, and Sophie Schmieg, Senior Staff Cryptography Engineer Google Quantum AI's mission is to build best in class quantum computing for otherwise unsolvable problems. For decades the quantum and security communities have also known that large-scale quantum computers will at some point in the future likely be able to break many of todays secure public key cryptography algorithms, such as RivestShamirAdleman (RSA).

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The Hacker News

MAY 25, 2025

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a malware campaign that uses fake software installers masquerading as popular tools like LetsVPN and QQ Browser to deliver the Winos 4.0 framework. The campaign, first detected by Rapid7 in February 2025, involves the use of a multi-stage, memory-resident loader called Catena.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 23, 2025

This article gives a good rundown of the security risks of Windows Recall, and the repurposed copyright protection took that Signal used to block the AI feature from scraping Signal data.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 22, 2025

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Malwarebytes

MAY 27, 2025

A recent discovery by cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler of an unsecured database containing over 184 million unique login credentials has once again highlighted the growing threat posed by infostealers. While the sheer volume of exposed dataincluding emails, passwords, and authorization URLsis alarming, the real concern is not just about the exposure itself, but in how cybercriminals collect and weaponize these credentials.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2025

FBI warns Silent Ransom Group has targeted U.S. law firms for 2 years using callback phishing and social engineering extortion tactics. The FBI warns that the Silent Ransom Group, active since 2022 and also known as Luna Moth, has targeted U.S. law firms using phishing and social engineering. Linked to BazarCall campaigns, the group previously enabled Ryuk and Conti ransomware attacks. “The cyber threat actor Silent Ransom Group (SRG), also known as Luna Moth, Chatty Spider, and UNC3753, i

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The Hacker News

MAY 23, 2025

As part of the latest "season" of Operation Endgame, a coalition of law enforcement agencies have taken down about 300 servers worldwide, neutralized 650 domains, and issued arrest warrants against 20 targets.

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Penetration Testing

MAY 26, 2025

A deceptively crafted fake Google Meet page has surfaced on compromised WordPress sites, tricking unsuspecting visitors into manually The post Fake Google Meet Page Tricks Users into Running Malware appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity.

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Zero Day

MAY 23, 2025

The file was unencrypted. No password protection. No security. Just a plain text file with millions of sensitive pieces of data.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 28, 2025

Identity is under siege. Sixty percent of all Cisco Talos IR cases in 2024 saw identity as a key component of reported attacks. Organizations are facing relentless challenges in keeping their systems secure. As attackers grow more sophisticated, traditional Identity and Access Management (IAM) providers have fallen short, leaving critical gaps in their defenses.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2025

Researchers found a fake Bitdefender site spreading the Venom RAT by tricking users into downloading it as antivirus software. DomainTools Intelligence (DTI) researchers warn of a malicious campaign using a fake website (bitdefender-download[.]com) spoofing Bitdefenders Antivirus for Windows download page to trick visitors into downloading a remote access trojan called Venom RAT. “A malicious campaign using a fake website to spread VenomRAT, a Remote Access Trojan (RAT), is detailed in thi

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The Hacker News

MAY 22, 2025

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday revealed that Commvault is monitoring cyber threat activity targeting applications hosted in their Microsoft Azure cloud environment. "Threat actors may have accessed client secrets for Commvault's (Metallic) Microsoft 365 (M365) backup software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution, hosted in Azure," the agency said.

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Penetration Testing

MAY 25, 2025

Recorded Futures Insikt Group has uncovered a new cyber-espionage campaign by Russia-aligned threat actor TAG-110 targeting public sector The post Russian-Aligned TAG-110 Targets Tajikistan Governments with Stealthy Cyber-Espionage appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity.

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Zero Day

MAY 26, 2025

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 28, 2025

Reactive security isnt just outdated its become a liability. Attackers have figured out how to weaponize speed, and defenders are struggling to keep pace. Related: Mastering adversary emulation At RSAC 2025 , I spoke with Derek Manky , Chief Security Strategist and Global VP of Threat Intelligence at Fortinets FortiGuard Labs, about how and why the game has changed and what defenders can do to adapt.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2025

Law enforcement operation codenamed ‘Operation RapTor’ led to the arrest of 270 dark web vendors and buyers across 10 countries. Police arrested 270 suspects following an international law enforcement action codenamed ‘Operation RapTor’ that targeted dark web vendors and customers from ten countries. The Operation RapTor has dismantled networks trafficking in drugs, weapons, and counterfeit goods. “Europol supported the action by compiling and analysing intelligence

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The Hacker News

MAY 28, 2025

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a security flaw in Microsoft's OneDrive File Picker that, if successfully exploited, could allow websites to access a user's entire cloud storage content, as opposed to just the files selected for upload via the tool.

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WIRED Threat Level

MAY 26, 2025

Hackers. AI data scrapes. Government surveillance. Thinking about where to start when it comes to protecting your online privacy can be overwhelming. Heres a simple guide for youand anyone who claims they have nothing to hide.

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Zero Day

MAY 27, 2025

Even if your Samsung phone offers battery life that's just good enough, adjusting these settings will take things up a notch.

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Fraud is a battle that every organization must face – it’s no longer a question of “if” but “when.” Every organization is a potential target for fraud, and the finance department is often the bullseye. From cleverly disguised emails to fraudulent payment requests, the tactics of cybercriminals are advancing rapidly. Drawing insights from real-world cases and industry expertise, we’ll explore the vulnerabilities in your processes and how to fortify them effectively.

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Tech Republic Security

MAY 27, 2025

A remote prompt injection flaw in GitLab Duo allowed attackers to steal private source code and inject malicious HTML. GitLab has since patched the issue.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2025

The U.S. indicted Russian Rustam Gallyamov for leading the Qakbot botnet, which infected 700K+ devices and was used in ransomware attacks. The U.S. authorities have indicted Russian national Rustam Gallyamov, the leader of the Qakbot operation, which infected over 700,000 computers and facilitated ransomware attacks. Qakbot , also known as QBot, QuackBot and Pinkslipbot, is an info-stealing malware that has been active since 2008.

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The Hacker News

MAY 23, 2025

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the disruption of the online infrastructure associated with DanaBot (aka DanaTools) and unsealed charges against 16 individuals for their alleged involvement in the development and deployment of the malware, which it said was controlled by a Russia-based cybercrime organization.

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Penetration Testing

MAY 22, 2025

In a disturbing development for the JavaScript community, Sockets Threat Research Team has uncovered a stealthy and destructive The post Destructive npm Packages Deleting Files, Hijacking Frameworks for 2+ Years appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity.

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How many people would you trust with your house keys? Chances are, you have a handful of trusted friends and family members who have an emergency copy, but you definitely wouldn’t hand those out too freely. You have stuff that’s worth protecting—and the more people that have access to your belongings, the higher the odds that something will go missing.

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