Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a now-patched vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that could have enabled an attacker to elevate their privileges in the Cloud Composer workflow orchestration service that’s… Read More »GCP Cloud Composer Bug Let Attackers Elevate Access via Malicious PyPI Packages
In what has been described as an “extremely sophisticated phishing attack,” threat actors have leveraged an uncommon approach that allowed bogus emails to be sent via Google’s infrastructure and redirect… Read More »Phishers Exploit Google Sites and DKIM Replay to Send Signed Emails, Steal Credentials
As SaaS and cloud-native work reshape the enterprise, the web browser has emerged as the new endpoint. However, unlike endpoints, browsers remain mostly unmonitored, despite being responsible for more than… Read More »5 Major Concerns With Employees Using The Browser
Microsoft on Monday announced that it has moved the Microsoft Account (MSA) signing service to Azure confidential virtual machines (VMs) and that it’s also in the process of migrating the… Read More »Microsoft Secures MSA Signing with Azure Confidential VMs Following Storm-0558 Breach
The China-linked cyber espionage group tracked as Lotus Panda has been attributed to a campaign that compromised multiple organizations in an unnamed Southeast Asian country between August 2024 and February… Read More »Lotus Panda Hacks SE Asian Governments With Browser Stealers and Sideloaded Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malicious campaign related to the North Korean state-sponsored threat actor known as Kimsuky that exploits a now-patched vulnerability impacting Microsoft Remote Desktop Services to… Read More »Kimsuky Exploits BlueKeep RDP Vulnerability to Breach Systems in South Korea and Japan
A new Android malware-as-a-service (MaaS) platform named SuperCard X can facilitate near-field communication (NFC) relay attacks, enabling cybercriminals to conduct fraudulent cashouts. The active campaign is targeting customers of banking… Read More »SuperCard X Android Malware Enables Contactless ATM and PoS Fraud via NFC Relay Attacks
Can a harmless click really lead to a full-blown cyberattack? Surprisingly, yes — and that’s exactly what we saw in last week’s activity. Hackers are getting better at hiding inside… Read More »⚡ THN Weekly Recap: iOS Zero-Days, 4Chan Breach, NTLM Exploits, WhatsApp Spyware & More
The problem is simple: all breaches start with initial access, and initial access comes down to two primary attack vectors – credentials and devices. This is not news; every report… Read More »5 Reasons Device Management Isn’t Device Trust
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a surge in “mass scanning, credential brute-forcing, and exploitation attempts” originating from IP addresses associated with a Russian bulletproof hosting service provider named Proton66. The activity,… Read More »Hackers Abuse Russian Bulletproof Host Proton66 for Global Attacks and Malware Delivery