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  • The Kimwolf Botnet is Stalking Your Local Network (Friday January 02, 2026)
    The story you are reading is a series of scoops nestled inside a far more urgent Internet-wide security advisory. The vulnerability at issue has been exploited for months already, and it's time for a broader awareness of the threat. The short version is that everything you thought you knew about the security of the internal network behind your Internet router probably is now dangerously out of date. (KrebsOnSecurity)
  • Transparent Tribe Launches New RAT Attacks Against Indian Government and Academia (Friday January 02, 2026)
    The threat actor known as Transparent Tribe has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting Indian governmental, academic, and strategic entities with a remote access trojan (RAT) that grants them persistent control over compromised hosts. "The campaign employs deceptive delivery techniques, including a weaponized Windows shortcut (LNK) file masquerading as a legitimate PDF document (HackerNews)
  • The ROI Problem in Attack Surface Management (Friday January 02, 2026)
    Attack Surface Management (ASM) tools promise reduced risk. What they usually deliver is more information.  Security teams deploy ASM, asset inventories grow, alerts start flowing, and dashboards fill up. There is visible activity and measurable output. But when leadership asks a simple question, “Is this reducing incidents?” the answer is often unclear.  This gap between effort and (HackerNews)
  • Cybercriminals Abuse Google Cloud Email Feature in Multi-Stage Phishing Campaign (Friday January 02, 2026)
    Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a phishing campaign that involves the attackers impersonating legitimate Google-generated messages by abusing Google Cloud's Application Integration service to distribute emails. The activity, Check Point said, takes advantage of the trust associated with Google Cloud infrastructure to send the messages from a legitimate email address (" (HackerNews)
  • ThreatsDay Bulletin: GhostAd Drain, macOS Attacks, Proxy Botnets, Cloud Exploits, and 12+ Stories (Thursday January 01, 2026)
    The first ThreatsDay Bulletin of 2026 lands on a day that already feels symbolic — new year, new breaches, new tricks. If the past twelve months taught defenders anything, it’s that threat actors don’t pause for holidays or resolutions. They just evolve faster. This week’s round-up shows how subtle shifts in behavior, from code tweaks to job scams, are rewriting what “cybercrime” looks like in (HackerNews)
  • RondoDox Botnet Exploits Critical React2Shell Flaw to Hijack IoT Devices and Web Servers (Thursday January 01, 2026)
    Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a persistent nine-month-long campaign that has targeted Internet of Things (IoT) devices and web applications to enroll them into a botnet known as RondoDox. As of December 2025, the activity has been observed leveraging the recently disclosed React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182, CVSS score: 10.0) flaw as an initial access vector, CloudSEK said in an (HackerNews)
  • How To Browse Faster and Get More Done Using Adapt Browser (Thursday January 01, 2026)
    As web browsers evolve into all-purpose platforms, performance and productivity often suffer.  Feature overload, excessive background processes, and fragmented workflows can slow down browsing sessions and introduce unnecessary friction, especially for users who rely on the browser as a primary work environment. This article explores how adopting a lightweight, task-focused browser, like (HackerNews)
  • Trust Wallet Chrome Extension Hack Drains $8.5M via Shai-Hulud Supply Chain Attack (Wednesday December 31, 2025)
    Trust Wallet on Tuesday revealed that the second iteration of the Shai-Hulud (aka Sha1-Hulud) supply chain outbreak in November 2025 was likely responsible for the hack of its Google Chrome extension, ultimately resulting in the theft of approximately $8.5 million in assets. "Our Developer GitHub secrets were exposed in the attack, which gave the attacker access to our browser extension source (HackerNews)
  • DarkSpectre Browser Extension Campaigns Exposed After Impacting 8.8 Million Users Worldwide (Wednesday December 31, 2025)
