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CISA Warns of Two Malware Strains Exploiting Ivanti EPMM CVE-2025-4427 and CVE-2025-4428 https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/cisa-warns-of-two-malware-strains.html The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday released details of two sets of malware that were discovered in an unnamed organization's network following the exploitation of security flaws in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM). "Each set contains loaders for malicious listeners that enable cyber threat actors to run arbitrary code on the compromised server,"

SonicWall Urges Password Resets After Cloud Backup Breach Affecting Under 5% of Customers https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/sonicwall-urges-password-resets-after.html SonicWall is urging customers to reset credentials after their firewall configuration backup files were exposed in a security breach impacting MySonicWall accounts. The company said it recently detected suspicious activity targeting the cloud backup service for firewalls, and that unknown threat actors accessed backup firewall preference files stored in the cloud for less than 5% of its

CountLoader Broadens Russian Ransomware Operations With Multi-Version Malware Loader https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/countloader-broadens-russian-ransomware.html Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malware loader codenamed CountLoader that has been put to use by Russian ransomware gangs to deliver post-exploitation tools like Cobalt Strike and AdaptixC2, and a remote access trojan known as PureHVNC RAT. "CountLoader is being used either as part of an Initial Access Broker's (IAB) toolset or by a ransomware affiliate with ties to the LockBit,

SilentSync RAT Delivered via Two Malicious PyPI Packages Targeting Python Developers https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/silentsync-rat-delivered-via-two.html Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two new malicious packages in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that are designed to deliver a remote access trojan called SilentSync on Windows systems. "SilentSync is capable of remote command execution, file exfiltration, and screen capturing," Zscaler ThreatLabz's Manisha Ramcharan Prajapati and Satyam Singh said. "SilentSync also extracts

How CISOs Can Drive Effective AI Governance https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/how-cisos-can-drive-effective-ai.html AI’s growing role in enterprise environments has heightened the urgency for Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) to drive effective AI governance. When it comes to any emerging technology, governance is hard – but effective governance is even harder. The first instinct for most organizations is to respond with rigid policies. Write a policy document, circulate a set of restrictions, and

Google Patches Chrome Zero-Day CVE-2025-10585 as Active V8 Exploit Threatens Millions https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/google-patches-chrome-zero-day-cve-2025.html Google on Wednesday released security updates for the Chrome web browser to address four vulnerabilities, including one that it said has been exploited in the wild. The zero-day vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-10585, which has been described as a type confusion issue in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. Type confusion vulnerabilities can have severe consequences as they can be

TA558 Uses AI-Generated Scripts to Deploy Venom RAT in Brazil Hotel Attacks https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/ta558-uses-ai-generated-scripts-to.html The threat actor known as TA558 has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks delivering various remote access trojans (RATs) like Venom RAT to breach hotels in Brazil and Spanish-speaking markets. Russian cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky is tracking the activity, observed in summer 2025, to a cluster it tracks as RevengeHotels. "The threat actors continue to employ phishing emails with invoice

Chinese TA415 Uses VS Code Remote Tunnels to Spy on U.S. Economic Policy Experts https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/chinese-ta415-uses-vs-code-remote.html A China-aligned threat actor known as TA415 has been attributed to spear-phishing campaigns targeting the U.S. government, think tanks, and academic organizations utilizing U.S.-China economic-themed lures. "In this activity, the group masqueraded as the current Chair of the Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), as well as the

From Quantum Hacks to AI Defenses – Expert Guide to Building Unbreakable Cyber Resilience https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/from-quantum-hacks-to-ai-defenses.html Quantum computing and AI working together will bring incredible opportunities. Together, the technologies will help us extend innovation further and faster than ever before. But, imagine the flip side, waking up to news that hackers have used a quantum computer to crack your company's encryption overnight, exposing your most sensitive data, rendering much of it untrustworthy. And with your

HybridPetya: The Petya/NotPetya copycat comes with a twist https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/videos/hybridpetya-petya-notpetya-copycat-twist/ HybridPetya is the fourth publicly known real or proof-of-concept bootkit with UEFI Secure Boot bypass functionality

