Cyber News & Articles
Hackers Using New QuirkyLoader Malware to Spread Agent Tesla, AsyncRAT and Snake Keylogger
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new malware loader called QuirkyLoader that’s being used to deliver via email spam campaigns an array of next-stage payloads ranging from information stealers to remote access trojans since November 2024.
Some of the notable malware families distributed using QuirkyLoader include Agent Tesla, AsyncRAT, Formbook, Masslogger, Remcos RAT,
Weak Passwords and Compromised Accounts: Key Findings from the Blue Report 2025
As security professionals, it’s easy to get caught up in a race to counter the latest advanced adversary techniques. Yet the most impactful attacks often aren’t from cutting-edge exploits, but from cracked credentials and compromised accounts. Despite widespread awareness of this threat vector, Picus Security’s Blue Report 2025 shows that organizations continue to struggle with preventing
Scattered Spider Hacker Gets 10 Years, $13M Restitution for SIM Swapping Crypto Theft
A 20-year-old member of the notorious cybercrime gang known as Scattered Spider has been sentenced to ten years in prison in the U.S. in connection with a series of major hacks and cryptocurrency thefts.
Noah Michael Urban pleaded guilty to charges related to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft back in April 2025. News of Urban’s sentencing was reported by Bloomberg and Jacksonville news
Apple Patches CVE-2025-43300 Zero-Day in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Exploited in Targeted Attacks
Apple has released security updates to address a security flaw impacting iOS, iPadOS, and macOS that it said has come under active exploitation in the wild.
The zero-day out-of-bounds write vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-43300, resides in the ImageIO framework that could result in memory corruption when processing a malicious image.
“Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been
SIM-Swapper, Scattered Spider Hacker Gets 10 Years
A 21-year-old Florida man at the center of a prolific cybercrime group known as “Scattered Spider” was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison today, and ordered to pay roughly $13 million in restitution to victims.
Noah Michael Urban of Palm Coast, Fla. pleaded guilty in April 2025 to charges of wire fraud and conspiracy. Florida prosecutors alleged Urban conspired with others to steal at least $800,000 from five victims via SIM-swapping attacks that diverted their mobile phone calls and text messages to devices controlled by Urban and his co-conspirators.
Smashing Security podcast #431: How to mine millions without paying the bill
In episode 431 of the “Smashing Security” podcast, a self-proclaimed crypto-influencer calling himself CP3O thought he had found a shortcut to riches — by racking up millions in unpaid cloud bills.
Meanwhile, we look at the growing threat of EDR-killer tools that can quietly switch off your endpoint protection before an attack even begins.
And for something a little different, we peek into the Internet Archive’s dystopian Wayforward Machine and take a detour to Mary Shelley’s resting place in Bournemouth.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley, joined this week by special guest Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska.
DOM-Based Extension Clickjacking Exposes Popular Password Managers to Credential and Data Theft
Popular password manager plugins for web browsers have been found susceptible to clickjacking security vulnerabilities that could be exploited to steal account credentials, two-factor authentication (2FA) codes, and credit card details under certain conditions.
The technique has been dubbed Document Object Model (DOM)-based extension clickjacking by independent security researcher Marek Tóth,
Warlock ransomware: What you need to know
The Warlock ransomware has hit a number of organisations including government agencies and departments, and most recently UK-based telecoms firm Colt.
Read more in my article on the Fortra blog.
FBI Warns FSB-Linked Hackers Exploiting Unpatched Cisco Devices for Cyber Espionage
A Russian state-sponsored cyber espionage group known as Static Tundra has been observed actively exploiting a seven-year-old security flaw in Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE software as a means to establish persistent access to target networks.
Cisco Talos, which disclosed details of the activity, said the attacks single out organizations in telecommunications, higher education and manufacturing
Experts Find AI Browsers Can Be Tricked by PromptFix Exploit to Run Malicious Hidden Prompts
Cybersecurity researchers have demonstrated a new prompt injection technique called PromptFix that tricks a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) model into carrying out intended actions by embedding the malicious instruction inside a fake CAPTCHA check on a web page.
Described by Guardio Labs an “AI-era take on the ClickFix scam,” the attack technique demonstrates how AI-driven browsers,