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RedTiger is an open-source red-teaming tool repurposed by attackers to steal sensitive data from Discord users and gamers. Released in 2025 on GitHub, RedTiger bundles penetration-testing utilities, including network scanners and OSINT tools. But its infostealer module has gone rogue, with malicious payloads circulating online since early 2025. Netskope Threat Labs reported multiple variants targeting […]

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Paris, France, October 24th, 2025, CyberNewsWire Arsen, the cybersecurity company dedicated to helping organizations defend against social engineering, today introduced its new Smishing Simulation module: a feature designed to let companies run realistic, large-scale SMS phishing simulations across their teams. Designed to address the growing wave of mobile-based attacks, the new module gives CISOs, MSSPs, […]

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A significant vulnerability in OpenAI’s newly released ChatGPT Atlas browser reveals that it stores unencrypted OAuth tokens in a SQLite database with overly permissive file settings on macOS, potentially allowing unauthorized access to user accounts. This flaw, discovered by Pete Johnson just days after the browser’s October 21, 2025, launch, bypasses standard encryption practices used […]

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At Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 hacking competition, cybersecurity researchers from Team Z3 have withdrawn their high-stakes demonstration of a potential zero-click remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in WhatsApp, opting instead for a private coordinated disclosure to Meta. The event, held in Cork, Ireland, from October 21-23, featured a record-breaking $1 million bounty for such a WhatsApp […]

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Amazon Web Services (AWS), the backbone for countless websites and services, faced a severe outage last weekend that disrupted operations for millions. The incident, which unfolded in the early hours of October 20, 2025, exposed vulnerabilities in even the most robust systems and left users scrambling. The trouble began at 11:49 PM PDT on October […]

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Email phishing attacks have reached a critical inflection point in 2025, as threat actors deploy increasingly sophisticated evasion techniques to circumvent traditional security infrastructure and user defenses. The threat landscape continues to evolve with the revival and refinement of established tactics that were once considered outdated, combined with novel delivery mechanisms that exploit gaps in […]

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Microsoft has rolled out an out-of-band emergency patch for a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). Identified as CVE-2025-59287, the issue stems from the deserialization of untrusted data in a legacy serialization mechanism, allowing unauthorized attackers to execute arbitrary code over the network. The patch, released on October 23, […]

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Toys “R” Us Canada has alerted customers to a significant data breach that potentially exposed their personal information, marking another blow to consumer trust in retail data security. In emails dispatched to affected individuals this morning, the popular toy retailer revealed that unauthorized access to its databases occurred earlier this year, with stolen data surfacing […]

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Remcos, a commercial remote access tool marketed as legitimate surveillance software, has become the leading infostealer in malware campaigns during the third quarter of 2025, accounting for approximately 11 percent of detected cases. In a notable shift from traditional deployment methods, threat actors are now weaponizing this remote control and surveillance platform through sophisticated fileless […]

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The HP OneAgent software update has disconnected Windows devices from Microsoft Entra ID. As a result, users can no longer access their corporate identities. Version 1.2.50.9581 of the agent, pushed silently to HP’s Next Gen AI systems like the EliteBook X Flip G1i, deleted critical certificates, causing devices to drop their Entra join status overnight. […]

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Cybersecurity researchers have identified a sophisticated campaign where threat actors are leveraging compromised credentials to infiltrate Azure Blob Storage containers, targeting organizations’ critical code repositories and sensitive data. This emerging threat exploits misconfigured storage access controls to establish persistence and exfiltrate valuable intellectual property. The attack vector represents a significant shift in how threat actors […]

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A new open-source tool called PDF Object Hashing is designed to detect malicious PDFs by analyzing their structural “fingerprints.” Released by Proofpoint, the tool empowers security teams to create robust threat detection rules based on unique object characteristics in PDF files. This innovation addresses the growing reliance of threat actors on PDFs for delivering malware, […]

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A sophisticated information-stealing malware written in Golang has emerged, leveraging blockchain technology to establish covert command-and-control channels. SharkStealer represents a significant evolution in malware design, utilizing the BNB Smart Chain Testnet as a resilient dead-drop resolver for its C2 infrastructure. This novel approach demonstrates how threat actors exploit Web3 technologies to evade traditional detection mechanisms […]

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Microsoft 365 Exchange Online’s Direct Send feature, originally designed to enable legacy devices and applications to send emails without authentication, has become an exploitable pathway for cybercriminals conducting sophisticated phishing and business email compromise attacks. The feature allows multifunction printers, scanners, and older line-of-business applications to transmit messages by bypassing rigorous authentication and security checks, […]

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The Bitter APT group, also tracked as APT-Q-37 and known in China as 蔓灵花, has launched a sophisticated cyberespionage campaign targeting government agencies, military installations, and critical infrastructure across China and Pakistan. The threat actor has deployed weaponized Microsoft Office documents that exploit a previously unknown zero-day vulnerability in WinRAR archive software to install custom […]

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SquareX released critical research exposing a new class of attack targeting AI browsers. The AI Sidebar Spoofing attack leverages malicious browser extensions to impersonate trusted AI sidebar interfaces, which is used to trick users into executing dangerous commands that can lead to credential theft, device hijacking, and password exfiltration. The research demonstrates how attackers can […]

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A new technique allows hackers to extract encrypted authentication tokens from Microsoft Teams on Windows, enabling unauthorized access to chats, emails, and SharePoint files. In a blog post dated October 23, 2025, Brahim El Fikhi explains how these tokens, stored in a Chromium-like Cookies database, can be decrypted using Windows’ Data Protection API (DPAPI). This […]

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A sophisticated information-stealing malware known as Vidar Stealer has undergone a complete architectural transformation with the release of version 2.0, introducing advanced capabilities that enable it to bypass Chrome’s latest security protections through direct memory injection techniques. Released on October 6, 2025, by its developer “Loadbaks” on underground forums, this new iteration features a complete […]

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The stealer malware ecosystem has evolved into a sophisticated criminal enterprise capable of processing hundreds of millions of credentials daily. Over the past several years, threat actors have transformed the landscape of credential theft through specialized malware families and underground distribution platforms. These information-stealing operations now represent one of the most significant threats to digital […]

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A sophisticated new threat has emerged in the cybersecurity landscape, leveraging the popular communication platform Discord to conduct covert operations. ChaosBot, a Rust-based malware strain, represents an evolution in adversarial tactics by hiding malicious command and control traffic within legitimate cloud service communications. This approach allows attackers to blend seamlessly into normal network traffic, making […]

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