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TraderTraitor Turns Job Interviews Into a Backdoor: macOS Malware Hits an Indian IT Firm

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That is the latest finding from SentinelOne, which has uncovered another victim of the TraderTraitor campaign, a DPRK-linked threat cluster also tracked as UNC4899, PUKCHONG...

MacSync Malware Evolves Into a More Sophisticated Threat for Mac Users

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Virtualization Security

Global VMware vCenter Exploitation Campaign Uncovered: Chinese-Nexus APT Suspected in Critical Infrastructure Attacks

In what security researchers are calling one of the most aggressive exploitation campaigns of 2026, threat actors have compromised at least 361 unique VMware...

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Advanced Persistent Threat

MacSync Malware Evolves Into a More Sophisticated Threat for Mac Users

A new version of the MacSync malware is showing...

AI & Cybersecurity

OpenAI AI Agent Breached Australian Government Website After Being Blocked From Data

The incident involved the Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal,...

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Advanced Persistent Threat

TraderTraitor Turns Job Interviews Into a Backdoor: macOS Malware Hits an Indian IT Firm

That is the latest finding from SentinelOne, which has...

Patch

Google’s September Pixel Update Fixes Dozens of Critical Flaws – One May Already Be Under Attack

Google has issued its September 2026 security update for...

Database Security

Cisco Secure Email Gateway Zero-Day Exploited in the Wild: Critical SQL Flaw Gives Attackers Root Access

A critical vulnerability in Cisco Secure Email Gateway is...

Application Security

Telegram Desktop Flaw Turns Old Chat Exports Into a Hidden XSS Trap

A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability could allow a malicious...

Network Security

Check Point Warns of Two Critical VPN Flaws That Could Enable Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution

Two newly disclosed vulnerabilities affecting Check Point VPN infrastructure...

Application Security

Android September 2026 Security Bulletin Fixes Critical Remote-Code-Execution Flaws

Google’s latest Android security update addresses critical vulnerabilities in...

Network Security

MikroTik RouterOS Vulnerabilities Are Now Being Exploited – Update Your Routers Immediately

MikroTik’s latest RouterOS security update has taken on a...

Patch

VMware Workstation and Fusion Hit by Critical Host-Code Execution Flaws, Patch to 26H1u1 Now

The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2026-59346 and CVE-2026-59347, affect VMware...

Patch

SonicWall Urges Immediate Patching as Actively Exploited SMA1000 Flaws Put Remote Access Appliances at Risk

The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2026-83548 and CVE-2026-83549, affect SonicWall...

Cloud Security

AWS Root Accounts Targeted in Password-Spraying Campaign Across More Than 150 Organizations

Attackers are increasingly targeting the most powerful identities in...

Banking & Cybersecurity

Blockchain-Based Magecart Campaign Turns Ethereum Into a Hiding Place for Card Skimmers

A new twist in online payment fraud is showing...

AI & Cybersecurity

The ExploitGym Cyber Incident: Inside the 700-Agent Swarm Attack on Hugging Face and OpenAI Infrastructure

In what marks one of the most astonishing operational...

AI & Cybersecurity

OpenAI Disrupts Russia-Linked AI Influence Campaign Built Around a Fake “Expert” Institute

OpenAI says it has disrupted and banned a cluster...

Advanced Persistent Threat

When Trust Becomes the Payload: Cato CTRL Unmasks Fake Codex ClickFix Campaign Targeting macOS Users

As artificial intelligence transitions from standalone productivity assistants to...

Patch

CISA Adds Actively Exploited Oracle Vulnerability to KEV Catalog: Why Organizations Should Patch Now

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-21962, affects Oracle HTTP Server...

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Middle East

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The Many Faces of ModernStealer: How One Session ID Exposed a Possible Underground Military Data Network

Cybercory Team - August 3, 2026

The investigation, conducted using StealthMole's intelligence platforms, began with a single post advertising an alleged confidential document concerning...

Telegram, Trusted Tools and a Hidden Payload: Inside the New Attack Targeting Middle East Governments

Ouaissou DEMBELE - July 21, 2026

A new cyber espionage campaign targeting government entities in the Middle East has exposed a familiar but increasingly...