    The threat actor behind two malicious browser extension campaigns, ShadyPanda and GhostPoster, has been attributed to a third attack campaign codenamed DarkSpectre that has impacted 2.2 million users of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Mozilla Firefox. The activity is assessed to be the work of a Chinese threat actor that Koi Security is tracking under the moniker DarkSpectre. In all, the (HackerNews)
  • Critical CVSS 9.8 Flaw Found in IBM API Connect Authentication System (Wednesday December 31, 2025)
    IBM has disclosed details of a critical security flaw in API Connect that could allow attackers to gain remote access to the application. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-13915, is rated 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system. It has been described as an authentication bypass flaw. "IBM API Connect could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication mechanisms and gain (HackerNews)
  • Researchers Spot Modified Shai-Hulud Worm Testing Payload on npm Registry (Wednesday December 31, 2025)
    Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of what appears to be a new strain of Shai Hulud on the npm registry with slight modifications from the previous wave observed last month. The npm package that embeds the novel Shai Hulud strain is "@vietmoney/react-big-calendar," which was uploaded to npm back in March 2021 by a user named "hoquocdat." It was updated for the first time on (HackerNews)
  • U.S. Treasury Lifts Sanctions on Three Individuals Linked to Intellexa and Predator Spyware (Wednesday December 31, 2025)
    The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday removed three individuals linked to the Intellexa Consortium, the holding company behind a commercial spyware known as Predator, from the specially designated nationals list. The names of the individuals are as follows - Merom Harpaz Andrea Nicola Constantino Hermes Gambazzi Sara Aleksandra Fayssal Hamou (HackerNews)
  • CSA Issues Alert on Critical SmarterMail Bug Allowing Remote Code Execution (Tuesday December 30, 2025)
    The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) has issued a bulletin warning of a maximum-severity security flaw in SmarterTools SmarterMail email software that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-52691, carries a CVSS score of 10.0. It relates to a case of arbitrary file upload that could enable code execution without requiring any (HackerNews)
  • Silver Fox Targets Indian Users With Tax-Themed Emails Delivering ValleyRAT Malware (Tuesday December 30, 2025)
    The threat actor known as Silver Fox has turned its focus to India, using income tax-themed lures in phishing campaigns to distribute a modular remote access trojan called ValleyRAT (aka Winos 4.0). "This sophisticated attack leverages a complex kill chain involving DLL hijacking and the modular Valley RAT to ensure persistence," CloudSEK researchers Prajwal Awasthi and Koushik Pal said in an (HackerNews)
  • How to Integrate AI into Modern SOC Workflows (Tuesday December 30, 2025)
    Artificial intelligence (AI) is making its way into security operations quickly, but many practitioners are still struggling to turn early experimentation into consistent operational value. This is because SOCs are adopting AI without an intentional approach to operational integration. Some teams treat it as a shortcut for broken processes. Others attempt to apply machine learning to problems (HackerNews)
  • Mustang Panda Uses Signed Kernel-Mode Rootkit to Load TONESHELL Backdoor (Tuesday December 30, 2025)
    The Chinese hacking group known as Mustang Panda (aka HoneyMyte) has leveraged a previously undocumented kernel-mode rootkit driver to deliver a new variant of backdoor dubbed TONESHELL in a cyber attack detected in mid-2025 targeting an unspecified entity in Asia. The findings come from Kaspersky, which observed the new backdoor variant in cyber espionage campaigns mounted by the hacking group (HackerNews)
  • Happy 16th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity.com! (Monday December 29, 2025)
    KrebsOnSecurity.com celebrates its 16th anniversary today! A huge "thank you" to all of our readers -- newcomers, long-timers and drive-by critics alike. Your engagement this past year here has been tremendous and truly a salve on a handful of dark days. Happily, comeuppance was a strong theme running through our coverage in 2025, with a primary focus on entities that enabled complex and globally-dispersed cybercrime services. (KrebsOnSecurity)
  • ⚡ Weekly Recap: MongoDB Attacks, Wallet Breaches, Android Spyware, Insider Crime & More (Monday December 29, 2025)
