Russia’s notorious state-sponsored threat actor APT28 (also known as Fancy Bear) has been attributed to a sophisticated new campaign targeting organizations across Western and Central Europe. According to S2 Grupo’s LAB52 threat intelligence team, the campaign—codenamed Operation MacroMaze—was active between September 2025 and January 2026. What makes this campaign notable is its reliance on basic…
Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 has uncovered an active exploitation campaign targeting BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access appliances through CVE-2026-1731, a critical pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.9. The attacks have deployed sophisticated backdoors including VShell and SparkRAT across organizations in financial services, healthcare, legal, and high-tech sectors….
A suspected China-linked cyberespionage group has been covertly exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in Dell’s RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines (CVE-2026-22769) since at least mid-2024, according to new research from Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) and Mandiant. The attackers deployed sophisticated backdoors and maintained persistent access inside targeted networks for over 18 months before discovery. 🎯…
A newly observed variant of Remcos RAT has introduced significant upgrades to its surveillance arsenal, marking a dangerous evolution in how this remote access trojan operates on compromised Windows systems. From Storage to Streaming According to Infosecurity Magazine, the updated strain represents a fundamental shift in operational methodology. Rather than relying primarily on storing stolen…
A high-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Microsoft’s modern Windows Notepad application has been patched as part of the February 2026 Patch Tuesday release—but security researchers have already published a working proof-of-concept exploit on GitHub, raising concerns about active exploitation in the wild. The Vulnerability: Command Injection via Markdown Rendering Tracked as CVE-2026-20841, the…
A sophisticated supply chain worm dubbed SANDWORMMODE is actively targeting the npm ecosystem, compromising at least 19 malicious packages designed to steal developer credentials and CI/CD secrets while automatically spreading across repositories and workflows. Researchers at Socket identified the campaign, which uses typosquatted npm packages and poisoned GitHub Actions to infect developer machines and CI…
A newly uncovered phishing kit allows cybercriminals to steal credentials with a sophisticated toolkit that spoofs live login pages and bypasses multi-factor authentication (MFA) protections, cybersecurity analysts at Abnormal Security have warned. Dubbed Starkiller, the phishing platform has been described as “a commercial-grade cybercrime platform” and “a comprehensive toolkit for stealing identities at scale.” The…
Digital identity verification provider IDMerit inadvertently exposed more than one billion personal records across 26 countries after leaving a database unsecured and accessible on the public internet, according to research by Cybernews. Scale of the Exposure The exposed MongoDB database contained over three billion records weighing more than one terabyte. Security researchers estimate that approximately…
Attackers are running a sophisticated malvertising campaign that leverages paid Facebook ads to distribute credential-stealing malware disguised as official Windows 11 updates. The campaign uses convincing fake Microsoft download pages and includes multiple technical countermeasures designed to evade security researchers. How the Attack Works The campaign starts with professional-looking Facebook advertisements featuring Microsoft branding, promoting…
Supply chain cyber attacks are reshaping the threat landscape across Asia-Pacific, as criminals and state-aligned groups increasingly use trusted vendors, software components, and service providers as entry points into broader networks, according to Group-IB’s High-Tech Crime Trends Report 2026. The Interconnected Threat Ecosystem The report describes a fundamental shift from single-target intrusions to what it…
