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SmartApeSG Uses ClickFix to Deploy NetSupport RAT

The SmartApeSG campaign, also known as ZPHP and HANEYMANEY, continues to evolve its infection tactics, pivoting to ClickFix-style attack vectors. Security researchers have documented the campaign’s latest methodology, which uses deceptive fake CAPTCHA pages to trick users into executing malicious…

The State of Ransomware in Q3 2025

The ransomware landscape in Q3 2025 has reached a critical inflection point. Despite multiple law enforcement takedowns earlier in the year, ransomware attacks remain at historically high levels. Check Point Research tracked 1,592 new victims across 85 active extortion groups,…

Images

In writing Investigating Windows Systems, published in 2018, I made use of publicly available images found on the Internet. Some were images posted as examples of techniques, others were posted by professors running courses, and some were from CTFs. If…

Multiple Kibana Vulnerabilities Enables SSRF and XSS Attacks

Elastic Security has disclosed critical vulnerabilities affecting Kibana that could enable attackers to execute Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) and Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks against vulnerable deployments. The vulnerabilities stem from inadequate origin validation in the Observability AI Assistant component. The…

Top 3 Malware Families in Q4: How to Keep Your SOC Ready

Q3 showed sharp growth in malware activity as Lumma AgentTesla and Xworm drove access and data theft forcing SOC teams toward quicker behavior checks This article has been indexed from Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, Tech, AI, Crypto and…