In the rapidly evolving landscape of cyber threats, few groups have made as significant an impact as ShinyHunters. Emerging in 2020, this international cyber threat group has been responsible for several high-profile data breaches, causing substantial disruptions across various sectors. The Foresiet Threat Intelligence Team has been closely monitoring ShinyHunters' activities to understand their methods, targets, and the broader implications of their actions. How Does ShinyHunters Hack?

Polyfill.js is a popular open-source project that provides modern functionality on older browsers that do not support it natively; users embed it using the cdn.polyfill.io domain. On February 24, 2024, a Chinese company named Funnull acquired both the domain and the Github account. Following that acquisition, the developer, Andrew Betts, tweeted on his X account a warning for all of his service’s users urging them to remove any reference to polyfill from their code.

A security flaw that impacts specific versions of GitLab's Community and Enterprise Edition products was just detected. This vulnerability can be exploited to execute pipelines under any user's credentials. GitLab is a web-based DevOps platform offering tools for software development, version control, and project management. Launched as an open-source project in 2011, it has become a powerful solution used globally by millions.

In Arctic Wolf’s The State of Cybersecurity: 2024 Trends Report, we asked organizations what their primary area of concern was regarding cybersecurity, and for the third year running the answer was crystal clear: Ransomware.

Adversaries are not breaking in; they are logging in. The CrowdStrike 2024 Global Threat Report highlights an alarming trend: In 75% of cyberattacks detected in 2023, adversaries gained initial access through malware-free methods. This means they acquired valid credentials via techniques such as password spraying or phishing — or they simply purchased them off the dark web.

Would you trust AI to call 911? GitGuardian's ML engineer Nicolas posed this question at PyData Berlin, sparking a discussion on integrating ML into critical systems, debunking AI myths, and balancing innovation with safety in AI deployment.

Researchers at ESET warn that malvertising campaigns are impersonating AI tools to trick users into installing malware. The Rilide infostealer, for example, is being distributed via a malicious browser extension posing as Sora or Gemini. “In the case of the malicious browser extension, it is delivered to victims who have been duped into clicking on malicious ads, typically on Facebook, that promise the services of a generative AI model,” the researchers write.