Phishing

CVE Vulnerability Alerts
Two Nigerians Extradited to US for Sextortion That Killed Two Teens
Adebola Adekunle and Mudasiru Olawale were extradited from Nigeria on August 31 to face charges in sextortion schemes that killed two U.S. teens.
AI Security
AI Research Org METR Loses $600K in Credits to Dual Breach Attacks
METR disclosed two incidents where attackers stole API keys and consumed $600,000 in AI credits through fail-open authentication and targeted probing.
Application Security
WatchGuard Patches Five Critical RCE Flaws in Fireware and Dimension
WatchGuard patched five CVSS 9.3 buffer overflow and privilege escalation flaws enabling unauthenticated remote code execution in Fireware and Dimension.
Cybersecurity
Gunra Ransomware Exploits Fortinet and Schneider Flaws for MFA Bypass
U.S. and South Korean intelligence agencies warn Gunra ransomware exploits Fortinet firewall flaws alongside a previously undocumented MFA bypass technique.
Cybersecurity
Sandworm Fake Job Interview Campaign Targets Ukrainian IT Workers
CERT-UA attributes a Sandworm-linked UAC-0145 social engineering campaign using fake job interviews and trojanized WireGuard VPN clients against Ukraine.
Cybersecurity
CSS Attacks Break Webmail Boundaries to Capture Passwords, Tokens
PortSwigger researcher Gareth Heyes showed email-borne CSS attacks that capture passwords and steal tokens in Outlook, Gmail, Yahoo, and other webmail services.
Cybersecurity
AitM Phishing Campaign Steals Microsoft 365 Finance Emails
Arctic Wolf documented an AitM phishing campaign hijacking Microsoft 365 accounts to collect payroll and finance emails across North America and Europe.
Cybersecurity
UNC6671 Extortion Group Rebrands After Targeting Hedge Funds
Google Threat Intelligence ties hedge fund vishing attacks to UNC6671 (BlackFile), an extortion group rebranding across Redact, Pink, Helix, and Falcon.
Cybersecurity
ClickFix Campaign Pushes Go-Based macOS Crypto Drainer
Huntress discovered a Go-based macOS infostealer delivered through ClickFix attacks that steals crypto assets and redirects a percentage of each transaction.
Cybersecurity
ClickFix Malware Gate Fingerprints macOS Users Before Lures
Microsoft detailed a ClickFix campaign spanning 250 domains that fingerprints macOS visitors server-side before deciding whether to show an infostealer lure.