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Month: August 2025

SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 60

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter The Resurgence of IoT Malware: Inside the Mirai-Based “Gayfemboy” Botnet Campaign Your Connection, Their Cash: Threat Actors Misuse SDKs to Sell Your Bandwidth  The Silent, Fileless Threat of VShell       Android backdoor spies on…

Security Affairs newsletter Round 539 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Lab Dookhtegan hacking group disrupts communications on dozens of Iranian ships New zero-click exploit allegedly used…

Amazon blocks APT29 campaign targeting Microsoft device code authentication

Amazon stopped a Russia-linked APT29 watering hole attack that hijacked Microsoft device code authentication via compromised sites. Amazon announced that it had disrupted an opportunistic watering hole campaign orchestrated by the Russia-linked cyber espionage group APT29 (aka SVR group, Cozy Bear, Nobelium, BlueBravo, Midnight Blizzard, and The Dukes). Amazon experts labeled the attacks as an opportunistic watering hole campaign using compromised…

Attackers Abuse Velociraptor Forensic Tool to Deploy Visual Studio Code for C2 Tunneling

Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a cyber attack in which unknown threat actors deployed an open-source endpoint monitoring and digital forensic tool called Velociraptor, illustrating ongoing abuse of legitimate software for malicious purposes. “In this incident, the threat actor used the tool to download and execute Visual Studio Code with the likely intention of…

Banana Pro: Fast Trading Platform With Built-In Sniping, Real-Time Tools, and Multi-Wallet Control

Banana Pro is more than just another trading tool—it’s a fast Solana trading platform designed for precision, speed, and security. With real-time sniping, customizable order execution, and built-in MEV protection, traders can execute strategies across multiple wallets with confidence. Whether you’re chasing hot launches or managing portfolios, Banana Pro brings professional-grade trading power directly to…

Lab Dookhtegan hacking group disrupts communications on dozens of Iranian ships

Lab Dookhtegan hacking group allegedly disrupted communications of 60 Iranian ships run by sanctioned firms NITC and IRISL. The hacking group Lab Dookhtegan allegedly disrupted the communications of 60 Iranian ships. The attack hit at least 39 tankers and 25 cargo ships operated by Iranian maritime companies National Iranian Oil Tanker Company and Iran Shipping Lines, which…

Chinese hacking group Salt Typhoon expansion prompts multinational advisory

Pervasive Chinese hacking group Salt Typhoon continues to strike, this time setting its sights on the Netherlands. Dutch intelligence authorities have confirmed that the cyber actors accessed routers belonging to smaller internet service and hosting providers. This follows a stark warning from intelligence agencies in more than a dozen countries about the dangers of Salt…

New zero-click exploit allegedly used to hack WhatsApp users

WhatsApp warns users targeted by advanced spyware, sending threat notifications to affected individuals from the past 90 days. A new zero-click exploit used to hack WhatsApp users, reported Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, Head of Security Lab at @AmnestyTech. WhatsApp has just sent out a round of threat notifications to individuals they believe were targeted by an…

The Secret to Hacking SaaS? Forget Passwords — Go for Tokens

Google has warned that the recent Salesloft OAuth breach, attributed to threat group UNC6395, is not limited to Salesforce as initially reported. Instead, the attack affects all third-party SaaS integrations connected to Salesloft via OAuth, massively expanding the potential impact radius. Between August 8–18, 2025, attackers stole and abused OAuth tokens from Salesloft and Drift,…

US and Dutch Police dismantle VerifTools fake ID marketplace

US and Dutch authorities shut down VerifTools, a major fake ID marketplace selling documents to bypass KYC checks and access accounts. Law enforcement in the US and the Netherlands dismantled VerifTools, a major fake ID marketplace selling ID documents to bypass KYC checks and gain unauthorized access to online accounts. Authorities seized two marketplace domains…

Researchers Warn of Sitecore Exploit Chain Linking Cache Poisoning and Remote Code Execution

Three new security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the Sitecore Experience Platform that could be exploited to achieve information disclosure and remote code execution.  The flaws, per watchTowr Labs, are listed below – CVE-2025-53693 – HTML cache poisoning through unsafe reflections CVE-2025-53691 – Remote code execution (RCE) through insecure deserialization CVE-2025-53694 –

Workado settles with FTC over allegations it inflated its AI detectors’ capabilities 

The Federal Trade Commission thinks AI detectors might be BS. The agency announced a consent order this week with Workado, an Arizona-based company that makes an AI content detector tool. The order forces the company to  retract its public claims about the tool’s effectiveness and to notify its customers.  The settlement follows an investigation by…

