2026-08-17 15:15 UTC
Vendor Research
Tenable Blog · Clément Notin · indexed 2026-08-17 15:35 UTC
Learn how Tenable One Cloud Exposure helps you unmask the sophisticated tactics of cybercrime group Storm-0501, which carries out Azure-based cloud ransomware campaigns. Tenable One Cloud Exposure uses AI-powered threat stories to expose Storm-0501 TTPs, backed by precision-engineered threat detection alerts.Key takeawaysStorm-0501 demonstrates that cloud-first ransomware groups have shifted from simple endpoint encryption to the total hijacking of cloud tenants.Storm-0501 systematically neutra…
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2026-08-17 11:29 UTC
Vendor Research
Rapid7 · Anna Širokova · indexed 2026-08-18 15:35 UTC
Operation ASTERIX overviewRapid7 researchers identified an exposed web directory on infrastructure used to support a cryptocurrency fraud operation. The server contained raw phone-number datasets, account-validation tools, enriched lead records, phishing panels, voice-dialing scripts, fake wallet applications, persistence mechanisms, and Telegram exfiltration code. Among the artifacts was evidence that the operator relied on AI coding assistants throughout the campaign's development; recovered …
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2026-08-17 09:29 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-17 10:50 UTC
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a previously undocumented Linux botnet family dubbed Evooo1Bot that derives its core functionality from the Mirai botnet source code and is equipped to turn internet-facing devices into SOCKS proxies. "While the malware reuses the DDoS engine from the publicly leaked Mirai source code, it extends the original framework with numerous capabilities, including
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2026-08-17 04:00 UTC
Security Journalism
Huntress · indexed 2026-09-07 17:30 UTC
Huntress SOC analysts reverse engineer MacSync Stealer, a macOS infostealer spread through fake Claude Code download pages. Watch the full analysis.
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2026-08-16 17:43 UTC
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Security Affairs · Pierluigi Paganini · indexed 2026-08-16 18:35 UTC
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Kimsuky Integrates AI into Attack Operations, From AI-Generated Decoy Documents to a Local LLM ShieldBreak – August 2026 disclosure Kimwolf v7: An Evolution of the Kimwolf Botnet CISA, FBI and Partners Warn Organizations of […]
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2026-08-16 17:15 UTC
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Security Affairs · Pierluigi Paganini · indexed 2026-08-16 18:35 UTC
Mustang Panda upgraded CoolClient with a signed kernel driver that hides processes, files and network activity, making the backdoor harder to detect. HoneyMyte, also known as Mustang Panda, has pushed its CoolClient backdoor another step deeper into Windows. Kaspersky’s latest analysis shows a new variant that can deploy a signed kernel-mode driver as a Windows […]
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2026-08-16 15:07 UTC
Security Journalism
BleepingComputer · Bill Toulas · indexed 2026-08-16 15:10 UTC
A new information-stealing malware called AmnesiaStealer, which targets macOS users via ClickFix attacks, includes a streaming module that allows the attacker to interactively control the victim's web browser. [...]
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2026-08-16 08:31 UTC
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Security Affairs · Pierluigi Paganini · indexed 2026-08-16 18:35 UTC
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including international press. Crooks Are Buying Your Expired Domains and Using Them to Deliver Malware SAP Commerce Cloud CVE-2026-58231 Exploited […]
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2026-08-16 07:24 UTC
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Security Affairs · Pierluigi Paganini · indexed 2026-08-16 18:35 UTC
Acronis uncovered PATCHCORD, a stealthy backdoor targeting Afghan telecom and South Asian infrastructure via fake VPN tools and Google Sheets C2. Researchers at Acronis just documented an espionage operation that reads like it was built by someone with genuinely good taste in disguises. Their Threat Research Unit report tracks a previously undocumented backdoor called PATCHCORD, […]
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2026-08-15 17:48 UTC
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Security Affairs · Pierluigi Paganini · indexed 2026-08-16 18:35 UTC
Attackers are buying expired domains to exploit their reputation, traffic and DNS history, using them for malware delivery, scams and C2 infrastructure. Every day, roughly 65,000 domain names that once belonged to someone else get re-registered by a new owner. Infoblox Threat Intel calls these dropcatch domains, and in the first half of 2026 they […]
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2026-08-15 14:14 UTC
Security Journalism
BleepingComputer · Bill Toulas · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
A new Mirai-based modular Linux botnet malware called Evooo1Bot has been targeting internet-facing gateway devices, turning them into SOCKS5 traffic relay nodes. [...]
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2026-08-14 18:48 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-17 10:50 UTC
Threat actors are acquiring expired domains to inherit website traffic and reputation to redirect victims to scams and malware on a large scale. DNS threat intelligence firm Infoblox has given the name dropcatch domains to those that get a second chance, where an expired domain becomes available for registration and is then snapped up by another party. During the first half of 2026, 50,400
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2026-08-14 13:08 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-17 10:50 UTC
The threat actor known as HoneyMyte (aka Mustang Panda) has been observed deploying an updated version of the CoolClient backdoor with a signed Windows kernel-mode rootkit that can hide and protect malicious processes, files, registry objects, and command-and-control (C2) network information. Russian cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky said it identified victims in Myanmar, Mongolia, Pakistan,
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2026-08-13 18:17 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-17 10:50 UTC
Some weeks have one big security story. Others bring many smaller updates that are easy to miss but still matter. This week has plenty of them, covering cloud services, AI tools, malware, data breaches, scams, and new attack methods. The latest ThreatsDay Bulletin puts all of these short updates in one place, so you can quickly catch up on what happened, what changed, and what security teams
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2026-08-13 15:52 UTC
Security Journalism
The Record · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC
Beyond Mirai’s usual functions, the new code features include encrypted communications with command-and-control servers and a “sniffer” that looks for default access credentials.
