Google Cloud’s Mandiant Consulting has revealed that it has witnessed a drop in activity from the notorious Scattered Spider group, but emphasized the need for organizations to take advantage of the lull to shore up their defenses. “Since the recent arrests tied to the alleged Scattered Spider (UNC3944) members in the U.K., Mandiant Consulting hasn’t […]
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The emerging cybercriminal gang, which initially targeted Microsoft Windows systems, is looking to go cross-platform using sophisticated, multithread encryption. Go to Source Author: Elizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a now-patched critical security flaw in a popular vibe coding platform called Base44 that could allow unauthorized access to private applications built by its users. “The vulnerability we discovered was remarkably simple to exploit — by providing only a non-secret app_id value to undocumented registration and email verification endpoints, an attacker […]
The maintainers of the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository have issued a warning about an ongoing phishing attack that’s targeting users in an attempt to redirect them to fake PyPI sites. The attack involves sending email messages bearing the subject line “[PyPI] Email verification” that are sent from the email address noreply@pypj[.]org (note that the […]
A now-patched authentication issue on the popular vibe-coding platform gave unauthorized users open access to any private application on Base44. Go to Source Author: Jai Vijayan, Contributing Writer
With the right IGA tools, governance policies, and risk thresholds, enterprises can continuously detect and act on rogue access before attackers do. Go to Source Author: Durgaprasad Balakrishnan
A newly emerged ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) gang called Chaos is likely made up of former members of the BlackSuit crew, as the latter’s dark web infrastructure has been the subject of a law enforcement seizure. Chaos, which sprang forth in February 2025, is the latest entrant in the ransomware landscape to conduct big-game hunting and double […]
Researchers discovered backdoors, poisoned code, and malicious commits in some of the more popular tool developers, jeopardizing software supply chains. Go to Source Author: Nate Nelson, Contributing Writer
The number of concerning vulnerabilities may be much smaller than organizations think, and this cybersecurity startup aims to narrow down the list to the most critical ones. Go to Source Author: Arielle Waldman
Until recently, the cyber attacker methodology behind the biggest breaches of the last decade or so has been pretty consistent: Compromise an endpoint via software exploit, or social engineering a user to run malware on their device; Find ways to move laterally inside the network and compromise privileged identities; Repeat as needed until you can […]