Remember Heartbleed? That security nightmare from a few years back that made everyone panic about their passwords? Well, meet its distant cousin: MongoBleed. And if you’re running MongoDB anywhere in your organization, you need to know about this one. What Actually Happened? In mid-December 2025, security researchers discovered a flaw in MongoDB (a popular database […]
Remember 2020? We scanned QR codes for everything. Restaurant menus. Parking meters. That awkward moment at a wedding when someone wanted you to scan a code instead of signing a guestbook. We got comfortable. Maybe too comfortable. QR Codes Threats: A Brief History CyberHoot wrote about this threat way back in 2019. Others, like ProofPoint, […]
Phishing emails used to be easy to spot. Bad grammar. Weird links. Obvious scams. Those days are over. According to The Hacker News, a new generation of AI-powered phishing kits is making attacks smarter, faster, and much harder to resist. These tools automate phishing campaigns that once required highly skilled attackers weeks to plan and […]
Cybercriminals always follow Internet eyeballs. Not literally, but figuratively. And today’s eyeballs are shifting. While Google Search still dominates, 20-26% of Americans have switched to AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity for information gathering, a number that’s growing monthly. Scammers are following this migration, moving their game from traditional SEO poisoning in Google results […]
Active Attacks on Messaging Apps The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently issued an urgent alert that should stop every organization in its tracks. Multiple threat groups are actively deploying commercial-grade spyware targeting popular messaging apps on iOS and Android devices. Their objective is clear: steal private conversations, track movements, and extract sensitive data […]
The world of work has changed enormously since COVID-19. Gone are the days when IT admins sat behind a corporate firewall with a neat row of local servers in a server room. Today, teams work from coffee shops, client sites, and home offices while critical systems live most often in the cloud. Even developers now […]
Let’s be honest, who hasn’t reset a password at least once this month? For decades, passwords have been our central digital authentication tool, but also the root cause of countless security breaches. They’re reused, forgotten, stolen, and phished with alarming ease. Today the tide may be turning. For years, CyberHoot has advocated for the benefits […]
In a shift away from the usual “hack-meets-victim” narrative, a new kind of cyber-assault is emerging. One where the adversary manipulates you into being your own attacker. According to a recent article from ZDNet titled “This new cyberattack tricks you into hacking yourself. Here’s how to spot it”, the tactic is simple yet potent. Social […]
In cybersecurity, not all attacks happen through fancy malware or zero-day exploits. Some of the most effective ones start with something much simpler, a look-alike website. This is where fraudulent and typo-squatted domains come in. Cybercriminals register domain names that closely resemble legitimate brands or organizations to trick users into revealing personal data, credentials, or […]
The rapid rise of generative AI has unlocked enormous promise, but it’s also accelerating the arms race in cyber threats. OpenAI’s recent “Disrupting Malicious Uses of AI” threat report highlights recent attack trends: adversaries aren’t inventing entirely new threats (attack methods), but instead or integrating AI into established attack vectors to drive dramatic increases in […]
