Threatline

Cyber Security News From Around The World

Latest news as of 7/27/2025, 11:59:17 AM

Dark Reading

4 days ago

US Nuclear Agency Hacked in Microsoft SharePoint Frenzy

Threat actors are piling on the zero-day vulnerabilities in SharePoint, including at least three Chinese nation-state cyberespionage groups.

The Hacker News

4 days ago

Threat Actor Mimo Targets Magento and Docker to Deploy Crypto Miners and Proxyware

The threat actor behind the exploitation of vulnerable Craft Content Management System (CMS) instances has shifted its tactics to target Magento CMS and misconfigured Docker instances. The activity has been attributed to a threat actor tracked as Mimo (aka Hezb), which has a long history of leveraging N-day security flaws in various web applications to deploy cryptocurrency miners. "Although

The Register

4 days ago

Microsoft SharePoint victim count hits 400+ orgs in ongoing attacks

US DOE among breached government agencies More than 400 organizations have been compromised in the Microsoft SharePoint attack, according to Eye Security, which initially sounded the alarm on the mass exploitation last Friday, even before Redmond confirmed the critical vulnerabilities.…

Dark Reading

4 days ago

Stop AI Bot Traffic: Protecting Your Organization's Website

As crawlers and bots bog down websites in the era of AI, some researchers say that the solution for the Internet's most vulnerable websites is already here.

Bleeping Computer

4 days ago

Proton launches privacy-respecting encrypted AI assistant Lumo

Proton has launched a new tool called Lumo, offering a privacy-first AI assistant that does not log user conversations and doesn't use their prompts for training. [...]

Bleeping Computer

4 days ago

Hackers fooled Cognizant help desk, says Clorox in $380M cyberattack lawsuit

Clorox is suing IT giant Cognizant for gross negligence, alleging it enabled a massive August 2023 cyberattack by resetting an employee's password for a hacker without first verifying their identity. [...]

Graham Cluley

4 days ago

UK to ban public sector from paying ransomware demands

Ransomware, considered by British authorities to be the UK's greatest cybercrime threat, costing the nation billions of pounds and with the capbility to bring essential services to a standstill, is in the gunsights of government. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

Bleeping Computer

4 days ago

ChatGPT is rolling out 'personality' toggles to become your assistant

OpenAI is rolling out a new "personality" feature on the ChatGPT web app. This allows you to choose between multiple personalities, such as "Robot." [...]

Bleeping Computer

4 days ago

US nuclear weapons agency hacked in Microsoft SharePoint attacks

Unknown threat actors have breached the National Nuclear Security Administration's network in attacks exploiting a recently patched Microsoft SharePoint zero-day vulnerability chain. [...]

The Register

4 days ago

VMware prevents some perpetual license holders from downloading patches

Despite pledging help for those who don’t sign for subs, Broadcom says validating their entitlements will delay support Some customers of Broadcom’s VMware business currently cannot access security patches, putting them at greater risk of attack.… Exclusive