    Last week’s cyber news in 2025 was not about one big incident. It was about many small cracks opening at the same time. Tools people trust every day behave in unexpected ways. Old flaws resurfaced. New ones were used almost immediately. A common theme ran through it all in 2025. Attackers moved faster than fixes. Access meant for work, updates, or support kept getting abused. And damage did not (HackerNews)
  • MongoDB Vulnerability CVE-2025-14847 Under Active Exploitation Worldwide (Monday December 29, 2025)
    A recently disclosed security vulnerability in MongoDB has come under active exploitation in the wild, with over 87,000 potentially susceptible instances identified across the world. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-14847 (CVSS score: 8.7), which allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely leak sensitive data from the MongoDB server memory. It has been codenamed MongoBleed. "A flaw (HackerNews)
  • 27 Malicious npm Packages Used as Phishing Infrastructure to Steal Login Credentials (Monday December 29, 2025)
    Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of what has been described as a "sustained and targeted" spear-phishing campaign that has published over two dozen packages to the npm registry to facilitate credential theft. The activity, which involved uploading 27 npm packages from six different npm aliases, has primarily targeted sales and commercial personnel at critical (HackerNews)
  • Traditional Security Frameworks Leave Organizations Exposed to AI-Specific Attack Vectors (Monday December 29, 2025)
    In December 2024, the popular Ultralytics AI library was compromised, installing malicious code that hijacked system resources for cryptocurrency mining. In August 2025, malicious Nx packages leaked 2,349 GitHub, cloud, and AI credentials. Throughout 2024, ChatGPT vulnerabilities allowed unauthorized extraction of user data from AI memory. The result: 23.77 million secrets were leaked through AI (HackerNews)
  • New MongoDB Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Read Uninitialized Memory (Saturday December 27, 2025)
    A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in MongoDB that could allow unauthenticated users to read uninitialized heap memory. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-14847 (CVSS score: 8.7), has been described as a case of improper handling of length parameter inconsistency, which arises when a program fails to appropriately tackle scenarios where a length field is inconsistent with the (HackerNews)
  • Trust Wallet Chrome Extension Breach Caused $7 Million Crypto Loss via Malicious Code (Friday December 26, 2025)
    Trust Wallet is urging users to update its Google Chrome extension to the latest version following what it described as a "security incident" that led to the loss of approximately $7 million. The issue, the multi‑chain, non‑custodial cryptocurrency wallet service said, impacts version 2.68. The extension has about one million users, according to the Chrome Web Store listing. Users are advised to (HackerNews)
  • China-Linked Evasive Panda Ran DNS Poisoning Campaign to Deliver MgBot Malware (Friday December 26, 2025)
    A China-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) group has been attributed to a highly-targeted cyber espionage campaign in which the adversary poisoned Domain Name System (DNS) requests to deliver its signature MgBot backdoor in attacks targeting victims in Türkiye, China, and India. The activity, Kaspersky said, was observed between November 2022 and November 2024. It has been linked to a (HackerNews)
  • Critical LangChain Core Vulnerability Exposes Secrets via Serialization Injection (Friday December 26, 2025)
    A critical security flaw has been disclosed in LangChain Core that could be exploited by an attacker to steal sensitive secrets and even influence large language model (LLM) responses through prompt injection. LangChain Core (i.e., langchain-core) is a core Python package that's part of the LangChain ecosystem, providing the core interfaces and model-agnostic abstractions for building (HackerNews)
  • ThreatsDay Bulletin: Stealth Loaders, AI Chatbot Flaws AI Exploits, Docker Hack, and 15 More Stories (Thursday December 25, 2025)
    It’s getting harder to tell where normal tech ends and malicious intent begins. Attackers are no longer just breaking in — they’re blending in, hijacking everyday tools, trusted apps, and even AI assistants. What used to feel like clear-cut “hacker stories” now looks more like a mirror of the systems we all use. This week’s findings show a pattern: precision, patience, and persuasion. The (HackerNews)
