THREATS

This section has all the newest information on a wide range of threats, such as online threats, physical security risks, and new threats. Keep up with the latest changes in attacks, weaknesses, and possible dangers in a variety of areas. Our coverage gives you an idea of how these threats are changing and what you can do to lessen their effects.

Nike Alleged Breach: Threat Actors Claim Leak of Millions of Customer Records

A threat actor on a prominent cybercrime forum has claimed responsibility for leaking data allegedly belonging to Nike and Alcon,…

4 months ago

7 AI Security Platforms That Use Machine Learning to Stop Attacks in Real Time

Attackers don’t wait around anymore. They use automation, stolen tools, and clever tricks to move from one system to another in minutes.…

7 months ago

Rising Insider Threat: Criminal Groups Pay Employees for Sensitive Access

Cybercriminal syndicates are increasingly abandoning brute-force attacks in favor of a more efficient, albeit disturbing, tactic: recruiting insiders. A surge…

11 months ago

Hackers Use ClickFix Technique to Deploy NetSupport RAT Loaders

Cybercriminals are increasingly using a technique known as "ClickFix" to deploy the NetSupport remote administration tool (RAT) for malicious purposes.…

1 year ago

Threat Actors Exploit Discord Webhooks for C2 via npm, PyPI, and Ruby Packages

Threat actors are increasingly abusing Discord webhooks as covert command-and-control (C2) channels inside open-source packages, enabling stealthy exfiltration of secrets,…

1 year ago

Iran-Nexus Hackers Impersonate Omani MFA to Target Governments Entities

Cybersecurity researchers uncovered a sophisticated, Iran-linked spear-phishing operation that exploited a compromised Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) mailbox in Oman…

1 year ago

New Scam Targets PayPal Users During Account Profile Setup

A highly sophisticated phishing campaign is targeting PayPal users with a deceptive email designed to grant scammers direct access to…

1 year ago

Threat Actors Exploit Velociraptor Incident Response Tool for Remote Access

Researchers from the Counter Threat Unit (CTU) at Sophos uncovered a sophisticated intrusion where threat actors repurposed the legitimate open-source…

1 year ago

U.S. Treasury Sanctions North Korean IT Worker Network Funding Weapons Programs

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on Russian national Vitaliy Sergeyevich…

1 year ago

New Research Explores Emulating Scattered Spider Tactics in Real-World Scenarios

Experts have described methods for mimicking the strategies of the advanced persistent threat (APT) group Scattered Spider in a recent…

1 year ago