North Korean actors blend ClickFix with new macOS backdoors in Crypto campaign
A financially motivated threat actor tracked as UNC1609 is using a ClickFix-style social engineering campaign to deploy multiple macOS malware families against crypto-focused organizations. According to new research from Google Cloud’s Mandiant, the activity recently targeted an employee at a company operating in the cryptocurrency and decentralized finance (DeFi) sector. The researchers said that the...
The Security Interviews: Mick Baccio, Splunk
Mick Baccio, global security advisor at Splunk SURGe and Cisco Foundation AI, reveals how the experience of running cyber on a dime for a US presidential campaign has informed how he does security, and why the basics still matter - Read more
Spam and phishing in 2025
The year in figures
99% of all emails sent worldwide and 43.27% of all emails sent in the Russian web segment were spam
50% of all spam emails were sent from Russia
Kaspersky Mail Anti-Virus blocked 144,722,674 malicious email attachments
Our Anti-Phishing system thwarted 554,002,207 attempts to follow phishing links
Phishing and scams in 2025
Entertainment-themed phishing attacks and scams
In 2025, online streaming services remained...
CVE-2026-21511 Microsoft Outlook Spoofing Vulnerability
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CVE-2026-21256 GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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Mispadu Phishing Malware Baseline: Delivery Chains, Capabilities, and Common Campaigns
By: Max Gannon, Intelligence TeamMispadu is a long-standing Banking Trojan that has only continued to grow in popularity since its first observation in 2019. Although originally appearing in small numbers, at the time of this analysis Mispadu is the top Latin American Banking Trojan that Cofense sees. Current campaigns are seen on a weekly basis, with initial phishing emails bypassing...
Patch Tuesday – February 2026
Microsoft is publishing 55 vulnerabilities this February 2026 Patch Tuesday. Microsoft is aware of exploitation in the wild for six of today’s vulnerabilities, and notes public disclosure for three of those. Earlier in the month, Microsoft provided patches to address three browser vulnerabilities, which are not included in the Patch Tuesday count above.Windows/Office triple trouble: zero-day security feature bypass...
New threat actor, UAT-9921, leverages VoidLink framework in campaigns
Cisco Talos recently discovered a new threat actor, UAT-9921, leveraging VoidLink in campaigns. Their activities may go as far back as 2019, even without VoidLink.The VoidLink compile-on-demand feature lays down the foundations for AI-enabled attack frameworks, which can create tools on-demand for their operators.Cisco Talos found clear indications that implants also exist for Windows, with the capability to load...






