Cyber News & Articles

Over 200,000 websites running a vulnerable version of a popular WordPress plugin could be at risk of being hijacked by hackers.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

A newly emerged ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) gang called Chaos is likely made up of former members of the BlackSuit crew, as the latter’s dark web infrastructure has been the subject of a law enforcement seizure.
Chaos, which sprang forth in February 2025, is the latest entrant in the ransomware landscape to conduct big-game hunting and double extortion attacks.
“Chaos RaaS actors initiated

Until recently, the cyber attacker methodology behind the biggest breaches of the last decade or so has been pretty consistent:

Compromise an endpoint via software exploit, or social engineering a user to run malware on their device; 
Find ways to move laterally inside the network and compromise privileged identities;
Repeat as needed until you can execute your desired attack — usually

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new, large-scale mobile malware campaign that’s targeting Android and iOS platforms with fake dating, social networking, cloud storage, and car service apps to steal sensitive personal data.
The cross-platform threat has been codenamed SarangTrap by Zimperium zLabs. Users in South Korea appear to be the primary focus.
“This extensive campaign involved

React conquered XSS? Think again. That’s the reality facing JavaScript developers in 2025, where attackers have quietly evolved their injection techniques to exploit everything from prototype pollution to AI-generated code, bypassing the very frameworks designed to keep applications secure.
Full 47-page guide with framework-specific defenses (PDF, free).
JavaScript conquered the web, but with

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a high-severity security vulnerability impacting PaperCutNG/MF print management software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-2533 (CVSS score: 8.4), is a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) bug that could

In what’s the latest instance of a software supply chain attack, unknown threat actors managed to compromise Toptal’s GitHub organization account and leveraged that access to publish 10 malicious packages to the npm registry.
The packages contained code to exfiltrate GitHub authentication tokens and destroy victim systems, Socket said in a report published last week. In addition, 73 repositories

European defence giant Naval Group has confirmed that it is investigating an alleged cyber attack which has seen what purports to be sensitive internal data published on the internet by hackers.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

The US insurance giant has admitted that hackers stole personal info of the “majority” of its customers and staff earlier this month.

Some risks don’t breach the perimeter—they arrive through signed software, clean resumes, or sanctioned vendors still hiding in plain sight.
This week, the clearest threats weren’t the loudest—they were the most legitimate-looking. In an environment where identity, trust, and tooling are all interlinked, the strongest attack path is often the one that looks like it belongs. Security teams are