Massive scale: Over 1,300 suspicious domains registered between August and September 2025, with more than 1,200 specifically impersonating 23 top luxury brands. Coordinated effort: A…
Legitimate tool: Adaptix, an open-source post-exploitation framework for penetration testers, is being actively used by cybercriminals to deliver malicious payloads. Russian underworld: This framework’s ties…
Identified cause: Microsoft attributed a widespread Azure outage to an "inadvertent configuration change" within its Azure Front Door (AFD) content delivery network. Widespread impact: The…
Insider threat: Peter Williams, an Australian national and former general manager for a U.S. defense contractor, pleaded guilty to two counts of theft of trade…
Prolonged intrusion: A nation-state actor breached networks at Ribbon Communications and remained undetected for nearly a year. Target: The victim is Ribbon Communications, a Texas-based…
Novel Evasion Tactic: A sophisticated phishing technique has been identified that uses invisible Unicode characters in email subject lines. MIME Encoding Abuse: Attackers leverage MIME…
Network Expansion: IPVanish now operates 3,200+ servers across 150 locations in 113 countries. Privacy Upgrade: RAM-only infrastructure ensures no data logs, enhancing user security and…
Record VPN Downloads: Over 10.7 million VPN app downloads recorded in the UK in early 2025. Global Ranking: UK ranks eighth worldwide and leads G7…
Expanded Free Servers: Proton VPN adds five new free locations, bringing the total to ten countries. New VPN Architecture: Upcoming system boosts speed, reliability, anti-censorship,…
Free Trial Access: IPVanish offers a 7-day VPN trial on Android and iOS, no upfront payment. Full Features Included: Trial users get unlimited bandwidth, 140+…
Dual campaigns: The financially motivated BlueNoroff APT group is running two sophisticated campaigns targeting the Web3 and venture capital sectors. Social engineering: GhostCall uses fake…
No breach confirmed: Recent reports alleging a massive Gmail security breach have been officially declared false. Gmail's core systems were not compromised. Source of misunderstanding:…
Named target: MedImpact Healthcare Systems, a U.S.-based pharmacy benefit and health solutions company, has been named as a target. Threat actor: The Qilin ransomware group…
Growing trend: Several U.S. cities, including Cambridge, MA, and Eugene, OR, are halting the use of automated license plate reader cameras. Privacy violations: The primary…
New Feature: Surfshark adds AI-powered email scam checker to Chrome extension and Gmail. Functionality: Detects phishing, fake senders, and malicious links using Surfshark’s secure AI…
Dr. Allan Friedman – NetRiseFormer CISA Senior Advisor Dr. Allan Friedman, widely known as the Father of SBOMs, has joined NetRise as a strategic advisor.…
High-volume attacks: Qilin ransomware is highly active, attacking over 40 victims per month in the second half of 2025, primarily targeting the manufacturing sector. Double-extortion…
Significant seizure: A U.S. Secret Service operation in Maryland on October 22-23 resulted in the removal of 22 illegal card skimming devices. Widespread inspection: Law…
Sophisticated espionage: A cyber-espionage campaign dubbed "Operation ForumTroll" targets organizations in Russia and Belarus with spear-phishing attacks. Zero-day exploit: The campaign utilized a sophisticated zero-day…
Threat actor claim: The Qilin ransomware gang alleges it has breached the network of the City of Sugar Land, Texas. Data exfiltration: The group claims…
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