Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

'Plague' malware has been around for months without tripping alarms Researchers at German infosec services company Nextron Threat have spotted malware that creates a highly-persistent Linux backdoor and say antivirus engines do not flag the code as malicious.…

A financially motivated threat actor has been linked to an ongoing phishing email campaign that has been ongoing since at least July 2024 specifically targeting users in Poland and Germany

Legitimate-but-compromised websites are being used as a conduit to deliver a Windows backdoor dubbed BadSpace under the guise of fake browser updates

The WINELOADER backdoor used in recent cyber attacks targeting diplomatic entities with wine-tasting phishing lures has been attributed as the handiwork of a hacking group with links to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), which was responsible for breaching SolarWinds and Microsoft

Latest APT29 Campaign Uses a Previously Unseen Malware BackdoorA Russian hacking group is targeting German political parties as part of a Moscow-backed espionage campaign. The latest APT29 campaign marks the first time the group has been seen targeting political organizations, according to researchers at Mandiant.

Hackers tied to the North Korean government have been observed using an updated version of a backdoor known as Dtrack targeting a wide range of industries in Germany, Brazil, India, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the U.S

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of two medium-security flaws in Mitel 6800/6900 desk phones that, if successfully exploited, could allow an attacker to gain root privileges on the devices

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a number of malicious packages in the NPM registry specifically targeting a number of prominent companies based in Germany to carry out supply chain attacks