Rethinking AI Data Security: A Buyer's Guide  https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/rethinking-ai-data-security-buyers-guide.html Generative AI has gone from a curiosity to a cornerstone of enterprise productivity in just a few short years. From copilots embedded in office suites to dedicated large language model (LLM) platforms, employees now rely on these tools to code, analyze, draft, and decide. But for CISOs and security architects, the very speed of adoption has created a paradox: the more powerful the tools, the

Scattered Spider Resurfaces With Financial Sector Attacks Despite Retirement Claims https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/scattered-spider-resurfaces-with.html Cybersecurity researchers have tied a fresh round of cyber attacks targeting financial services to the notorious cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider, casting doubt on their claims of going "dark." Threat intelligence firm ReliaQuest said it has observed indications that the threat actor has shifted their focus to the financial sector. This is supported by an increase in lookalike domains

DOJ Resentences BreachForums Founder to 3 Years for Cybercrime and Possession of CSAM https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/doj-resentences-breachforums-founder-to.html The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday resentenced the former administrator of BreachForums to three years in prison in connection with his role in running the cybercrime forum and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Conor Brian Fitzpatrick (aka Pompompurin), 22, of Peekskill, New York, pleaded guilty to one count of access device conspiracy, one count of access device

RaccoonO365 Phishing Network Dismantled as Microsoft, Cloudflare Take Down 338 Domains https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/raccoono365-phishing-network-shut-down.html Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit said it teamed up with Cloudflare to coordinate the seizure of 338 domains used by RaccoonO365, a financially motivated threat group that was behind a phishing-as-a-service (Phaas) toolkit used to steal more than 5,000 Microsoft 365 credentials from 94 countries since July 2024. "Using a court order granted by the Southern District of New York, the DCU seized 338

Chaos Mesh Critical GraphQL Flaws Enable RCE and Full Kubernetes Cluster Takeover https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/chaos-mesh-critical-graphql-flaws.html Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple critical security vulnerabilities in Chaos Mesh that, if successfully exploited, could lead to cluster takeover in Kubernetes environments. "Attackers need only minimal in-cluster network access to exploit these vulnerabilities, execute the platform's fault injections (such as shutting down pods or disrupting network communications), and perform

SlopAds Fraud Ring Exploits 224 Android Apps to Drive 2.3 Billion Daily Ad Bids https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/slopads-fraud-ring-exploits-224-android.html A massive ad fraud and click fraud operation dubbed SlopAds ran a cluster of 224 apps, collectively attracting 38 million downloads across 228 countries and territories. "These apps deliver their fraud payload using steganography and create hidden WebViews to navigate to threat actor-owned cashout sites, generating fraudulent ad impressions and clicks," HUMAN’s Satori Threat Intelligence and

New FileFix Variant Delivers StealC Malware Through Multilingual Phishing Site https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/new-filefix-variant-delivers-stealc.html Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a new campaign that's leveraging a variant of the FileFix social engineering tactic to deliver the StealC information stealer malware. "The observed campaign uses a highly convincing, multilingual phishing site (e.g., fake Facebook Security page), with anti-analysis techniques and advanced obfuscation to evade detection," Acronis security researcher Eliad

Apple Backports Fix for CVE-2025-43300 Exploited in Sophisticated Spyware Attack https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/apple-backports-fix-for-cve-2025-43300.html Apple on Monday backported fixes for a recently patched security flaw that has been actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-43300 (CVSS score: 8.8), an out-of-bounds write issue in the ImageIO component that could result in memory corruption when processing a malicious image file. "Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an

Securing the Agentic Era: Introducing Astrix's AI Agent Control Plane https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/securing-agentic-era-introducing.html AI agents are rapidly becoming a core part of the enterprise, being embedded across enterprise workflows, operating with autonomy, and making decisions about which systems to access and how to use them. But as agents grow in power and autonomy, so do the risks and threats.  Recent studies show 80% of companies have already experienced unintended AI agent actions, from unauthorized system

Phoenix RowHammer Attack Bypasses Advanced DDR5 Memory Protections in 109 Seconds https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/phoenix-rowhammer-attack-bypasses.html A team of academics from ETH Zürich and Google has discovered a new variant of a RowHammer attack targeting Double Data Rate 5 (DDR5) memory chips from South Korean semiconductor vendor SK Hynix. The RowHammer attack variant, codenamed Phoenix (CVE-2025-6202, CVSS score: 7.1), is capable of bypassing sophisticated protection mechanisms put in place to resist the attack. "We have proven that