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CISA Contractor Leaks AWS GovCloud Keys on Public GitHub Repositorycriticalperson_alertThreat Actor
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CISA Contractor Leaks AWS GovCloud Keys on Public GitHub Repository

The threat actor is an insider—a contractor working for the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The individual intentionally published sensitive AWS GovCloud credentials and agency secrets to a public GitHub repository.

Amazon Web Services14:34 UTC
Ghostwriter Targets Ukrainian Government with Prometheus-Themed Phishinghighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Ghostwriter Targets Ukrainian Government with Prometheus-Themed Phishing

Ghostwriter (also tracked as UAC-0057 and UNC1151) is a Belarus-aligned threat actor known for conducting information operations and cyber espionage campaigns.

The Hacker News14:20 UTC
Screening Serpens: Iranian APT Targets Tech and Defense with RAT Malwarehighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Screening Serpens: Iranian APT Targets Tech and Defense with RAT Malware

Screening Serpens is an Iranian APT group attributed by Unit 42, conducting cyber espionage operations. The group is motivated by intelligence collection targeting technology and defense sectors, consistent with Iranian state interests in acquiring s…

Unit 42 (Palo Alto)11:00 UTC
Megalodon campaign injects 5,718 malicious commits into GitHub reposhighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Megalodon campaign injects 5,718 malicious commits into GitHub repos

Megalodon is an automated supply chain attack campaign targeting GitHub repositories. The actor's motivation appears to be exfiltration of CI/CD environment data, including secrets, tokens, and credentials stored in GitHub Actions workflows.

GitHub09:55 UTC
ROADtools Framework Misused in Nation-State Cloud Intrusionshighperson_alertThreat Actor
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ROADtools Framework Misused in Nation-State Cloud Intrusions

Multiple threat actors, including nation-state groups, are misusing the open-source ROADtools framework for cloud intrusions. ROADtools is a legitimate Azure AD reconnaissance toolkit designed for security assessments, but has been co-opted by advers…

Unit 42 (Palo Alto)08:00 UTC
Canadian National Arrested for Operating KimWolf DDoS Botnethighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Canadian National Arrested for Operating KimWolf DDoS Botnet

A Canadian national arrested by U.S. and Canadian authorities for operating the KimWolf DDoS botnet infrastructure. The operator managed a large-scale botnet that compromised nearly two million devices globally, offering DDoS-for-hire services.

BleepingComputer07:01 UTC
Jacob Butler Arrested for Operating Kimwolf DDoS Botnethighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Jacob Butler Arrested for Operating Kimwolf DDoS Botnet

Jacob Butler, also known as "Dort," is a 23-year-old Canadian national from Ottawa arrested by the U.S. Department of Justice for developing and operating the Kimwolf DDoS botnet.

The Hacker News06:50 UTC
Dort Arrested for Operating Kimwolf IoT Botnet in Multi-Million Device DDoS Campaignhighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Dort Arrested for Operating Kimwolf IoT Botnet in Multi-Million Device DDoS Campaign

Dort is a 23-year-old cybercriminal based in Ottawa, Canada, suspected of developing and operating the Kimwolf IoT botnet. Motivated by launching large-scale DDoS attacks, doxing, and swatting campaigns, Dort leveraged compromised IoT devices to buil…

Krebs on Security19:50 UTC
Showboat Linux Malware Targets Middle East Telecom Since Mid-2022highperson_alertThreat Actor
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Showboat Linux Malware Targets Middle East Telecom Since Mid-2022

The threat actor behind Showboat remains unattributed. The campaign demonstrates sophisticated targeting of telecommunications infrastructure in the Middle East, suggesting a motivated adversary with strategic intelligence collection objectives.

The Hacker News12:17 UTC
Chinese APT Deploys Showboat and JFMBackdoor Against Telecom Sectorhighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Chinese APT Deploys Showboat and JFMBackdoor Against Telecom Sector

Chinese state-sponsored threat actors conducting cyber-espionage operations against telecommunications infrastructure. The actors demonstrate cross-platform capabilities with custom Linux and Windows malware tooling.

BleepingComputer12:00 UTC
International Law Enforcement Seizes First VPN Service Used by Cybercriminalshighperson_alertThreat Actor
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International Law Enforcement Seizes First VPN Service Used by Cybercriminals

First VPN was a commercial VPN service exploited by multiple threat actors to anonymize their operations. The service provided infrastructure enabling cybercriminals to mask their origin during ransomware deployments and data exfiltration campaigns.

