Cybersecurity News Bytes

Salesforce Experiences Widespread Credential Theft Campaign Multiple Salesforce customers have come under active attack from a coordinated campaign aimed at exfiltrating sensitive credentials, with indications that a nation-state may be…

Malicious npm Package Mimics Nodemailer to Hijack Cryptocurrency Transactions Attackers have released a malicious npm package impersonating the popular Nodemailer library, resulting in widespread attempts to hijack cryptocurrency transactions from…

Malicious npm Package Mimics Nodemailer to Hijack Crypto Transactions A major supply chain attack was identified in the JavaScript ecosystem involving a malicious npm package imitating the popular Nodemailer library.…

ScarCruft’s Operation HanKook Phantom: RokRAT Malware Targets South Korean Academics A new campaign attributed to the North Korea-affiliated ScarCruft group has been identified, involving a sophisticated phishing operation—Operation HanKook Phantom—that…

DaVita Dialysis Provider Data Breach Exposes Nearly One Million Patient Records In one of the largest healthcare breaches of 2025, US-based kidney dialysis provider DaVita confirmed that a ransomware attack…

WhatsApp Bans Millions of Accounts to Combat Global Scam Surge In August 2025, WhatsApp took decisive action by banning 6.8 million user accounts connected to global scam operations. The move…

Clinical Data Breach Impacts Nearly One Million DaVita Patients in Ransomware Attack The US kidney dialysis provider DaVita has disclosed a major cybersecurity incident involving the theft of sensitive patient…

Microsoft Patches Critical Teams Vulnerability Amid Remote Code Execution Risks This month, Microsoft addressed a major security flaw in Microsoft Teams, closing a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability before…

Major August 2025 Cybersecurity Incidents and Threats August 2025 saw a significant rise in both targeted and broad cyber threats affecting critical infrastructure, government, enterprise, and individual users worldwide. This…

WhatsApp Deletes 6.8 Million Accounts to Counter Global Scams WhatsApp recently announced an unprecedented removal of 6.8 million user accounts in the first half of 2025 as part of its…