SesameOp Backdoor Uses OpenAI API for Covert C2
Malware used in a months-long attack demonstrates how bad actors are misusing generative AI services in unique and stealthy ways.
Cyber Security
Critical React Native CLI Flaw Exposed Millions of Developers to Remote Attacks
Details have emerged about a now-patched critical security flaw in the popular “@react-native-community/cli” npm package that could be potentially exploited…
Microsoft Teams Bugs Let Attackers Impersonate Colleagues and Edit Messages Unnoticed
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of four security flaws in Microsoft Teams that could have exposed users to serious impersonation…
Ransomware Defense Using the Wazuh Open Source Platform
Ransomware is malicious software designed to block access to a computer system or encrypt data until a ransom is paid.…
Retail cybersecurity statistics for 2025
Cyber attacks against retail businesses have made headlines in 2025. Read this retail cybersecurity statistics rundown to understand more. For…
Operation SkyCloak Deploys Tor-Enabled OpenSSH Backdoor Targeting Defense Sectors
Threat actors are leveraging weaponized attachments distributed via phishing emails to deliver malware likely targeting the defense sector in Russia…
Retail cybersecurity statistics for 2025
Cyber attacks against retail businesses have made headlines in 2025. Read this retail cybersecurity statistics rundown to understand more. For…
Google’s AI ‘Big Sleep’ Finds 5 New Vulnerabilities in Apple’s Safari WebKit
Google’s artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cybersecurity agent called Big Sleep has been credited by Apple for discovering as many as five…
U.S. Prosecutors Indict Cybersecurity Insiders Accused of BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
Federal prosecutors in the U.S. have accused a trio of allegedly hacking the networks of five U.S. companies with BlackCat…
Microsoft Detects “SesameOp” Backdoor Using OpenAI’s API as a Stealth Command Channel
Microsoft has disclosed details of a novel backdoor dubbed SesameOp that uses OpenAI Assistants Application Programming Interface (API) for command-and-control…