Exposed MongoDB instances still targeted in data extortion attacks
A threat actor is targeting exposed MongoDB instances in automated data extortion attacks demanding low ransoms from owners to restore the data. [...]
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U.S. convicts ex-Google engineer for sending AI tech data to China
A U.S. federal jury has convicted Linwei Ding, a former software engineer at Google, for stealing AI supercomputer data from his employer and secretly sharing it with Chinese tech firms. [...]
Crypto wallets received a record $158 billion in illicit funds last year
Illegal cryptocurrency flows hit a record $158 billion in 2025, reversing a three-year trend of declining amounts from $86B in 2021 to $64B in 2024. [...]
Hugging Face abused to spread thousands of Android malware variants
A new Android malware campaign is using the Hugging Face platform as a repository for thousands of variations of an APK payload that collects credentials for popular financial and payment services. [...]
Google disrupts IPIDEA residential proxy networks fueled by malware
IPIDEA, one of the largest residential proxy networks used by threat actors, was disrupted earlier this week by Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) in collaboration with industry partners. [...]
Match Group breach exposes data from Hinge, Tinder, OkCupid, and Match
Match Group, the owner of multiple popular online dating services, Tinder, Match.com, Meetic, OkCupid, and Hinge, confirmed a cybersecurity incident that compromised user data. [...]
Aisuru botnet sets new record with 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack
The Aisuru/Kimwolf botnet launched a new massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in December 2025, peaking at 31.4 Tbps and 200 million requests per second. [...]
Initial access hackers switch to Tsundere Bot for ransomware attacks
A prolific initial access broker tracked as TA584 has been observed using the Tsundere Bot alongside XWorm remote access trojan to gain network access that could lead to ransomware attacks. [...]
Cyberattack on Polish energy grid impacted around 30 facilities
The coordinated attack on Poland's power grid in late December targeted multiple distributed energy resource (DER) sites across the country, including combined heat and power (CHP) facilities and wind and solar dispatch systems. [...]
Viral Moltbot AI assistant raises concerns over data security
Security researchers are warning of insecure deployments in enterprise environments of the Moltbot (formerly Clawdbot) AI assistant, which can lead to leaking API keys, OAuth tokens, conversation history, and credentials. [...]
Chinese Mustang Panda hackers deploy infostealers via CoolClient backdoor
The Chinese espionage threat group Mustang Panda has updated its CoolClient backdoor to a new variant that can steal login data from browsers and monitor the clipboard. [...]
WinRAR path traversal flaw still exploited by numerous hackers
Multiple threat actors, both state-sponsored and financially motivated, are exploiting the CVE-2025-8088 high-severity vulnerability in WinRAR for initial access and to deliver various malicious payloads. [...]
Critical sandbox escape flaw found in popular vm2 NodeJS library
A critical-severity vulnerability in the vm2 Node.js sandbox library, tracked as CVE-2026-22709, allows escaping the sandbox and executing arbitrary code on the underlying host system. [...]
New malware service guarantees phishing extensions on Chrome web store
A new malware-as-a-service (MaaS) called 'Stanley' promises malicious Chrome extensions that can clear Google's review process and publish them to the Chrome Web Store. [...]
New ClickFix attacks abuse Windows App-V scripts to push malware
A new malicious campaign mixes the ClickFix method with fake CAPTCHA and a signed Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) script to ultimately deliver the Amatera infostealing malware. [...]
Cloudflare misconfiguration behind recent BGP route leak
Cloudflare has shared more details about a recent 25-minute Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) route leak affecting IPv6 traffic, which caused measurable congestion, packet loss, and approximately 12 Gbps of dropped traffic. [...]
Hackers can bypass npm’s Shai-Hulud defenses via Git dependencies
The defense mechanisms that NPM introduced after the 'Shai-Hulud' supply-chain attacks have weaknesses that allow threat actors to bypass them via Git dependencies. [...]
1Password adds pop-up warnings for suspected phishing sites
The 1Password digital vault and password manager has added built-in protection against phishing URLs to help users identify malicious pages and prevent them from sharing account credentials with threat actors. [...]
Konni hackers target blockchain engineers with AI-built malware
The North Korean hacker group Konni (Opal Sleet, TA406) is using AI-generated PowerShell malware to target developers and engineers in the blockchain sector. [...]
Malicious AI extensions on VSCode Marketplace steal developer data
Two malicious extensions in Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VSCode) Marketplace that were collectively installed 1.5 million times, exfiltrate developer data to China-based servers. [...]
CISA confirms active exploitation of four enterprise software bugs
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in the U.S. warned of active exploitation of four vulnerabilities impacting enterprise software from Versa and Zimbra, the Vite frontend tooling framework, and the Prettier code formatter. [...]
Hackers exploit critical telnetd auth bypass flaw to get root
A coordinated campaign has been observed targeting a recently disclosed critical-severity vulnerability that has been present in the GNU InetUtils telnetd server for 11 years. [...]
SmarterMail auth bypass flaw now exploited to hijack admin accounts
Hackers began exploiting an authentication bypass vulnerability in SmarterTools' SmarterMail email server and collaboration tool that allows resetting admin passwords. [...]
INC ransomware opsec fail allowed data recovery for 12 US orgs
An operational security failure allowed researchers to recover data that the INC ransomware gang stole from a dozen U.S. organizations. [...]
Chainlit AI framework bugs let hackers breach cloud environments
Two high-severity vulnerabilities in Chainlit, a popular open-source framework for building conversational AI applications, allow reading any file on the server and leak sensitive information. [...]
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