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Phishing attacks remain a huge challenge for organizations in 2025. In fact, with attackers increasingly leveraging identity-based techniques over software exploits, phishing arguably poses a bigger threat than ever before.  Attackers are increasingly leveraging identity-based techniques over software exploits, with phishing and stolen credentials (a byproduct of phishing) now the primary cause of breaches. Source: Verizon DBIR Attackers are increasingly leveraging identity-based techniques over software exploits, with phishing and stolen credentials (a byproduct of phishing) now the primary cause of breaches. Source: Verizon DBIR Attackers are turning to identity attacks like phishing because they can achieve all of the same objectives as they would in a traditional endpoint or network attack, simply by logging into a victim's account. And with organizations now using hundreds of internet apps across their workforce, the scope of accounts that can be phished or targeted with s...

The China-linked cyber espionage group tracked as Lotus Panda has been attributed to a campaign that compromised multiple organizations in an unnamed Southeast Asian country between August 2024 and February 2025. "Targets included a government ministry, an air traffic control organization, a telecoms operator, and a construction company," the Symantec Threat Hunter Team said in a new report shared with The Hacker News. "The attacks involved the use of multiple new custom tools, including loaders, credential stealers, and a reverse SSH tool." The intrusion set is also said to have targeted a news agency located in another country in Southeast Asia and an air freight organization located in another neighboring country.  The threat cluster, per Broadcom's cybersecurity division, is assessed to be a continuation of a campaign that was disclosed by the company in December 2024 as targeting various high-profile organizations in Southeast Asia since at least Oct...

Intro: Why hack in when you can log in? SaaS applications are the backbone of modern organizations, powering productivity and operational efficiency. But every new app introduces critical security risks through app integrations and multiple users, creating easy access points for threat actors. As a result, SaaS breaches have increased, and according to a May 2024 XM Cyber report, identity and credential misconfigurations caused 80% of security exposures. Subtle signs of a compromise get lost in the noise, and then multi-stage attacks unfold undetected due to siloed solutions. Think of an account takeover in Entra ID, then privilege escalation in GitHub, along with data exfiltration from Slack. Each seems unrelated when viewed in isolation, but in a connected timeline of events, it's a dangerous breach. Wing Security's SaaS platform is a multi-layered solution that combines posture management with real-time identity threat detection and response. This allows organizations to get a ...

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has revealed a new set of cyber attacks targeting Ukrainian institutions with information-stealing malware. The activity is aimed at military formations, law enforcement agencies, and local self-government bodies, particularly those located near Ukraine's eastern border, the agency said. The attacks involve distributing phishing emails containing a macro-enabled Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (XLSM), which, when opened, facilities the deployment of two pieces of malware, a PowerShell script taken from the PSSW100AVB ("Powershell Scripts With 100% AV Bypass") GitHub repository that opens a reverse shell, and a previously undocumented stealer dubbed GIFTEDCROOK. "File names and email subject lines reference relevant and sensitive issues such as demining, administrative fines, UAV production, and compensation for destroyed property," CERT-UA said. "These spreadsheets contain malicious code which, ...

Every week, someone somewhere slips up—and threat actors slip in. A misconfigured setting, an overlooked vulnerability, or a too-convenient cloud tool becomes the perfect entry point. But what happens when the hunters become the hunted? Or when old malware resurfaces with new tricks? Step behind the curtain with us this week as we explore breaches born from routine oversights—and the unexpected cracks they reveal in systems we trust. ⚡ Threat of the Week Google Patches Actively Exploited Chrome 0-Day — Google has addressed a high-severity security flaw in its Chrome browser for Windows that has been exploited by unknown actors as part of a sophisticated attack aimed at Russian entities. The flaw, CVE-2025-2783 (CVSS score: 8.3), is said to have been combined with another exploit to break out of the browser's sandbox and achieve remote code execution. The attacks involved distributing specially crafted links via phishing emails that, when clicked and launched using Chrome, trig...

Mozilla has released updates to address a critical security flaw impacting its Firefox browser for Windows, merely days after Google patched a similar flaw in Chrome that came under active exploitation as a zero-day. The security vulnerability, CVE-2025-2857, has been described as a case of an incorrect handle that could lead to a sandbox escape. "Following the recent Chrome sandbox escape (CVE-2025-2783), various Firefox developers identified a similar pattern in our IPC [inter-process communication] code," Mozilla said in an advisory. "A compromised child process could cause the parent process to return an unintentionally powerful handle, leading to a sandbox escape." The shortcoming, which affects Firefox and Firefox ESR, has been addressed in Firefox 136.0.4, Firefox ESR 115.21.1, and Firefox ESR 128.8.1. There is no evidence that CVE-2025-2857 has been exploited in the wild. The Tor Project has also shipped a security update for the Tor Browser (versio...

