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The Hidden Weaknesses in AI SOC Tools that No One Talks About https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/the-hidden-weaknesses-in-ai-soc-tools.html If you’re evaluating AI-powered SOC platforms, you’ve likely seen bold claims: faster triage, smarter remediation, and less noise. But under the hood, not all AI is created equal. Many solutions rely on pre-trained AI models that are hardwired for a handful of specific use cases. While that might work for yesterday’s SOC, today's reality is different. Modern security operations teams face a

Chinese Hackers Exploit Ivanti CSA Zero-Days in Attacks on French Government, Telecoms https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/chinese-hackers-exploit-ivanti-csa-zero.html The French cybersecurity agency on Tuesday revealed that a number of entities spanning governmental, telecommunications, media, finance, and transport sectors in the country were impacted by a malicious campaign undertaken by a Chinese hacking group by weaponizing several zero-day vulnerabilities in Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) devices. The campaign, detected at the beginning of

Gamaredon in 2024: Cranking out spearphishing campaigns against Ukraine with an evolved toolset https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/gamaredon-2024-cranking-out-spearphishing-campaigns-ukraine-evolved-toolset/ ESET Research analyzes Gamaredon’s updated cyberespionage toolset, new stealth-focused techniques, and aggressive spearphishing operations observed throughout 2024

Critical Cisco Vulnerability in Unified CM Grants Root Access via Static Credentials https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/critical-cisco-vulnerability-in-unified.html Cisco has released security updates to address a maximum-severity security flaw in Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME) that could permit an attacker to login to a susceptible device as the root user, allowing them to gain elevated privileges. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-20309, carries a CVSS score

North Korean Hackers Target Web3 with Nim Malware and Use ClickFix in BabyShark Campaign https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/north-korean-hackers-target-web3-with.html Threat actors with ties to North Korea have been observed targeting Web3 and cryptocurrency-related businesses with malware written in the Nim programming language, underscoring a constant evolution of their tactics. "Unusually for macOS malware, the threat actors employ a process injection technique and remote communications via wss, the TLS-encrypted version of the WebSocket protocol,"

ESET Threat Report H1 2025: Key findings https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/videos/eset-threat-report-h1-2025-key-findings/ ESET Chief Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe reviews some of the report's standout findings and their implications for organizations in 2025 and beyond

ESET APT Activity Report Q4 2024–Q1 2025: Malware sharing, wipers and exploits https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/podcasts/eset-apt-activity-report-q4-2024q1-2025-malware-sharing-wipers-exploits/ ESET experts discuss Sandworm’s new data wiper, UnsolicitedBooker’s relentless campaigns, attribution challenges amid tool-sharing, and other key findings from the latest APT Activity Report

That Network Traffic Looks Legit, But it Could be Hiding a Serious Threat https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/that-network-traffic-looks-legit-but-it.html With nearly 80% of cyber threats now mimicking legitimate user behavior, how are top SOCs determining what’s legitimate traffic and what is potentially dangerous? Where do you turn when firewalls and endpoint detection and response (EDR) fall short at detecting the most important threats to your organization? Breaches at edge devices and VPN gateways have risen from 3% to 22%, according to

Hackers Using PDFs to Impersonate Microsoft, DocuSign, and More in Callback Phishing Campaigns https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/hackers-using-pdfs-to-impersonate.html Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to phishing campaigns that impersonate popular brands and trick targets into calling phone numbers operated by threat actors. "A significant portion of email threats with PDF payloads persuade victims to call adversary-controlled phone numbers, displaying another popular social engineering technique known as Telephone-Oriented Attack Delivery (TOAD

U.S. Sanctions Russian Bulletproof Hosting Provider for Supporting Cybercriminals Behind Ransomware https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/us-sanctions-russian-bulletproof.html The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has levied sanctions against Russia-based bulletproof hosting (BPH) service provider Aeza Group to assist threat actors in their malicious activities and targeting victims in the country and across the world. The sanctions also extend to its subsidiaries Aeza International Ltd., the U.K. branch of Aeza Group, as well

