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Researchers link WhatsApp-propagated Maverick malware to Brazilian banking trojans
Researchers say Maverick, a WhatsApp-propagated malware, shares code and tactics with the Brazilian banking trojan Coyote and is being spread via automated WhatsApp Web sessions, with analysts noting ties to a group called Water Saci.
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North Korean-linked group used Google device service to wipe South Korean Android phones
South Korean researchers say the North Korean-linked KONNI group abused Google’s device-management features to remotely factory-reset Android phones, using stolen credentials harvested via phishing and RATs spread over KakaoTalk.
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Proofpoint links new UNK_SmudgedSerpent cluster to targeted phishing of Iran experts
Proofpoint has identified a new threat cluster, UNK_SmudgedSerpent, that used political lures, impersonation and malicious installers to target academics and Iran policy experts between June and August 2025, deploying RMM tools including PDQ Connect and possibly ISL Online.
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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.