  • LastPass 2022 Breach Led to Years-Long Cryptocurrency Thefts, TRM Labs Finds (Thursday December 25, 2025)
    The encrypted vault backups stolen from the 2022 LastPass data breach have enabled bad actors to take advantage of weak master passwords to crack them open and drain cryptocurrency assets as recently as late 2025, according to new findings from TRM Labs. The blockchain intelligence firm said evidence points to the involvement of Russian cybercriminal actors in the activity, with one of the (HackerNews)
  • Fortinet Warns of Active Exploitation of FortiOS SSL VPN 2FA Bypass Vulnerability (Thursday December 25, 2025)
    Fortinet on Wednesday said it observed "recent abuse" of a five-year-old security flaw in FortiOS SSL VPN in the wild under certain configurations. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2020-12812 (CVSS score: 5.2), an improper authentication vulnerability in SSL VPN in FortiOS that could allow a user to log in successfully without being prompted for the second factor of authentication if the (HackerNews)
  • CISA Flags Actively Exploited Digiever NVR Vulnerability Allowing Remote Code Execution (Thursday December 25, 2025)
    The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a security flaw impacting Digiever DS-2105 Pro network video recorders (NVRs) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-52163 (CVSS score: 8.8), relates to a case of command injection that allows post-authentication remote code (HackerNews)
  • New MacSync macOS Stealer Uses Signed App to Bypass Apple Gatekeeper (Wednesday December 24, 2025)
    Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of a macOS information stealer called MacSync that's delivered by means of a digitally signed, notarized Swift application masquerading as a messaging app installer to bypass Apple's Gatekeeper checks. "Unlike earlier MacSync Stealer variants that primarily rely on drag-to-terminal or ClickFix-style techniques, this sample adopts a more (HackerNews)
  • Nomani Investment Scam Surges 62% Using AI Deepfake Ads on Social Media (Wednesday December 24, 2025)
    The fraudulent investment scheme known as Nomani has witnessed an increase by 62%, according to data from ESET, as campaigns distributing the threat have also expanded beyond Facebook to include other social media platforms, such as YouTube. The Slovak cybersecurity company said it blocked over 64,000 unique URLs associated with the threat this year. A majority of the detections originated from (HackerNews)
  • Attacks are Evolving: 3 Ways to Protect Your Business in 2026 (Wednesday December 24, 2025)
    Every year, cybercriminals find new ways to steal money and data from businesses. Breaching a business network, extracting sensitive data, and selling it on the dark web has become a reliable payday.  But in 2025, the data breaches that affected small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) challenged our perceived wisdom about exactly which types of businesses cybercriminals are targeting.  (HackerNews)
  • SEC Files Charges Over $14 Million Crypto Scam Using Fake AI-Themed Investment Tips (Wednesday December 24, 2025)
    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against multiple companies for their alleged involvement in an elaborate cryptocurrency scam that swindled more than $14 million from retail investors. The complaint charged crypto asset trading platforms Morocoin Tech Corp., Berge Blockchain Technology Co., Ltd., and Cirkor Inc., as well as investment clubs AI Wealth Inc., Lane (HackerNews)
  • Italy Fines Apple €98.6 Million Over ATT Rules Limiting App Store Competition (Wednesday December 24, 2025)
    Apple has been fined €98.6 million ($116 million) by Italy's antitrust authority after finding that the company's App Tracking Transparency (ATT) privacy framework restricted App Store competition. The Italian Competition Authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, or AGCM) said the company's "absolute dominant position" in app distribution allowed it to "unilaterally impose" (HackerNews)
  • Two Chrome Extensions Caught Secretly Stealing Credentials from Over 170 Sites (Tuesday December 23, 2025)
    Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious Google Chrome extensions with the same name and published by the same developer that come with capabilities to intercept traffic and capture user credentials. The extensions are advertised as a "multi-location network speed test plug-in" for developers and foreign trade personnel. Both the browser add-ons are available for download as of (HackerNews)
  • INTERPOL Arrests 574 in Africa; Ukrainian Ransomware Affiliate Pleads Guilty (Tuesday December 23, 2025)
    A law enforcement operation coordinated by INTERPOL has led to the recovery of $3 million and the arrest of 574 suspects by authorities from 19 countries, amidst a continued crackdown on cybercrime networks in Africa. The coordinated effort, named Operation Sentinel, took place between October 27 and November 27, 2025, and mainly focused on business email compromise (BEC), digital extortion, and (HackerNews)
  • Passwd: A walkthrough of the Google Workspace Password Manager (Tuesday December 23, 2025)
    Passwd is designed specifically for organizations operating within Google Workspace. Rather than competing as a general consumer password manager, its purpose is narrow, and business-focused: secure credential storage, controlled sharing, and seamless Workspace integration. The platform emphasizes practicality over feature overload, aiming to provide a reliable system for teams that already rely (HackerNews)
  • U.S. DoJ Seizes Fraud Domain Behind $14.6 Million Bank Account Takeover Scheme (Tuesday December 23, 2025)
    The U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) on Monday announced the seizure of a web domain and database that it said was used to further a criminal scheme designed to target and defraud Americans by means of a bank account takeover scheme. The domain in question, web3adspanels[.]org, was used as a backend web panel to host and manipulate illegally harvested bank login credentials. Users to the website (HackerNews)
  • Critical n8n Flaw (CVSS 9.9) Enables Arbitrary Code Execution Across Thousands of Instances (Tuesday December 23, 2025)
    A critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in the n8n workflow automation platform that, if successfully exploited, could result in arbitrary code execution under certain circumstances. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-68613, carries a CVSS score of 9.9 out of a maximum of 10.0. Security researcher Fatih Çelik has been credited with discovering and reporting the flaw. The package (HackerNews)
  • FCC Bans Foreign-Made Drones and Key Parts Over U.S. National Security Risks (Tuesday December 23, 2025)
    The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Monday announced a ban on all drones and critical components made in a foreign country, citing national security concerns. To that end, the agency has added to its Covered List Uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and UAS critical components produced in a foreign country, and all communications and video surveillance equipment and services pursuant (HackerNews)
  • Fake WhatsApp API Package on npm Steals Messages, Contacts, and Login Tokens (Monday December 22, 2025)
    Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new malicious package on the npm repository that works as a fully functional WhatsApp API, but also contains the ability to intercept every message and link the attacker's device to a victim's WhatsApp account. The package, named "lotusbail," has been downloaded over 56,000 times since it was first uploaded to the registry by a user named " (HackerNews)
  • ⚡ Weekly Recap: Firewall Exploits, AI Data Theft, Android Hacks, APT Attacks, Insider Leaks & More (Monday December 22, 2025)
    Cyber threats last week showed how attackers no longer need big hacks to cause big damage. They’re going after the everyday tools we trust most — firewalls, browser add-ons, and even smart TVs — turning small cracks into serious breaches. The real danger now isn’t just one major attack, but hundreds of quiet ones using the software and devices already inside our networks. Each trusted system can (HackerNews)
  • How to Browse the Web More Sustainably With a Green Browser (Monday December 22, 2025)
    As the internet becomes an essential part of daily life, its environmental footprint continues to grow.  Data centers, constant connectivity, and resource-heavy browsing habits all contribute to energy consumption and digital waste. While individual users may not see this impact directly, the collective effect of everyday browsing is significant. Choosing a browser designed with (HackerNews)
