Cybercriminals have adopted an advanced social engineering approach that takes advantage of the trust job seekers place in employment platforms, as highlighted in a new Google security advisory. Targeting Through Deceptive Recruitment Websites A financially driven threat group based in Vietnam, identified as UNC6229, has been targeting professionals in the digital advertising and marketing sectors. […]
A critical flaw has been uncovered in BIND 9 resolvers, which could allow attackers to poison DNS caches and redirect users to malicious domains. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-40778, affects more than 706,000 publicly exposed instances worldwide, according to data from internet scanning company Censys. With a CVSS score of 8.6, the bug arises from
Microsoft has released an urgent out-of-band security update to address a critical vulnerability in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). This flaw, identified as CVE-2025-59287, has a high CVSS score of 9.8 and is being actively exploited, with a publicly available proof-of-concept (PoC) already circulating. The vulnerability is a remote code execution (RCE) issue affecting WSUS
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A major ongoing smishing campaign has been traced to over 194,000 malicious domains since January 1, 2024, targeting a wide variety of services around the world, according to recent research from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42. Although many of these domains are registered through a Hong Kong-based registrar and utilize Chinese nameservers, the bulk of
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A Pakistan-linked threat actor, identified as Transparent Tribe (APT36), has been observed launching spear-phishing attacks against Indian government entities using a Golang-based remote access trojan (RAT) called DeskRAT. The campaign, active during August and September 2025, continues a series of operations first highlighted by CYFIRMA in August 2025 and now monitored by Sekoia. Attack MethodologyThe
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A large, persistent malicious operation has been abusing YouTube to distribute malware, publishing more than 3,000 deceptive videos since 2021. Check Point researchers call it the YouTube Ghost Network, and the volume of these videos has tripled this year. Google has removed a majority of the offending videos, but the campaign highlights how attackers weaponize
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A fast-moving supply-chain worm, dubbed GlassWorm by Koi Security, has been found hiding inside multiple Visual Studio Code extensions on the Open VSX Registry and the Microsoft Extension Marketplace. The campaign highlights how developers, and their tooling, are now prime targets for large scale compromise, because extensions can auto-update and run code on developer machines.
A persistent North Korean cyber campaign, known as Operation Dream Job, has resurfaced with a focused wave of attacks against European companies in the defense and aerospace sectors. ESET researchers Peter Kálnai and Alexis Rapin report the activity appears aimed at harvesting proprietary data and manufacturing know-how, especially tied to unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, development.
Cybersecurity researchers have exposed a cybercriminal group, known as Jingle Thief, that targets cloud systems used by retailers and consumer service companies, to carry out large scale gift card fraud. The group focuses on stealing credentials through phishing and smishing, then uses those credentials to access cloud-based gift card issuance workflows, issue high value cards,
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A newly discovered critical vulnerability in Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source platforms has become a target of active exploitation. According to e-commerce security firm Sansec, over 250 Magento stores were attacked within just 24 hours after threat actors began leveraging this flaw. Details of the Vulnerability The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-54236 with a CVSS
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