Tag: targeted attacks
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The Register: Zero-day lets nation-state spies cross-examine elite US law firm Williams & Connolly
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/09/zeroday_nationstate_us_law_firm/ Source: The Register Title: Zero-day lets nation-state spies cross-examine elite US law firm Williams & Connolly Feedly Summary: China-linked snoops crack email at DC powerhouse that represented Bill Clinton, Elizabeth Holmes Washington’s elite law firm Williams & Connolly has confirmed that attackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability to access a handful of attorney…
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Slashdot: Google Says Hackers Are Sending Extortion Emails To Executives
Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/02/1812256/google-says-hackers-are-sending-extortion-emails-to-executives?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Says Hackers Are Sending Extortion Emails To Executives Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google has reported that hackers associated with the ransomware group cl0p are sending extortion emails to executives, threatening the release of stolen sensitive data from Oracle business applications. The authenticity of these…
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The Register: Suspected Iran-backed attackers targeting European aerospace sector with novel malware
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/23/iran_targeting_european_aerospace/ Source: The Register Title: Suspected Iran-backed attackers targeting European aerospace sector with novel malware Feedly Summary: Instead of job offers, victims get MiniJunk backdoor and MiniBrowse stealer Suspected Iranian government-backed online attackers have expanded their European cyber ops with fake job portals and new malware targeting organizations in the defense, manufacturing, telecommunications,…
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The Register: Apple rushes out fix for active zero-day in iOS and macOS
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/apple_imageio_exploit/ Source: The Register Title: Apple rushes out fix for active zero-day in iOS and macOS Feedly Summary: Another ‘extremely sophisticated’ exploit chewing at Cupertino’s walled garden Apple has shipped emergency updates to fix an actively exploited zero-day in its ImageIO framework, warning that the flaw has already been abused in targeted attacks.……
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Microsoft Security Blog: Dissecting PipeMagic: Inside the architecture of a modular backdoor framework
Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/08/18/dissecting-pipemagic-inside-the-architecture-of-a-modular-backdoor-framework/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Dissecting PipeMagic: Inside the architecture of a modular backdoor framework Feedly Summary: A comprehensive technical deep dive on PipeMagic, a highly modular backdoor used by Storm-2460 masquerading as a legitimate open-source ChatGPT Desktop Application. Beneath its disguise, PipeMagic is a sophisticated malware framework designed for flexibility and…
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The Register: Russia’s RomCom among those exploiting a WinRAR 0-day in highly-targeted attacks
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/11/russias_romcom_among_those_exploiting/ Source: The Register Title: Russia’s RomCom among those exploiting a WinRAR 0-day in highly-targeted attacks Feedly Summary: A few weeks earlier ‘zeroplayer’ advertised an $80K WinRAR 0-day exploit Russia-linked attackers found and exploited a high-severity WinRAR vulnerability before the maintainers of the Windows file archiver issued a fix.… AI Summary and Description:…