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FBI warns of UNC6040 and UNC6395 hackers targeting Salesforce to steal data and extort victims
The FBI has issued a FLASH alert about UNC6040 and UNC6395 hacking groups that are compromising Salesforce environments to steal data and extort victims, releasing IOCs to aid defense efforts across organizations and multiple cloud platforms.
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HybridPetya ransomware emerges with UEFI Secure Boot bypass, encrypts MFT and demands Bitcoin ransom
A new ransomware strain named HybridPetya has been identified by ESET, combining traits of Petya/NotPetya with a UEFI Secure Boot bypass. The threat encrypts the Master File Table on NTFS partitions via a bootkit installed on the EFI System Partition, and demands Bitcoin ransom while offering a decryption mechanism contingent on payment. Researchers warn that…
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ECG signals can be linked to individuals, study finds, prompting privacy cautions
A new study shows ECG signals can be linked to identifiable individuals with high accuracy, challenging traditional de-identification methods and prompting calls for stronger privacy protections in health data sharing.
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CISA Adds Critical CVE-2025-5086 in DELMIA Apriso to KEV Catalog Amid Active Exploitation
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency added CVE-2025-5086, a critical remote-code-execution flaw in DELMIA Apriso, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog after evidence of active exploitation emerged, prompting urgent patching across affected deployments.
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Apple says devices targeted by mercenary spyware in new wave of attacks, CERT-FR reports
France’s CERT-FR says Apple devices were targeted in a new wave of mercenary spyware attacks, issuing four threat notifications this year and noting that some campaigns exploit zero-day flaws while others require no user interaction.
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Wyden urges FTC to probe Microsoft over alleged ‘gross cybersecurity negligence’ linked to ransomware attacks, citing Ascension breach
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden has urged the FTC to investigate Microsoft, accusing the company of cybersecurity negligence linked to ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure, including a major Ascension health-system breach that affected millions of people.
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Cursor AI editor vulnerability could enable covert code execution on folder open, researchers warn
A vulnerability in Cursor, the AI-augmented fork of Visual Studio Code, could allow attackers to silently run code on a user’s machine when a repository is opened, researchers warn, due to default Workspace Trust settings and potential autorun configurations.
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LNER confirms customer data accessed in third-party data breach
London North Eastern Railway says customer contact details and some journey information were accessed via a third-party supplier, with no impact on ticketing or services and no storage of bank data. The company urges caution on phishing and emphasizes secure passwords.
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Two campaigns push fake Meta Verified extensions to steal Facebook data, researchers say
Cybersecurity researchers uncovered two malvertising campaigns distributing fake Meta Verified browser extensions and rogue Chrome tools aimed at Meta advertisers, stealing Facebook cookies and account data with the goal of selling compromised assets and fueling further malvertising.
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Chinese APT deploys EggStreme fileless framework in Philippines attack, Bitdefender says
A Chinese APT group has been linked to compromising a Philippines-based military services company using EggStreme, a new fileless malware framework designed for memory-resident espionage, with a backdoor capable of extensive reconnaissance and data theft.