ITU CyberDrill 2026 Unites Africa and Arab States to Strengthen Regional Cyber Resilience

July 4, 2026

Oman’s Solar Future Needs Cyber Resilience: Chinese Investments Signal a New Era of Energy Security

June 13, 2026

Oman’s RO12 Million Tourism Expansion Signals New Opportunities and New Cybersecurity Challenges

June 2, 2026

Fast & Furious: Iranian Cyber Unit “Nimbus Manticore” Deploys AI-Driven Malware in Escalating Cyber War

May 26, 2026

Lenovo Doubles Down on Saudi Arabia with Strategic Leadership Move

April 27, 2026

Hack-for-Hire Espionage Exposed: BITTER-Linked Campaign Targets Civil Society with Mobile Spyware

April 9, 2026

AI & Cybersecurity

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OpenAI AI Agent Breached Australian Government Website After Being Blocked From Data

Cybercory Team - September 24, 2026

The incident involved the Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal, a public-facing Australian government website administered by Services Australia. According to Prime Minister...

HEIF Heist: How a Malicious Image Could Become a Gateway to Enterprise Systems

September 21, 2026

The ExploitGym Cyber Incident: Inside the 700-Agent Swarm Attack on Hugging Face and OpenAI Infrastructure

August 29, 2026

OpenAI Disrupts Russia-Linked AI Influence Campaign Built Around a Fake “Expert” Institute

August 26, 2026

Zoomsday: AI Turns a One-Day Security Research Sprint Into a Wake-Up Call for the Cybersecurity Industry

August 12, 2026

The Top 10s

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Shielding Your Inbox: Top 10 Email Security Gateway Solutions in 2024

Ouaissou DEMBELE - June 12, 2024

Our inboxes are gateways to our personal and professional lives. They hold sensitive information, access credentials, and confidential communications. With phishing attacks,...

Fortressing Your Business Data: Top 10 Most Secure ERP Systems in 2024

June 11, 2024

The Digital Fortress: Top 10 Most Secure Operating Systems in 2024

June 10, 2024

Guarded Gates: Top Best 10 Secure Email Services in 2024

June 10, 2024

Securing the Gateway: Top Best 10 Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) in 2024

June 8, 2024

Africa

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Africa

Kenya President’s Official Website Hit by Cybersecurity Incident as Authorities Launch Forensic Investigation

Africa

ITU CyberDrill 2026 Unites Africa and Arab States to Strengthen Regional Cyber Resilience

Africa

Mastercard Unveils Pan-African Cybersecurity Center to Strengthen Africa’s Digital Future

America

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America

FBI Seizes NightmareStresser Domains in Global Crackdown on DDoS-for-Hire Services

America

DOJ Secures $400M TikTok Settlement Over Children’s Privacy

Asia

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Advanced Persistent Threat

China-Linked UAT-7810 Expands LapDogs ORB Network with New Linux Backdoors and Enhanced Malware

AI & Cybersecurity

India’s Financial System Holds Firm as Global Risks Mount: RBI Flags AI Cyber Threats, Geopolitical Uncertainty, and Market Vulnerabilities

Asia

Inside the Quiet Siege: How Chinese-Speaking Hackers Built a Hidden Empire Across Southeast Asia’s Power Grids and Ministries

How To

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How To

How to identify fake social media profiles? A Guide to Unmasking the Imposters & Identifying Fake Social Media Profiles

How To

How to avoid social engineering scams on social media?: The Social Siren Song

How To

How To Avoid Online Shopping Scams?: The Siren Song of Savings

How To

How to protect your credit card information online?: Fort Knox for Your Wallet

What Is

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DoS & DDoS

Under Siege: Understanding DoS and DDoS Attacks in Cybersecurity

What Is

What Is VPN? Tunneling Through the Web: A Comprehensive Guide

What Is

What Is A Computer Virus? The Invisible Invaders: A Comprehensive Guide

What Is

What Is Ransomware? Held Hostage in the Digital Age: Understanding the Threat

Europe

Russia’s FSB Issues Arrest Warrant for Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Over Terrorism Allegations

Cybercory Team - July 29, 2026

Authentication Systems

Ghostwriter Escalates: UNC1151 Launches Aggressive Gmail Phishing Campaign Capable of Stealing 2FA Codes

Cybercory Team - June 16, 2026

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Oceania

Social Media Ban Fails? Over 60% of Under-16s Still Active Online, Study Reveals

Efforts to restrict children’s access to social media are...

