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The Cybersecurity Council Of The Philippines Is Launched
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jun. 18, 2025 – Read the full story in BusinessWorld The Philippines is ranked among the top 10 countries in terms of users attacked by malware, phishing attempts, and ransomware. Major Philippine institutions — from government agencies to hospitals and universities — have…
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Google Chrome Zero-Day CVE-2025–2783 Exploited by TaxOff to Deploy Trinper Backdoor
Chrome and Yandex zero-days exploited to deploy Trinper backdoor via phishing; Russian entities targeted. Go to Source
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Qilin Ransomware Adds “Call Lawyer” Feature to Pressure Victims for Larger Ransoms
The threat actors behind the Qilin ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) scheme are now offering legal counsel for affiliates to put more pressure on victims to pay up, as the cybercrime group intensifies its activity and tries to fill the void left by its rivals. The new feature takes the form of a “Call Lawyer” feature on the…
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Iran’s State TV Hijacked Mid-Broadcast Amid Geopolitical Tensions; $90M Stolen in Crypto Heist
Cybersecurity firm Radware said nearly 40% of all hacktivist DDoS activity has been directed against Israel since the onset of the latest flare-up. On June 17, the hacktivist group DieNet warned it would launch cyber-attacks at the United States should it join the conflict against Iran. The message has since been amplified by other groups…
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Massive 7.3 Tbps DDoS Attack Delivers 37.4 TB in 45 Seconds, Targeting Hosting Provider
“Hosting providers and critical Internet infrastructure have increasingly become targets of DDoS attacks,” Cloudflare’s Omer Yoachimik said. “The 7.3 Tbps attack delivered 37.4 terabytes in 45 seconds.” Earlier this January, the web infrastructure and security company said it had mitigated a 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack aimed at an unnamed internet service provider (ISP) from Eastern…
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200+ Trojanized GitHub Repositories Found in Campaign Targeting Gamers and Developers
A new cybersecurity campaign has exposed 67 trojanized GitHub repositories, targeting gamers and developers with malicious Python tools. Go to Source
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New Android Malware Surge Hits Devices via Overlays, Virtualization Fraud, and NFC Theft
Cybersecurity researchers have exposed the inner workings of an Android malware called AntiDot that has compromised over 3,775 devices as part of 273 unique campaigns. “Operated by the financially motivated threat actor LARVA-398, AntiDot is actively sold as a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) on underground forums and has been linked to a wide range of mobile campaigns,”…
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1,500+ Minecraft Players Infected by Java Malware Masquerading as Game Mods on GitHub
The campaign is suspected to be the work of a Russian-speaking threat actor owing to the presence of several artifacts written in the Russian language and the timezone of the attacker’s commits (UTC+03:00). It’s estimated that more than 1,500 devices may have fallen prey to the scheme. “This case highlights how popular gaming communities can…
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Cloudflare blocks record 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack against hosting provider
Cloudflare says it mitigated a record-breaking distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in May 2025 that peaked at 7.3 Tbps, targeting a hosting provider. DDoS attacks flood targets with massive amounts of traffic with the sole aim to overwhelm servers and create service slowdowns, disruptions, or outages. This new attack, which is 12% larger than…
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No, the 16 billion credentials leak is not a new data breach
News broke today about “one of the largest data breaches in history,” sparking wide media coverage filled with warnings and fear-mongering. However, it appears to just be a compilation of previously leaked credentials stolen by infostealers, exposed in data breaches, and via credential stuffing attacks. To be clear, this is not a new data breach,…