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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/13/2026 > week-in-review-linux-rootkit-deployed-on-f5-big-ip-apm-devices-cisco-fmc-bugs-exploited

Week in review: Linux rootkit deployed on F5 BIG-IP APM devices, Cisco FMC bugs exploited

13+ hour, 17+ min ago   (1419+ words) Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Zero trust AI agents demand a different kind of security In this interview, Chris Webber, VP, Product Marketing at Teleport, explains why zero trust principles…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/10/2026 > browser-based-phishing-blob-urls-microsoft-oauth

Cybercriminals are building phishing pages that exist only inside victims' browsers

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (352+ words) A phishing campaign routes victims through genuine Microsoft OAuth and Teams infrastructure before showing them a fake login page built entirely inside their own browser, according to researchers at Barracuda. “Instead of delivering a phishing page from a web server,…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/09/2026 > f5-big-ip-apm-rootkit-hides-web-shell-in-memory

Hackers deploy Linux rootkit on F5 BIG-IP APM devices, hiding web shell in memory

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (508+ words) A rootkit found on hacked F5 BIG-IP APM devices skips the usual step of writing a web shell to disk, hiding it in memory instead, according to Sophos. F5 BIG-IP APM provides access policy enforcement to secure access to apps, APIs, and…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/08/2026 > vishing-microsoft-365-data-theft-extortion

IT help-desk vishing tricks executives into handing over Microsoft 365 access

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (394+ words) IT help-desk vishing calls, stolen session tokens, and sign-ins routed through residential proxies are behind a wave of data theft and extortion against Microsoft 365 and other SaaS accounts, according to Arctic Wolf. The company is tracking the activity under the…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/08/2026 > ransomware-negotiation-tactics-video

Ransomware negotiation tactics have turned into a business process

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (153+ words) In this Help Net Security video, Dave Ross, Senior Director of the Intelligence Fusion Team at Intel 471, explains what happens behind the scenes during ransomware negotiations. Ross walks through the tactics groups use once an attack begins, from research on…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/06/2026 > week-in-review-claude-accounts-compromised-through-infostealer-patch-tuesday-forecast

Week in review: Claude accounts compromised through infostealer, Patch Tuesday forecast

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (1297+ words) Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Anthropic locks out Claude users after infostealers hijack login sessions Anthropic has started locking users out of their Claude accounts due to their login sessions…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/03/2026 > russian-national-indicted-freelance-platform-malware

Russian man indicted for spreading malware to 80,000 freelancers

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (304+ words) A Russian national accused of using fake accounts on a freelance employment platform to spread malware to approximately 80,000 users has been indicted by a federal grand jury in California. Searzhudin Tamirlanovich Aktulaev, 40, faces charges of conspiracy, transmission of malicious code,…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/03/2026 > github-threat-intelligence-feed-ingestion

Your threat feed is someone else's database: What ingesting malware intel at scale takes

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (354+ words) There are five lessons that survived production and none of them care whether you are ingesting package malware reports, OSV records, or ISAC indicators. If community data feeds your automation, they apply to you. Provenance belongs on the same shelf…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/02/2026 > sality-botnet-disruption-crowdstrike-law-enforcement

Global sinkhole operation ends Sality botnet???s 23-year run

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (463+ words) Sality, a peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet that had been running for 23 years and infecting more than 15,000 machines worldwide, has been taken down in a joint operation by international law enforcement agencies, working with CrowdStrike and the Shadowserver Foundation. The operation cut Sality’s…...

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helpnetsecurity.com > 08/24/2026 > android-malware-car-head-unit-badbox

Android car head units infected with proxy botnet malware through built-in software updaters

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (466+ words) A newly discovered Android malware, distributed through the built-in updaters in affected Android-based car head units, turns infected devices into ad-fraud tools and nodes in a proxy botnet, Kaspersky has found. According to the researchers, it’s the first documented case…...