Top FBI official says Chinese reliance on domestic firms for hacking is a weakness

China’s reliance on domestic technology companies to carry out large-scale hacking operations—as highlighted by the U.S. government and its allies this week—is a weakness that poses risks for Beijing, a top FBI official told CyberScoop. Cyber agencies from around the world published an alert Wednesday about what officials have described as an indiscriminate cyberespionage campaign…

Amazon Disrupts APT29 Watering Hole Campaign Abusing Microsoft Device Code Authentication

Amazon on Friday said it flagged and disrupted what it described as an opportunistic watering hole campaign orchestrated by the Russia-linked APT29 actors as part of their intelligence gathering efforts. The campaign used “compromised websites to redirect visitors to malicious infrastructure designed to trick users into authorizing attacker-controlled devices through Microsoft’s device code

Experts warn of actively exploited FreePBX zero-day

Sangoma warns of an actively exploited FreePBX zero-day affecting systems with publicly exposed admin control panels. The Sangoma FreePBX Security Team addressed an actively exploited FreePBX zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-57819 (CVSS score of 10.0), impacting systems with an internet-facing administrator control panel (ACP). FreePBX is an open-source telephony software platform that provides a web-based graphical…

Abandoned Sogou Zhuyin Update Server Hijacked, Weaponized in Taiwan Espionage Campaign

An abandoned update server associated with input method editor (IME) software Sogou Zhuyin was leveraged by threat actors as part of an espionage campaign to deliver several malware families, including C6DOOR and GTELAM, in attacks primarily targeting users across Eastern Asia. “Attackers employed sophisticated infection chains, such as hijacked software updates and fake cloud storage…

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Can Your Security Stack See ChatGPT? Why Network Visibility Matters

Generative AI platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and Claude are increasingly common in organizations. While these solutions improve efficiency across tasks, they also present new data leak prevention for generative AI challenges. Sensitive information may be shared through chat prompts, files uploaded for AI-driven summarization, or browser plugins that bypass familiar security controls.

Click Studios Patches Passwordstate Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Emergency Access Page

Click Studios, the developer of enterprise-focused password management solution Passwordstate, said it has released security updates to address an authentication bypass vulnerability in its software. The high-severity issue, which is yet to be assigned a CVE identifier, has been addressed in Passwordstate 9.9 (Build 9972), released August 28, 2025. The Australian company said it fixed…

Google: Salesloft Drift breach hits all integrations

Google warns that Salesloft Drift OAuth breach affects all integrations, not just Salesforce. All tokens should be treated as compromised. Google disclosed that the Salesloft Drift OAuth breach is broader than Salesforce, affecting all integrations. GTIG and Mandiant advise all customers to treat connected tokens as compromised. Attackers used stolen OAuth tokens to access some…

Vultr, Digital Realty Partner on Global AI Infrastructure

Vultr, a privately-held cloud infrastructure company, has recently announced a partnership with Digital Realty, a global provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions, to deliver enterprise-ready, GPU-accelerated AI infrastructure across key international markets. AI infrastructure needs addressed through data-centric platform and pricing model Through the combination of Vultr’s GPU-accelerated cloud and…

Why Privilege Control Is Vital for Cybersecurity Success

Learn why privilege control is vital for cybersecurity success in this post. The digital landscape today requires that organizations across the United States and globally protect both personal and business-related information. Privileged accounts with elevated access rights have become prime targets for cybercriminals, making effective privilege management essential for maintaining security. The most significant security…

Dutch intelligence warn that China-linked APT Salt Typhoon targeted local critical infrastructure

Dutch intelligence reports Chinese cyber spies (Salt Typhoon, RedMike) targeted the Netherlands, hitting critical infrastructure. The Dutch intelligence and security services MIVD and AIVD say Chinese cyber spies linked to Salt Typhoon (RedMike) targeted the Netherlands in a campaign hitting global critical infrastructure. In late 2024, a large-scale Chinese cyberespionage campaign targeting global telecoms was…

Salt Typhoon APT techniques revealed in new report

Government intelligence and cybersecurity agencies from 13 countries have released a joint advisory detailing the techniques used by Salt Typhoon, a Chinese state-sponsored APT group that has targeted telecommunications, government, transportation, lodging and military infrastructure networks from around the world. The agencies have linked Salt Typhoon’s activities to multiple Chinese entities, including three technology companies…