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2026-08-13 15:00 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-17 10:50 UTC
Afghan telecom providers and South Asian critical infrastructure organizations have emerged as the target of a new ongoing campaign that delivers a previously undocumented backdoor called PATCHCORD. According to Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU), the backdoor is a compiled C/C++ implant delivered by means of sector-specific lures, including fake VPN installers impersonating Afghan Telecom (
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2026-08-13 13:43 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-17 10:50 UTC
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new macOS-oriented, Rust-based information stealer called AmnesiaStealer that's capable of hijacking Chromium web browsers to steal session data. The multi-stage stealer is spread via a counterfeit GitHub download page titled "Download for macOS" and claims to be from a verified publisher. The page employs a ClickFix-style lure that
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2026-08-13 11:53 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-17 10:50 UTC
A previously unseen Android near field communication (NFC) relay malware family dubbed WindRelay is being deployed in conjunction with a known remote access trojan (RAT) called SpyNote as part of a contactless payment fraud scheme. The purpose-built malware, according to Group-IB, is designed to capture live card data via NFC and transmit it to fraudsters in real time. It was first detected in
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2026-08-13 01:26 UTC
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SANS Internet Storm Center · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
In the past few weeks, I have been using Gemma4 as a Large Language Model (LLM) to see how useful it can be to analyze some of the malware hashes uploaded to the DShield sensor over the past 30 days and figure out how its recommendation can be considered useful about the activity my DShield sensor is collecting and tracking. The model I use for this testing is gemma4:e4b [2] using two sites to compare the data against VirusTotal and CyberGordon. 
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2026-08-12 17:39 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
The North Korean threat actor known as Lazarus Group has been attributed to the zero-day exploitation of a newly patched security flaw impacting Microsoft Windows to deliver a never-before-seen backdoor targeting defense and aerospace companies across France, Germany, Brazil, and India. The activity, per Check Point Research, is part of Operation Dream Job, a long-running cyber espionage and
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2026-08-12 06:58 UTC
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Group-IB · indexed 2026-09-07 17:30 UTC
A new NFC relay malware designated as WindRelay, paired with SpyNote RAT enables live-call fraud, combining social engineering with dual digital and physical cash-out.
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2026-08-11 19:36 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new version of the Kimwolf/AISURU Android and Internet of Things (IoT) botnet that comes with significant improvements to improve its operational resilience and conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The new version, tracked as Kimwolf v7, was discovered by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 in February 2026. "Kimwolf v7 adds an HTTP/2-based
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2026-08-11 18:36 UTC
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The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disclosed details of a new social engineering campaign orchestrated by Russian nation-state threat actors targeting IT workers in the country by masquerading as recruiters to trick them into installing malware. CERT-UA pinned the activity on a threat cluster it tracks as UAC-0145, which is a subgroup within Sandworm (aka APT44,
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2026-08-11 10:00 UTC
Vendor Research
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 · Asher Davila, Chris Navarrete and Doel Santos · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC
Discover how Kimwolf v7 targets Android IoT devices with HTTP/2 DDoS fingerprinting, Ethereum ENS C2 resolution and Tor backup routing. The post Kimwolf v7: An Evolution of the Kimwolf Botnet appeared first on Unit 42.
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2026-08-10 22:00 UTC
Vendor Research
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 · Chris Navarrete, Sai Sathvik Ruppa and Haozhe Zhang · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC
Analysis of the Aeternum botnet loader, a threat leveraging Polygon blockchain smart contracts for decentralized C2 infrastructure and payload execution. The post The Permanent Threat: Analyzing Aeternum’s Blockchain-Based C2 Operations and Communications appeared first on Unit 42.
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2026-08-10 15:00 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
A lot of security problems still begin with someone doing a completely normal thing. Cloning a repo. Answering a call. Leaving a box exposed. Trusting the default. That pretty much covers the mood this week. Old bugs are back, supply chains are getting stranger, and some exploit paths are so short you wonder what was supposed to stop them in the first place. That’s only part of it. Here’s
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2026-08-10 13:19 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
North Korea's state hackers are no longer content to type prompts into public chatbots. One of the country's main espionage groups has begun running artificial intelligence (AI) offline on its own servers, connecting document-search tools to files in its possession, and collecting the software parts needed to build AI into its malware. South Korean security firm Genians says it uncovered the
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2026-08-10 13:00 UTC
Security Journalism
Huntress · indexed 2026-09-07 17:30 UTC
Go inside Huntress and the FBI’s five-year pursuit of Silk Typhoon, from 88,000 Exchange backdoors to an arrest and a wider fight against cybercrime.
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2026-08-10 12:25 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
Three separate research efforts last week demonstrated ways to defeat passkey protections without breaking the cryptography they rest on. Passkeys are designed to replace reusable passwords and resist phishing. The attacks instead reused signed authentication material that Windows had exposed, abused a cloud-synced passkey system from malware already on the victim's machine, and used a
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2026-08-10 07:38 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension named Solidity Pro ("solidity-pro") that has been observed delivering a browser wallet and credential stealer. The names of the extensions are below - helper-beeps.solidity-pro web3devtoolsx.solidity-pro Although neither of the extensions is now available on Open VSX, the GitHub repository
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