Inside Russian Market: Uncovering the Botnet Empire

The online cybercrime marketplace, Russian Market, has evolved from selling Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access to becoming one of the most active underground hubs for information-stealing malware logs, where stolen user credentials are traded daily. Each compromised login represents a Read More …

Hack on Japan’s biggest brewer renews concerns over cyberattack readiness

Japan’s favorite beer brand is reeling from a cyberattack that paralyzed its production last week. Its factories have started brewing again, and some truckloads of beer are leaving its warehouses, but the attack has spotlighted the poor cybersecurity readiness among Read More …

Security bug in India’s income tax portal exposed taxpayers’ sensitive data

The Indian government’s tax authority has fixed a security flaw in its income tax filing portal that was exposing sensitive taxpayers’ data, TechCrunch has exclusively learned and confirmed with authorities. The flaw, discovered in September by a pair of security Read More …

Oracle patches actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in E-Business Suite

Oracle has patched a critical vulnerability in E-Business Suite that was actively exploited in data theft attacks by the Clop group. This is a zero-day vulnerability, registered as CVE-2025-61882, which allows remote code execution on affected systems without authentication. The Read More …

Discord hit by data breach after hackers strike support tickets

Discord has warned users it suffered a cyberattack which caused a potentially worrying data breach. In a data breach notification announcement posted on the company’s blog, Discord said a third party, providing customer support services, was breached. “The unauthorized party Read More …

Hacking group claims theft of 1 billion records from Salesforce customer databases

A notorious predominantly English-speaking hacking group has launched a website to extort its victims, threatening to release about a billion records stolen from companies who store their customers’ data in cloud databases hosted by Salesforce. The loosely organized group, which Read More …

Self-Propagating Malware Spreading Via WhatsApp, Targets Brazilian Users

Trend Research is currently investigating an aggressive malware campaign that leverages online instant messaging platform WhatsApp as its primary infection vector. Unlike traditional attacks focused on theft or ransomware, this campaign is engineered for speed and propagation, abusing social trust Read More …

Cavalry Werewolf raids Russia’s public sector with trusted relationship attacks

BI.ZONE Threat Intelligence recorded Cavalry Werewolf activity from May to August 2025. In order to gain initial access, the attackers sent out targeted phishing emails disguising them as official correspondence from Kyrgyz government officials. The main targets of the attacks Read More …

Confucius Espionage: From Stealer to Backdoor

The Confucius group is a long-running cyber-espionage actor operating primarily across South Asia. First identified in 2013, the group is believed to have links to state-sponsored operations in the region. Over the past decade, Confucius has repeatedly targeted government agencies, Read More …