  • Android Malware Operations Merge Droppers, SMS Theft, and RAT Capabilities at Scale (Monday December 22, 2025)
    Threat actors have been observed leveraging malicious dropper apps masquerading as legitimate applications to deliver an Android SMS stealer dubbed Wonderland in mobile attacks targeting users in Uzbekistan. "Previously, users received 'pure' Trojan APKs that acted as malware immediately upon installation," Group-IB said in an analysis published last week. "Now, adversaries increasingly deploy (HackerNews)
  • Iranian Infy APT Resurfaces with New Malware Activity After Years of Silence (Sunday December 21, 2025)
    Threat hunters have discerned new activity associated with an Iranian threat actor known as Infy (aka Prince of Persia), nearly five years after the hacking group was observed targeting victims in Sweden, the Netherlands, and Turkey. "The scale of Prince of Persia's activity is more significant than we originally anticipated," Tomer Bar, vice president of security research at SafeBreach, said (HackerNews)
  • U.S. DOJ Charges 54 in ATM Jackpotting Scheme Using Ploutus Malware (Saturday December 20, 2025)
    The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) this week announced the indictment of 54 individuals in connection with a multi-million dollar ATM jackpotting scheme. The large-scale conspiracy involved deploying malware named Ploutus to hack into automated teller machines (ATMs) across the U.S. and force them to dispense cash. The indicted members are alleged to be part of Tren de Aragua (TdA, Spanish for (HackerNews)
  • Russia-Linked Hackers Use Microsoft 365 Device Code Phishing for Account Takeovers (Friday December 19, 2025)
    A suspected Russia-aligned group has been attributed to a phishing campaign that employs device code authentication workflows to steal victims' Microsoft 365 credentials and conduct account takeover attacks. The activity, ongoing since September 2025, is being tracked by Proofpoint under the moniker UNK_AcademicFlare. The attacks involve using compromised email addresses belonging to government (HackerNews)
  • Cracked Software and YouTube Videos Spread CountLoader and GachiLoader Malware (Friday December 19, 2025)
    Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that has used cracked software distribution sites as a distribution vector for a new version of a modular and stealthy loader known as CountLoader. The campaign "uses CountLoader as the initial tool in a multistage attack for access, evasion, and delivery of additional malware families," Cyderes Howler Cell Threat Intelligence (HackerNews)
  • Dismantling Defenses: Trump 2.0 Cyber Year in Review (Friday December 19, 2025)
    The Trump administration has pursued a staggering range of policy pivots this past year that threaten to weaken the nation’s ability and willingness to address a broad spectrum of technology challenges, from cybersecurity and privacy to countering disinformation, fraud and corruption. These shifts, along with the president’s efforts to restrict free speech and freedom of the press, have come at such a rapid clip that many readers probably aren’t even aware of them all. (KrebsOnSecurity)
  • WatchGuard Warns of Active Exploitation of Critical Fireware OS VPN Vulnerability (Friday December 19, 2025)
    WatchGuard has released fixes to address a critical security flaw in Fireware OS that it said has been exploited in real-world attacks. Tracked as CVE-2025-14733 (CVSS score: 9.3), the vulnerability has been described as a case of out-of-bounds write affecting the iked process that could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. "This vulnerability affects both the (HackerNews)
  • Nigeria Arrests RaccoonO365 Phishing Developer Linked to Microsoft 365 Attacks (Friday December 19, 2025)
    Authorities in Nigeria have announced the arrest of three "high-profile internet fraud suspects" who are alleged to have been involved in phishing attacks targeting major corporations, including the main developer behind the RaccoonO365 phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) scheme. The Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF–NCCC) said investigations conducted in collaboration with (HackerNews)
  • New UEFI Flaw Enables Early-Boot DMA Attacks on ASRock, ASUS, GIGABYTE, MSI Motherboards (Friday December 19, 2025)
