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U.S. authorities have recovered $31 million in cryptocurrency stolen during the 2021 cyberattacks on Uranium Finance. U.S. authorities recovered $31 million in cryptocurrency stolen in 2021 cyberattacks on Uranium Finance, which is a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol built on Binance’s BNB Chain. The protocol operated as an automated market maker (AMM), similar to Uniswap, allowing […]

Amnesty International reports that a Cellebrite zero-day exploit was used to unlock a Serbian activist’s Android phone. Amnesty International reported that a Cellebrite zero-day exploit was used to unlock the Android smartphone of a Serbian activist. In a statement published on 25 February 2025, Cellebrite announced that it had blocked Serbia from using its solution after reports that police […]

The Qilin ransomware group claims responsibility for attacking the newspaper Lee Enterprises, stealing 350GB of data. The Qilin ransomware group claimed responsibility for the recent cyberattack on Lee Enterprises, which impacted dozens of local newspapers. Lee Enterprises, Inc. is a publicly traded American media company. It publishes 79 newspapers in 25 states, and more than […]

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Meta fired about 20 employees because they had leaked “confidential information outside the company,” with more firings expected. Meta fired about 20 employees for leaking confidential information outside the company, with more firings expected. “We tell employees when they join the company, and we offer periodic reminders, that it is against our policies to leak […]

Microsoft warns of a Paragon Partition Manager BioNTdrv.sys driver zero-day flaw actively exploited by ransomware gangs in attacks. Microsoft discovered five vulnerabilities in the Paragon Partition Manager BioNTdrv.sys driver. The IT giant reported that one of these flaws is exploited by ransomware groups in zero-day attacks. Paragon Partition Manager, available in Community and Commercial versions, manages hard drive […]

Microsoft exposed four individuals behind an Azure Abuse scheme using unauthorized GenAI access to create harmful content. Microsoft shared the names of four developers of malicious tools designed to bypass the guardrails of generative AI services, including Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service. Microsoft is taking legal action against these defendants, dismantling their operation, and curbing misuse […]

Hackers reveal security flaws in smart solar systems, exposing risks to national power grids as global reliance on solar energy grows. DW investigated the risks of cyber attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in smart solar systems while the demand for solar energy grows. The German news outlet DW interviewed hackers who’ve exposed security flaws in rooftop installations […]

Operators behind the Vo1d botnet have enhanced its capabilities, enabling rapid growth in recent months. In September 2024, Doctor Web researchers uncovered a malware, tracked as Vo1d, that infected nearly 1.3 million Android-based TV boxes belonging to users in 197 countries. The malicious code acts as a backdoor allowing attackers to download and install third-party software […]

Cisco addressed command injection and denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerabilities in some models of its Nexus switches. Cisco released security updates to address command injection and DoS vulnerabilities in Nexus switches, including a high-severity flaw. The most severe issue, tracked as CVE-2025-20111 (CVSS Score of 7.4), resides in the health monitoring diagnostics of Cisco Nexus 3000 Series […]

Belgian authorities are investigating Chinese hackers for breaching its State Security Service (VSSE), stealing 10% of emails from 2021 to May 2023. The Belgian federal prosecutor’s office is probing a possible security breach on its State Security Service (VSSE) by China-linked threat actors. Chinese hackers gained access to the VSSE’s email server between 2021 and […]

The FBI confirmed that North Korea is responsible for the record-breaking cyber heist at the crypto exchange Bybit. FBI links the recent Bybit hack to North Korea-linked group TraderTraitor as details of the $1.5B cyber heist emerge. Last week, the crypto exchange Bybit suffered a sophisticated cyberattack, threat actors transferred over 400,000 ETH and stETH […]

CERT-UA warns of UAC-0173 using DCRat malware to target Ukrainian notaries in a new attack wave since mid-January 2025. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of a new campaign by criminal group UAC-0173 targeting Ukrainian notaries with a remote access trojan DCRat (aka DarkCrystal RAT). The campaign started in mid-January 2025, the attack […]

Cellebrite blocked Serbia from using its solution after reports that police used it to unlock and infect the phones of a journalist and activist. A report published by Amnesty International in December 2024 documented the use of Cellebrite’s forensics tools by Serbia police to unlock and install spyware on the phones of a local journalist and […]

Resecurity researchers reported that DragonForce ransomware targets Saudi organizations rising cyber threats in the region. DragonForce ransomware has recently been reported to target organizations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). A significant incident identified by Resecurity involved a data leak from a prominent real estate and construction company in Riyadh, which has projects with […]

A Ghostwriter campaign using a new variant of PicassoLoader targets opposition activists in Belarus, and Ukrainian military and government organizations. SentinelLABS observed a new Ghostwriter campaign targeting Belarusian opposition activists and Ukrainian military and government entities with a new variant of PicassoLoader. The campaign has been active since late 2024, threat actors used weaponized Microsoft […]

Researchers found an updated LightSpy spyware with enhanced data collection features targeting social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram. Cybersecurity researchers at Hunt.io have found an updated version of the LightSpy spyware that supports an expanded set of data collection features to target social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram. ThreatFabric researchers first discovered a […]

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft Partner Center and Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added SonicWall SonicOS and Palo Alto PAN-OS vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The two vulnerabilities are: The first vulnerability, CVE-2023-34192 (CVSS score: 9.0), is […]

GitVenom malware campaign targets gamers and crypto investors by posing as open-source projects on GitHub. Kaspersky researchers warn of a malware campaign, dubbed GitVenom, targeting GitHub users. The threat actors behind this campaign created hundreds of fake GitHub repositories with malicious code, disguising them as automation tools, crypto bots, and hacking utilities. The attackers used […]