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Chinese Nation-State Hackers Used a Custom Utility to Capture PacketsChinese hackers who infiltrated U.S. telecoms likely only used one, known Cisco vulnerability, says Cisco's cybersecurity unit. Otherwise, the Chinese nation-state cyberespionage operation known as Salt Typhoon used stolen login credentials living-off-the-land techniques, says Cisco Talos.

The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warns that a Craft CMS remote code execution flaw is being exploited in attacks. [...]

Cisco has confirmed that a Chinese threat actor known as Salt Typhoon gained access by likely abusing a known security flaw tracked as CVE-2018-0171, and by obtaining legitimate victim login credentials as part of a targeted campaign aimed at major U.S. telecommunications companies

A high-severity security flaw impacting the Craft content management system (CMS) has been added by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation

The Chinese state-sponsored Salt Typhoon hacking group uses a custom utility called JumbledPath to stealthily monitor network traffic and potentially capture sensitive data in cyberattacks on U.S. telecommunication providers. [...]

A survey by IANS and Artico found significant regional variation in cybersecurity salary levels across North America

New Pentagon CISO Appointed as Pentagon Budget Cuts LoomThe White House appointed a Trump ally and former Department of Defense cybersecurity official as DOD CISO, an unexpected return to the Pentagon for an official previously removed under a cloud of security concerns. Arrington returns to the Pentagon just as it faces budget cuts.

DOJ Says Contractor Falsely Claimed to Meet Critical Cyber RequirementsA military health benefits administrator has agreed to pay $11.2 million to settle allegations that the company falsely certified compliance with cybersecurity requirements - including patch management - for three years in a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense.

A new JavaScript obfuscation method utilizing invisible Unicode characters to represent binary values is being actively abused in phishing attacks targeting affiliates of an American political action committee (PAC). [...]

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added two security flaws impacting Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS and SonicWall SonicOS SSLVPN to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation

Investment Led by Bain Capital to Enhance Predictive Threat Detection CapabilitiesDream raised $100 million in Series B funding from Bain Capital on a $1.1 billion valuation to enhance its proprietary Cyber Language Model and expand globally, with a focus on U.S. market entry to address growing national security threats through AI-driven cybersecurity and predictive solutions.

Carding -- the underground business of stealing, selling and swiping stolen payment card data -- has long been the dominion of Russia-based hackers. Happily, the broad deployment of more secure chip-based payment cards in the United States has weakened the carding market. But a flurry of innovation from cybercrime groups in China is breathing new life into the carding industry, by turning phished card data into mobile wallets that can be used online and at main street stores.

PLUS: Pacific islands targeted by Chinese APT; China’s new rocket soars; DeepSeek puts Korea in a pickle; and more Asia In Brief The head of Fujitsu’s North American operations has warned that the Trump administration’s tariff plans will be bad for business.…

A new malware called FinalDraft has been using Outlook email drafts for command-and-control communication in attacks against a ministry in a South American country. [...]