Vercel's v0 AI Tool Weaponized by Cybercriminals to Rapidly Create Fake Login Pages at Scale https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/vercels-v0-ai-tool-weaponized-by.html Unknown threat actors have been observed weaponizing v0, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool from Vercel, to design fake sign-in pages that impersonate their legitimate counterparts. "This observation signals a new evolution in the weaponization of Generative AI by threat actors who have demonstrated an ability to generate a functional phishing site from simple text prompts," Okta

Critical Vulnerability in Anthropic's MCP Exposes Developer Machines to Remote Exploits https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/critical-vulnerability-in-anthropics.html Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a critical security vulnerability in artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP) Inspector project that could result in remote code execution (RCE) and allow an attacker to gain complete access to the hosts. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-49596, carries a CVSS score of 9.4 out of a maximum of 10.0. "This is one

TA829 and UNK_GreenSec Share Tactics and Infrastructure in Ongoing Malware Campaigns https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/ta829-and-unkgreensec-share-tactics-and.html Cybersecurity researchers have flagged the tactical similarities between the threat actors behind the RomCom RAT and a cluster that has been observed delivering a loader dubbed TransferLoader. Enterprise security firm Proofpoint is tracking the activity associated with TransferLoader to a group dubbed UNK_GreenSec and the RomCom RAT actors under the moniker TA829. The latter is also known by the

New Flaw in IDEs Like Visual Studio Code Lets Malicious Extensions Bypass Verified Status https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/new-flaw-in-ides-like-visual-studio.html A new study of integrated development environments (IDEs) like Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, and Cursor has revealed weaknesses in how they handle the extension verification process, ultimately enabling attackers to execute malicious code on developer machines. "We discovered that flawed verification checks in Visual Studio Code allow publishers to add functionality

A New Maturity Model for Browser Security: Closing the Last-Mile Risk https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/a-new-maturity-model-for-browser.html Despite years of investment in Zero Trust, SSE, and endpoint protection, many enterprises are still leaving one critical layer exposed: the browser. It’s where 85% of modern work now happens. It’s also where copy/paste actions, unsanctioned GenAI usage, rogue extensions, and personal devices create a risk surface that most security stacks weren’t designed to handle. For security leaders who know

Chrome Zero-Day CVE-2025-6554 Under Active Attack — Google Issues Security Update https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/google-patches-critical-zero-day-flaw.html Google has released security updates to address a vulnerability in its Chrome browser for which an exploit exists in the wild. The zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-6554 (CVSS score: N/A), has been described as a type confusing flaw in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. "Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.96 allowed a remote attacker to perform arbitrary

U.S. Arrests Key Facilitator in North Korean IT Worker Scheme, Seizes $7.74 Million https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/us-arrests-key-facilitator-in-north.html The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Monday announced sweeping actions targeting the North Korean information technology (IT) worker scheme, leading to the arrest of one individual and the seizure of 29 financial accounts, 21 fraudulent websites, and nearly 200 computers. The coordinated action saw searches of 21 known or suspected "laptop farms" across 14 states in the U.S. that were put to

Microsoft Removes Password Management from Authenticator App Starting August 2025 https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/microsoft-removes-password-management.html Microsoft has said that it's ending support for passwords in its Authenticator app starting August 1, 2025. The changes, the company said, are part of its efforts to streamline autofill in the two-factor authentication (2FA) app. "Starting July 2025, the autofill feature in Authenticator will stop working, and from August 2025, passwords will no longer be accessible in Authenticator," Microsoft

U.S. Agencies Warn of Rising Iranian Cyberattacks on Defense, OT Networks, and Critical Infrastructure https://thehackernews.com/2025/06/us-agencies-warn-of-rising-iranian.html U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have issued a joint advisory warning of potential cyber-attacks from Iranian state-sponsored or affiliated threat actors.  "Over the past several months, there has been increasing activity from hacktivists and Iranian government-affiliated actors, which is expected to escalate due to recent events," the agencies said. "These cyber actors often

Europol Dismantles $540 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud Network, Arrests Five Suspects https://thehackernews.com/2025/06/europol-dismantles-540-million.html Europol on Monday announced the takedown of a cryptocurrency investment fraud ring that laundered €460 million ($540 million) from more than 5,000 victims across the world. The operation, the agency said, was carried out by the Spanish Guardia Civil, along with support from law enforcement authorities from Estonia, France, and the United States. Europol said the investigation into the syndicate