In October 2025, experts at Kaspersky Lab uncovered a new wave of targeted attacks attributed to the ForumTroll
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Researchers at Gen have reported a new WhatsApp account-takeover technique dubbed GhostPairing. The attack appears mundane and arouses
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Researchers at Check Point Research have uncovered a large-scale espionage operation conducted by the Chinese APT group Ink
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Cymulate Research Labs has uncovered a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Admin Center (WAC) version 2.4.2.1,
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Japanese company Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ) has reported observing a new variant of the malware known as Type
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A security researcher has demonstrated how a “booby-trapped” e-book can turn an ordinary Kindle into a gateway to
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Researchers at Koi Security have identified a new malicious campaign dubbed GhostPoster, targeting users of the Firefox browser.
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A covert threat has been uncovered within the .NET ecosystem, stemming from the substitution of a widely used
The post The Five-Year Sleeper: Malicious NuGet Package Poses as Tracer.Fody to Drain Crypto Wallets appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
Microsoft has announced plans to retire the legacy RC4 algorithm from Windows authentication. The company is preparing changes
The post Kill the Cipher: Microsoft to Disable RC4 Authentication by Mid-2026—Are You Ready? appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
By the end of 2025, the internet had become even more tightly bound to cloud infrastructure, mobile traffic,
The post Internet Rewired: Cloudflare 2025 Report Reveals a 19% Traffic Surge and the Rise of AI Bot Wars appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
A new wave of pressure targeting Israeli professionals linked to the defense sector has moved beyond conventional cyberattacks
The post Digital Crosshairs: Iran-Linked “Handala” Group Offers $30K Bounties for Israeli Engineers appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
In the run-up to the New Year holidays, underground marketplaces often see a surge of freshly minted data-stealing
The post Naughty List: SantaStealer Malware Unwrapped—The “New” Holiday Threat is Just Rebranded Code appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
The Danish government has opened a public consultation on amendments to copyright and broadcasting laws that would make
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SpeechRuntimeMove Lateral Movement via SpeechRuntime DCOM trigger & COM Hijacking. This Proof of Concept (PoC) for Lateral Movement
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One of the key defensive barriers against the creation of fake online accounts has proven alarmingly fragile—capable of
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Over a three-month observation period, Forescout researchers recorded more than 60 million malicious requests targeting devices positioned at
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While monitoring digital threat activity, researchers at Seqrite Labs uncovered a new targeted campaign dubbed Operation MoneyMount-ISO. The
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Within cybercriminal circles, the emergence of a new command-and-control framework known as Weyhro C2 has been observed. Its
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Since early August 2025, Zscaler researchers have been tracking the spread of a new phishing kit known as
The post MFA Under Siege: The Rise of BlackForce, the Sophisticated “Live” Phishing Kit Targeting 11+ Global Brands appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
Many of us have installed an app “just once”—simply to breeze through registration, dismiss pop-ups, and finally reach
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