Famous Chollima, a threat group affiliated with North Korea’s Reconnaissance General Bureau, has significantly expanded its operational capabilities by integrating two potent malware strains: BeaverTail and OtterCookie. This convergence marks a critical evolution in the group’s attack methodology, targeting cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors with renewed sophistication. The merging of these toolsets reflects a deliberate shift […] The post North Korean Chollima Actors Added BeaverTail and OtterCookie to Its Arsenal appeared first on Cyber Security News.

Threat actors have launched a significant mass exploitation campaign targeting critical vulnerabilities in two popular WordPress plugins, GutenKit and Hunk Companion, affecting hundreds of thousands of websites globally. These vulnerabilities, discovered in September and October 2024, have resurfaced as an active threat in October 2025, demonstrating the persistent danger of unpatched installations. The attack vectors […] The post Hackers Actively Exploiting WordPress Arbitrary Installation Vulnerabilities in The Wild appeared first on Cyber Security News.

Cybercriminals continue to evolve their tactics for compromising systems, with recent campaigns demonstrating a significant shift from traditional fake update methods to more sophisticated social engineering approaches. Throughout 2025, threat actors have increasingly adopted the ClickFix technique as their primary delivery mechanism for deploying NetSupport Manager, a legitimate remote administration tool that has become attractive […] The post Hackers Leveraging ClickFix Technique to Deploy NetSupport RAT Loaders appeared first on Cyber Security News.