Threats
Mandiant has published a detailed analysis of an escalation in threat activity linked to ShinyHunters-branded extortion operations. The campaigns leverage evolved voice phishing (vishing) techniques and victim-branded credential harvesting pages to compromise single sign-on credentials and enroll unauthorized devices into victim MFA solutions — enabling access to cloud
Threats
Security researchers have uncovered a coordinated espionage campaign targeting Android users in Pakistan through a spyware operation that combines romance-themed social engineering, mobile surveillance, and WhatsApp account hijacking. ESET researchers track the Android component as GhostChat, a spyware that masquerades as a dating application while exfiltrating sensitive data and
Threats
Security researchers have uncovered a sophisticated Linux post-exploitation framework that operates entirely in memory, leaving no persistent artifacts on disk while providing operators with extensive capabilities for long-term intrusion operations. Cyble Research & Intelligence Labs tracks the activity as ShadowHS, reflecting its fileless execution model and lineage from
Threats
Security researchers have published a detailed technical analysis of TAMECAT, a PowerShell-based backdoor used by Iran's APT42 in espionage campaigns targeting senior defense and government officials. The malware, documented by Pulsedive Threat Research with additional reporting from Israel's National Digital Agency, demonstrates sophisticated anti-detection
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Security researchers have documented the first fully attributed criminal operation dedicated to hijacking and reselling unauthorized access to AI infrastructure at scale. Dubbed Operation Bizarre Bazaar, the campaign represents a complete LLMjacking supply chain—from initial reconnaissance to commercial marketplace monetization—operated by a threat actor known as "Hecker&
Alerts
The maintainers of Kyverno, a widely deployed Kubernetes-native policy engine, have released an emergency patch for a critical vulnerability that completely breaks namespace isolation boundaries. Tracked as CVE-2026-22039 and carrying a maximum CVSS score of 10, the flaw allows any authenticated user with permission to create namespaced
Alerts
CISA has added a critical Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, confirming active exploitation in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2026-1281, the code injection vulnerability allows attackers to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution on affected systems. Urgent Deadline Federal agencies are required
Threats
CrowdStrike Intelligence has reclassified LABYRINTH CHOLLIMA, the North Korean threat group behind the 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack, into three distinct operational units with specialized missions, malware, and targeting patterns. The new attribution framework recognizes GOLDEN CHOLLIMA, PRESSURE CHOLLIMA, and a narrower core LABYRINTH CHOLLIMA group as separate adversaries that emerged
Threats
Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has led a coordinated disruption of IPIDEA, believed to be one of the largest residential proxy networks in the world. The operation reduced the network's available device pool by millions and exposed infrastructure leveraged by over 550 threat groups in a single week.
Alerts
SolarWinds has released an emergency patch for Web Help Desk (WHD), addressing six security vulnerabilities—four rated critical—that could allow unauthenticated attackers to fully compromise host systems. The flaws, discovered by researchers Jimi Sebree of Horizon3.ai and Piotr Bazydło of watchTowr, include multiple remote code execution vectors, authentication
Threats
Security researchers at Aikido Security have discovered a malicious Visual Studio Code extension masquerading as "ClawdBot Agent," a fake version of the popular AI coding assistant. The extension functions as a fully working AI tool while silently deploying remote access malware to Windows machines. The real ClawdBot team
Breaches
Security firm Morphisec has uncovered a supply chain compromise affecting eScan antivirus software, where attackers distributed malicious updates through the vendor's legitimate update infrastructure. Discovered on January 20, 2026, the attack targeted both enterprise and consumer editions of the MicroWorld Technologies product, deploying multi-stage malware to endpoints