A malware campaign dubbed ‘Midnight Mimosa’ has been discovered on low-cost Android smartphones that ship with malicious software embedded in their firmware, allowing attackers to silently install apps, perform ad fraud, and turn devices into residential proxies. […]
FBI Says China-Linked Hackers Ran Portal Giving Third Parties Access to Stolen Emails
Hackers tied to a Chinese cybersecurity company stole email from government organizations, law enforcement agencies, healthcare systems, and religious institutions in Southeast Asia, the FBI and agencies in 6 other countries said on October 8.
The company, Integrity Technology Group, has been sanctioned by the U.S. and the UK. The hackers scanned websites for flaws using a tool containing more
ThreatsDay: Ransomware Affiliate Betrayal, WhatsApp RAT, Exposed Hacker Tools and 12 More Stories
The crooks have trust problems of their own. One ransomware affiliate decided to keep the profits for himself. Elsewhere, an attacker left a server exposed, complete with tools and traces of an intrusion. Apparently, keeping things secure is a problem on both sides of the fence.
The rest of the week isn’t much more reassuring. Malicious code turned up in developer packages and extensions that
FakeGit malware campaign returns with 17,610 malicious GitHub repos
More than 17,000 fake repositories on GitHub are distributing the SmartLoader malware after the FakeGit campaign reactivated earlier this month to push the StealC infostealer. […]
Japan Sees Sharp Rise in Web Data Leaks Amid Mobile API Abuse and Metabase Attacks
Attackers behind a string of personal data leaks at Japanese organizations have abused APIs for mobile apps and targeted known software flaws, the JPCERT Coordination Center (JPCERT/CC) said.
The Tokyo-based center, which takes incident reports, based its October 8, 2026 alert on those reports and other information. The alert names no attacker and no affected organization.
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Cisco Patches a Dozen Critical Vulnerabilities
The security defects could lead to unauthorized access, information leaks, privilege escalation, DoS attacks, and remote code execution.
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UAC-0099 Targets Ukrainian Government Personnel With ASHVEIN RAT Hiding Commands in HTML
The Russia-aligned threat actor known as UAC-0099 has been attributed to a previously undocumented .NET infostealer and remote access trojan (RAT) codenamed ASHVEIN.
According to TrendAI, the malware has been put to use in attacks targeting Ukrainian government personnel. The cybersecurity company is tracking the cluster under the name Earth Sirrush (previously SHADOW-EARTH-065).
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Cisco warns of critical flaws allowing Nexus switch takeover
Cisco released security advisories for five critical vulnerabilities in its NX-OS data center network operating system that could be exploited to run arbitrary code with root privileges on Nexus switches. […]
Security Awareness Training Isn’t Dead, but It Needs a Rethink
All enterprises conduct security awareness training for their employees. But whether this has tangible benefits is debatable.
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ARTEX AI Pentesting Tool Used in Data Theft Attacks on South Korean Financial Firms
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a targeted campaign aimed at South Korean financial organizations that used an artificial intelligence (AI) pen testing tool named ARTEX to carry out the attacks.
The activity, per CrowdStrike Intelligence, was active from late September to early October 2026, and resulted in data exfiltration.
“In this activity, the threat actor leveraged