Threatline

Cyber Security News From Around The World

Latest news as of 5/10/2025, 2:52:07 AM

Dark Reading

9 days ago

Adversaries Are Toying With US Networks & DC Is Short on Answers

While nation-state actors are demonstrating how easily they can infiltrate US networks, government officials don't seem to have a clear vision for what comes next.

Bleeping Computer

9 days ago

WordPress plugin disguised as a security tool injects backdoor

A new malware campaign targeting WordPress sites employs a malicious plugin disguised as a security tool to trick users into installing and trusting it. [...]

Dark Reading

9 days ago

TheWizards APT Casts a Spell on Asian Gamblers With Novel Attack

A SLAAC-spoofing, adversary-in-the-middle campaign is hiding the WizardNet backdoor malware inside updates for legitimate software and popular applications.

The Register

9 days ago

Ex-CISA chief decries cuts as Trump demands loyalty above all else

Cybersecurity is national security, says Jen Easterly America's top cyber-defense agency is "being undermined" by personnel and budget cuts under the Trump administration, some of which are being driven by an expectation of perfect loyalty to the President rather than the nation.… RSAC

Bleeping Computer

9 days ago

WhatsApp unveils 'Private Processing' for cloud-based AI features

WhatsApp has announced the introduction of 'Private Processing,' a new technology that enables users to utilize advanced AI features by offloading tasks to privacy-preserving cloud servers. [...]

The Register

9 days ago

Maryland man pleads guilty to outsourcing US gov work to North Korean dev in China

Feds say $970k scheme defrauded 13+ companies A Maryland man has pleaded guilty to fraud after landing a job with a contractor working on US government software, and then outsourcing the work to a self-described North Korean developer in China.…

Bleeping Computer

9 days ago

SonicWall: SMA100 VPN vulnerabilities now exploited in attacks

Cybersecurity company SonicWall has warned customers that several vulnerabilities impacting its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) appliances are now being actively exploited in attacks. [...]

The Hacker News

9 days ago

Researchers Demonstrate How MCP Prompt Injection Can Be Used for Both Attack and Defense

As the field of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve at a rapid pace, new research has found how techniques that render the Model Context Protocol (MCP) susceptible to prompt injection attacks could be used to develop security tooling or identify malicious tools, according to a new report from Tenable. MCP, launched by Anthropic in November 2024, is a framework designed to connect

Bleeping Computer

9 days ago

Commvault says recent breach didn't impact customer backup data

Commvault, a leading provider of data protection solutions, says a nation-state threat actor who breached its Azure environment didn't gain access to customer backup data. [...]

Bleeping Computer

9 days ago

Commvault says March breach didn't impact customer backup data

Commvault, a leading provider of data protection solutions, says a nation-state threat actor who breached its Azure environment in March didn't gain access to customer backup data. [...]