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| Lab Dookhtegan hacking group disrupts communications on dozens of Iranian ships |
| New zero-click exploit allegedly used to hack WhatsApp users |
| US and Dutch Police dismantle VerifTools fake ID marketplace |
| Experts warn of actively exploited FreePBX zero-day |
| Google: Salesloft Drift breach hits all integrations |
| Dutch intelligence warn that China-linked APT Salt Typhoon targeted local critical infrastructure |
| 200 Swedish municipalities impacted by a major cyberattack on IT provider |
| TransUnion discloses a data breach impacting over 4.4 million customers |
| NSA, NCSC, and allies detailed TTPs associated with Chinese APT actors targeting critical infrastructure Orgs |
| UNC6395 targets Salesloft in Drift OAuth token theft campaign |
| Over 28,000 Citrix instances remain exposed to critical RCE flaw CVE-2025-7775 |
| U.S. CISA adds Citrix NetScaler flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog |
| Healthcare Services Group discloses 2024 data breach that impacted 624,496 people |
| ESET warns of PromptLock, the first AI-driven ransomware |
| China linked UNC6384 targeted diplomats by hijacking web traffic |
| Farmers Insurance discloses a data breach impacting 1.1M customers |
| Citrix fixed three NetScaler flaws, one of them actively exploited in the wild |
| Auchan discloses data breach: data of hundreds of thousands of customers exposed |
| U.S. CISA adds Citrix Session Recording, and Git flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog |
| Docker fixes critical Desktop flaw allowing container escapes |
| Malicious apps with +19M installs removed from Google Play because spreading Anatsa banking trojan and other malware |
| Pakistan-linked APT36 abuses Linux .desktop files to drop custom malware in new campaign |
| Android.Backdoor.916.origin malware targets Russian business executives |
| Electronics manufacturer Data I/O took offline operational systems following a ransomware attack |
| IoT under siege: The return of the Mirai-based Gayfemboy Botnet |
International Press – Newsletter
Cybercrime
U.S. Government Seizes Online Marketplaces Selling Fraudulent Identity Documents Used in Cybercrime Schemes
Auchan announces that it has been the victim of “an act of cybercrime”, with “hundreds of thousands” of its customers’ data hacked
Widespread Data Theft Targets Salesforce Instances via Salesloft Drift
Storm-0501’s evolving techniques lead to cloud-based ransomware
Hacker used a voice phishing attack to steal Cisco customers’ personal information
DSLRoot, Proxies, and the Threat of ‘Legal Botnets’
Cyberattack against several municipal and regional systems
Infostealers: The Silent Smash-and-Grab Driving Modern Cybercrime
Colt Technology Services gets ransomware’d via SharePoint initial access— some learning points
Germany charges man over cyberattack on Rosneft subsidiary
Ransomware gang takedowns causing explosion of new, smaller groups
Citrix forgot to tell you CVE-2025–6543 has been used as a zero day since May 2025
Malware
The Resurgence of IoT Malware: Inside the Mirai-Based “Gayfemboy” Botnet Campaign
Your Connection, Their Cash: Threat Actors Misuse SDKs to Sell Your Bandwidth
Android backdoor spies on employees of Russian business
Tamperedchef – The Bad PDF Editor
AppSuite PDF Editor Backdoor: A Detailed Technical Analysis
Malware devs abuse Anthropic’s Claude AI to build ransomware
Hacking
Breaking Docker’s Isolation Using… Docker? (CVE-2025-9074)
Vtenext 25.02: A three-way path to RCE
Citrix Patches Three NetScaler Flaws, Confirms Active Exploitation of CVE-2025-7775
Widespread Data Theft Targets Salesforce Instances via Salesloft Drift
Cache Me If You Can (Sitecore Experience Platform Cache Poisoning to RCE)
Inside the Lab-Dookhtegan Hack: How Iranian Ships Lost Their Voice at Sea
WhatsApp Issues Emergency Update for Zero-Click Exploit Targeting iOS and macOS Devices
Intelligence and Information Warfare
APT36: Targets Indian BOSS Linux Systems with Weaponized AutoStart Files
Deception in Depth: PRC-Nexus Espionage Campaign Hijacks Web Traffic to Target Diplomats
ZipLine Campaign: A Sophisticated Phishing Attack Targeting US Companies
Citizen Lab director warns cyber industry about US authoritarian descent
Dutch providers targeted by Salt Typhoon
TAOTH Campaign Exploits End-of-Support Software to Target Traditional Chinese Users and Dissidents
Biased AI chatbots can sway people’s political views in minutes
Amazon disrupts watering hole campaign by Russia’s APT29
Cybersecurity
2025 State of the Internet: Digging into Residential Proxy Infrastructure
Electronics manufacturer Data I/O reports ransomware attack to SEC
FTC Calls on Tech Firms to Resist Foreign Anti-Encryption Demands
ENISA to operate the EU Cyber Reserve
Over 28,000 Citrix devices vulnerable to new exploited RCE flaw
Microsoft Releases Guidance on High-Severity Vulnerability (CVE-2025-53786) in Hybrid Exchange Deployments
TransUnion says hackers stole 4.4 million customers’ personal information
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