Phantom Deal Fraud Uses Fake M&A Secrecy to Push a €626,000 Wire Transfer
The Phantom Deal campaign impersonates executives and advisers, then uses a polished NDA to isolate employees from normal approval channels. One documented attempt sought a €626,735.45 transfer and...
Critical VMware Workstation and Fusion Bugs Let Attackers Break Out of the Virtual Machine
Broadcom has patched two vulnerabilities in VMware Workstation and Fusion that allow an attacker with access to a guest virtual machine to execute code on the underlying host,...
A Popular WordPress Backup Plugin’s Flaw Puts 5 Million Sites One Restore Away From Takeover
A high-severity SQL injection flaw in the All-in-One WP Migration and Backup plugin, installed on more than five million WordPress sites, can be triggered through the platform's own...
GitSpawn Turns Booby-Trapped Repositories Into Silent Code Execution Across AI Coding Tools
GitSpawn weaknesses allow specially prepared project folders to execute local commands when AI coding agents perform routine Git checks. Several vendors have patched variants, but researchers say four...
TukTuk Malware Gives Ransomware Crews Cross-Platform Control and EDR-Killing Tools
Researchers recovered a previously undocumented command-and-control framework linked to the Gentlemen ransomware ecosystem. TukTuk supports Windows and Linux agents, credential prompts, screen capture, remote commands, and preparation for...
Lenovo ID Trust Flaw Opened About 5,000 Dropbox Accounts to Takeover
Dropbox says attackers compromised roughly 5,000 accounts by creating Lenovo IDs with victims’ email addresses and abusing a federated-login integration. The incident demonstrates why matching email claims cannot...
Microsoft 365 Session Hijacking Campaigns Hide Behind Trusted Remote-Support Tools
Campaigns spanning the United States and Europe are combining adversary-in-the-middle phishing with legitimate remote-management software. Stolen session cookies can outlive password resets, forcing defenders to revoke tokens and...
Fake Software Installers Are Quietly Disarming Microsoft Defender in New Silver Fox Campaign
A Silver Fox-linked campaign is distributing counterfeit installers for brands like Razer, Microsoft Edge, and Kaspersky that use SYSTEM-level scheduled tasks to strip Microsoft Defender protections and delete...