Banking & Finance

ACCC Greenlights Industry Coordination to Migrate Card Payments to Advanced Encryption Standard

On 14 August 2025, the Australian Competition and Consumer...

Data Breach

Australian Privacy Regulator Launches Landmark Civil Penalty Action Against Optus Over 2022 Data Breach

On 8 August 2025, the Australian Information Commissioner (AIC)...

America

US Deports Notorious Australian Hacker After Landmark Cybercrime Conviction

DENVER/ADELAIDE – United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...

Data Breach

Australia’s Privacy Alarm Bells: A Deep Dive into the Notifiable Data Breaches Report (July-December 2024)

In an era where cyber threats are escalating with...

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AI & Cybersecurity

OpenAI AI Agent Breached Australian Government Website After Being Blocked From Data

Breached

Your Car’s Infotainment System Has Been Hijacked: First-Ever Android Malware Targets Vehicle Head Units

Breached

eScan Confirms Update Infrastructure Incident, Assures Customers No Product Vulnerability

America

Betterment Confirms Hacker Gained System Access, Issues Critical Security Update to Customers

Breached

Cognizant Hit With US Lawsuits After TriZetto Healthcare Data Breach

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Database Security

Cisco Secure Email Gateway Zero-Day Exploited in the Wild: Critical SQL Flaw Gives Attackers Root Access

Virtual private networks (VPNs)

Critical WatchGuard Firebox VPN Vulnerability Actively Exploited in the Wild

Application Security

Final Patch Tuesday of 2025: Microsoft Releases 57 Security Updates, Including Actively Exploited Zero-Day and Critical Vulnerabilities Across Windows and Chromium-Based Edge

Patch

Breaking News: Chrome Zero-Day Exploited in the Wild – Urgent Update Released

Europe

Dutch NCSC Confirms Advanced Zero-Day Attacks on Citrix NetScaler: Multiple Critical Organizations Breached

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Cryptocurrencies

Banking & Cybersecurity

Blockchain-Based Magecart Campaign Turns Ethereum Into a Hiding Place for Card Skimmers

Blockchain & Crypto Security

DPRK Cyber Operators Pivot to ‘NullReceiver’: How Blank Ethereum Transfers Are Redefining Blockchain Dead Drops

Advanced Persistent Threat

Dysphoria Unleashed: The 200,000-Device Botnet That’s Using Blockchain and Its Own Victims to Hide

Blockchain & Crypto Security

CPX Unveils Crypto Defense Solution to Fortify Security in the Digital Asset Ecosystem

Banking & Finance

Future Blockchain Summit x Fintech Surge Returns to Power the Next Era of Digital Assets

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Cloud Security

AWS Root Accounts Targeted in Password-Spraying Campaign Across More Than 150 Organizations

Advanced Persistent Threat

The “City-Forum” Campaign: Advanced Attacker Exploits Salesforce and ServiceNow Guest Access in Unprecedented Multi-Platform Assault

Advanced Persistent Threat

VMware vCenter Under Active Attack: 361 Systems Compromised in Global APT Campaign

AI & Cybersecurity

Claude Opus 5 Lands on AWS: A New Era for Enterprise AI and Cybersecurity

AI & Cybersecurity

AI Supply Chain Alert: Google Vertex AI Flaw Could Have Enabled Silent Model Hijacking and Remote Code Execution

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Ransomware

CISA, FBI Warn of Rising Gunra Ransomware Threat as RaaS Expands Globally

Network Security

Cookie Crumbles: How a Palo Alto VPN Flaw Became Qilin’s Golden Ticket

Data Security - DLP - Encryption

The Gentlemen” Ransomware: The Silent Worm Turning Encryption into a Network-Wide Catastrophe

Advanced Persistent Threat

The Rise of “Mule-as-a-Service”: How Cybercriminals Industrialized Money Laundering

National Security

False Flag Ransomware: Inside the Shadow Campaign Linking Chaos Attacks to State-Sponsored Espionage

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Zoom Patches High-Severity Privilege Escalation Flaw in Zoom Rooms for Windows

A newly disclosed high-severity vulnerability affecting Zoom Rooms for Windows is drawing attention from cybersecurity professionals worldwide after Zoom confirmed that the flaw could...

Advanced Persistent Threat

AI-Themed Malware Campaign Exploits DeepSeek TUI Hype to Deliver Sophisticated Payloads

The rapid rise of AI development tools is creating new opportunities not only for innovation, but also for cybercriminals. Security researchers have uncovered a...

