How APT41 revived the BlackLotus bootkit to attack diplomatic organizations in Central Asia
Kaspersky GReAT experts discovered a new UEFI bootkit, BlackX. It exploits the Baton Drop vulnerability (CVE-2022-21894) and is similar to the BlackLotus bootkit.
Lazarus hackers use post-quantum cryptography for malware delivery
North Korean hackers are using a post-quantum cryptographic mechanism to secure malicious payload delivery in new operations that combine old and new malware. [...]
AI-driven, large-scale nation-state campaign using ARTEX enables supply chain compromise
Storm-0940 used ARTEX agentic AI to accelerate a ConnectWise supply chain compromise, enabling application credential abuse across Microsoft 365 environments. The post AI-driven, large-scale nation-state campaign using ARTEX enables supply…
Russian hackers teamed up to wipe data at Ukrainian grain firm
The Russian state-linked hacking group Sandworm collaborated with another threat actor to carry out a destructive cyberattack against a Ukrainian grain logistics company last year, researchers said Thursday.
Decades-Old Windows Utility Powers Modern ClickFix Attack
The attack uses malicious Google search results related to Amazon and leverages the "finger" utility to launch a CAPTCHA that installs malware, including the Lumma stealer.
Operation FlashHole: Lazarus breaks security, defies control
Kaspersky researchers analyze Operation FlashHole – a recent complex attack by Lazarus, involving a sophisticated malware set, watering-hole technique and abuse of CrossWeb EX financial security software.
Russian GRU hackers hit NATO shipbuilder, aircraft engine maker, law enforcement agency in espionage campaign
It’s the work of the infamous group behind the attacks on Democrats during the 2016 presidential election, Symantec said. The post Russian GRU hackers hit NATO shipbuilder, aircraft engine maker, law enforcement agency in espionage…
Agents are your newest insiders. Security must move at their speed.
New capabilities in Microsoft 365 E7 and Project Perception help organizations contain agent risk and adapt protection continuously. The post Agents are your newest insiders. Security must move at their speed. appeared first on Microsoft…
Training AIs to Solve CAPTCHAs
Interesting research : Abstract : Vision-language models (VLMs) can solve visual CAPTCHAs without task-specific training, but the agents built on them approach every challenge from scratch. For such an agent, the hundredth instance of a…
How SentinelOne Blocked APT29's CaptiveCrunch Campaign
Learn how SentinelOne's Static AI blocked APT29's CaptiveCrunch campaign on the endpoint, stopping local DNS poisoning and captive portal network lures.
Backdooring Open-Weight AI Models
This is a problem: Any open model whose weights have been edited can carry a backdoor, whether it’s a task-specific fine-tune, a merged adapter or an abliterated build. We have abliterated models in the title because it’s the most popular…
AI-Powered Espionage Campaign Targets Government Linux Infrastructure
Our analysis an AI-powered espionage campaign targeting government Linux infrastructure with custom malware, web shells, and advanced credential theft. The post AI-Powered Espionage Campaign Targets Government Linux Infrastructure appeared…
Justice Department says North Koreans have infiltrated dozens of US companies
U.S. authorities warn that sanctioned hackers are increasingly targeting Americans to act as facilitators between breached U.S. companies and Pyongyang.
FBI arrests OpenAI employee accused of planting hidden recording device in conference room
It's not clear exactly for what purpose the recording device was used, but FBI director Kash Patel said the scheme was to "capture sensitive communications about the company’s super intelligence technology."
Critical infrastructure orgs face heightened cyber risk from nation-state groups, AI threats
Critical infrastructure faces mounting threats from nation-state groups and AI-driven attacks. In the latest installment of our Cybersecurity Awareness Month blog series, learn how leading cybersecurity agencies, such as CISA, are advising…
$10 million bounty offered for Chinese Hafnium hacker accused of Microsoft Exchange Server mega-attack
The US State Department is offering up to US $10 million for information about the whereabouts of Zhang Yu, a 44-year-old Chinese national who is accused of being a key figure in China's state-sponsored hacking group, Hafnium. Read more in…
UAT-11985: AI-assisted event lures delivering real-time Google AitM phishing
Cisco Talos identified an APT spear-phishing campaign against individuals affiliated with Taiwan research organizations. The operation leveraged legitimate public event themes and impersonated reputable academic and policy institutions.
No MDM for Linux? A 68-line Elastic workflow keeps every endpoint's config current
Elastic InfoSec runs Linux endpoint management through Elastic Defend with a scheduled workflow that gets Cursor and Codex config onto new laptops without piling up duplicate actions on offline hosts, and it works for other config too.
NightEagle targets Russian companies
Kaspersky GERT experts have uncovered a new campaign by the NightEagle APT, featuring the GhostContainer backdoor and tools hosted on GitHub. The group is also exploiting vulnerabilities in Active Directory and RDP.
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What's in a tag name? JavaScript, apparently
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Improve Router Hygiene to Protect Against Russian State-Sponsored Targeting
Russian Government-Sponsored Activity Targets Poorly Configured and Vulnerable Devices Across Critical Sectors Executive summary Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Center 16 cyber actors continue to exploit poorly configured and…
From Bing Search to Ransomware: Bumblebee and AdaptixC2 Deliver Akira
Key Takeaways This case was first reported to customers in a threat brief released in July 2025 and in a public flash alert in August 2025 in partnership with Swisscom B2B CSIRT, which observed another intrusion tied to the same campaign.…