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ChaosBot surfaced in late September 2025 as a sophisticated Rust-based backdoor targeting enterprise networks. Initial investigations revealed that threat actors gained entry by exploiting compromised CiscoVPN credentials coupled with over-privileged Active Directory service accounts. Once inside, ChaosBot was stealthily deployed via side-loading techniques using the legitimate Microsoft Edge component identity_helper.exe from the C:\Users\Public\Libraries directory. The […] The post New Chaosbot Leveraging CiscoVPN and Active Directory Passwords to Execute Network Commands appeared first on Cyber Security News.
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Threat actors have reemerged in mid-2025 leveraging previously disclosed vulnerabilities in SonicWall SSL VPN appliances to deploy Akira ransomware on enterprise networks. Beginning in July, multiple incidents of initial access via unpatched SonicWall devices were reported across North America and EMEA. Attackers exploited CVE-2024-40766, an access control flaw in SonicOS versions up to 7.0.1-5035, enabling […] The post Threat Actors Exploiting SonicWall SSL VPN Devices in Wild to Deploy Akira Ransomware appeared first on Cyber Security News.
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Socket’s Threat Research Team has uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign involving 175 malicious npm packages that collectively accumulated over 26,000 downloads. The campaign, dubbed “Beamglea” based on consistent artifacts across all packages, represents a novel abuse of npm’s public registry and the unpkg.com CDN to host redirect scripts targeting 135+ industrial, technology, and energy companies […] The post 175 Malicious npm Packages With 26,000 Downloads Attacking Technology, and Energy Companies Worldwide appeared first on Cyber Security News.
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Since its emergence in early 2025, RondoDox has rapidly become one of the most pervasive IoT-focused botnets in operation, targeting a wide range of network-connected devices—from consumer routers to enterprise CCTV systems and web servers. Its modular design allows operators to deploy tailored exploit modules against over 50 distinct vulnerabilities, enabling swift compromise of disparate […] The post RondoDox Botnet Exploits 50+ Vulnerabilities to Attack Routers, CCTV Systems and Web Servers appeared first on Cyber Security News.
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Adversaries have once again demonstrated that operational hours are irrelevant when mounting sophisticated cyberattacks. eSentire’s TRU team first observed suspicious activity within a financial services customer’s environment when legitimate CiscoVPN …
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A significant uptick in Akira ransomware attacks has been observed exploiting unpatched SonicWall SSL VPN devices between July and August 2025. Despite a patch release the same day, many organizations remained vulnerable, allowing threat actors to gain…
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Socket’s Threat Research Team has uncovered a sprawling phishing campaign—dubbed “Beamglea”—leveraging 175 malicious npm packages that have amassed over 26,000 downloads. These packages serve solely as hosting infrastructure, redirecting victims to cre…
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A critical vulnerability in GitHub Copilot Chat, rated 9.6 on the CVSS scale, could have allowed attackers to exfiltrate source code and secrets from private repositories silently. The exploit combined a novel prompt injection technique with a clever bypass of GitHub’s Content Security Policy (CSP), granting the attacker significant control over a victim’s Copilot instance, […] The post Critical GitHub Copilot Vulnerability Let Attackers Exfiltrate Source Code From Private Repos appeared first on Cyber Security News.
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LLM-enabled malware poses new challenges for detection and threat hunting as malicious logic can be generated at runtime rather than embedded in code. Our research discovered hitherto unknown samples, and what may be the earliest example known to date …
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A critical weakness in GitHub Copilot Chat discovered in June 2025 exposed private source code and secrets to attackers. Rated CVSS 9.6, the vulnerability combined a novel Content Security Policy bypass with remote prompt injection. By embedding hidden…
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