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Tudou Guarantee Marketplace Halts Telegram Transactions After Processing Over $12 Billion

A Telegram-based guarantee marketplace known for advertising a broad range of illicit services appears to be winding down its operations. The closure of Tudou is a significant blow to the Southeast Asian scam economy.

Google Gemini Prompt Injection Flaw Exposed Private Calendar Data via Malicious Invites

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a security flaw that leverages indirect prompt injection targeting Google Gemini as a way to bypass authorization guardrails and use Google Calendar as a data extraction mechanism.

New StackWarp Hardware Flaw Breaks AMD SEV-SNP Protections on Zen 1–5 CPUs

A new hardware vulnerability, named StackWarp, has been identified in AMD processors, specifically affecting Zen 1 through Zen 5 models. This flaw allows attackers with privileged control over host servers to execute malicious code within CVMs.

China-Linked APT Exploits Sitecore Zero-Day in Attacks on American Critical Infrastructure

A China-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) group, identified as UAT-8837, has been exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in Sitecore (CVE-2025-53690, CVSS score: 9.0) to target critical infrastructure sectors in North America.

Cisco Patches Zero-Day RCE Exploited by China-Linked APT in Secure Email Gateways

Cisco has patched a critical 0-day vulnerability in its AsyncOS Software for Secure Email Gateway and Secure Email and Web Manager. This vulnerability, exploited by a China-linked APT group, allows RCE due to insufficient validation of HTTP requests.

PLUGGYAPE Malware Uses Signal and WhatsApp to Target Ukrainian Defense Forces

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disclosed details of new cyber attacks targeting its defense forces with malware known as PLUGGYAPE between October and December 2025.

MuddyWater Launches RustyWater RAT via Spear-Phishing Across Middle East Sectors

The Iranian threat actor known as MuddyWater has been attributed to a spear-phishing campaign targeting diplomatic, maritime, financial, and telecom entities in the Middle East with a Rust-based implant codenamed RustyWater.

WhatsApp Worm Spreads Astaroth Banking Trojan Across Brazil via Contact Auto-Messaging

A new campaign, codenamed Boto Cor-de-Rosa, is using WhatsApp to distribute the Astaroth banking trojan across Brazil. This malware targets users by automatically sending malicious messages to their WhatsApp contacts.

Two Chrome Extensions Caught Stealing ChatGPT and DeepSeek Chats from 900,000 Users

Two malicious Chrome extensions have been identified, targeting over 900,000 users by exfiltrating conversations from ChatGPT and DeepSeek. These extensions impersonate legitimate ones and request permissions to collect anonymized data.

Russia-Aligned Hackers Abuse Viber to Target Ukrainian Military and Government

UAC-0184 has been targeting Ukrainian military and government entities using the Viber messaging platform. The attack involves distributing malicious ZIP archives containing LNK files disguised as Microsoft Word and Excel documents.

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