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Credential stuffing attacks had a huge impact in 2024, fueled by a vicious circle of infostealer infections and data breaches. But things could be about to get worse still with Computer-Using Agents, a new kind of AI agent that enables low-cost, low-effort automation of common web tasks — including those frequently performed by attackers.
Stolen credentials: The cyber criminal’s weapon of choice

Credential stuffing attacks had a huge impact in 2024, fueled by a vicious circle of infostealer infections and data breaches. But things could be about to get worse still with Computer-Using Agents, a new kind of AI agent that enables low-cost, low-effort automation of common web tasks — including those frequently performed by attackers.
Stolen credentials: The cyber criminal’s weapon of choice

Suspected Iranian Hackers Used Compromised Indian Firm’s Email to Target U.A.E. Aviation Sector

Threat hunters are calling attention to a new highly-targeted phishing campaign that singled out « fewer than five » entities in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) to deliver a previously undocumented Golang backdoor dubbed Sosano.
The malicious activity was specifically directed against aviation and satellite communications organizations, according to Proofpoint, which detected it in late October

Threat hunters are calling attention to a new highly-targeted phishing campaign that singled out « fewer than five » entities in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) to deliver a previously undocumented Golang backdoor dubbed Sosano.
The malicious activity was specifically directed against aviation and satellite communications organizations, according to Proofpoint, which detected it in late October

Internet service providers (ISPs) in China and the West Coast of the United States have become the target of a mass exploitation campaign that deploys information stealers and cryptocurrency miners on compromised hosts.
The findings come from the Splunk Threat Research Team, which said the activity also led to the delivery of various binaries that facilitate data exfiltration as well as offer

Internet service providers (ISPs) in China and the West Coast of the United States have become the target of a mass exploitation campaign that deploys information stealers and cryptocurrency miners on compromised hosts.
The findings come from the Splunk Threat Research Team, which said the activity also led to the delivery of various binaries that facilitate data exfiltration as well as offer

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added five security flaws impacting software from Cisco, Hitachi Vantara, Microsoft Windows, and Progress WhatsUp Gold to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.
The list of vulnerabilities is as follows –

CVE-2023-20118 (CVSS score: 6.5) – A command injection

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added five security flaws impacting software from Cisco, Hitachi Vantara, Microsoft Windows, and Progress WhatsUp Gold to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.
The list of vulnerabilities is as follows –

CVE-2023-20118 (CVSS score: 6.5) – A command injection

Google’s March 2025 Android Security Update Fixes Two Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities

Google has released its monthly Android Security Bulletin for March 2025 to address a total of 44 vulnerabilities, including two that it said have come under active exploitation in the wild.
The two high-severity vulnerabilities are listed below –

CVE-2024-43093 – A privilege escalation flaw in the Framework component that could result in unauthorized access to « Android/data, » « Android/obb, »

Google has released its monthly Android Security Bulletin for March 2025 to address a total of 44 vulnerabilities, including two that it said have come under active exploitation in the wild.
The two high-severity vulnerabilities are listed below –

CVE-2024-43093 – A privilege escalation flaw in the Framework component that could result in unauthorized access to « Android/data, » « Android/obb, »

Threat actors are targeting Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments to push out phishing campaigns to unsuspecting targets, according to findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42.
The cybersecurity company is tracking the activity cluster under the name TGR-UNK-0011 (short for a threat group with unknown motivation), which it said overlaps with a group known as JavaGhost. TGR-UNK-0011 is known to

Threat actors are targeting Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments to push out phishing campaigns to unsuspecting targets, according to findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42.
The cybersecurity company is tracking the activity cluster under the name TGR-UNK-0011 (short for a threat group with unknown motivation), which it said overlaps with a group known as JavaGhost. TGR-UNK-0011 is known to

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new phishing campaign that employs the ClickFix technique to deliver an open-source command-and-control (C2) framework called Havoc.
« The threat actor hides each malware stage behind a SharePoint site and uses a modified version of Havoc Demon in conjunction with the Microsoft Graph API to obscure C2 communications within trusted, well-known

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new phishing campaign that employs the ClickFix technique to deliver an open-source command-and-control (C2) framework called Havoc.
« The threat actor hides each malware stage behind a SharePoint site and uses a modified version of Havoc Demon in conjunction with the Microsoft Graph API to obscure C2 communications within trusted, well-known

Threat actors have been exploiting a security vulnerability in Paragon Partition Manager’s BioNTdrv.sys driver in ransomware attacks to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code.
The zero-day flaw (CVE-2025-0289) is part of a set of five vulnerabilities that was discovered by Microsoft, according to the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC).
« These include arbitrary kernel memory mapping and

Threat actors have been exploiting a security vulnerability in Paragon Partition Manager’s BioNTdrv.sys driver in ransomware attacks to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code.
The zero-day flaw (CVE-2025-0289) is part of a set of five vulnerabilities that was discovered by Microsoft, according to the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC).
« These include arbitrary kernel memory mapping and

U.K. ICO Investigates TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur Over Children’s Data Protection Practices

The U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has opened an investigation into online platforms TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur to assess the steps they are taking to protect children between the ages of 13 and 17 in the country.
To that end, the watchdog said it’s probing how the ByteDance-owned video-sharing service uses the personal data of children in the age range to surface recommendations

The U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has opened an investigation into online platforms TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur to assess the steps they are taking to protect children between the ages of 13 and 17 in the country.
To that end, the watchdog said it’s probing how the ByteDance-owned video-sharing service uses the personal data of children in the age range to surface recommendations

This week, a 23-year-old Serbian activist found themselves at the crossroads of digital danger when a sneaky zero-day exploit turned their Android device into a target. Meanwhile, Microsoft pulled back the curtain on a scheme where cybercriminals used AI tools for harmful pranks, and a massive trove of live secrets was discovered, reminding us that even the tools we rely on can hide risky

This week, a 23-year-old Serbian activist found themselves at the crossroads of digital danger when a sneaky zero-day exploit turned their Android device into a target. Meanwhile, Microsoft pulled back the curtain on a scheme where cybercriminals used AI tools for harmful pranks, and a massive trove of live secrets was discovered, reminding us that even the tools we rely on can hide risky