Monday, May 19, 2025

cyber security

VMware ESXi, Firefox, Red Hat Linux & SharePoint Hacked – Pwn2Own Day 2

Security researchers demonstrated their prowess on the second day of Pwn2Own Berlin 2025, discovering critical vulnerabilities across major enterprise platforms and earning $435,000 in bounties. The competition, now in...

Critical WordPress Plugin Flaw Puts Over 10,000 Sites of Cyberattack

A serious security flaw affecting the Eventin plugin, a popular event management solution for WordPress, was recently discovered by Denver Jackson, a member of...

Sophisticated NPM Attack Leverages Google Calendar2 for Advanced Communication

A startling discovery in the npm ecosystem has revealed a highly sophisticated malware campaign embedded within the seemingly innocuous package os-info-checker-es6. First published on...

New Ransomware Attack Targets Elon Musk Supporters Using PowerShell to Deploy Payloads

A newly identified ransomware campaign has emerged, seemingly targeting supporters of Elon Musk through a highly sophisticated phishing-based attack. Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a...

Printer Company Distributes Malicious Drivers Infected with XRed Malware

Procolored, a printer manufacturing company, has been found distributing software drivers infected with malicious code, including the notorious XRed backdoor malware. The issue came to...

Chinese Agent Impersonate as Stanford Student For Intelligence Gathering

Chinese intelligence operative posing as a Stanford University student has been uncovered following an investigation into suspicious approaches made to students conducting China-related research....

Windows 10 KB5058379 Update Causes PCs to Enter Recovery Mode and Prompt for BitLocker Key

Security update KB5058379 for Windows 10, released in May 2025, is causing significant technical issues for numerous systems. Users report their devices are unexpectedly booting...

Cybercriminal Andrei Tarasov Escapes US Extradition, Returns to Russia

Andrei Vladimirovich Tarasov, a 33-year-old Russian cybercrime figure known online as "Aels," has returned to Russia after evading US extradition. Released from Berlin's Moabit...

FBI Alerts Public to Malicious Campaign Impersonating US Government Officials

Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a warning about an ongoing malicious messaging campaign targeting current and former senior US government officials and their...

Frigidstealer Malware Targets macOS Users to Harvest Login Credentials

An macOS users, a new information-stealing malware dubbed FrigidStealer has emerged as a formidable threat since January 2025. This insidious malware capitalizes on user trust...

APT Group 123 Targets Windows Systems in Ongoing Malicious Payload Campaign

Group123, a North Korean state-sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group also known by aliases such as APT37, Reaper, and ScarCruft, continues to target Windows-based...