Infosecurity News
Threat Actors Uses Agentic AI to Rapidly Compromise Cloud Target
Sygnia report details how agentic AI accelerated weeks-long attack to just 72 hours
New Malicious Campaign Delivers Vidar Infostealer and Monero Crypto Miner
Cyber threat actors are infecting victims with the Vidar stealer and the XMRig cryptocurrency miner in a new malicious campaign
NCSC Touts National Scale, AI-Powered “Cyber Shield” for Defense
The National Cyber Security Centre wants to work with AI partners to build a new “Cyber Shield” to defend the UK
Suspected Chinese Threat Group Targets Universities via Vulnerable Roundcube Servers
A suspected Chinese threat cluster is exploiting Roundcube vulnerabilities to compromise university networks in the US and Canada and harvest user credentials
Scattered Spider’s Structure More Like a Cybercrime Collective Than a Unified Gang
Group-IB analysis argued Scattered Spider is a decentralized collective of independent clusters
UK Government Launches Cyber Resilience Pledge, Claiming 60+ Signatories
More than 60 organizations, including M&S, Microsoft UK and Vodafone, have signed the UK government's Cyber Resilience Pledge, a new initiative aimed at boosting cyber security and resilience across British businesses
Hackers Exploit Maximum Severity Adobe ColdFusion Flaw
Threat actors are exploiting an Adobe ColdFusion vulnerability which has a CVSS score of 10.0
Phishing Attacks Targeted Facebook Users With Fake Verification Offer
Attacks also used a compromised chatbot in campaign to steal sensitive information from Business Users
New Iran-Nexus Hacking Group Targets Israel Government and IT Sectors
Check Point researchers have identified a new cyber adversary targeting Israeli government and IT businesses, tracked as ‘Cavern Manticore’
Indirect Prompt Injection in Web Content Targets AI Agents
Zscaler found sites hiding prompt-injection text to manipulate AI agents into crypto payments
Opera GX Flaw Let Sites Auto-Install Mods to Steal Data
Opera GX flaw let sites automatically install mods to steal data from other pages, now patched
NCA Issues Warning to Parents As Shared Child Photos Exploited by AI Tools
IWF and NCA warn that growing numbers of images and videos are being manipulated into sexual abuse material
Researchers Claim First Fully Agentic Ransomware: JadePuffer
Researchers have revealed JadePuffer, the first agentic AI-powered ransomware campaign, highlighting how autonomous agents can automate cyber-attacks
Qilin Dominates Ransomware Market Amid Growing Cybercrime Consolidation
The ransomware landscape is reconsolidating around major players, with Qilin emerging as the leading RaaS operation, researchers say
Warning Over “Industrialized” Cyber-Attacks After Ransomware Gang Partners With TeamPCP
Researchers warn that collaboration could lead to “unprecedented” ransomware attacks, as FBI also issues warning
FBI, Google Take Down NetNut Proxy Network Used by Cyber Threat Actors
The NetNut proxy network and the ‘Popa’ botnet are known to have infected devices with variants of Mirai DDoS botnets
Researcher Behind 'Exploitarium' Explains Release of Undisclosed Zero-Day Exploits
Infosecurity spoke with the researcher who dumped over 30 proof-of-concept exploits without disclosing the vulnerabilities first
Cybercriminals Pose as Interpol in Phishing Emails to Infect Victims With Ransomware
Bitdefender researchers warned of curious ransomware campaign which has targeted businesses around the world
NCSC Shares Tips on How to Make a Pen Tester’s Job Harder
The NCSC has shared best practice advice from pen testers which could help improve system resilience
Alleged Scattered Spider Member Extradited to US
A teenager accused of hacking as part of Scattered Spider has been arrested
