Prajeet Nair

New Delhi

Assistant Editor, Global News Desk at Information Security Media Group (ISMG)

Assistant Editor - Global News Desk at Information Security Media Group. Anything related to Cybersecurity? PLEASE DM. Tweets are personal. From Amarkantak.

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Chinese Hackers Turn Unpatched Routers Into ORB Spy Network

5 days ago | thetechstreetnow.com | Prajeet Nair

29 minutes ago bankinfosecurity ShortLeash Backdoor Hijacks SOHO Linux Devices Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • June 23, 2025 Likely Chinese nation-state hackers are converting Internet of Things devices including Ruckus Wireless home routers into an operational relay box network - a run of infections creating more digital infrastructure almost certainly used for cyberespionage.
Chinese Hackers Turn Unpatched Routers into ORB Spy Network

5 days ago | bankinfosecurity.com | Prajeet Nair

ShortLeash Backdoor Hijacks SOHO Linux Devices Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • June 23, 2025 Image: Shutterstock Likely Chinese nation-state hackers are converting Internet of Things devices including Ruckus Wireless home routers into an operational relay box network - a run of infections creating more digital infrastructure almost certainly used for cyberespionage.
Beware the CyberAv3ngers

1 week ago | bankinfosecurity.com | Prajeet Nair

Iranian OT Hacking Team Has Gone Quiet … Too Quiet Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • June 20, 2025 Screen of a Unitronics device hacked in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 25, 2023 (Image: Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa) Missile exchanges between Iran and Israel and the prospect of U.S. armed intervention against Tehran has cyber defenders warning that American critical infrastructure could become a target of Iranian hackers.
Beware the CyberAv3ngers

1 week ago | bankinfosecurity.eu | Prajeet Nair

Critical Infrastructure Security , Governance & Risk Management , Operational Technology (OT) Iranian OT Hacking Team Has Gone Quiet … Too Quiet Missile exchanges between Iran and Israel and the prospect of U.S. armed intervention against Tehran has cyber defenders warning that American critical infrastructure could become a target of Iranian hackers.
Godfather Malware Turns Real Banking Apps Into Spy Tools

1 week ago | thetechstreetnow.com | Prajeet Nair

5 minutes ago bankinfosecurity New Variant Uses Virtualization to Weaponize Legit Apps, Stealing Data in Real Time Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • June 18, 2025 A banking Trojan known for mimicking mobile app login pages has gone to the next level by copying and pasting real mobile banking apps into a virtual environment it creates on infected smartphones, researchers said.
Godfather Malware Turns Real Banking Apps Into Spy Tools

1 week ago | bankinfosecurity.com | Prajeet Nair

New Variant Uses Virtualization to Weaponize Legit Apps, Stealing Data in Real Time Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • June 18, 2025 A banking Trojan known for mimicking mobile app login pages has gone to the next level by copying and pasting real mobile banking apps into a virtual environment it creates on infected smartphones, researchers said.
Malicious PyPI Package Targets Developer Credentials

1 week ago | bankinfosecurity.com | Prajeet Nair

JFrog uncovers multi-stage malware harvesting cloud secrets Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • June 17, 2025 Image: Shutterstock Multi-stage malware embedded in a Python package is stealing sensitive cloud infrastructure data, JFrog researchers said Monday. See Also: SASE and Zero Trust: The Backbone of Integrated Security (eBook) The JFrog Security Research team disclosed its discovery of a malicious package named chimera-sandbox-extensions on the Python Package Index or PyPI.
Microsoft-Signed Firmware Module Bypasses Secure Boot

1 week ago | inforisktoday.co.uk | Prajeet Nair

Endpoint Security , Hardware / Chip-level Security UEFI Vulnerability Threatens Systems with Silent Compromise Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • June 15, 2025 Image: Shutterstock Hackers could circumvent the protections of Secure Boot by silently disabling it through an attack that potentially affects a wide swath of Windows laptops and servers.
Microsoft-Signed Firmware Module Bypasses Secure Boot

1 week ago | bankinfosecurity.com | Prajeet Nair

Endpoint Security , Hardware / Chip-level Security UEFI Vulnerability Threatens Systems with Silent Compromise Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • June 15, 2025 Image: Shutterstock Hackers could circumvent the protections of Secure Boot by silently disabling it through an attack that potentially affects a wide swath of Windows laptops and servers.
Microsoft-Signed Firmware Module Bypasses Secure Boot

1 week ago | thetechstreetnow.com | Prajeet Nair

29 minutes ago bankinfosecurity UEFI Vulnerability Threatens Systems with Silent Compromise Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • June 15, 2025 Hackers could circumvent the protections of Secure Boot by silently disabling it through an attack that potentially affects a wide swath of Windows laptops and servers. The attack has limitations: Microsoft issued a patch this month and hackers would already need admin access and physical access to a target machine.