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Malicious PyPI and npm Packages Discovered Exploiting Dependencies in Supply Chain Attacks

August 18, 2025adminuserCyber

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that introduces malicious behavior through a dependency that allows it to establish persistence and achieve code execution. The package, named termncolor, realizes its nefarious functionality through a dependency package called colorinal by means of a multi-stage malware operation, Zscaler

Aug

Wazuh for Regulatory Compliance

August 18, 2025adminuserCyber

Organizations handling various forms of sensitive data or personally identifiable information (PII) require adherence to regulatory compliance standards and frameworks. These compliance standards also apply to organizations operating in regulated sectors such as healthcare, finance, government contracting, or education. Some of these standards and frameworks include, but are not limited to:

Aug

ERMAC V3.0 Banking Trojan Source Code Leak Exposes Full Malware Infrastructure

August 16, 2025adminuserCyber

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed the inner workings of an Android banking trojan called ERMAC 3.0, uncovering serious shortcomings in the operators’ infrastructure. “The newly uncovered version 3.0 reveals a significant evolution of the malware, expanding its form injection and data theft capabilities to target more than 700 banking, shopping, and cryptocurrency applications,” Hunt.io

Aug

Russian Group EncryptHub Exploits MSC EvilTwin Vulnerability to Deploy Fickle Stealer Malware

August 16, 2025adminuserCyber

The threat actor known as EncryptHub is continuing to exploit a now-patched security flaw impacting Microsoft Windows to deliver malicious payloads. Trustwave SpiderLabs said it recently observed an EncryptHub campaign that brings together social engineering and the exploitation of a vulnerability in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) framework (CVE-2025-26633, aka MSC EvilTwin) to trigger

Aug

WinRAR Zero-Day Under Active Exploitation – Update to Latest Version Immediately

August 11, 2025adminuserCyber

The maintainers of the WinRAR file archiving utility have released an update to address an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability. Tracked as CVE-2025-8088 (CVSS score: 8.8), the issue has been described as a case of path traversal affecting the Windows version of the tool that could be exploited to obtain arbitrary code execution by crafting malicious...

Aug

New Win-DDoS Flaws Let Attackers Turn Public Domain Controllers into DDoS Botnet via RPC, LDAP

August 10, 2025adminuserCyber

A novel attack technique could be weaponized to rope thousands of public domain controllers (DCs) around the world to create a malicious botnet and use it to conduct powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The approach has been codenamed Win-DDoS by SafeBreach researchers Or Yair and Shahak Morag, who presented their findings at the DEF CON...

Aug

Researchers Detail Windows EPM Poisoning Exploit Chain Leading to Domain Privilege Escalation

August 10, 2025adminuserCyber

Cybersecurity researchers have presented new findings related to a now-patched security issue in Microsoft’s Windows Remote Procedure Call (RPC) communication protocol that could be abused by an attacker to conduct spoofing attacks and impersonate a known server. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-49760 (CVSS score: 3.5), has been described by the tech giant as a Windows...

Aug

Linux-Based Lenovo Webcams’ Flaw Can Be Remotely Exploited for BadUSB Attacks

August 9, 2025adminuserCyber

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed vulnerabilities in select model webcams from Lenovo that could turn them into BadUSB attack devices. “This allows remote attackers to inject keystrokes covertly and launch attacks independent of the host operating system,” Eclypsium researchers Paul Asadoorian, Mickey Shkatov, and Jesse Michael said in a report shared with The Hacker News. The

Aug

Researchers Reveal ReVault Attack Targeting Dell ControlVault3 Firmware in 100+ Laptop Models

August 9, 2025adminuserCyber

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered multiple security flaws in Dell’s ControlVault3 firmware and its associated Windows APIs that could have been abused by attackers to bypass Windows login, extract cryptographic keys, as well as maintain access even after a fresh operating system install by deploying undetectable malicious implants into the firmware. The vulnerabilities have been codenamed

Aug

Researchers Uncover GPT-5 Jailbreak and Zero-Click AI Agent Attacks Exposing Cloud and IoT Systems

August 9, 2025adminuserCyber

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a jailbreak technique to bypass ethical guardrails erected by OpenAI in its latest large language model (LLM) GPT-5 and produce illicit instructions. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) security platform NeuralTrust said it combined a known technique called Echo Chamber with narrative-driven steering to trick the model into producing undesirable

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Malicious PyPI and npm Packages Discovered Exploiting Dependencies in Supply Chain Attacks

Wazuh for Regulatory Compliance

ERMAC V3.0 Banking Trojan Source Code Leak Exposes Full Malware Infrastructure

Russian Group EncryptHub Exploits MSC EvilTwin Vulnerability to Deploy Fickle Stealer Malware

WinRAR Zero-Day Under Active Exploitation – Update to Latest Version Immediately

New Win-DDoS Flaws Let Attackers Turn Public Domain Controllers into DDoS Botnet via RPC, LDAP

Researchers Detail Windows EPM Poisoning Exploit Chain Leading to Domain Privilege Escalation

Linux-Based Lenovo Webcams’ Flaw Can Be Remotely Exploited for BadUSB Attacks

Researchers Reveal ReVault Attack Targeting Dell ControlVault3 Firmware in 100+ Laptop Models

Researchers Uncover GPT-5 Jailbreak and Zero-Click AI Agent Attacks Exposing Cloud and IoT Systems

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