Friday, May 23, 2025

Cyber Security News

CefSharp Enumeration Tool Identifies Critical Security Issues in .NET Desktop Applications

Cybersecurity researchers and red teamers, a newly released tool named CefEnum is shedding light on critical security flaws in .NET-based desktop applications leveraging CefSharp, a lightweight wrapper around the...

Russian Hackers Exploit Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to Target Scaleway Object Storage

Russian threat actors have been leveraging trusted cloud infrastructure platforms like Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Object Storage and Scaleway Object Storage to propagate sophisticated...

Critical Vulnerability in Netwrix Password Manager Enables Authenticated Remote Code Execution

A critical security vulnerability has been discovered in Netwrix Password Secure, a widely used enterprise password management solution, potentially allowing authenticated attackers to execute...

Cityworks Zero-Day Vulnerability Used by UAT-638 Hackers to Infect IIS Servers with Shell Malware

Cisco Talos has uncovered active exploitation of a zero-day remote-code-execution vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-0994, in Cityworks, a widely used asset management system. This critical flaw...

Researchers Warn of ‘Smiao Network’ Cyber Threat Against Taiwan’s Federal Staff

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) and cybersecurity firm TeamT5 has exposed an intricate Chinese intelligence operation, dubbed the ‘Smiao Network,’ targeting federal...

Vidar and StealC Malware Delivered Through Viral TikTok Videos by Hackers

A sophisticated social engineering campaign that leverages the viral power of TikTok to distribute dangerous information-stealing malware, specifically Vidar and StealC. This alarming trend marks...

Hackers Deploy Weaponized npm Packages to Target React and Node.js JavaScript Frameworks

Socket's Threat Research Team, a series of malicious npm packages have been found lurking in the JavaScript ecosystem for over two years, amassing more...

Malicious VS Code Extensions Target Windows Solidity Developers to Steal Login Credentials

Datadog Security Research has uncovered a targeted malware campaign aimed at Solidity developers on Windows systems, using malicious Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions...

Lumma Stealer Infrastructure Behind Global Attacks on Millions of Users Dismantled

The U.S. Justice Department, in collaboration with the FBI and private sector partners like Microsoft, has announced the disruption of the Lumma Stealer (also...

Cybercriminals Using Trusted Google Domains to Spread Malicious Code

A sophisticated new malvertising scheme has emerged, transforming trusted e-commerce websites into phishing traps without the knowledge of site owners or advertisers. Cybercriminals are...

Linux Kernel Zero-Day SMB Vulnerability Discovered via ChatGPT

Security researcher has discovered a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-37899) in the Linux kernel's SMB server implementation using OpenAI's o3 language model. The vulnerability, a use-after-free...