Lantronix Device Used in Critical Infrastructure Exposes Systems to Remote Hacking

Lantronix’s XPort device is affected by a critical vulnerability that can be used for takeover and disruption, including in the energy sector.

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Hackers Abuse Russian Bulletproof Host Proton66 for Global Attacks and Malware Delivery

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a surge in “mass scanning, credential brute-forcing, and exploitation attempts” originating from IP addresses associated with a Russian bulletproof hosting service provider named Proton66.
The activity, detected since January 8, 2025, targeted organizations worldwide, according to a two-part analysis published by Trustwave SpiderLabs last week. 
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Palantir exec defends company’s immigration surveillance work

One of the founders of startup accelerator Y Combinator offered unsparing criticism this weekend of the controversial data analytics company Palantir, leading a company executive to offer an extensive defense of Palantir’s work. The back-and-forth came after federal filings showed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — tasked with carrying out the Trump administration’s […]

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APT29 Deploys GRAPELOADER Malware Targeting European Diplomats Through Wine-Tasting Lures

The Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as APT29 has been linked to an advanced phishing campaign that’s targeting diplomatic entities across Europe with a new variant of WINELOADER and a previously unreported malware loader codenamed GRAPELOADER.
“While the improved WINELOADER variant is still a modular backdoor used in later stages, GRAPELOADER is a newly observed initial-stage tool

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Chinese APT IronHusky Deploys Updated MysterySnail RAT on Russia

Kaspersky researchers report the reappearance of MysterySnail RAT, a malware linked to Chinese IronHusky APT, targeting Mongolia and…

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Cozy Bear’s Wine Lure Drops WineLoader Malware on EU Diplomats

Midnight Blizzard (APT29/Cozy Bear) targets European embassies and Ministries of Foreign Affairs with sophisticated phishing emails disguised as…

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Rogue npm Packages Mimic Telegram Bot API to Plant SSH Backdoors on Linux Systems

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered three malicious packages in the npm registry that masquerade as a popular Telegram bot library but harbor SSH backdoors and data exfiltration capabilities.
The packages in question are listed below –

node-telegram-utils (132 downloads)
node-telegram-bots-api (82 downloads)
node-telegram-util (73 downloads)

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Florida Man Enters the Encryption Wars

Plus: A US judge rules against police cell phone “tower dumps,” China names alleged NSA agents it says were involved in cyberattacks, and Customs and Border Protection reveals its social media spying tools.

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ASUS Confirms Critical Flaw in AiCloud Routers; Users Urged to Update Firmware

ASUS has disclosed a critical security flaw impacting routers with AiCloud enabled that could permit remote attackers to perform unauthorized execution of functions on susceptible devices.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-2492, has a CVSS score of 9.2 out of a maximum of 10.0.

“An improper authentication control vulnerability exists in certain ASUS router firmware series,”

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Identity as the new perimeter: National Oilwell Varco’s approach to stopping the 79% of attacks that are malware-free

NOV’s CIO on Zero Trust wins, AI in the SOC, and bringing cyber risk to the board


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