Over 4 billion user records were found exposed online in a massive breach, possibly linked to the surveillance of Chinese citizens. Cybersecurity researcher Bob Dyachenko and the Cybernews team discovered a massive data leak in China that exposed billions of…
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Attackers exploit Fortinet flaws to deploy Qilin ransomware
Qilin ransomware now exploits Fortinet vulnerabilities to achieve remote code execution on impacted devices. Threat intelligence firm PRODAFT warned that Qilin ransomware (aka Phantom Mantis) group targeted multiple organizations between May and June 2025 by exploiting multiple FortiGate vulnerabilities, including…
Russia-linked threat actors targets Ukraine with PathWiper wiper
A Russia-linked threat actor targeted a critical infrastructure organization in Ukraine with a new destructive malware dubbed PathWiper. Russia-linked threat actor targeted Ukraine’s critical infrastructure with a new wiper named PathWiper. Cisco Talos researchers reported that attackers utilized a legitimate…
U.S. Offers $10M bounty for info on RedLine malware creator and state hackers
The U.S. offers up to $10M for info on state hackers linked to RedLine malware and its creator, Maxim Rudometov, tied to attacks on U.S. infrastructure. The U.S. Department of State offers a reward of up to $10 million for…
Play ransomware group hit 900 organizations since 2022
A joint advisory from the US and Australian authorities states that Play ransomware has hit approximately 900 organizations over the past three years. A joint advisory from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and…
U.S. CISA adds Google Chromium V8 flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a Google Chromium V8 vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Read and Write Vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-5419, to its…
New versions of Chaos RAT target Windows and Linux systems
Acronis researchers reported that new Chaos RAT variants were employed in 2025 attacks against Linux and Windows systems. Acronis TRU researchers discovered new Chaos RAT variants targeting Linux and Windows in recent attacks. Originally seen in 2022, Chaos RAT evolved…
Critical flaw in Cisco ISE impacts cloud deployments on AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Cisco fixed a critical flaw in the Identity Services Engine (ISE) that could allow unauthenticated attackers to conduct malicious actions. A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-20286 (CVSS score 9.9) in cloud deployments of Cisco ISE on AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Oracle…
Law enforcement seized the carding marketplace BidenCash
U.S. and Dutch authorities took down 145 domains tied to the BidenCash cybercrime marketplace in a coordinated law enforcement operation. The US DoJ announced the seizure of approximately 145 darknet and clear web domains, and cryptocurrency funds associated with the…
Ukraine’s military intelligence agency stole 4.4GB of highly classified internal data from Tupolev
Ukraine’s GUR hacked the Russian aerospace and defense company Tupolev, stealing 4.4GB of highly classified internal data. Ukraine’s military intelligence agency GUR (aka HUR) claims the hack of the Russian aerospace and defense company Tupolev. According to Kyiv Post, Ukraine’s…