Palo Alto Networks Unit 42
Unauthorized Users Reportedly Gain Access to Anthropic’s Mythos AI Model
Jeffrey Burt | | AI cybersecurity risks, AI frontier models, Aisle AI, Anthropic Mythos, DeepSeek R1, IBM Consulting, OpenAI GPT-5.4-Cyber, Palo Alto Networks, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, Project Glasswing, Sonatype, VIdoc Security, vulnerability detection, Vulnerability Exploits
A group of unauthorized users reportedly has gained access to Anthropic’s controversial Claude Mythos Preview AI frontier model despite the AI vendor’s efforts to keep it out of public hands by limiting ...
Security Boulevard
Iran-Linked Threat Group Hacks FBI Director Kash Patel’s Personal Email
Jeffrey Burt | | data leak websites, ddos, Department of Justice (DOJ), FBI, FBI email hack, Flashpoint Research, Handala Hack, Iran hacker, Iran-Israel Conflict, Kash Patel, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, United States
Iran-linked threat group Handala hacked into the personal email account of FBI Director Kash Patel, posting photos of him and links to documents found in the account. The DOJ confirmed the attack, ...
Security Boulevard
Cyberattacks Spike 245% in the Two Weeks After the Start of War With Iran
Jeffrey Burt | | Akamai, china espionage, data wiper, ddos, Fatimion Cyber Team, Flashpoint, geopolitical tensions, Handala, Iran Hacker Groups, Iran-Israel Conflict, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, Russia, Stryker, United States
Akamai researchers saw a 245% spike in cyberattacks in the first two weeks after the start of the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran as Iranian nation-state groups and independent hacktivists launch ...
Security Boulevard
Threat Group Running Espionage Operations Against Dozens of Governments
Jeffrey Burt | | Cobalt Strike, cyberespionage, government attack, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, phishing attack, spying, Vulnerability Exploitation
Unit 42 researchers say an Asian threat group behind what they call the Shadow Campaigns has targeted government agencies in 37 countries in a wide-ranging global cyberespionage campaign that has involved phishing ...
Security Boulevard
Google Finds Five China-Nexus Groups Exploiting React2Shell Flaw
Jeffrey Burt | | Backdoor Exploit, china espionage, downloader, Google Threat Intelligence, Iran Hacker Groups, Malware, North Korean Threat Actors, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, RCE (Remote Code Execution), React2Shell Vulnerability, software flaw, Sysdig
Researchers with Google Threat Intelligence Group have detected five China-nexus threat groups exploiting the maximum-security React2Shell security flaw to drop a number of malicious payloads, from backdoors to downloaders to tunnelers ...
Security Boulevard
Attackers Worldwide are Zeroing In on React2Shell Vulnerability
Jeffrey Burt | | Backdoor malware, bitsight, China-linked Hackers, Huntress cybersecurity findings, malicious cryptomining, Mirai botnet, Next.js vulnerability, North Korean Hacking, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, React security flaw, React2Shell Vulnerability
Bad actors that include nation-state groups to financially-motivated cybercriminals from across the globe are targeting the maximum-severity but easily exploitable React2Shell flaw, with threat researchers see everything from probes and backdoors to ...
Security Boulevard
Exploitation Efforts Against Critical React2Shell Flaw Accelerate
Jeffrey Burt | | China-nexus cyber attacks, Cloud Threats, Cloudflare outage React patch, FBI, Next.js vulnerability, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, React vulnerability, React2Shell, Wiz
The exploitation efforts by China-nexus groups and other bad actors against the critical and easily abused React2Shell flaw in the popular React and Next.js software accelerated over the weekend, with threats ranging ...
Security Boulevard
BunnyLoader Malware: Modular Features Help Evade Detection
Wajahat Raja | | BunnyLoader malware, credential harvesting, cryptocurrency theft, Cybercrime Trends, Cybersecurity News, cybersecurity threats, data theft, Infection chains, Malware Analysis, Malware Detection, Malware evasion tactics, Malware Evolution, Modular malware, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42
In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats, a new variant of malware has emerged, posing significant challenges for detection and mitigation efforts. Known as BunnyLoader malware, it has recently undergone a transformation, ...

