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UNC5221 Uses BRICKSTORM Backdoor to Infiltrate U.S. Legal and Technology Sectors

Companies in the legal services, software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers, Business Process Outsourcers (BPOs), and technology sectors in the U.S. have been targeted by a suspected China-nexus cyber espionage group to deliver a known backdoor referred to as BRICKSTORM. The activity, attributed to UNC5221 and closely related, suspected China-nexus threat clusters, is designed to facilitate

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ShadowV2 Botnet Uses Misconfigured AWS Docker for DDoS-For-Hire Service

Darktrace researchers have uncovered ShadowV2, a new botnet that operates as a DDoS-for-hire service by infecting misconfigured Docker containers on AWS cloud servers.

Two Critical Flaws Uncovered in Wondershare RepairIt Exposing User Data and AI Models

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed two security flaws in Wondershare RepairIt that exposed private user data and potentially exposed the system to artificial intelligence (AI) model tampering and supply chain risks. The critical-rated vulnerabilities in question, discovered by Trend Micro, are listed below - CVE-2025-10643 (CVSS score: 9.1) - An authentication bypass vulnerability that

Threat Actor Deploys 'OVERSTEP' Backdoor in Ongoing SonicWall SMA Attacks

Hackers tracked as UNC6148 are attacking SonicWall security devices by installing hidden software, allowing them to control systems, steal passwords, and hide their activities.

Police using drones to read your license plates, warns EFF

Police forces are increasingly using drones, but should they be able to read license plates?

GHSA-2hmj-97jw-28jh: Apache ZooKeeper: Insufficient Permission Check in AdminServer Snapshot/Restore Commands

Improper permission check in ZooKeeper AdminServer lets authorized clients to run snapshot and restore command with insufficient permissions. This issue affects Apache ZooKeeper: from 3.9.0 before 3.9.4. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.9.4, which fixes the issue. The issue can be mitigated by disabling both commands (via admin.snapshot.enabled and admin.restore.enabled), disabling the whole AdminServer interface (via admin.enableServer), or ensuring that the root ACL does not provide open permissions. (Note that ZooKeeper ACLs are not recursive, so this does not impact operations on child nodes besides notifications from recursive watches.)

UK Arrest Made After Cyberattack Disrupts Major European Airports

UK police arrest man over cyberattack on Collins Aerospace that disrupted check-in at Heathrow, Berlin, Brussels and other airports.

How One Bad Password Ended a 158-Year-Old Business

Most businesses don't make it past their fifth birthday - studies show that roughly 50% of small businesses fail within the first five years. So when KNP Logistics Group (formerly Knights of Old) celebrated more than a century and a half of operations, it had mastered the art of survival. For 158 years, KNP adapted and endured, building a transport business that operated 500 trucks

Feds Tie ‘Scattered Spider’ Duo to $115M in Ransoms

U.S. prosecutors last week levied criminal hacking charges against 19-year-old U.K. national Thalha Jubair for allegedly being a core member of Scattered Spider, a prolific cybercrime group blamed for extorting at least $115 million in ransom payments from victims. The charges came as Jubair and an alleged co-conspirator appeared in a London court to face accusations of hacking into and extorting several large U.K. retailers, the London transit system, and healthcare providers in the United States.

New YiBackdoor Malware Shares Major Code Overlaps with IcedID and Latrodectus

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new malware family dubbed YiBackdoor that has been found to share "significant" source code overlaps with IcedID and Latrodectus. "The exact connection to YiBackdoor is not yet clear, but it may be used in conjunction with Latrodectus and IcedID during attacks," Zscaler ThreatLabz said in a Tuesday report. "YiBackdoor is able to execute