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Deploying AI Agents? Learn to Secure Them Before Hackers Strike Your Business https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/deploying-ai-agents-learn-to-secure.html AI agents are changing the way businesses work. They can answer questions, automate tasks, and create better user experiences. But with this power comes new risks — like data leaks, identity theft, and malicious misuse. If your company is exploring or already using AI agents, you need to ask: Are they secure? AI agents work with sensitive data and make real-time decisions. If they’re not

Malicious npm Packages Infect 3,200+ Cursor Users With Backdoor, Steal Credentials https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/malicious-npm-packages-infect-3200.html Cybersecurity researchers have flagged three malicious npm packages that are designed to target the Apple macOS version of Cursor, a popular artificial intelligence (AI)-powered source code editor. "Disguised as developer tools offering 'the cheapest Cursor API,' these packages steal user credentials, fetch an encrypted payload from threat actor-controlled infrastructure, overwrite Cursor's

Beyond Vulnerability Management – Can You CVE What I CVE? https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/beyond-vulnerability-management-cves.html The Vulnerability Treadmill The reactive nature of vulnerability management, combined with delays from policy and process, strains security teams. Capacity is limited and patching everything immediately is a struggle. Our Vulnerability Operation Center (VOC) dataset analysis identified 1,337,797 unique findings (security issues) across 68,500 unique customer assets. 32,585 of them were distinct

Google Rolls Out On-Device AI Protections to Detect Scams in Chrome and Android https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/google-rolls-out-on-device-ai.html Google on Thursday announced it's rolling out new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered countermeasures to combat scams across Chrome, Search, and Android. The tech giant said it will begin using Gemini Nano, its on-device large language model (LLM), to improve Safe Browsing in Chrome 137 on desktops. "The on-device approach provides instant insight on risky websites and allows us to offer

Chinese Hackers Exploit SAP RCE Flaw CVE-2025-31324, Deploy Golang-Based SuperShell https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/chinese-hackers-exploit-sap-rce-flaw.html A China-linked unnamed threat actor dubbed Chaya_004 has been observed exploiting a recently disclosed security flaw in SAP NetWeaver. Forescout Vedere Labs, in a report published Thursday, said it uncovered a malicious infrastructure likely associated with the hacking group weaponizing CVE-2025-31324 (CVSS score: 10.0) since April 29, 2025. CVE-2025-31324 refers to a critical SAP NetWeaver flaw

38,000+ FreeDrain Subdomains Found Exploiting SEO to Steal Crypto Wallet Seed Phrases https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/38000-freedrain-subdomains-found.html Cybersecurity researchers have exposed what they say is an "industrial-scale, global cryptocurrency phishing operation" engineered to steal digital assets from cryptocurrency wallets for several years. The campaign has been codenamed FreeDrain by threat intelligence firms SentinelOne and Validin. "FreeDrain uses SEO manipulation, free-tier web services (like gitbook.io, webflow.io, and github.io

Security Tools Alone Don't Protect You — Control Effectiveness Does https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/security-tools-alone-dont-protect-you.html 61% of security leaders reported suffering a breach due to failed or misconfigured controls over the past 12 months. This is despite having an average of 43 cybersecurity tools in place. This massive rate of security failure is clearly not a security investment problem. It is a configuration problem. Organizations are beginning to understand that a security control installed or deployed is not

SonicWall Patches 3 Flaws in SMA 100 Devices Allowing Attackers to Run Code as Root https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/sonicwall-patches-3-flaws-in-sma-100.html SonicWall has released patches to address three security flaws affecting SMA 100 Secure Mobile Access (SMA) appliances that could be fashioned to result in remote code execution. The vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2025-32819 (CVSS score: 8.8) - A vulnerability in SMA100 allows a remote authenticated attacker with SSL-VPN user privileges to bypass the path traversal checks and delete an

Qilin Ransomware Ranked Highest in April 2025 with Over 45 Data Leak Disclosures https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/qilin-leads-april-2025-ransomware-spike.html Threat actors with ties to the Qilin ransomware family have leveraged malware known as SmokeLoader along with a previously undocumented .NET compiled loader codenamed NETXLOADER as part of a campaign observed in November 2024. "NETXLOADER is a new .NET-based loader that plays a critical role in cyber attacks," Trend Micro researchers Jacob Santos, Raymart Yambot, John Rainier Navato, Sarah Pearl

