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Cyber Offensive – Hacktivist Collective Targets Over 20 Critical Industries in Wake of Iran–Israel Tensions

In the aftermath of Israel’s June 2025 airstrikes on Iranian military and nuclear sites, the Middle East has witnessed not only a dramatic escalation in conventional warfare but also an unprecedented wave of cyber offensives. Over 80 hacktivist groups, primarily pro-Iranian and pro-Palestinian, have...

How Snake Keyloggers Use Java Utilities to Outsmart Security Measures

The ongoing turbulence in the Middle East is rippling through cyberspace, as threat actors intensify their efforts to exploit the world’s heightened anxieties around oil supply disruptions. Researchers at S2 Group Intelligence have uncovered a menacing spear-phishing campaign leveraging Snake Keylogger, a sophisticated Russian-origin...

Clickfix Technique Powers New Odyssey Malware to Harvest Browser Cookies, Passwords, and Wallet Data

The CYFIRMA research team has uncovered a new wave of cyberattacks targeting macOS users, leveraging the recently rebranded Odyssey Stealer malware. This sophisticated threat employs the “Clickfix” technique, an increasingly popular deception strategy involving typosquatted or visually mimicked domains, to deliver malicious AppleScripts (osascripts)...

WordPress Under Siege – Windows Trojan Infiltrates Through Stealthy PHP Backdoor Malware

A sophisticated new malware campaign targeting WordPress sites has security experts on high alert after a recent incident exposed a layered, hard-to-detect infection chain. Unlike typical defacements or spam campaigns, this attack uses stealthy PHP droppers, obfuscated code, IP tracking, and batch script generation...

How a Network of 300+ Malicious Websites Was Used by Pakistani Actors to Distribute Info-Stealing Malware

A sophisticated network of over 300 malicious websites designed to deliver info-stealing malware has been traced to a group of Pakistani freelancers, according to a January 2025 report by Intrinsec’s Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) team. This network, centered around sites offering cracked or pirated...

Unseen Wings – How Blind Eagle Hackers Deploy Open-Source RATs and Ciphers to Evade Static Detection

In a recent detailed investigation by Trustwave SpiderLabs, the threat group Blind Eagle (APT-C-36) has been linked with the Russian bulletproof hosting provider Proton66. This group has been actively targeting Latin American organizations, with a pronounced focus on Colombian financial institutions, including Bancolombia, BBVA, Banco Caja Social,...