Google Chrome adds infostealer protection against session cookie theft
Google has rolled out Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) protection in Chrome 146 for Windows, designed to block info-stealing malware from harvesting session cookies. [...]
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FBI confirms hack of Director Patel's personal email inbox
The Handala hackers associated with Iran have breached the personal email account of FBI Director Kash Patel and published photos and documents. [...]
Stryker attack wiped tens of thousands of devices, no malware needed
Last week's cyberattack on medical technology giant Stryker was limited to its internal Microsoft environment and remotely wiped tens of thousands of employee devices. [...]
Fake Google Security site uses PWA app to steal credentials, MFA codes
A phishing campaign is using a fake Google Account security page to deliver a web-based app capable of stealing one-time passcodes, harvesting cryptocurrency wallet addresses, and proxying attacker traffic through victims' browsers. [...]
Android mental health apps with 14.7M installs filled with security flaws
Several mental health mobile apps with millions of downloads on Google Play contain security vulnerabilities that could expose users' sensitive medical information. [...]
Romania's oil pipeline operator Conpet confirms data stolen in attack
Romania's national oil pipeline operator, Conpet S.A., confirmed that the Qilin ransomware gang stole company data in an attack last week. [...]
Covenant Health says May data breach impacted nearly 478,000 patients
The Covenant Health organization has revised to nearly 500,000 the number of individuals affected by a data breach discovered last May. [...]
Exploited MongoBleed flaw leaks MongoDB secrets, 87K servers exposed
A severe vulnerability affecting multiple MongoDB versions, dubbed MongoBleed (CVE-2025-14847), is being actively exploited in the wild, with over 80,000 potentially vulnerable servers exposed on the public web. [...]
Fake GrubHub emails promise tenfold return on sent cryptocurrency
Grubhub users received fraudulent messages, apparently from a company email address, promising a tenfold bitcoin payout in return for a transfer to a specified wallet. [...]
North Korea lures engineers to rent identities in fake IT worker scheme
In an unprecedented intelligence operation, security researchers exposed how North Korean IT recruiters target and lure developers into renting their identities for illicit fundraising. [...]
OpenAI discloses API customer data breach via Mixpanel vendor hack
OpenAI is notifying some ChatGPT API customers that limited identifying information was exposed following a breach at its third-party analytics provider Mixpanel. [...]
Hacktivists target critical infrastructure, hit decoy plant
A pro-Russian hacktivist group called TwoNet pivoted in less than a year from launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to targeting critical infrastructure. [...]
XWorm malware resurfaces with ransomware module, over 35 plugins
New versions of the XWorm backdoor are being distributed in phishing campaigns after the original developer, XCoder, abandoned the project last year. [...]
CISA warns of critical Linux Sudo flaw exploited in attacks
Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-32463) in the sudo package that enables the execution of commands with root-level privileges on Linux operating systems. [...]
Microsoft Entra ID flaw allowed hijacking any company's tenant
A critical combination of legacy components could have allowed complete access to the Microsoft Entra ID tenant of every company in the world. [...]
Canada dismantles TradeOgre exchange, seizes $40 million in crypto
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has shut down the TradeOgre cryptocurrency exchange and seized more than $40 million believed to originate from criminal activities. [...]
CISA exposes malware kits deployed in Ivanti EPMM attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published an analysis of the malware deployed in attacks exploiting vulnerabilities affecting Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM). [...]
SystemBC malware turns infected VPS systems into proxy highway
The operators of the SystemBC proxy botnet are hunting for vulnerable commercial virtual private servers (VPS) and maintain an average of 1,500 bots every day that provide a highway for malicious traffic. [...]
New Phoenix attack bypasses Rowhammer defenses in DDR5 memory
Academic researchers have devised a new variant of Rowhammer attacks that bypass the latest protection mechanisms on DDR5 memory chips from SK Hynix. [...]
Brokewell Android malware delivered through fake TradingView ads
Cybercriminals are abusing Meta's advertising platforms with fake offers of a free TradingView Premium app that spreads the Brokewell malware for Android. [...]
TamperedChef infostealer delivered through fraudulent PDF Editor
Threat actors have been using multiple websites promoted through Google ads to distribute a convincing PDF editing app that delivers an info-stealing malware called TamperedChef. [...]
Hackers steal Microsoft logins using legitimate ADFS redirects
Hackers are using a novel technique that combines legitimate office.com links with Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) to redirect users to a phishing page that steals Microsoft 365 logins. [...]
Attackers exploit link-wrapping services to steal Microsoft 365 logins
A threat actor has been abusing link wrapping services from reputed technology companies to mask malicious links leading to Microsoft 365 phishing pages that collect login credentials. [...]
AI-powered Cursor IDE vulnerable to prompt-injection attacks
A vulnerability that researchers call CurXecute is present in almost all versions of the AI-powered code editor Cursor, and can be exploited to execute remote code with developer privileges. [...]
SonicWall SMA devices hacked with OVERSTEP rootkit tied to ransomware
A threat actor has been deploying a previously unseen malware called OVERSTEP that modifies the boot process of fully-patched but no longer supported SonicWall Secure Mobile Access appliances. [...]
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