Dangerous new botnet targets webcams, routers across the world

Story by Sead FadilpaÅ¡i? Security researchers observe new botnet-building campaign called Murdoc Its attacks are targeting IP cameras and routers More than 1,000 devices have been identified as compromised Cybersecurity researchers from the Qualys Threat Research Unit have observed a new large-scale operation exploiting vulnerabilities in IP cameras and routers to build out a botnet. In a technical analysis, Qualys said the attackers were mostly exploiting CVE-2017-17215 and CVE-2024-7029, seeking to compromise […]

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Ivanti warns of new Connect Secure flaw used in zero-day attacks

By Lawrence Abrams Ivanti is warning that hackers exploited a Connect Secure remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-0282 in zero-day attacks to install malware on appliances. The company says it became aware of the vulnerabilities after the Ivanti Integrity Checker Tool (ICT) detected malicious activity on customers’ appliances. Ivanti launched an investigation and confirmed that threat actors were actively exploiting CVE-2025-0282 as a zero-day. CVE-2025-0282 is a critical (9.0) stack-based buffer […]

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Tech Ransomware is 35 years old and now a billion-dollar problem. Here’s how it could evolve

Ryan Browne Key Points Dating back to the 1980s, ransomware is a form of malware used by cybercriminals to lock files on a person’s computer and demand payment to unlock them. The technology — which officially turned 35 in December — has come a long way, with criminals now able to spin up ransomware much faster and deploy it across multiple targets. Experts expect ransomware to evolve even further, with […]

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16 Chrome Extensions Hacked, Exposing Over 600,000 Users to Data Theft

?Ravie Lakshmanan                                                                                                                                         […]

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Gophish Framework Used in Phishing Campaigns to Deploy Remote Access Trojans

?Ravie Lakshmanan Russian-speaking users have become the target of a new phishing campaign that leverages an open-source phishing toolkit called Gophish Framework to deliver DarkCrystal RAT (aka DCRat) and a previously undocumented remote access trojan dubbed PowerRAT. “The campaign involves modular infection chains that are either Maldoc or HTML-based infections and require the victim’s intervention to trigger the infection chain,” Cisco Talos researcher Chetan Raghuprasad said in a Tuesday analysis. The targeting of […]

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