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Behind every alert is an analyst; tired eyes scanning dashboards, long nights spent on false positives, and the constant fear of missing something big. It's no surprise that many SOCs face burnout before they face their next breach. But this doesn't have to be the norm. The path out isn't through working harder, but through working smarter, together. Here are three practical steps every SOC can take to prevent burnout and build a healthier, more resilient team. Step 1: Reduce Alert Overload with Real-Time Context SOC burnout often starts with alert fatigue. Analysts waste hours dissecting incomplete data because traditional systems provide only fragments of the story. By giving teams the full behavioral context behind alerts, leaders can help them prioritize faster and act with confidence. Leading SOCs are already turning to advanced solutions like ANY.RUN's interactive sandbox to cut through the noise. Instead of static logs, they see the full attack chain unfold in real time, fr...

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added two security flaws impacting Gladinet and Control Web Panel (CWP) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities ( KEV ) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerabilities in question are listed below - CVE-2025-11371 (CVSS score: 7.5) - A vulnerability in files or directories accessible to external parties in Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox that could result in unintended disclosure of system files. CVE-2025-48703 (CVSS score: 9.0) - An operating system command injection vulnerability in Control Web Panel (formerly CentOS Web Panel) that results in unauthenticated remote code execution via shell metacharacters in the t_total parameter in a filemanager changePerm request. The development comes weeks after cybersecurity company Huntress said it detected active exploitation attempts targeting CVE-2025-11371, with unknown threat actors leveraging the flaw to run reconnaissan...

The nascent collective that combines three prominent cybercrime groups, Scattered Spider, LAPSUS$, and ShinyHunters, has created no less than 16 Telegram channels since August 8, 2025. "Since its debut, the group's Telegram channels have been removed and recreated at least 16 times under varying iterations of the original name – a recurring cycle reflecting platform moderation and the operators' determination to sustain this specific type of public presence despite disruption," Trustwave SpiderLabs, a LevelBlue company, said in a report shared with The Hacker News. Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters (SLH) emerged in early August, launching data extortion attacks against organizations, including those using Salesforce in recent months. Chief among its offerings is an extortion-as-a-service (EaaS) that other affiliates can join to demand a payment from targets in exchange for using the "brand" and notoriety of the consolidated entity. All three groups are assesse...

Nine people have been arrested in connection with a coordinated law enforcement operation that targeted a cryptocurrency money laundering network that defrauded victims of €600 million (~$688 million). According to a statement released by Eurojust today, the action took place between October 27 and 29 across Cyprus, Spain, and Germany, with the suspects arrested on charges of involvement in money laundering from fraudulent activities. In addition to the arrests of the individuals from their homes, authorities conducted searches that led to the seizure of €800,000 ($918,000) in bank accounts, €415,000 ($476,000) in cryptocurrencies, and €300,000 ($344,000) in cash. Participating nations in the "synchronized" effort alongside Eurojust were agencies from France, Belgium, Cyprus, Germany, and Spain. "The members of the network created dozens of fake cryptocurrency investment platforms that looked like legitimate websites and promised high returns," Eurojust said . ...

Details have emerged about a now-patched critical security flaw in the popular " @react-native-community/cli " npm package that could be potentially exploited to run malicious operating system (OS) commands under certain conditions. "The vulnerability allows remote unauthenticated attackers to easily trigger arbitrary OS command execution on the machine running react-native-community/cli's development server, posing a significant risk to developers," JFrog Senior Security Researcher Or Peles said in a report shared with The Hacker News. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-11953, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.0, indicating critical severity. It also affects the "@react-native-community/cli-server-api" package versions 4.8.0 through 20.0.0-alpha.2, and has been patched in version 20.0.0 released early last month. The command-line tools package , which is maintained by Meta, enables developers to build React Native mobile ...

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of four security flaws in Microsoft Teams that could have exposed users to serious impersonation and social engineering attacks. The vulnerabilities "allowed attackers to manipulate conversations, impersonate colleagues, and exploit notifications," Check Point said in a report shared with The Hacker News. Following responsible disclosure in March 2024, some of the issues were addressed by Microsoft in August 2024 under the CVE identifier CVE-2024-38197, with subsequent patches rolled out in September 2024 and October 2025. In a nutshell, these shortcomings make it possible to alter message content without leaving the "Edited" label and sender identity and modify incoming notifications to change the apparent sender of the message, thereby allowing an attacker to trick victims into opening malicious messages by making them appear as if they are coming from a trusted source, including high-profile C-suite executives...

