The United States has successfully extradited two Kosovo nationals, Ardit Kutleshi, 26, and Jetmir Kutleshi, 28, from Kosovo to face charges in the Western District of Pennsylvania for their alleged roles as administrators of the Rydox cybercrime marketplace. The Rydox…
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Ivanti Fully Patched Connect Secure RCE Vulnerability That Actively Exploited in the Wild
April 5, 2025 – Ivanti has issued an urgent security advisory for CVE-2025-22457, a critical vulnerability impacting Ivanti Connect Secure, Pulse Connect Secure, Ivanti Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways. Rated at a CVSS score of 9.0, this stack-based buffer overflow…
Beware! Fake Unpaid Tolls Messages Used in Phishing Attack to Steal Login Credentials
A surge in phishing text messages claiming unpaid tolls has been linked to a massive phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) operation. These scams, which have been hitting users’ phones in waves, are part of a sophisticated campaign leveraging a platform called Lucid. Cybercriminals…
PoisonSeed Targets CRM and Bulk Email Providers in New Supply Chain Phishing Attack
A sophisticated phishing campaign, dubbed “PoisonSeed,” has been identified targeting customer relationship management (CRM) and bulk email providers to facilitate cryptocurrency-related scams. The threat actors behind this campaign are leveraging compromised credentials to export email lists and send bulk phishing…
EncryptHub Ransomware Uncovered Through ChatGPT Use and OPSEC Failures
EncryptHub, a rapidly evolving cybercriminal entity, has come under intense scrutiny following revelations of operational security (OPSEC) failures and extensive reliance on ChatGPT for its operations. This emerging threat actor has been linked to ransomware campaigns, data theft, and the…
Beware! Weaponized Job Recruitment Emails Spreading BeaverTail and Tropidoor Malware
A concerning malware campaign was disclosed by the AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC), revealing how threat actors are leveraging fake recruitment emails to distribute malicious payloads. The attackers impersonated Dev.to, a prominent developer community, and lured victims with promises of…
Malicious PyPI Package Targets E-commerce Sites with Automated Carding Script
Cybersecurity researchers from Socket have exposed a malicious Python package on PyPI, named disgrasya, designed to automate credit card fraud on WooCommerce-based e-commerce sites. Unlike conventional supply chain attacks that rely on deception or typosquatting, disgrasya was overtly malicious, leveraging…
DeepSeek-R1 Prompts Abused to Generate Advanced Malware and Phishing Sites
The release of DeepSeek-R1, a 671-billion-parameter large language model (LLM), has sparked significant interest due to its innovative use of Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning. CoT reasoning enables the model to break down complex problems into intermediate steps, enhancing performance on tasks…
Beware of Clickfix: ‘Fix Now’ and ‘Bot Verification’ Lures Deliver and Execute Malware
A sophisticated browser-based malware delivery method, dubbed ClickFix, has emerged as a significant threat to cybersecurity. Leveraging deceptive prompts like “Fix Now” and “Bot Verification,” ClickFix tricks users into executing malicious commands by exploiting familiar system actions. This technique bypasses…
Hackers Use URL Shorteners and QR Codes in Tax-Themed Phishing Attacks
As the United States approaches Tax Day on April 15, cybersecurity experts have uncovered a series of sophisticated phishing campaigns leveraging tax-related themes to exploit unsuspecting users. Microsoft has identified these campaigns as employing advanced redirection techniques such as URL…