MirrorFace Targets Japan and Taiwan with ROAMINGMOUSE and Upgraded ANEL Malware https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/mirrorface-targets-japan-and-taiwan.html The nation-state threat actor known as MirrorFace has been observed deploying malware dubbed ROAMINGMOUSE as part of a cyber espionage campaign directed against government agencies and public institutions in Japan and Taiwan. The activity, detected by Trend Micro in March 2025, involved the use of spear-phishing lures to deliver an updated version of a backdoor called ANEL. "The ANEL file from

Beware of phone scams demanding money for ‘missed jury duty’ https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/scams/phone-scams-demanding-money-missed-jury-duty/ When we get the call, it’s our legal responsibility to attend jury service. But sometimes that call won’t come from the courts – it will be a scammer.

Russian Hackers Using ClickFix Fake CAPTCHA to Deploy New LOSTKEYS Malware https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/russian-hackers-using-clickfix-fake.html The Russia-linked threat actor known as COLDRIVER has been observed distributing a new malware called LOSTKEYS as part of an espionage-focused campaign using ClickFix-like social engineering lures. "LOSTKEYS is capable of stealing files from a hard-coded list of extensions and directories, along with sending system information and running processes to the attacker," the Google Threat

Cisco Patches CVE-2025-20188 (10.0 CVSS) in IOS XE That Enables Root Exploits via JWT https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/cisco-patches-cve-2025-20188-100-cvss.html Cisco has released software fixes to address a maximum-severity security flaw in its IOS XE Wireless Controller that could enable an unauthenticated, remote attacker to upload arbitrary files to a susceptible system. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-20188, has been rated 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system. "This vulnerability is due to the presence of a hard-coded JSON Web Token (JWT) on an

Europol Shuts Down Six DDoS-for-Hire Services Used in Global Attacks https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/europol-shuts-down-six-ddos-for-hire.html Europol has announced the takedown of distributed denial of service (DDoS)-for-hire services that were used to launch thousands of cyber-attacks across the world. In connection with the operation, Polish authorities have arrested four individuals and the United States has seized nine domains that are associated with the now-defunct platforms. "The suspects are believed to be behind six separate

OttoKit WordPress Plugin with 100K+ Installs Hit by Exploits Targeting Multiple Flaws https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/ottokit-wordpress-plugin-with-100k.html A second security flaw impacting the OttoKit (formerly SureTriggers) WordPress plugin has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-27007 (CVSS score: 9.8), is a privilege escalation bug impacting all versions of the plugin prior to and including version 1.0.82.  "This is due to the create_wp_connection() function missing a capability check and

SysAid Patches 4 Critical Flaws Enabling Pre-Auth RCE in On-Premise Version https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/sysaid-patches-4-critical-flaws.html Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security flaw in the on-premise version of SysAid IT support software that could be exploited to achieve pre-authenticated remote code execution with elevated privileges. The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2025-2775, CVE-2025-2776, and CVE-2025-2777, have all been described as XML External Entity (XXE) injections, which occur when an attacker is

Reevaluating SSEs: A Technical Gap Analysis of Last-Mile Protection https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/reevaluating-sses-technical-gap.html Security Service Edge (SSE) platforms have become the go-to architecture for securing hybrid work and SaaS access. They promise centralized enforcement, simplified connectivity, and consistent policy control across users and devices. But there's a problem: they stop short of where the most sensitive user activity actually happens—the browser. This isn’t a small omission. It’s a structural

Play Ransomware Exploited Windows CVE-2025-29824 as Zero-Day to Breach U.S. Organization https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/play-ransomware-exploited-windows-cve.html Threat actors with links to the Play ransomware family exploited a recently patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows as a zero-day as part of an attack targeting an unnamed organization in the United States. The attack, per the Symantec Threat Hunter Team, part of Broadcom, leveraged CVE-2025-29824, a privilege escalation flaw in the Common Log File System (CLFS) driver. It was patched by

Toll road scams are in overdrive: Here’s how to protect yourself https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/scams/put-brakes-toll-road-scams/ Have you received a text message about an unpaid road toll? Make sure you’re not the next victim of a smishing scam.

Researchers Uncover Malware in Fake Discord PyPI Package Downloaded 11,500+ Times https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/researchers-uncover-malware-in-fake.html Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that masquerades as a seemingly harmless Discord-related utility but incorporates a remote access trojan. The package in question is discordpydebug, which was uploaded to PyPI on March 21, 2022. It has been downloaded 11,574 times and continues to be available on the open-source registry.