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Cybersecurity never stops—and neither do hackers. While you wrapped up last week, new attacks were already underway. From hidden software bugs to massive DDoS attacks and new ransomware tricks, this week’s roundup gives you the biggest security moves to know. Whether you’re protecting key systems or locking down cloud apps, these are the updates you need before making your next security

Microsoft is calling attention to a new phishing campaign primarily aimed at U.S.-based organizations that has likely utilized code generated using large language models (LLMs) to obfuscate payloads and evade security defenses. "Appearing to be aided by a large language model (LLM), the activity obfuscated its behavior within an SVG file, leveraging business terminology and a synthetic structure

Plus: A ransomeware gang steals data on 8,000 preschoolers, Microsoft blocks Israel’s military from using its cloud for surveillance, call-recording app Neon hits pause over security holes, and more.

FortiGuard Labs exposes a high-severity phishing campaign impersonating the National Police of Ukraine to deliver Amatera Stealer (data theft) and PureMiner (cryptojacking) to Windows PCs.

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an updated version of a known Apple macOS malware called XCSSET that has been observed in limited attacks. "This new variant of XCSSET brings key changes related to browser targeting, clipboard hijacking, and persistence mechanisms," the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team said in a Thursday report. "It employs sophisticated encryption and obfuscation

Hazel celebrates unseen effort in cybersecurity and shares some PII. Completely unrelated, but did you know “Back to the Future” turns 40 this year?

New Lone None Stealer uses Telegram C2 and DLL side-loading to grab passwords, credit cards, and crypto. Find out how to spot this highly evasive phishing scam.

Another phishing campaign using SVG files to trick targets. This delicious-looking recipe turns out to hide malicious code.

The North Korea-linked threat actors associated with the Contagious Interview campaign have been attributed to a previously undocumented backdoor called AkdoorTea, along with tools like TsunamiKit and Tropidoor. Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET, which is tracking the activity under the name DeceptiveDevelopment, said the campaign targets software developers across all operating systems, Windows,

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