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The Ongoing Fallout from a Breach at AI Chatbot Maker Salesloft

The recent mass-theft of authentication tokens from Salesloft, whose AI chatbot is used by a broad swath of corporate America to convert customer interaction into Salesforce leads, has left many companies racing to invalidate the stolen credentials before hackers can exploit them. Now Google warns the breach goes far beyond access to Salesforce data, noting the hackers responsible also stole valid authentication tokens...

Published on: September 01, 2025 | Source: Krebs on Security favicon Krebs on Security

Amazon Disrupts Russian Hacking Campaign Targeting Microsoft Users

The Midnight Blizzard cyberspies used compromised websites to trick users into authorizing devices they controlled. The post Amazon Disrupts Russian Hacking Campaign Targeting Microsoft Users appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source: SecurityWeek favicon SecurityWeek

Amazon Stymies APT29 Credential Theft Campaign

A group linked to Russian intelligence services redirected victims to fake Cloudflare verification pages and exploited Microsoft's device code authentication flow.

Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source: Dark Reading favicon Dark Reading

Indirect Prompt Injection Attacks Against LLM Assistants

Really good research on practical attacks against LLM agents. โ€œInvitation Is All You Need! Promptware Attacks Against LLM-Powered Assistants in Production Are Practical and Dangerousโ€ Abstract: The growing integration of LLMs into applications has introduced new security risks, notably known as Promptwareโ€”maliciously engineered prompts designed to manipulate LLMs to compromise the CIA triad of these applications. While...

Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source: Schneier on Security favicon Schneier on Security

ScarCruft Uses RokRAT Malware in Operation HanKook Phantom Targeting South Korean Academics

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new phishing campaign undertaken by the North Korea-linked hacking group called ScarCruft (aka APT37) to deliver a malware known as RokRAT. The activity has been codenamed Operation HanKook Phantom by Seqrite Labs, stating the attacks appear to target individuals associated with the National Intelligence Research Association, including academic figures

Published on: September 01, 2025 | Source: The Hacker News favicon The Hacker News

Silver Fox Exploits Microsoft-Signed WatchDog Driver to Deploy ValleyRAT Malware

The threat actor known as Silver Fox has been attributed to abuse of a previously unknown vulnerable driver associated with WatchDog Anti-malware as part of a Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attack aimed at disarming security solutions installed on compromised hosts. The vulnerable driver in question is "amsdk.sys" (version 1.0.600), a 64-bit, validly signed Windows kernel device driver

Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source: The Hacker News favicon The Hacker News

Malicious npm Packages Exploit Ethereum Smart Contracts to Target Crypto Developers

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two new malicious packages on the npm registry that make use of smart contracts for the Ethereum blockchain to carry out malicious actions on compromised systems, signaling the trend of threat actors constantly on the lookout for new ways to distribute malware and fly under the radar. "The two npm packages abused smart contracts to conceal malicious

Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source: The Hacker News favicon The Hacker News

Russia's APT28 Targets Microsoft Outlook With 'NotDoor' Malware

The notorious Russian state-sponsored hacking unit, also known as Fancy Bear, is abusing Microsoft Outlook for covert data exfiltration.

Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source: Dark Reading favicon Dark Reading

Hackers Are Sophisticated & Impatient โ€” That Can Be Good

You can't negotiate with hackers from a place of fear โ€” but you can turn their urgency against them with the right playbook, people, and preparation.

Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source: Dark Reading favicon Dark Reading

Lazarus Group Expands Malware Arsenal With PondRAT, ThemeForestRAT, and RemotePE

The North Korea-linked threat actor known as the Lazarus Group has been attributed to a social engineering campaign that distributes three different pieces of cross-platform malware called PondRAT, ThemeForestRAT, and RemotePE. The attack, observed by NCC Group's Fox-IT in 2024, targeted an organization in the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector, ultimately leading to the compromise of an

Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source: The Hacker News favicon The Hacker News