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- Rogue npm Packages Mimic Telegram Bot API to Plant SSH Backdoors on Linux Systemsby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on 19 April 2025 at 3:11 pm
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered three malicious packages in the npm registry that masquerade as a popular Telegram bot library but harbor SSH backdoors and data exfiltration capabilities. The packages in question are listed below - node-telegram-utils (132 downloads) node-telegram-bots-api (82 downloads) node-telegram-util (73 downloads) According to supply chain
- ASUS Confirms Critical Flaw in AiCloud Routers; Users Urged to Update Firmwareby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on 19 April 2025 at 8:52 am
ASUS has disclosed a critical security flaw impacting routers with AiCloud enabled that could permit remote attackers to perform unauthorized execution of functions on susceptible devices. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-2492, has a CVSS score of 9.2 out of a maximum of 10.0. "An improper authentication control vulnerability exists in certain ASUS router firmware series,"
- Chinese Smishing Kit Powers Widespread Toll Fraud Campaign Targeting U.S. Users in 8 Statesby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on 18 April 2025 at 3:15 pm
Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a "widespread and ongoing" SMS phishing campaign that's been targeting toll road users in the United States for financial theft since mid-October 2024. "The toll road smishing attacks are being carried out by multiple financially motivated threat actors using the smishing kit developed by 'Wang Duo Yu,'" Cisco Talos researchers Azim Khodjibaev, Chetan
- Multi-Stage Malware Attack Uses .JSE and PowerShell to Deploy Agent Tesla and XLoaderby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on 18 April 2025 at 12:03 pm
A new multi-stage attack has been observed delivering malware families like Agent Tesla variants, Remcos RAT, and XLoader. "Attackers increasingly rely on such complex delivery mechanisms to evade detection, bypass traditional sandboxes, and ensure successful payload delivery and execution," Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researcher Saqib Khanzada said in a technical write-up of the campaign. The
- [Webinar] AI Is Already Inside Your SaaS Stack — Learn How to Prevent the Next Silent Breachby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on 18 April 2025 at 9:45 am
Your employees didn’t mean to expose sensitive data. They just wanted to move faster. So they used ChatGPT to summarize a deal. Uploaded a spreadsheet to an AI-enhanced tool. Integrated a chatbot into Salesforce. No big deal—until it is. If this sounds familiar, you're not alone. Most security teams are already behind in detecting how AI tools are quietly reshaping their SaaS environments. And