- Wazuh for Regulatory Complianceby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on 18/08/2025 at 10:15
Organizations handling various forms of sensitive data or personally identifiable information (PII) require adherence to regulatory compliance standards and frameworks. These compliance standards also apply to organizations operating in regulated sectors such as healthcare, finance, government contracting, or education. Some of these standards and frameworks include, but are not limited to:
- ERMAC V3.0 Banking Trojan Source Code Leak Exposes Full Malware Infrastructureby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on 16/08/2025 at 10:41
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed the inner workings of an Android banking trojan called ERMAC 3.0, uncovering serious shortcomings in the operators' infrastructure. "The newly uncovered version 3.0 reveals a significant evolution of the malware, expanding its form injection and data theft capabilities to target more than 700 banking, shopping, and cryptocurrency applications," Hunt.io
- Russian Group EncryptHub Exploits MSC EvilTwin Vulnerability to Deploy Fickle Stealer Malwareby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on 16/08/2025 at 05:34
The threat actor known as EncryptHub is continuing to exploit a now-patched security flaw impacting Microsoft Windows to deliver malicious payloads. Trustwave SpiderLabs said it recently observed an EncryptHub campaign that brings together social engineering and the exploitation of a vulnerability in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) framework (CVE-2025-26633, aka MSC EvilTwin) to trigger
- Taiwan Web Servers Breached by UAT-7237 Using Customized Open-Source Hacking Toolsby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on 15/08/2025 at 16:20
A Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat (APT) actor has been observed targeting web infrastructure entities in Taiwan using customized versions of open-sourced tools with an aim to establish long-term access within high-value victim environments. The activity has been attributed by Cisco Talos to an activity cluster it tracks as UAT-7237, which is believed to be active since at least 2022.
- U.S. Sanctions Garantex and Grinex Over $100M in Ransomware-Linked Illicit Crypto Transactionsby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on 15/08/2025 at 11:27
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday renewed sanctions against Russian cryptocurrency exchange platform Garantex for facilitating ransomware actors and other cybercriminals by processing more than $100 million in transactions linked to illicit activities since 2019. The Treasury said it's also imposing sanctions on Garantex's successor, Grinex