After nearly three months of consistent blogging, I’ve found that some stories stick with me not just because of the tech — but because of the human or organizational impact behind the breach or tactic. Today’s reads reinforced a few truths:
🐍 FIN7 Deploys Anubis Backdoor via SharePoint
The infamous FIN7 group is leveraging compromised SharePoint sites to drop Anubis backdoors on Windows systems. This marks yet another evolution in leveraging trusted platforms to deliver untrusted payloads.
🔗 https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/fin7-deploys-anubis-backdoor-to-hijack.html
🔐 Time to Ditch Third-Party Agents? Zero Trust as the Baseline
This write-up underscores what I’ve seen echoed in multiple recent attacks: third-party software and vendors are frequent weak links. Zero trust isn’t just a buzzword — it’s an architecture shift.
🔗 https://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com/in-the-shifting-threat-landscape-organizations-need-to-ditch-third-party-agents-and-embrace-zero-trust-security/
🇰🇵 DPRK IT Workers Slipping Through European Employment
North Korea-linked threat actors are reportedly obtaining work across Europe by posing as freelance IT workers. These operations quietly funnel income and access to malicious groups.
🔗 https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/dprk-it-workers-europe-employment
☁️ Google Patches Cloud Run Vulnerability
A critical vulnerability in Google Cloud Run was patched this week. This speaks to the need for continuous monitoring in serverless and ephemeral environments, where traditional patching doesn’t always apply.
🔗 https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/google-fixed-cloud-run-vulnerability.html
🧑⚖️ Gootloader Uses Google Ads & Legal Templates for Malware
Gootloader continues to evolve, now baiting victims through Google Ads and legal document downloads. People don’t expect malware hiding behind “contract_template.docx” — and attackers know it.
🔗 https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/gootloader-malware-google-ads-legal-docs
🔓 Outlaw Group and SSH Brute Forcing
SSH brute-force attacks have always been a problem — but now, they’re increasingly automated and targeted at SMBs and unpatched servers.
🔗 https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/outlaw-group-uses-ssh-brute-force-to.html
🧬 Call Stack Tampering Malware
Malware loaders are evolving again — this time with call stack tampering to avoid detection. These kinds of techniques are what make malware analysis a cat-and-mouse game.
🔗 https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/new-malware-loaders-use-call-stack.html
🧨 USB Hack Disables a Small Business
One of the most visceral reads this week: a small business paralyzed by a malicious USB drive. The story illustrates how even in 2025, physical vectors are still devastating when paired with human error.
🔗 https://osintteam.blog/the-usb-hack-that-left-a-small-business-paralyzed-a-cybersecurity-nightmare-in-2025-b3258f9aee56
🌐 Major Dark Web Network Takedown
An international task force busted the Kidflix network — reportedly the largest child abuse site on the dark web. The takedown included server seizures and over 60 identities shared with UK law enforcement.
🔗 https://hackread.com/dark-web-largest-child-abuse-network-kidflix-busted/
🔗 http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/dark-web-site-taken-offline-as-information-on-63-users-passed-to-uk-forces
🔄 Reflections
Today was a reminder that security isn’t just a network perimeter or detection platform. It’s behavioral. It’s architectural. It’s physical. It’s geopolitical.
It’s human.
Cybercrime isn’t slowing down — but neither are the defenders. The blog continues. Let’s get the image ready to reflect this mindset: a defender with a tired but focused stare, flanked by a mythical hybrid — part hawk, part shield. 🦅🛡️ Ready?
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