A unique take on the software update gambit has allowed “PlushDaemon” to evade attention as it mostly targets Chinese organizations.

Have you ever given two seconds of thought to a browser notification? No? That’s what hackers bent on phishing are counting on.

Editors from Dark Reading, Cybersecurity Dive, and TechTarget Search Security break down the depressing state of cybersecurity awareness campaigns and how organizations can overcome basic struggles with password hygiene and phishing attacks.

Another campaign targeting WhatsApp users in Brazil spreads like a worm and employs multiple payloads for credential theft, session hijacking, and persistence

Oligo Security has warned of ongoing attacks exploiting a two-year-old security flaw in the Ray open-source artificial intelligence (AI) framework to turn infected clusters with NVIDIA GPUs into a self-replicating cryptocurrency mining botnet. The activity, codenamed ShadowRay 2.0, is an evolution of a prior wave that was observed between September 2023 and March 2024. The…

Cybersecurity researchers have warned of an actively expanding botnet dubbed Tsundere that’s targeting Windows users. Active since mid-2025, the threat is designed to execute arbitrary JavaScript code retrieved from a command-and-control (C2) server, Kaspersky researcher Lisandro Ubiedo said in an analysis published today. There are currently no details on how the botnet malware is propagated;

The infostealer specifically targets Brazilian Portuguese speakers and combines malware designed to phish banking credentials and steal data, a worm, and some uniquely Brazilian quirks.

This week has been crazy in the world of hacking and online security. From Thailand to London to the US, we’ve seen arrests, spies at work, and big power moves online. Hackers are getting caught. Spies are getting better at their jobs. Even simple things like browser add-ons and smart home gadgets are being used…

Threat actors are leveraging bogus installers masquerading as popular software to trick users into installing malware as part of a global malvertising campaign dubbed TamperedChef. The end goal of the attacks is to establish persistence and deliver JavaScript malware that facilitates remote access and control, per a new report from Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU)….

A second zero-day vulnerability in its web application firewall (WAF) line has come under attack, raising more questions about the vendor’s disclosure practices.