Your cloud might flag the same issue across five tools — XDR, CSPM, SIEM, CMDB, and more.

Each reports it differently. None resolve it.

That’s the real challenge: detection is easy; remediation isn’t.

Learn how Pentera Resolve turns alerts into action → https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/bridging-remediation-gap-introducing.html

Which Industries Are Most at Risk for DDoS Attacks?

While DDoS attacks can hit any organization, some industries face far higher risk—and potentially greater impact when they do.

The latest DDoS Resiliency Score (DRS) report ranks the industries most frequently targeted and explains why.

Here's the list of the highest risk sectors. For the full list of industries, see here - https://thn.news/ddos-risk-map

Highest-risk sectors:
💰 Financial Services – Targets of hacktivism and extortion-driven outages.
⚡ Energy – At risk from politically or state-backed disruptions.
🏛️ Government – Frequent hacktivist targets, especially around elections.
🌐 Telecom – Increasingly hit by ransom-based attacks.
🎮 Gaming & Gambling – Vulnerable to extortion and competitive disruption.
💻 SaaS & Software – Susceptible to DDoS that erodes customer trust.

🚨 Developers, check your NuGet packages.

A fake NuGet package “Netherеum.All” — spelled with a Cyrillic ‘e’ — was stealing wallet keys from Ethereum .NET projects.

It even faked 11.7M downloads to look real.

Full story ↓ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/fake-nethereum-nuget-package-used.html

🔴 A fake “Zoom meeting” from Ukraine’s President’s Office just hacked aid workers. The CAPTCHA wasn’t real — it opened a live remote shell through WebSocket.

A one-day domain. Six months of setup. Russian servers behind it.

The trojan’s still active ↓ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/ukraine-aid-groups-targeted-through.html

⚠️ An Iranian hacking group used a real email account to plant a new backdoor in 100+ Middle East government networks.

They sent it through real diplomatic inboxes — and it worked.

Read ↓ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/iran-linked-muddywater-targets-100.html

🚨 CISA just warned about a critical bug in Motex Lanscope (CVE-2025-61932).

Hackers can take control of systems by sending one malicious packet.

It’s already being used in real attacks.

Fix it before Nov 12 ↓ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/critical-lanscope-endpoint-manager-bug.html

🚨 New Adobe Commerce flaw (CVE-2025-54236, CVSS 9.1) under active attack.

Over 250 exploit attempts in 24 hours—mostly on unpatched Magento sites.

PoC is public. Patch now.

Details → https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/over-250-magento-stores-hit-overnight.html

🎁 Hackers found a new jackpot — cloud gift cards.

A group called Jingle Thief broke into retail cloud systems and quietly issued fake gift cards for months, hiding inside Microsoft 365 accounts.

Full story ↓ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/jingle-thief-hackers-exploit-cloud.html

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🚨 Static secrets are fading fast.

Teams using managed identities cut 95% of credential hassle—yet hidden API keys still lurk in legacy systems.

The fix? Run NHI discovery to find every key, then migrate 70–80% to managed identities.

Your roadmap ↓ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/why-organizations-are-abandoning-static.html

From crypto fines to malware & data leaks — the week’s biggest cyber hits:

🇨🇦 Cryptomus fined $176M
🛰️ Starlink scam crackdown
🤖 AI vuln in Oat++ MCP
📧 Tykit phishing campaign

.... 15+ more important news stories.

Read the latest #ThreatsDay Bulletin 👇 https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/threatsday-bulletin-176m-crypto-fine.html

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North Korean hackers are posing as recruiters—again.

This time, they’re stealing drone tech from Europe’s defense firms.

The trap? A fake job PDF hiding a remote access tool.

It’s been active—undetected—since March.

Read → https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/north-korean-hackers-lure-defense.html

🚨 GlassWorm hits VS Code extensions — 14 infected builds, ~35K installs since Oct 17 2025.

It steals dev creds, drains crypto wallets, turns machines into bots — and auto-updates itself.

Read ↓ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/self-spreading-glassworm-infects-vs.html

🚨 Hackers turned YouTube into a malware factory. Over 3,000 fake “tutorials” hide stealers like Lumma and Rhadamanthys.

They hijack real channels — likes, comments, and all — to look legit.

Even that “Photoshop crack” or “Roblox cheat” video could infect you.

Read here ↓ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/3000-youtube-videos-exposed-as-malware.html

Your SOC passed every test.
But your people? Failed the real one.

Modern AEV tools prove your defenses work —
until humans enter the equation.

The next frontier of validation isn’t technical.
It’s behavioral ↓ https://thehackernews.com/expert-insights/2025/10/beyond-tools-why-testing-human.html

🚨 A bug in the FIA driver portal exposed Formula 1 drivers’ personal data — including passports and licenses.

Anyone could become an “admin” with a single API request.

The flaw is now fixed — but it was open for days ↓ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/threatsday-bulletin-176m-crypto-fine.html#admin-bug-exposes-formula-1-driver-data

India’s BOSS Linux systems are under silent attack.

A Pakistan-linked group just dropped a new Golang RAT — DeskRAT — hidden inside fake government PDFs.

It sticks around with 4 persistence tricks and steals files through WebSockets.

Read ↓ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/apt36-targets-indian-government-with.html

Microsoft just patched a critical WSUS flaw (CVE-2025-59287) — and attackers are already using it.

One crafted request = full SYSTEM control.

The twist? It comes from BinaryFormatter — the same tool Microsoft killed off last year.

Patch now ↓ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/microsoft-issues-emergency-patch-for.html

🚨 194,000 fake sites. $1B stolen.

The Smishing Triad is posing as USPS, banks, and toll services — all hosted on U.S. clouds to stay invisible.

Next target: brokerage accounts.

Full report ↓ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/smishing-triad-linked-to-194000.html