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Phantom Stealer Spread by ISO Phishing Emails Hitting Russian Finance Sector

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an active phishing campaign that's targeting a wide range of sectors in Russia with phishing emails that deliver Phantom Stealer via malicious ISO optical disc images. The activity, codenamed Operation MoneyMount-ISO by Seqrite Labs, has primarily singled out finance and accounting entities, with those in the procurement, legal, payroll

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VolkLocker Ransomware Exposed by Hard-Coded Master Key Allowing Free Decryption

The pro-Russian hacktivist group known as CyberVolk (aka GLORIAMIST) has resurfaced with a new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) offering called VolkLocker that suffers from implementation lapses in test artifacts, allowing users to decrypt files without paying an extortion fee. According to SentinelOne, VolkLocker (aka CyberVolk 2.x) emerged in August 2025 and is capable of targeting both Windows

Fake OSINT and GPT Utility GitHub Repos Spread PyStoreRAT Malware Payloads

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign that's leveraging GitHub-hosted Python repositories to distribute a previously undocumented JavaScript-based Remote Access Trojan (RAT) dubbed PyStoreRAT. "These repositories, often themed as development utilities or OSINT tools, contain only a few lines of code responsible for silently downloading a remote HTA file and executing

New Advanced Phishing Kits Use AI and MFA Bypass Tactics to Steal Credentials at Scale

Cybersecurity researchers have documented four new phishing kits named BlackForce, GhostFrame, InboxPrime AI, and Spiderman that are capable of facilitating credential theft at scale. BlackForce, first detected in August 2025, is designed to steal credentials and perform Man-in-the-Browser (MitB) attacks to capture one-time passwords (OTPs) and bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA). The kit

Securing GenAI in the Browser: Policy, Isolation, and Data Controls That Actually Work

The browser has become the main interface to GenAI for most enterprises: from web-based LLMs and copilots, to GenAI‑powered extensions and agentic browsers like ChatGPT Atlas. Employees are leveraging the power of GenAI to draft emails, summarize documents, work on code, and analyze data, often by copying/pasting sensitive information directly into prompts or uploading files.  Traditional

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Malicious Visual Studio Code Extensions Hide Trojan in Fake PNG Files

VS Code developers beware: ReversingLabs found 19 malicious extensions hiding trojans inside a popular dependency, disguising the final malware payload as a standard PNG image file.

ThreatsDay Bulletin: Spyware Alerts, Mirai Strikes, Docker Leaks, ValleyRAT Rootkit — and 20 More Stories

This week’s cyber stories show how fast the online world can turn risky. Hackers are sneaking malware into movie downloads, browser add-ons, and even software updates people trust. Tech giants and governments are racing to plug new holes while arguing over privacy and control. And researchers keep uncovering just how much of our digital life is still wide open. The new Threatsday Bulletin

NANOREMOTE Malware Uses Google Drive API for Hidden Control on Windows Systems

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new fully-featured Windows backdoor called NANOREMOTE that uses the Google Drive API for command-and-control (C2) purposes. According to a report from Elastic Security Labs, the malware shares code similarities with another implant codenamed FINALDRAFT (aka Squidoor) that employs Microsoft Graph API for C2. FINALDRAFT is attributed to a

Another Chrome zero-day under attack: update now

If we’re lucky, this update will close out 2025’s run of Chrome zero-days. This one is a V8 type-confusion issue already being exploited in the wild.