Threat hunters have discovered a network of more than 1,000 compromised small office and home office (SOHO) devices that have been used to facilitate a prolonged cyber espionage infrastructure campaign for China-nexus hacking groups. The Operational Relay Box (ORB) network…
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PUBLOAD and Pubshell Malware Used in Mustang Panda’s Tibet-Specific Attack
A China-linked threat actor known as Mustang Panda has been attributed to a new cyber espionage campaign directed against the Tibetan community. The spear-phishing attacks leveraged topics related to Tibet, such as the 9th World Parliamentarians’ Convention on Tibet (WPCT),…
Chinese Group Silver Fox Uses Fake Websites to Deliver Sainbox RAT and Hidden Rootkit
A new campaign has been observed leveraging fake websites advertising popular software such as WPS Office, Sogou, and DeepSeek to deliver Sainbox RAT and the open-source Hidden rootkit. The activity has been attributed with medium confidence to a Chinese hacking…
Business Case for Agentic AI SOC Analysts
Security operations centers (SOCs) are under pressure from both sides: threats are growing more complex and frequent, while security budgets are no longer keeping pace. Today’s security leaders are expected to reduce risk and deliver results without relying on larger…
MOVEit Transfer Faces Increased Threats as Scanning Surges and CVE Flaws Are Targeted
Threat intelligence firm GreyNoise is warning of a “notable surge” in scanning activity targeting Progress MOVEit Transfer systems starting May 27, 2025—suggesting that attackers may be preparing for another mass exploitation campaign or probing for unpatched systems.MOVEit Transfer is a…
OneClik Malware Targets Energy Sector Using Microsoft ClickOnce and Golang Backdoors
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a new campaign dubbed OneClik that leverages Microsoft’s ClickOnce software deployment technology and bespoke Golang backdoors to compromise organizations within the energy, oil, and gas sectors. “The campaign exhibits characteristics aligned with Chinese-affiliated threat actors, though…
Critical Open VSX Registry Flaw Exposes Millions of Developers to Supply Chain Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical vulnerability in the Open VSX Registry (“open-vsx[.]org”) that, if successfully exploited, could have enabled attackers to take control of the entire Visual Studio Code extensions marketplace, posing a severe supply chain risk. “This vulnerability…
New FileFix Method Emerges as a Threat Following 517% Rise in ClickFix Attacks
The ClickFix social engineering tactic as an initial access vector using fake CAPTCHA verifications increased by 517% between the second half of 2024 and the first half of this year, according to data from ESET. “The list of threats that…
Critical RCE Flaws in Cisco ISE and ISE-PIC Allow Unauthenticated Attackers to Gain Root Access
Cisco has released updates to address two maximum-severity security flaws in Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) that could permit an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands as the root user. The vulnerabilities, assigned the CVE…
The Hidden Risks of SaaS: Why Built-In Protections Aren’t Enough for Modern Data Resilience
SaaS Adoption is Skyrocketing, Resilience Hasn’t Kept Pace SaaS platforms have revolutionized how businesses operate. They simplify collaboration, accelerate deployment, and reduce the overhead of managing infrastructure. But with their rise comes a subtle, dangerous assumption: that the convenience of…