Experts Confirm JS#SMUGGLER Uses Compromised Sites to Deploy NetSupport RAT
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign dubbed JS#SMUGGLER that has been observed leveraging compromised websites as a...
AndyC
Andy Curtis is an award-winning security consultant, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by state and federal government, leading healthcare and banking providers across three continents. He has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and is a regular voice on TV and radio explaining IT security threats.
⚡ Weekly Recap: USB Malware, React2Shell, WhatsApp Worms, AI IDE Bugs & More
Dec 08, 2025Ravie LakshmananHacking News / Cybersecurity It's been a week of chaos in code and calm in headlines. A...
How Can Retailers Cyber-Prepare for the Most Vulnerable Time of the Year?
Dec 08, 2025The Hacker NewsCybersecurity / Password Security The holiday season compresses risk into a short, high-stakes window. Systems run...
Proofpoint Completes Acquisition of Hornetsecurity
Strategic acquisition expands Proofpoint’s global leadership in human- and agent-centric security, deepens commitment to MSP and SMB markets Sunnyvale, Calif....
Google Confirms Rising ‘Account Takeovers ’— Users Told to Check Chrome Settings
Image: Generated via Google’s Nano Banana Hackers are getting good at stealing your whole online life. Google has acknowledged an...
New Splunk Windows Flaw Enables Privilege Escalation Attacks
Image generated by Google’s Nano Banana A newly disclosed high-severity flaw in Splunk for Windows allows local users to escalate...
Architecting Security for Agentic Capabilities in Chrome
Posted by Nathan Parker, Chrome security team Chrome has been advancing the web’s security for well over 15 years, and...
U.S. CISA adds a Meta React Server Components flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. CISA adds a Meta React Server Components flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2025 U.S....
Cloudflare Forces Widespread Outage to Mitigate Exploitation of Maximum Severity Vulnerability in React2Shell
Just hours after a maximum severity vulnerability in React2Shell was disclosed on December 3, Amazon threat intelligence teams observed active exploitation...
Android Malware FvncBot, SeedSnatcher, and ClayRat Gain Stronger Data Theft Features
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of two new Android malware families dubbed FvncBot and SeedSnatcher, as another upgraded version of...
Sneeit WordPress RCE Exploited in the Wild While ICTBroadcast Bug Fuels Frost Botnet Attacks
A critical security flaw in the Sneeit Framework plugin for WordPress is being actively exploited in the wild, per data...
MuddyWater Deploys UDPGangster Backdoor in Targeted Turkey-Israel-Azerbaijan Campaign
Dec 08, 2025Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability The Iranian hacking group known as MuddyWater has been observed leveraging a new...
Apple and Google Alert Users Worldwide After New Spyware Activity Surfaces
Image: Zulfugar Karimov/Unsplash Apple and Google confirmed last week that they have issued a new round of threat notifications to...
Microsoft Gives All Eligible PCs the Green Light for Windows 11 25H2
Image: Sunrise King/Unsplash Following the end of support for Windows 10, Microsoft is making a concerted effort to move its...
Strengthening Fraud Prevention with Real-Time Mobile Identity Signals
Fraud is growing faster than businesses can keep up with, especially as customers move more of their interactions into digital...
