MuddyWater Launches RustyWater RAT via Spear-Phishing Across Middle East Sectors
î ‚Jan 10, 2026î „Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware The Iranian threat actor known as MuddyWater has been attributed to a spear-phishing…
Europol Arrests 34 Black Axe Members in Spain Over €5.9M Fraud and Organized Crime
î ‚Jan 10, 2026î „Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Financial Crime Europol on Friday announced the arrest of 34 individuals in Spain who are…
China-Linked Hackers Exploit VMware ESXi Zero-Days to Escape Virtual Machines
î ‚Jan 09, 2026î „Ravie LakshmananVirtualization / Vulnerability Chinese-speaking threat actors are suspected to have leveraged a compromised SonicWall VPN appliance as…
Russian APT28 Runs Credential-Stealing Campaign Targeting Energy and Policy Organizations
î ‚Jan 09, 2026î „Ravie LakshmananEmail Security / Threat Intelligence Russian state-sponsored threat actors have been linked to a fresh set of…
The Hype We Can Ignore (And the Risks We Can’t)
î ‚Jan 09, 2026î „The Hacker NewsArtificial Intelligence / Enterprise Security As organizations plan for 2026, cybersecurity predictions are everywhere. Yet many…
CISA Retires 10 Emergency Cybersecurity Directives Issued Between 2019 and 2024
î ‚Jan 09, 2026î „Ravie LakshmananGovernment / Vulnerability Management The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday said it’s retiring…
Trend Micro Apex Central RCE Flaw Scores 9.8 CVSS in On-Prem Windows Versions
î ‚Jan 09, 2026î „Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Endpoint Security Trend Micro has released security updates to address multiple security vulnerabilities impacting on-premise…
FBI Warns North Korean Hackers Using Malicious QR Codes in Spear-Phishing
î ‚Jan 09, 2026î „Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Email Security The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday released an advisory…
WhatsApp Worm Spreads Astaroth Banking Trojan Across Brazil via Contact Auto-Messaging
î ‚Jan 08, 2026î „Ravie LakshmananMalware / Financial Crime Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that uses WhatsApp as…
China-Linked UAT-7290 Targets Telecoms with Linux Malware and ORB Nodes
î ‚Jan 08, 2026î „Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence A China-nexus threat actor known as UAT-7290 has been attributed to espionage-focused intrusions…