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Ukraine Aid Groups Targeted Through Fake Zoom Meetings and Weaponized PDF Files

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a coordinated spear-phishing campaign dubbed PhantomCaptcha targeting organizations associated with Ukraine’s war relief efforts to deliver a remote access trojan that uses a WebSocket for command-and-control (C2).
The activity, which took place on October 8, 2025, targeted individual members of the International Red Cross, Norwegian Refugee

Meta launches new anti-scam tools for WhatsApp and Messenger

Meta has announced new tools to help WhatsApp and Messenger users protect themselves from potential scams and secure their accounts. […]

TARmageddon Flaw in Popular Rust Library Leads to RCE

The vulnerability impacts multiple Rust tar parsers, allowing attackers to smuggle additional archive entries.

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Critical Vulnerabilities Patched in TP-Link’s Omada Gateways

One of the flaws can be exploited by remote unauthenticated attackers for arbitrary command execution.

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PhantomCaptcha ClickFix attack targets Ukraine war relief orgs

A spearphishing attack that lasted a single day targeted members of the Ukrainian regional government administration and organizations critical for the war relief effort in Ukraine, including the International Committee of the Red Cross, UNICEF, and various NGOs. […]

Chinese Threat Actors Exploit ToolShell SharePoint Flaw Weeks After Microsoft’s July Patch

Threat actors with ties to China exploited the ToolShell security vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint to breach a telecommunications company in the Middle East after it was publicly disclosed and patched in July 2025.
Also targeted were government departments in an African country, as well as government agencies in South America, a university in the U.S., as well as likely a state technology

Keycard Emerges From Stealth Mode With $38 Million in Funding

The company’s IAM platform identifies AI agents, supports assigning permission to them, and tracks all activity.

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Russian APT Switches to New Backdoor After Malware Exposed by Researchers

Star Blizzard started using the NoRobot (BaitSwitch) and MaybeRobot (SimpleFix) malware after public reporting on the LostKeys malware.

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Bridging the Remediation Gap: Introducing Pentera Resolve

From Detection to Resolution: Why the Gap Persists
A critical vulnerability is identified in an exposed cloud asset. Within hours, five different tools alert you about it: your vulnerability scanner, XDR, CSPM, SIEM, and CMDB each surface the issue in their own way, with different severity levels, metadata, and context.
What’s missing is a system of action. How do you transition from the

What Makes a Great Field CXO: Lessons from the Front Lines

If you are recruiting for a Field CISO, Field CTO, etc., or are looking to leverage a resource at your company in one of these roles, what are some things you should be aware of?

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