Cyber News & Articles

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a supply chain attack targeting a Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension called Ethcode that has been installed a little over 6,000 times.
The compromise, per ReversingLabs, occurred via a GitHub pull request that was opened by a user named Airez299 on June 17, 2025.
First released by 7finney in 2022, Ethcode is a VS Code extension that’s used to

From overprivileged admin roles to long-forgotten vendor tokens, these attackers are slipping through the cracks of trust and access. Here’s how five retail breaches unfolded, and what they reveal about…
In recent months, major retailers like Adidas, The North Face, Dior, Victoria’s Secret, Cartier, Marks & Spencer, and Co‑op have all been breached. These attacks weren’t sophisticated

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a malware campaign that’s targeting security flaws in TBK digital video recorders (DVRs) and Four-Faith routers to rope the devices into a new botnet called RondoDox.
The vulnerabilities in question include CVE-2024-3721, a medium-severity command injection vulnerability affecting TBK DVR-4104 and DVR-4216 DVRs, and CVE-2024-12856, an operating

A newly released report by cybersecurity firm CTM360 reveals a large-scale scam operation utilizing fake news websites—known as Baiting News Sites (BNS)—to deceive users into online investment fraud across 50 countries.
These BNS pages are made to look like real news outlets: CNN, BBC, CNBC, or regional media. They publish fake stories that feature public figures, central banks, or

Russian organizations have been targeted as part of an ongoing campaign that delivers a previously undocumented Windows spyware called Batavia.
The activity, per cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky, has been active since July 2024.
“The targeted attack begins with bait emails containing malicious links, sent under the pretext of signing a contract,” the Russian company said. “The main goal of the

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added four security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild.
The list of flaws is as follows –

CVE-2014-3931 (CVSS score: 9.8) – A buffer overflow vulnerability in Multi-Router Looking Glass (MRLG) that could allow remote attackers to cause an

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a malicious campaign that leverages search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning techniques to deliver a known malware loader called Oyster (aka Broomstick or CleanUpLoader).
The malvertising activity, per Arctic Wolf, promotes fake websites hosting trojanized versions of legitimate tools like PuTTY and WinSCP, aiming to trick software professionals

This month could barely have started any worse for some financial institutions in Brazil.

Approximately US $140 million was stolen from the reserve accounts of six financial institutions after a cyber attack hit a service provider.

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

Everything feels secure—until one small thing slips through. Even strong systems can break if a simple check is missed or a trusted tool is misused. Most threats don’t start with alarms—they sneak in through the little things we overlook. A tiny bug, a reused password, a quiet connection—that’s all it takes.
Staying safe isn’t just about reacting fast. It’s about catching these early signs

If you didn’t hear about Iranian hackers breaching US water facilities, it’s because they only managed to control a single pressure station serving 7,000 people. What made this attack noteworthy wasn’t its scale, but how easily the hackers gained access — by simply using the manufacturer’s default password “1111.” This narrow escape prompted CISA to urge manufacturers to