In early May 2025, security teams began observing a sudden rise in post-exploitation activity leveraging an open-source command-and-control framework known as AdaptixC2. Originally developed to assist penetration testers, this framework offers a range of capabilities—file system manipulation, process enumeration, and…
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UK Train Operator LNER Passengers Data Accessed In Cyber Attack
London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has confirmed that passenger data was accessed following a cyber attack on one of its third-party suppliers. The breach involved unauthorized access to files containing customer contact details and information related to previous journeys. LNER…
CoreDNS Vulnerability Let Attackers Pin DNS Cache And Deny Service Updates
A significant vulnerability has been discovered in CoreDNS that could allow attackers to disrupt services by pinning DNS cache entries, effectively creating a denial of service for updates. The flaw, residing in the CoreDNS etcd plugin stems from a critical…
PoisonSeed Threat Actor Registering New Domains in Attempt to Compromise Enterprise Credentials
In recent months, cybersecurity researchers have observed a surge in malicious domain registrations linked to an emerging e-crime group known as PoisonSeed. First identified in April 2025, this actor has focused its efforts on impersonating legitimate cloud-based email platforms, most…
Cornwell Quality Tools Data Breach – 100,000 Users Data Was Compromised
Cornwell Quality Tools has disclosed a significant data breach that compromised the sensitive information of nearly 104,000 individuals. The incident involved unauthorized access to the company’s network, resulting in the exposure of both personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health…
kkRAT Employs Network Communication Protocol to Steal Clipboard Contents
In early May 2025, cybersecurity researchers began tracking a novel Remote Access Trojan (RAT) targeting Chinese-speaking users via phishing sites hosted on GitHub Pages. Masked as legitimate installers for popular applications, the initial ZIP archives contained malicious executables engineered to…
Hackers Booked Very Little Profit with Widespread npm Supply Chain Attack
A sophisticated npm supply chain attack that surfaced in late August targeted thousands of downstream projects by injecting malicious payloads into popular JavaScript libraries. Initial reports pointed to a new variant of the notorious Typosquatting technique, but further analysis revealed…
Malicious Chrome Extension Attacking Users to Steal Meta Login Credentials
A novel malicious Chrome extension has been uncovered targeting digital marketers by masquerading as a productivity tool for Meta ad campaigns. Dubbed “Madgicx Plus,” this extension is distributed through a network of deceptive websites posing as legitimate AI-driven advertising platforms.…
New Attack Technique That Enables Attackers To Exfiltrate Git Credentials In Argocd
A newly disclosed attack technique enables authenticated users within the popular GitOps tool ArgoCD to exfiltrate powerful Git credentials. The method, discovered by the cybersecurity research group Future Sight, exploits Kubernetes’ internal DNS resolution to intercept credentials in transit, posing…
NVIDIA NVDebug Tool Vulnerability Let Attackers Escalate Privileges
NVIDIA has released a security update for its NVDebug tool to address three high-severity vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to escalate privileges, execute code, and tamper with data. The company is urging users to immediately install the latest version…