“Shai-Hulud” Worm Compromises npm Ecosystem in Supply Chain Attack

Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 is investigating an active and widespread software supply chain attack targeting the Node Package Manager (npm) ecosystem. A novel, self-replicating worm, which is currently being tracked as “Shai-Hulud,” is responsible for the compromise of over Read More …

RevengeHotels: a new wave of attacks leveraging LLMs and VenomRAT

RevengeHotels, also known as TA558, is a threat group that has been active since 2015, stealing credit card data from hotel guests and travelers. RevengeHotels’ modus operandi involves sending emails with phishing links which redirect victims to websites mimicking document Read More …

Shiny tools, shallow checks: how the AI hype opens the door to malicious MCP servers

In this article, Kaspersky researchers explore how the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — the new “plug-in bus” for AI assistants — can be weaponized as a supply chain foothold. The researchers start with a primer on MCP, map out protocol-level Read More …

Another massive DDoS attack that reached 1.5 Bpps has been thwarted

A distributed denial-of-service attack targeting a DDoS mitigation vendor somewhere in Western Europe has been spotted and mitigated by FastNetMon. The firm says the attack peaked at a massive 1.5 billion packets per second, making it one of the largest Read More …

FBI: Cyber Criminal Groups UNC6040 and UNC6395 Compromising Salesforce Instances for Data Theft and Extortion

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is releasing this FLASH to disseminate Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) associated with recent malicious cyber activities by cyber criminal groups UNC6040 and UNC6395, responsible for a rising number of data theft and extortion intrusions. Read More …

Vietnam Investigates Hackers Targeting National Credit Database Exposing Sensitive Financial Data

Vietnam is investigating a serious cyberattack on a large database that contains information about creditors across the country. The database belongs to the National Credit Information Center, also known as CIC. This center is managed by the State Bank of Read More …

Israel: Dozens of actors fall victim to Iranian phishing attack

Dozens of Israeli actors have fallen victim to a phishing attack believed to originate from Iranian sources. According to a statement from the National Cyber Directorate, the actors were asked to submit filmed auditions and sensitive personal information—including photos of Read More …

South Korea’s KT admits data breach

KT Corp has become the second South Korean mobile operator this year to report a cybersecurity breach to the country’s data protection authorities, with the operator confirming on Thursday that 5,561 customers may have had their subscriber data stolen by Read More …

Attacker steals customer data from UK rail operator LNER during break-in at supplier

One of the UK’s largest rail operators, LNER, is the latest organization to spill user data via a third-party data breach.… It confirmed the incident on Wednesday, saying customer contact details and “some information about previous journeys” was accessed at Read More …

France: Three Regional Healthcare Agencies Targeted by Cyber-Attacks

French regional healthcare agencies have been targeted by cyber-attacks compromising the personal data of patients across the country. On September 8, the regional healthcare agencies (ARS) for three regions, Hauts-de-France (Upper France), Normandy and Pays de la Loire (Lower Loire), Read More …