Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-01-02 07:00 PST
- The Kimwolf Botnet is Stalking Your Local Network
KrebsOnSecurity • 2026-01-02 06:20 • krebsonsecurity.com
The story you are reading is a series of scoops nestled inside a far more urgent Internet-wide security advisory. The vulnerability at issue has been exploited for months already, and it’s time for a broader awareness of the threat. The short version is that everything you thought you knew about the security of the internal network behind your Internet router probably is now dangerously out of date.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/01/the-kimwolf-botnet-is-stalking-your-local-network/ - Trust Wallet links $8.5 million crypto theft to Shai-Hulud NPM attack
BleepingComputer • 2026-01-02 06:19 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Trust Wallet believes the compromise of its web browser to steal roughly $8.5 million from over 2,500 crypto wallets is likely related to an “industry-wide” Sha1-Hulud attack in November. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/trust-wallet-links-85-million-crypto-theft-to-shai-hulud-npm-attack/ - Transparent Tribe Launches New RAT Attacks Against Indian Government and Academia
The Hacker News • 2026-01-02 05:52 • thehackernews.com
The threat actor known as Transparent Tribe has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting Indian governmental, academic, and strategic entities with a remote access trojan (RAT) that grants them persistent control over compromised hosts.
“The campaign employs deceptive delivery techniques, including a weaponized Windows shortcut (LNK) file masquerading as a legitimate PDF document
https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/transparent-tribe-launches-new-rat.html - Flock Exposes Its AI-Enabled Surveillance Cameras
Schneier on Security • 2026-01-02 04:05 • www.schneier.com404 Media has the story:
Unlike many of Flock’s cameras, which are designed to capture license plates as people drive by, Flock’s Condor cameras are pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras designed to record and track people, not vehicles. Condor cameras can be set to automatically zoom in on people’s faces as they walk through a parking lot, down a public street, or play on a playground, or they can be controlled manually, according to marketing mater…
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/01/flock-exposes-its-ai-enabled-surveillance-cameras.html - The ROI Problem in Attack Surface Management
The Hacker News • 2026-01-02 03:30 • thehackernews.com
Attack Surface Management (ASM) tools promise reduced risk. What they usually deliver is more information.
Security teams deploy ASM, asset inventories grow, alerts start flowing, and dashboards fill up. There is visible activity and measurable output. But when leadership asks a simple question, “Is this reducing incidents?” the answer is often unclear.
This gap between effort and
https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/the-roi-problem-in-attack-surface.html - Cybercriminals Abuse Google Cloud Email Feature in Multi-Stage Phishing Campaign
The Hacker News • 2026-01-02 01:14 • thehackernews.com
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a phishing campaign that involves the attackers impersonating legitimate Google-generated messages by abusing Google Cloud’s Application Integration service to distribute emails.
The activity, Check Point said, takes advantage of the trust associated with Google Cloud infrastructure to send the messages from a legitimate email address (“
https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/cybercriminals-abuse-google-cloud-email.html
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
