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Cyber Security News From Around The World

Latest news as of 5/10/2025, 10:05:59 PM

The Hacker News

13 days ago

Earth Kurma Targets Southeast Asia With Rootkits and Cloud-Based Data Theft Tools

Government and telecommunications sectors in Southeast Asia have become the target of a "sophisticated" campaign undertaken by a new advanced persistent threat (APT) group called Earth Kurma since June 2024. The attacks, per Trend Micro, have leveraged custom malware, rootkits, and cloud storage services for data exfiltration. The Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia are among the

The Hacker News

13 days ago

WooCommerce Users Targeted by Fake Patch Phishing Campaign Deploying Site Backdoors

Cybersecurity researchers are warning about a large-scale phishing campaign targeting WooCommerce users with a fake security alert urging them to download a "critical patch" but deploy a backdoor instead. WordPress security company Patchstack described the activity as sophisticated and a variant of another campaign observed in December 2023 that employed a fake CVE ploy to breach sites running

Check Point Research

13 days ago

28th April – Threat Intelligence Report

For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 28th April, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) experienced a cyber-attack that caused disruptions to its online order system and in-store contactless payments. The company suspended online orders temporarily, refunded some customers, and reported […] The post appeared first on . 28th April – Threat Intelligence Report Check Point Research

The Hacker News

13 days ago

Hackers Exploit Critical Craft CMS Flaws; Hundreds of Servers Likely Compromised

Threat actors have been observed exploiting two newly disclosed critical security flaws in Craft CMS in zero-day attacks to breach servers and gain unauthorized access. The attacks, first observed by Orange Cyberdefense SensePost on February 14, 2025, involve chaining the below vulnerabilities - CVE-2024-58136 (CVSS score: 9.0) - An improper protection of alternate path flaw in the Yii PHP

The Register

13 days ago

Microsoft pitches pay-to-patch reboot reduction subscription for Windows Server 2025

Redmond reckons $1.50/core/month hotpatch service is worth it to avoid eight Patch Tuesday scrambles each year Microsoft has announced that its preview of hotpatching for on-prem Windows Server 2025 will become a paid subscription service in July.…

The Register

13 days ago

Samsung admits Galaxy devices can leak passwords through clipboard wormhole

PLUS: Microsoft fixes messes China used to attack it; Mitre adds ESXi advice; Employee-tracking screenshots leak; and more! Samsung has warned that some of its Galaxy devices store passwords in plaintext.… Infosec in brief

Bleeping Computer

13 days ago

WooCommerce admins targeted by fake security patches that hijack sites

A large-scale phishing campaign targets WooCommerce users with a fake security alert urging them to download a "critical patch" that adds a Wordpress backdoor to the site. [...]

Bleeping Computer

13 days ago

DragonForce expands ransomware model with white-label branding scheme

The ransomware scene is re-organizing, with one gang known as DragonForce working to gather other operations under a cartel-like structure. [...]

Bleeping Computer

13 days ago

Brave's Cookiecrumbler tool taps community to help block cookie notices

Brave has open-sourceed a new tool called "Cookiecrumbler," which uses large language models (LLMs) to detect cookie consent notices and then community-driven reviews to block those that won't break site functionality. [...]

Bleeping Computer

13 days ago

Coinbase fixes 2FA log error making people think they were hacked

Coinbase has fixed a confusing bug in its account activity logs that caused users to think their credentials were compromised. [...]