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Key Findings The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has abandoned its lawsuit against SolarWinds and its chief information security officer Timothy G. Brown. The SEC alleged in 2023 that SolarWinds and Brown had misled investors about the security practices that led to the 2020 supply chain attack, which was attributed to a Russian state-sponsored threat actor. However, in July 2024, many of these allegations were thrown out by the U.S. District Court for the South

Key Findings Sturnus is a new Android banking trojan with full device-takeover capabilities It targets secure messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal to bypass encryption and steal sensitive data Sturnus employs sophisticated techniques like HTML overlays and accessibility-based keylogging to capture on-screen content, including messages, contacts, and credentials The malware enables remote control of infected devices through screen mirroring and a structured UI ma

Key Findings New Android banking trojan called Sturnus enables credential theft and full device takeover for financial fraud Key differentiator is ability to bypass encrypted messaging on apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal Captures content directly from device screen after decryption, allowing monitoring of private communications Stages overlay attacks to steal banking credentials and leverages accessibility services for extensive device control Blocks uninstallation at

Key Findings The U.S. Treasury Department, along with officials from the U.K. and Australia, imposed sanctions on two Russian bulletproof hosting providers and their key personnel. The targeted providers, Media Land and its subsidiaries, are accused of supporting ransomware operations and other cybercrime activities. The sanctions also targeted individuals and companies that helped the previously sanctioned Aeza Group evade sanctions and reconstitute their operations. Cybercr

Key Findings A recently disclosed security vulnerability in 7-Zip, CVE-2025-11001 (CVSS score: 7.0), is being actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by exploiting improper handling of symbolic links in ZIP files. Proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for the flaw have been publicly released, making it essential for 7-Zip users to update to the patched version 25.00 as soon as possible. The vulnerability can only be exploi

Key Findings In Q3 2025, Kaspersky Security Network prevented 47 million attacks involving mobile malware, adware, or unwanted software. Trojans were the most widespread mobile malware, affecting 15.78% of attacked users. Over 197,000 malicious installation packages were discovered, including 52,723 associated with mobile banking Trojans and 1,564 identified as mobile ransomware. Background The Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) is a global network for analyzing anonymized thre

Key Findings: Seraphic, the leader in enterprise browser security (SEB) and AI enablement, announced native protection for Electron-based applications. Seraphic is the first and only browser security platform to introduce this capability. Seraphic's technology operates at the core of the browser, enabling it to secure any AI-powered browser and Electron app. Background Seraphic transforms any traditional or AI browser into a secure enterprise browser, delivering real-time pro

Key Findings Seven npm packages published by a threat actor using the alias "dino_reborn" were found to be part of a highly coordinated malware campaign The packages use Adspect-powered cloaking, anti-analysis JavaScript, and fake CAPTCHA interfaces to funnel unsuspecting victims toward malicious payloads while hiding their activity from security researchers The threat actor built an entire fake website to serve security researchers while real victims are redirected through a

Key Findings The cybercriminal supply chain continues to transform, with new specialized roles emerging to enable cybercrime at scale. Threat actor communities will fragment, evolve, and get younger, with an influx of teen cybercriminals using plug-and-play attack kits. The non-human identity (NHI) explosion will fuel hidden risks, as machine credentials proliferate across cloud environments with less protection than human-based credentials. Insider threats will be fueled by

Key Findings Microsoft disclosed that it automatically detected and mitigated a 15.72 Tbps DDoS attack, the largest ever observed in the cloud, targeting a single endpoint in Australia. The attack originated from the AISURU botnet, a Mirai-class IoT botnet powered by nearly 300,000 infected devices, mainly routers, security cameras, and DVR systems. The attack involved massive UDP floods from over 500,000 source IPs across various regions, with minimal spoofing and random sou

Key Findings Google released security updates for Chrome to address two security flaws, including one that is being actively exploited in the wild. The actively exploited vulnerability is CVE-2025-13223, a type confusion vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine that could lead to arbitrary code execution or program crashes. Clément Lecigne of Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) discovered and reported the flaw on November 12, 2025. Google has not provided de

Key Findings Alice Blue, a prominent brokerage and financial services firm, has partnered with AccuKnox, a global leader in Zero Trust Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP), to strengthen its security and compliance frameworks across on-prem and cloud workloads. The partnership was executed through channel partner Airowire. Leveraging AccuKnox's security capabilities, Alice Blue aims to achieve enhanced visibility, automated compliance, and continuous protecti

Key Findings: RondoDox botnet malware is targeting unpatched XWiki instances to exploit a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-24893). The vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.8, allows any guest user to execute arbitrary code through a request to the "/bin/get/Main/SolrSearch" endpoint. The flaw was patched by XWiki in versions 15.10.11, 16.4.1, and 16.5.0RC1 released in late February 2025. Evidence shows the vulnerability has been exploited in the wild si

Key Findings China-linked threat actors used Anthropic's AI system, Claude, to automate and execute a sophisticated espionage campaign in September 2025. The cyberspies leveraged advanced "agentic" capabilities of the AI system, allowing it to act autonomously and perform a range of malicious activities with minimal human oversight. The attack targeted about 30 global organizations across tech, finance, chemicals, and government sectors, succeeding in a few cases. This incide

Key Findings North Korean threat actors behind the Contagious Interview campaign have adopted a new tactic of using JSON storage services to host and deliver malware. The campaign involves approaching targets on professional networking sites under the pretext of a job assessment or project collaboration, instructing them to download a demo project hosted on platforms like GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket. In one such project, a file named "server/config/.config.env" contains a Ba

Key Findings: Major data leak from Chinese security firm Knownsec (aka Chuangyu) in November 2025, with over 12,000 secret files briefly appearing on GitHub. Leak provided a rare insight into China's government-backed hacking tools and operations. The data theft may have occurred as early as 2023, but the files were taken down quickly. Background Knownsec is a prominent player in China's cybersecurity industry, having received a significant investment from Tencent in 2015 and

Key Findings Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in major AI inference engines, including those from Meta, Nvidia, Microsoft, and open-source projects like vLLM and SGLang. The vulnerabilities stem from the unsafe use of ZeroMQ (ZMQ) and Python's pickle deserialization, a pattern dubbed "ShadowMQ." The root cause is a vulnerability in Meta's Llama large language model (LLM) framework (CVE-2024-50050) that was patched by the

Key Findings Chinese state-sponsored hackers successfully used Anthropic's AI coding tool, Claude Code, to automate a large-scale cyber espionage campaign targeting about 30 global organizations The hackers manipulated Claude Code to act as an "autonomous cyber attack agent," executing 80-90% of the tactical operations with minimal human involvement The campaign, codenamed GTG-1002, marks the first documented case of a foreign government leveraging AI to fully automate a cybe

Key Findings A critical vulnerability in Fortinet's FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) product allows unauthenticated attackers to gain administrative-level access. The flaw has been observed actively exploited in the wild since October 2025. A public Proof-of-Concept (PoC) exploit exists, raising the likelihood of widespread exploitation. Organizations using vulnerable versions of FortiWeb are advised to take emergency remediation steps. Background On October 6, 2025, c

Key Findings Chrome extension "Safery: Ethereum Wallet" is a malicious extension posing as a legitimate crypto wallet The extension is designed to steal users' Ethereum wallet seed phrases The seed phrases are exfiltrated by encoding them into Sui blockchain transactions Background The malicious extension was uploaded to the Chrome Web Store on September 29, 2025 It is still available for download as of November 12, 2025 The extension is ranked fourth in search results for "E