What Happened and Who Was Affected: On July 24, 2025, Cisco confirmed a filthy vishing attack targeting one of its representatives. The employee was deceived over a phone call, enabling attackers to gain access to a third-party cloud-based CRM instance used by CiscoFrom that CRM dashboard, attackers extracted basic profile information of Cisco.com users, including names, email addresses, phone numbers, organization names,…
Between February and November 2024, state-sponsored threat actor CL-STA-0969 linked to China-based espionage group Liminal Panda targeted telecommunications infrastructure in Southeast Asia to establish persistent access and conduct network surveillance. According to Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42, attackers employed a range of custom implants and evasive techniques without evidence of data exfiltration. Key tools used…
In 2025, Proofpoint identified an ongoing phishing campaign abusing Microsoft OAuth applications to compromise Microsoft 365 accounts. Threat actors created malicious OAuth apps impersonating trusted services like Adobe, SharePoint, and DocuSign, using them as lures to redirect victims to attacker-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing sites. These sites, powered by the Tycoon Phishing-as-a-Service platform, captured credentials and session…
On July 28, 2025, the City of St. Paul, Minnesota, shut down its government IT systems in response to a cyberattack detected three days earlier. The attack targeted critical infrastructure, prompting city officials to take key systems offline to prevent further damage. While 911 and emergency services remained operational, internet-based services at City Hall, libraries,…
In late July 2025, threat hunters uncovered a stealthy Linux backdoor dubbed Plague, implemented as a malicious PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module). The implant enables silent bypass of authentication, persistent SSH access, and leaves minimal forensic traces, making it extremely difficult to detect. Plague has been in circulation since at least mid-2024, with multiple compiled variants…
In late July 2025, Arctic Wolf identified a surge in ransomware intrusions linked to SonicWall SSL VPNs, with evidence suggesting the exploitation of a likely zero-day vulnerability. Several incidents involved compromised VPN access despite devices being fully patched and protected with TOTP-based MFA. In many cases, accounts were breached shortly after credential rotations, pointing to…
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On July 29, 2025, Cursor, a widely used AI-powered code editor, released version 1.3 to patch a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025–54135 (CVSS 8.6). Discovered by Aim Security, the flaw dubbed “CurXecute”, allowed attackers to exploit Cursor’s integration with external Model Control Protocol (MCP) servers to execute arbitrary code. The issue…
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On July 29, Russian airline Aeroflot announced that it had stabilized flight operations after a major cyberattack disrupted its IT infrastructure the day before. While Aeroflot described the disruption as a “technical failure,” prosecutors are investigating it as a cyberattack. Two pro-Ukraine hacking groups, Belarusian Cyber Partisans and the newly emerged Silent Crow, claimed responsibility….
On Friday, 25 July, Orange Group detected a cyberattack targeting one of its internal information systems.Upon discovery, Orange’s response teams working closely with Orange Cyberdefense, immediately activated containment protocols. To limit the impact, several systems were isolated, which led to temporary disruptions affecting certain management services and platforms. The impact was primarily observed among Business…
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In a striking revelation, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) has uncovered major cybersecurity shortcomings at a prominent Northeastern hospital during a recent HIPAA audit. The findings serve as a wake-up call not just to one institution but to the entire healthcare ecosystem. What Was the Issue? This unnamed…
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