BleepingComputer11:09 UTC
18-Year-Old Infostealer Operator Arrested for Compromising 28K Accountshighperson_alertThreat Actor
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18-Year-Old Infostealer Operator Arrested for Compromising 28K Accounts

An 18-year-old individual from Odesa, Ukraine, identified by Ukrainian cyberpolice in coordination with U.S. law enforcement. The operator is suspected of deploying infostealer malware to harvest credentials and compromise user accounts.

BleepingComputer19:36 UTC
Microsoft Disrupts Fox Tempest Malware-Signing-as-a-Service Operationcriticalperson_alertThreat Actor
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Microsoft Disrupts Fox Tempest Malware-Signing-as-a-Service Operation

Fox Tempest is a threat actor attributed by Microsoft as operating a malware-signing-as-a-service (MSaaS) business model. The actor exploited Microsoft's Artifact Signing system to provide malicious code signing services to other cybercriminals, enab…

Microsoft12:36 UTC
Webworm Deploys EchoCreep and GraphWorm Backdoors via Discord and Graph APIhighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Webworm Deploys EchoCreep and GraphWorm Backdoors via Discord and Graph API

Webworm is a China-aligned advanced persistent threat (APT) actor first documented by Symantec in September 2022, with activity traced back to at least 2022.

Microsoft10:51 UTC
TeamPCP Lists GitHub Source Code for Sale After Repository Breachhighperson_alertThreat Actor
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TeamPCP Lists GitHub Source Code for Sale After Repository Breach

TeamPCP is a threat actor that has emerged in the cybercrime ecosystem, demonstrating capability to compromise high-value technology platforms. The actor's motivation appears financially driven, as evidenced by their decision to monetize stolen GitHu…

The Hacker News02:01 UTC
Microsoft Disrupts Malware-Signing-as-a-Service Operationhighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Microsoft Disrupts Malware-Signing-as-a-Service Operation

This operation involved cybercriminals abusing Microsoft's Artifact Signing service to provide malware-signing-as-a-service capabilities. The actors exploited legitimate code-signing infrastructure to generate fraudulent certificates, which were then…

BleepingComputer19:47 UTC
Fox Tempest Provides Malware-Signing Services to Ransomware Operatorshighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Fox Tempest Provides Malware-Signing Services to Ransomware Operators

Fox Tempest is a financially motivated cybercriminal actor that operates as a malware-signing service provider within the ransomware ecosystem. Rather than conducting attacks directly, Fox Tempest enables other threat actors—including Vanilla Tempest…

Microsoft Security13:07 UTC
ShinyHunters Claims 7-Eleven Data Breachhighperson_alertThreat Actor
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ShinyHunters Claims 7-Eleven Data Breach

ShinyHunters is a financially motivated cybercrime group known for large-scale data breaches and database theft. The group emerged around 2020 and has been linked to numerous high-profile data exfiltration incidents targeting organizations across var…

7-Eleven12:16 UTC
NCSC UK Issues Guidance on China-Nexus Covert Device Networkshighperson_alertThreat Actor
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NCSC UK Issues Guidance on China-Nexus Covert Device Networks

China-nexus threat actors are state-sponsored groups linked to the People's Republic of China. These actors are motivated by strategic intelligence collection, espionage, and maintaining persistent access to foreign networks.

NCSC UK10:00 UTC
NCSC UK Issues Advisory on China-Linked Covert Network Tacticshighperson_alertThreat Actor
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NCSC UK Issues Advisory on China-Linked Covert Network Tactics

China-linked threat actors employing covert network tactics to conceal malicious cyber activity. These actors are characterized by their use of sophisticated techniques to maintain persistent, stealthy access to compromised networks.

NCSC UK10:00 UTC
Fortinet FortiCloud SSO bypass exploited to extract LDAP passwordshighbug_reportVulnerability
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Fortinet FortiCloud SSO bypass exploited to extract LDAP passwords

Fortinet FortiGate appliances with FortiCloud SSO enabled. CVE-2025-59718 and CVE-2025-59719 allow authentication bypass. All FortiGate instances share a default static encryption key that enables decryption of LDAP credentials and private keys from…

CVE-2025-5971815:16 UTC
Ransomware Campaigns Target Slovenia via Email, RDP, and Exploitshighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Ransomware Campaigns Target Slovenia via Email, RDP, and Exploits

Unattributed ransomware operators targeting Slovenia. Motivation appears financially driven, consistent with commodity ransomware campaigns. No specific actor attribution available; likely represents multiple threat groups employing common ransomware…

SI-CERT (Slovenia)08:32 UTC