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Google Workspace isnโ€™t secure by default.

Many startups operate with open sharing, broad app access, and limited oversight.

The risk? It often looks completely normal.

See how lean teams are locking it down โ†’ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/is-your-google-workspace-as-secure-as.html
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AI-driven attacks move faster than humans can react.

The real risk? Teams flying blind.

ANYRUN flips the script โ€” predicting attacks before they strike. 99% unique IOCs. Zero lag. Full context.

Early detection turns panic into power โ†’ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/why-early-threat-detection-is-must-for.html
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๐Ÿšจ North Koreaโ€“linked BlueNoroff is running two active campaigns โ€” GhostCall & GhostHire โ€” into 2025.

GhostCall fakes Zoom/Teams meetings to drop malware via bogus SDK โ€œupdates.โ€

GhostHire targets Web3 devs on Telegram with booby-trapped GitHub tests.

Full report โ†“ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/researchers-expose-ghostcall-and.html
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๐Ÿšจ New Android Trojan โ€˜Herodotusโ€™ is on the move.

Itโ€™s hitting phones in ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy & ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil โ€” stealing 2FA codes, logins, even lock PINs โ€” and typing like a human to slip past fraud detection.

๐Ÿ”— Read full report โ†’ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/new-android-trojan-herodotus-outsmarts.html
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๐Ÿ”ฅ Researchers just broke Intel & AMDโ€™s newest โ€œsecureโ€ enclaves โ€” again.

A sub-$1K hardware rig can steal attestation keys from fully patched systems running SGX, TDX, and SEV-SNP with Ciphertext Hiding.

Even constant-time crypto and DDR5 encryption couldnโ€™t stop it.

Learn how TEE-Fail cracks open AI and confidential VMs โ†“ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/new-teefail-side-channel-attack.html
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๐Ÿšจ CISA confirmed ACTIVE exploitation of new flaws in Dassault Systรจmesโ€™ DELMIA Apriso and XWiki.

One lets any guest run code.
Another gives full admin access.
Hackers are already dropping crypto miners.

Agencies have until Nov 18 to patch โ†“ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/active-exploits-hit-dassault-and-xwiki.html
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๐Ÿšจ 10 fake npm packages (~9.9K installs) hid a cross-platform info stealer.

It spawns a fake terminal, pulls a 24 MB payload from 195.133.79[.]43, and drains keyrings โ€” not just browser creds.

Instant access to email, cloud, VPNs, and prod DBs.

Read details โ†“ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/10-npm-packages-caught-stealing.html
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๐Ÿšจ Russian hackers breached Ukrainian networks โ€” no malware needed.

They hijacked Windows tools (PowerShell, RDPClip, OpenSSH) to steal data and stay hidden for months.

Real fileless persistence โ€” living in memory, invisible to AV.

Learn how they did it & how to detect it โ†“ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/russian-hackers-target-ukrainian.html
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๐Ÿ”ด The next big breach wonโ€™t start with a stolen password.

Itโ€™ll come from your own AI.

Agentic AIs are the new โ€œconfused deputiesโ€ โ€” doing what attackers tell them, with the access you gave them.

The scariest part? You trained the threat โ†“ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/preparing-for-digital-battlefield-of.html
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โšก Your AI-driven compliance might already be non-compliant.

Regulators arenโ€™t ready โ€” but you can be.

Join the live session Nov 3 to uncover hidden risks and real fixes.

Register free โ†’ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/discover-practical-ai-tactics-for-grc.html
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โš ๏ธ AI browsers like ChatGPT Atlas and Perplexity Comet can be tricked into using fake data.

A new exploit โ€” โ€œAI-targeted cloakingโ€ โ€” lets attackers show one version of a page to humans and another to AI crawlers.

Same old SEO trick.
New weapon: misinformation at scale.

Read how it works โ†“ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/new-ai-targeted-cloaking-attack-tricks.html
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๐Ÿšจ PHP servers are under attack.

Mirai, Mozi, and Gafgyt botnets are exploiting old CVEs to hijack WordPress and Craft CMS sites.

Some break-ins start from leftover PhpStorm debug sessions still running in production.

Check if yours is exposed โ†“ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/experts-reports-sharp-increase-in.html
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๐Ÿšจ PhantomRaven hit the npm registry โ€” 126 malicious packages, 86K+ installs, stealing npm tokens, GitHub creds, and CI/CD secrets.

They hide malware in remote dynamic dependencies that show 0 deps, so scanners miss them.

Details โ†’ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/phantomraven-malware-found-in-126-npm.html
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โšก Cybercrime just got quieter, cheaper, and a lot more precise.

๐Ÿ’ฅ DNS flaws exploited
๐Ÿ’ฅ Rust binaries hiding payloads
๐Ÿ’ฅ Supply-chain heists rising
๐Ÿ’ฅ New RATs everywhere

Your weekly ThreatsDay recap has it all โ†’ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/threatsday-bulletin-dns-poisoning-flaw.html
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๐Ÿšจ A single line of JavaScript can crash any Chromium browser.

Researcher Jose Pino calls it Brash โ€” it abuses how document.title handles rapid updates.

24 million title changes per second = instant crash.

Still unpatched. Details โ†“ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/new-brash-exploit-crashes-chromium.html
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โš ๏ธ โ€œPatch everythingโ€ is dead.

At the BAS Summit, CISOs said it straight โ€” not every vuln matters, only the exploitable ones do.

Breach simulation shows where you bleed, not where scanners scream.

Proof beats panic. Read how BAS powers real defense โ†’ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/the-death-of-security-checkbox-bas-is.html
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๐Ÿ”ฅ A tool built for defenders is now arming attackers.

AdaptixC2 โ€” an open-source C2 in Golang โ€” was made for red teams.

Now, Russian ransomware gangs use it in fake Microsoft Teams help-desk scams.

Details โ†“ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/russian-ransomware-gangs-weaponize-open.html
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๐Ÿ’€ Google says it blocks over 10 billion scam calls and messages every month.

But scammers have adapted โ€” theyโ€™ve gone social.

Now they send fake job offers in group chats, even adding fake โ€œfriendsโ€ to make it look real.

The new scam tactic most experts overlooked โ†“ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/googles-built-in-ai-defenses-on-android.html
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CISA added a new VMware zero-day to its KEV list.

CVE-2025-41244 (CVSS 7.8) lets local users on VMs with VMware Tools + Aria Operations gain root access.

Exploited since Oct 2024 by China-linked UNC5174.

Patch released last month โ†“ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/cisa-flags-vmware-zero-day-exploited-by.html
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Developers accidentally leaked VS Code tokens โ€” letting attackers publish fake extensions.

Eclipse has revoked the tokens and added new safeguards after a campaign dubbed โ€œGlassWorm.โ€

Read โ†’ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/eclipse-foundation-revokes-leaked-open.html
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A Mac app just bypassed macOS permission checks โ€” silently turning on the mic and camera.

ThreatLockerโ€™s new Device Access Control (DAC) for macOS, now in Beta, flags hidden risks like unencrypted drives, SMBv1, and weak sharing settings โ€” before attackers can exploit them.

Learn more โ†“ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/a-new-security-layer-for-macos-takes.html
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