Whether it's CRMs, project management tools, payment processors, or lead management tools - your workforce is using SaaS applications by the pound. Organizations often rely on traditional CASB solutions for protecting against malicious access and data exfiltration, but these fall short for protecting against shadow SaaS, data damage, and more. A new report, Understanding SaaS Security Risks: Why CASB Solutions Fail to Cover 'Shadow' SaaS and SaaS Governance , highlighting the pressing security challenges faced by enterprises using SaaS applications. The research underscores the growing inefficacy of traditional CASB solutions and introduces a revolutionary browser-based approach to SaaS security that ensures full visibility and real-time protection against threats. Below, we bring the main highlights of the report. Read the full report here . Why Enterprises Need SaaS Security - The Risks of SaaS SaaS applications have become the backbone of modern enterprises, but security teams ...

Google has released out-of-band fixes to address a high-severity security flaw in its Chrome browser for Windows that has been exploited in the wild as part of attacks targeting organizations in Russia.  The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-2783   (CVSS score: 8.3), has been described   as a case of "incorrect handle provided in unspecified circumstances in Mojo on Windows." Mojo refers to a collection of runtime libraries that provide a platform-agnostic mechanism for inter-process communication (IPC). As is customary, Google did not reveal additional technical specifics about the nature of the attacks, the identity of the threat actors behind them, and who may have been targeted. The vulnerability has been plugged in Chrome version 134.0.6998.177/.178 for Windows. "Google is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2025-2783 exists in the wild," the tech giant acknowledged in a terse advisory. It's worth noting that CVE-2025-2783 is the first activel...

Microsoft on Monday announced a new feature called inline data protection for its enterprise-focused Edge for Business web browser. The native data security control is designed to prevent employees from sharing sensitive company-related data into consumer generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) apps like OpenAI ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and DeepSeek. The list will be expanded over time to include other genAI, email, collaboration, and social media apps. "With the new inline protection capability for Edge for Business, you can prevent data leakage across the various ways that users interact with sensitive data in the browser, including typing of text directly into a web application or generative AI prompt," the tech giant said. The Microsoft Purview browser data loss prevention ( DLP ) controls come as the company announced the General Availability of collaboration security for Microsoft Teams in an effort to tackle phishing attacks against users of the enterprise com...

Cybersecurity researchers have demonstrated a novel technique that allows a malicious web browser extension to impersonate any installed add-on. "The polymorphic extensions create a pixel perfect replica of the target's icon, HTML popup, workflows and even temporarily disables the legitimate extension, making it extremely convincing for victims to believe that they are providing credentials to the real extension," SquareX said in a report published last week. The harvested credentials could then be abused by the threat actors to hijack online accounts and gain unauthorized access to sensitive personal and financial information. The attack affects all Chromium-based web browsers, including Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, Opera, and others. The approach banks on the fact that users commonly pin extensions to the browser's toolbar. In a hypothetical attack scenario, threat actors could publish a polymorphic extension to the Chrome Web Store (or any extension m...

Organizations are either already adopting GenAI solutions, evaluating strategies for integrating these tools into their business plans, or both. To drive informed decision-making and effective planning, the availability of hard data is essential—yet such data remains surprisingly scarce. The " Enterprise GenAI Data Security Report 2025 " by LayerX delivers unprecedented insights into the practical application of AI tools in the workplace, while highlighting critical vulnerabilities. Drawing on real-world telemetry from LayerX's enterprise clients, this report is one of the few reliable sources that details actual employee use of GenAI. For instance, it reveals that nearly 90% of enterprise AI usage occurs outside the visibility of IT, exposing organizations to significant risks such as data leakage and unauthorized access. Below we bring some of the report's key findings. Read the full report to refine and enhance your security strategies, leverage data...

The North Korean threat actor known as the Lazarus Group has been linked to a previously undocumented JavaScript implant named Marstech1 as part of limited targeted attacks against developers. The active operation has been dubbed Marstech Mayhem by SecurityScorecard, with the malware delivered by means of an open-source repository hosted on GitHub that's associated with a profile named "SuccessFriend." The profile, active since July 2024, is no longer accessible on the code hosting platform. The implant is designed to collect system information, and can be embedded within websites and NPM packages, posing a supply chain risk. Evidence shows that the malware first emerged in late December 2024. The attack has amassed 233 confirmed victims across the U.S., Europe, and Asia. "The profile mentioned web dev skills and learning blockchain which is in alignment to the interests of Lazarus," SecurityScorecard said . "The threat actor was committing both pre-o...