Cristian Luțic
Cristian Luțic is a cybersecurity professional and Editor-in-Chief of iSec.News, with experience in security enablement, risk analysis, and vulnerability reporting. As Editor-in-Chief, he is responsible for editorial standards, source verification, and publication oversight at iSec News.
From professional sports to cybersecurity, his career path may have been unconventional, but it has been driven by the same core values: discipline, perseverance, and a passion for doing meaningful, impactful work.
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U.S. Treasury sanctions eight people and two firms tied to North Korean money‑laundering and cybercrime
The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned eight individuals and two entities alleged to have laundered proceeds from North Korean cybercrime and fraudulent IT‑worker schemes, naming banks, an IT company and several representatives in China and Russia and linking crypto flows to those operations.
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Researchers: Russian-linked group used Hyper-V to hide Alpine VM and bypass endpoint security
Bitdefender and Georgia CERT say Curly COMrades abused Hyper-V to run a hidden Alpine VM hosting custom implants CurlyShell and CurlCat, bypassing endpoint security and using host networking to mask malicious traffic; researchers published IoCs on GitHub.
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Swedish privacy authority opens probe after Miljödata cyberattack that exposed up to 1.5 million people
Sweden’s privacy authority is investigating a cyberattack on Miljödata that exposed data tied to up to 1.5 million people. The breach disrupted municipal services, was posted on the dark web by the Datacarry group, and appears in Have I Been Pwned with roughly 870,000 affected records; IMY has prioritised probes of Miljödata and several municipalities.
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Nikkei says Slack breach exposed personal information of more than 17,000 users
Nikkei said a Slack compromise exposed names, email addresses and chat histories for 17,368 people after attackers used credentials stolen from a malware-infected employee computer; the publisher voluntarily notified Japan’s data protection regulator and said no source-related material was affected.
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Critical authentication bypass in JobMonster WordPress theme exploited, users urged to patch
A critical authentication bypass (CVE-2025-5397) in the JobMonster WordPress theme is being actively targeted; Wordfence blocked multiple attempts. The flaw affects versions up to 4.8.1, requires social login to be enabled, and was fixed in version 4.8.2. Administrators should update or disable social login and enable two-factor authentication.
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Google AI agent Big Sleep credited with finding five WebKit bugs in Safari; Apple issues patches
Apple credited Google’s AI agent Big Sleep with finding five WebKit vulnerabilities affecting Safari that could cause crashes or memory corruption; Apple issued patches in iOS 26.1, macOS Tahoe 26.1, tvOS 26.1, watchOS 26.1, visionOS 26.1 and Safari 26.1 and urged users to update.
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Malicious Open VSX extension delivers SleepyDuck RAT and uses Ethereum contract for fallback control
Researchers warned that a malicious Open VSX extension, juan-bianco.solidity-vlang, installs a SleepyDuck remote access trojan that uses an Ethereum smart contract and a fallback RPC mechanism to update its command-and-control details.
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Microsoft finds SesameOp backdoor that uses OpenAI Assistants API for C2
Microsoft’s DART reported discovery of a custom .NET backdoor called SesameOp that uses the OpenAI Assistants API as a covert command-and-control channel; Microsoft shared its findings with OpenAI, which disabled a suspected API key, and the victim remains unnamed.
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Cybercriminals use RMM tools to target trucking firms, steal freight: Proofpoint
Proofpoint researchers say cybercriminals are compromising trucking and logistics firms with legitimate remote monitoring and management tools to harvest credentials, gain persistent access and fraudulently bid on or divert real shipments, with food and beverage cargo a frequent target.
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Researchers detail BankBot‑YNRK and DeliveryRAT Android trojans that steal credentials and payment data
Researchers say two Android trojans, BankBot‑YNRK and DeliveryRAT, have been observed harvesting credentials, payment and device data; reports from CYFIRMA and F6 detail targeted device checks, use of accessibility services, persistence mechanisms and distribution via fake apps and malware‑as‑a‑service.