Ransomware is malicious software designed to block access to a computer system or encrypt data until a ransom is paid. This cyberattack is one of the most prevalent and damaging threats in the digital landscape, affecting individuals, businesses, and critical infrastructure worldwide. A ransomware attack typically begins when the malware infiltrates a system through various vectors such as phishing emails, malicious downloads, or exploiting software vulnerabilities. Once activated, the malware encrypts files using strong cryptographic algorithms, rendering them inaccessible to the legitimate owner. The attackers then demand payment, usually in cryptocurrency like Bitcoin, in exchange for the decryption key. Modern ransomware variants have evolved beyond simple file encryption. Some employ double extortion tactics, where attackers encrypt data, exfiltrate sensitive information, and threaten to publish it publicly if the ransom is not paid. This puts pressure on victims, particularly...

Threat actors are leveraging weaponized attachments distributed via phishing emails to deliver malware likely targeting the defense sector in Russia and Belarus. According to multiple reports from Cyble and Seqrite Labs , the campaign is designed to deploy a persistent backdoor on compromised hosts that uses OpenSSH in conjunction with a customized Tor hidden service that employs obfs4 for traffic obfuscation. The activity has been codenamed Operation SkyCloak by Seqrite, stating the phishing emails utilize lures related to military documents to convince recipients into opening a ZIP file containing a hidden folder with a second archive file, along with a Windows shortcut (LNK) file, which, when opened, triggers the multi-step infection chain. "They trigger PowerShell commands which act as the initial dropper stage where another archive file besides the LNK is used to set up the entire chain," security researchers Sathwik Ram Prakki and Kartikkumar Jivani said, adding...

Google's artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cybersecurity agent called Big Sleep has been credited by Apple for discovering as many as five different security flaws in the WebKit component used in its Safari web browser that, if successfully exploited, could result in a browser crash or memory corruption. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows - CVE-2025-43429 - A buffer overflow vulnerability that may lead to an unexpected process crash when processing maliciously crafted web content (addressed through improved bounds checking) CVE-2025-43430 - An unspecified vulnerability that could result in an unexpected process crash when processing maliciously crafted web content (addressed through improved state management) CVE-2025-43431 & CVE-2025-43433 - Two unspecified vulnerabilities that may lead to memory corruption when processing maliciously crafted web content (addressed through improved memory handling) CVE-2025-43434 - A use-after-free vulnerability that may ...

Federal prosecutors in the U.S. have accused a trio of allegedly hacking the networks of five U.S. companies with BlackCat (aka ALPHV) ransomware between May and November 2023 and extorting them. Ryan Clifford Goldberg, Kevin Tyler Martin, and an unnamed co–conspirator (aka "Co-Conspirator 1") based in Florida, all U.S. nationals, are said to have used the ransomware strain against a medical device company based in Tampa, Florida, a pharmaceutical company based in Maryland, a doctor's office based in California, an engineering company based in California, and a drone manufacturer based in Virginia. The Chicago Sun-Times first reported the indictment over the weekend, stating Martin and Co-Conspirator 1 were employed as ransomware threat negotiators for a company named DigitalMint at the time when these incidents took place. Goldberg was an incident response manager for cybersecurity company Sygnia. All three individuals are no longer working at the respective firms...

Microsoft has disclosed details of a novel backdoor dubbed SesameOp that uses OpenAI Assistants Application Programming Interface (API) for command-and-control (C2) communications. "Instead of relying on more traditional methods, the threat actor behind this backdoor abuses OpenAI as a C2 channel as a way to stealthily communicate and orchestrate malicious activities within the compromised environment," the Detection and Response Team (DART) at Microsoft Incident Response said in a technical report published Monday. "To do this, a component of the backdoor uses the OpenAI Assistants API as a storage or relay mechanism to fetch commands, which the malware then runs." The tech giant said it discovered the implant in July 2025 as part of a sophisticated security incident in which unknown threat actors had managed to maintain persistence within the target environment for several months. It did not name the impacted victim. Further investigation into the intrusio...

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malicious extension in the Open VSX registry that harbors a remote access trojan called SleepyDuck . According to Secure Annex's John Tuckner, the extension in question, juan-bianco.solidity-vlang (version 0.0.7), was first published on October 31, 2025, as a completely benign library that was subsequently updated to version 0.0.8 on November 1 to include new malicious capabilities after reaching 14,000 downloads. "The malware includes sandbox evasion techniques and utilizes an Ethereum contract to update its command and control address in case the original address is taken down," Tuckner added . Campaigns distributing rogue extensions targeting Solidity developers have been repeatedly detected across both the Visual Studio Extension Marketplace and Open VSX. In July 2025, Kaspersky disclosed that a Russian developer lost $500,000 in cryptocurrency assets after installing one such extension through Cursor. In the latest...