AI & Cybersecurity

Claude Chrome Extension Flaw Allows Any Browser Extension to Hijack AI Actions, Researchers Warn

A critical security flaw discovered in Anthropic’s Claude for Chrome extension is raising fresh concerns about the security architecture behind AI-powered browser assistants. Researchers at...

National Security

False Flag Ransomware: Inside the Shadow Campaign Linking Chaos Attacks to State-Sponsored Espionage

At first glance, it looked like another high-profile ransomware incident data exfiltration, extortion emails, and the familiar branding of the Chaos ransomware group. But...

Data Security - DLP - Encryption

“Ghosts in the Marketing Cloud”: How Legacy Encryption Flaws Exposed Millions of Emails in Salesforce Ecosystem

In today’s hyper-connected digital economy, marketing platforms are no longer just communication tools they are vast repositories of sensitive customer data. A recent investigation,...

Africa

CEO Email Compromised: Phishing Attack Hits Alexforbes in Targeted Financial Sector Campaign

A new cybersecurity incident has struck one of South Africa’s leading financial institutions, Alexforbes, after attackers compromised the email account of CEO Dawie de...

Worldwide

Cybercriminals Hijack Global Supply Chains: FBI Warns of Multi-Million Dollar Cargo Theft Surge

Cybercrime is no longer confined to data breaches and ransomware it's now moving trucks, rerouting shipments, and stealing millions in physical goods. A new warning...

AI & Cybersecurity

AI Risks Outpacing Governance: Regulators Warn of a “Critical Gap” in Cybersecurity Readiness

The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence across financial services is creating a dangerous imbalance: innovation is accelerating, but governance and cybersecurity controls are struggling...

AI & Cybersecurity

CVSS 10.0 Shock: Critical RCE Flaw in Google Gemini CLI Exposes CI/CD Pipelines to Supply Chain Attacks

A newly disclosed vulnerability in Google’s Gemini CLI has sent shockwaves across the cybersecurity and developer communities earning the maximum CVSS score of 10.0...

Middle East

Lenovo Doubles Down on Saudi Arabia with Strategic Leadership Move

Lenovo is making a decisive move to strengthen its foothold in one of the fastest-growing digital economies in the world. The global technology giant...

Vulnerability Management

Critical CrowdStrike LogScale Flaw Exposes Self-Hosted Deployments to Unauthenticated File Access

A newly disclosed critical vulnerability in CrowdStrike LogScale is drawing immediate attention across the cybersecurity community after researchers identified a flaw that could allow...

Patch

Atlassian Patches 38 High and Critical Flaws Across Jira, Confluence and Bamboo

Enterprise defenders using Atlassian products are facing a broad patching imperative after the company disclosed 31 high-severity and 7 critical-severity vulnerabilities affecting multiple widely...

Mobile & BYOD Security

The Hidden Infrastructure Fueling Mobile Proxy Abuse: Inside the Global SIM Farm Ecosystem Powering 4G/5G Fraud

A sprawling global network of SIM farms masquerading as commercial mobile proxy infrastructure is drawing growing scrutiny from cybersecurity researchers, raising serious concerns about...

America

Insider Betrayal: Ransomware Negotiator Pleads Guilty to Aiding BlackCat Attacks

In a case that is sending shockwaves across the cybersecurity industry, a U.S.-based ransomware negotiator has admitted to secretly collaborating with cybercriminals turning from...

Europe

€12.5M Privacy Blow: Italian Regulator Fines Poste Italiane and Postepay Over Mobile App Data Practices

In a landmark enforcement action that is sending shockwaves across Europe’s financial and fintech sectors, Italy’s data protection authority - Garante per la protezione...

AI & Cybersecurity

“The Mother of All AI Supply Chain Flaws”: Critical MCP Vulnerability Exposes Millions to Remote Takeover

A newly disclosed vulnerability at the heart of modern AI infrastructure is sending shockwaves across the cybersecurity industry raising urgent questions about how secure...

AI & Cybersecurity

Humanitarian Aid Turned Weapon: UAC-0247 Cyberattacks Target Hospitals and Public Sector in Sophisticated Multi-Stage Campaign

A new wave of highly targeted cyberattacks is putting hospitals, local governments, and even defense-linked operators at risk leveraging deception, advanced malware, and stealthy...

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