    Certain motherboard models from vendors like ASRock, ASUSTeK Computer, GIGABYTE, and MSI are affected by a security vulnerability that leaves them susceptible to early-boot direct memory access (DMA) attacks across architectures that implement a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) and input–output memory management unit (IOMMU). UEFI and IOMMU are designed to enforce a security (HackerNews)
  • China-Aligned Threat Group Uses Windows Group Policy to Deploy Espionage Malware (Thursday December 18, 2025)
    A previously undocumented China-aligned threat cluster dubbed LongNosedGoblin has been attributed to a series of cyber attacks targeting governmental entities in Southeast Asia and Japan. The end goal of these attacks is cyber espionage, Slovak cybersecurity company ESET said in a report published today. The threat activity cluster has been assessed to be active since at least September 2023. " (HackerNews)
  • Most Parked Domains Now Serving Malicious Content (Tuesday December 16, 2025)
    Direct navigation -- the act of visiting a website by manually typing a domain name in a web browser -- has never been riskier: A new study finds the vast majority of "parked" domains -- mostly expired or dormant domain names, or common misspellings of popular websites -- are now configured to redirect visitors to sites that foist scams and malware. (KrebsOnSecurity)
  • Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2025 Edition (Tuesday December 09, 2025)
    Microsoft today pushed updates to fix at least 56 security flaws in its Windows operating systems and supported software. This final Patch Tuesday of 2025 tackles one zero-day bug that is already being exploited, as well as two publicly disclosed vulnerabilities. (KrebsOnSecurity)
  • Drones to Diplomas: How Russia’s Largest Private University is Linked to a $25M Essay Mill (Saturday December 06, 2025)
    A sprawling academic cheating network turbocharged by Google Ads that has generated nearly $25 million in revenue has curious connections to a Kremlin-connected oligarch whose Russian university builds drones for Russia's war against Ukraine. (KrebsOnSecurity)
  • SMS Phishers Pivot to Points, Taxes, Fake Retailers (Thursday December 04, 2025)
    China-based phishing groups blamed for non-stop scam SMS messages about a supposed wayward package or unpaid toll fee are promoting a new offering, just in time for the holiday shopping season: Phishing kits for mass-creating fake but convincing e-commerce websites that convert customer payment card data into mobile wallets from Apple and Google. Experts say these same phishing groups also are now using SMS lures that promise unclaimed tax refunds and mobile rewards points. (KrebsOnSecurity)
  • Meet Rey, the Admin of ‘Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters’ (Wednesday November 26, 2025)
    A prolific cybercriminal group that calls itself "Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters" made headlines regularly this year by stealing data from and publicly mass extorting dozens of major corporations. But the tables seem to have turned somewhat for "Rey," the moniker chosen by the technical operator and public face of the hacker group: Earlier this week, Rey confirmed his real life identity and agreed to an interview after KrebsOnSecurity tracked him down and contacted his father. (KrebsOnSecurity)
  • Is Your Android TV Streaming Box Part of a Botnet? (Monday November 24, 2025)
    On the surface, the Superbox media streaming devices for sale at retailers like BestBuy and Walmart may seem like a steal: They offer unlimited access to more than 2,200 pay-per-view and streaming services like Netflix, ESPN and Hulu, all for a one-time fee of around $400. But security experts warn these TV boxes require intrusive software that forces the user's network to relay Internet traffic for others, traffic that is often tied to cybercrime activity such as advertising fraud and account takeovers. (KrebsOnSecurity)
  • Mozilla Says It’s Finally Done With Two-Faced Onerep (Thursday November 20, 2025)
    In March 2024, Mozilla said it was winding down its collaboration with Onerep -- an identity protection service offered with the Firefox web browser that promises to remove users from hundreds of people-search sites -- after KrebsOnSecurity revealed Onerep's founder had created dozens of people-search services and was continuing to operate at least one of them. Sixteen months later, however, Mozilla is still promoting Onerep. This week, Mozilla announced their partnership with Onerep will officially end next month. (KrebsOnSecurity)

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