Major Incidents or Breaches
- North Korean threat actors running the Contagious Interview campaign have compromised at least 30,000 devices in over 100 countries, stealing $10.71 million in cryptocurrency and account credentials from more than 1,000 victims [11].
- ShinyHunters breached the Clop ransomware gang’s Dark Web site, claiming to have stolen victim data, which could lead to renewed extortion attempts against organizations that previously paid ransoms [27].
- BigCommerce alerted multiple merchants to data breaches after attackers compromised credentials for third-party Ribon applications and injected malicious scripts into merchant stores [17].
- Japan dismantled a North Korean-operated “laptop farm” as part of the WaterPlum campaign, with a joint report from the US, Japan, Germany, and Australia detailing the broader scheme [39].
- Attackers are actively exploiting a high-severity vulnerability in Zyxel GS1900 series switches, with incidents of data theft and at least 1,000 switches compromised by a Chinese threat actor [9][16][36].
- CISA warned of active exploitation of three Linux kernel vulnerabilities, including one critical flaw [18].
- Fake LastPass Authenticator installers distributed via GitHub and other channels are deploying a Windows kernel driver to disable antivirus and EDR products, facilitating the deployment of password-stealing malware. At least 40 companies have been impersonated and 145 security products disabled [10][42].
Newly Discovered Vulnerabilities