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Cybersecurity
Elastic Exposes OXLOADER and CastleStealer in Russian Malvertising
Elastic Security Labs exposed OXLOADER and CastleStealer — two new Russian-linked malware families spread via fake Google Ads targeting software downloaders.
Cybersecurity
ShinyHunters Claims 2.2 Million Kodak Records, Sets Leak Deadline
ShinyHunters claimed 2.2 million stolen Kodak records and set a publication deadline; Kodak confirmed a breach and engaged external cybersecurity experts.
Cybersecurity
DragonForce’s Backdoor.Turn Routes C2 via Microsoft Teams TURN
Symantec found that DragonForce ransomware deployed Backdoor.Turn, a Go implant that hides C2 traffic inside Microsoft Teams TURN relay infrastructure.
Cybersecurity
UNC6508 Abused Google Workspace Rules in Medical-Military Espionage
Google's GTIG disclosed UNC6508, a China-nexus group that maintained silent email forwarding inside US medical and military research networks for more than two years using ...
Cybersecurity
APT37 Deploys NarwhalRAT via Fake Microsoft Security Alerts
North Korean APT37 deployed NarwhalRAT, a new backdoor with encrypted custom C2, via fake Microsoft OTP security alerts targeting South Korean defense and crypto sectors.
Cybersecurity
ESET Finds WIN_DRV: Earth Lusca’s First Windows SprySOCKS Rootkit
ESET Research disclosed WIN_DRV, a kernel-mode Windows rootkit linked to China-aligned Earth Lusca — the first confirmed Windows variant of SprySOCKS — signed with a ...
Cybersecurity
ShinyHunters Claims 61M Sysco Salesforce Records in Unverified Breach
ShinyHunters claims 61 million records stolen from Sysco's Salesforce CRM, including pricing schedules and contact data, with a June 18 publication deadline.
Application Security
Lapsus$ Lists GitHub Internal Repos for Sale, Copilot Source Included
Lapsus$ listed 3,800 stolen GitHub internal repositories for sale 25 days after the confirmed breach, including Copilot, CodeQL, and Dependabot source code.
Cybersecurity
Ukrainian Conti Developer Pleads Guilty to Ransomware Loader Coding
Oleksii Lytvynenko, a Ukrainian national extradited from Ireland, pleaded guilty to developing the malware loader that delivered Conti ransomware payloads.
Cybersecurity
Europol Dismantles AudiA6 Crypto Laundering Service
Europol dismantled AudiA6, a cryptocurrency laundering service that processed over $380 million in ransomware extortion proceeds for criminal networks.