Embargo ransomware, likely a BlackCat/Alphv successor, has netted $34.2M in crypto since mid-2024, researchers say. The Embargo ransomware group has processed $34.2M in crypto since emerging in April 2024,... Read more »
Germany’s top court ruled police can use spyware only for crimes punishable by at least three years in prison. Germany’s top court ruled that police may only use spyware... Read more »
WinRAR flaw CVE-2025-8088, fixed in v7.13, was exploited as a zero-day in phishing attacks to install RomCom malware. The WinRAR flaw CVE-2025-8088, a directory traversal bug fixed in version... Read more »
At Black Hat 2025, a former New York Times reporter warned that AI-driven cyber threats are accelerating and that only courage can guide the response. Read more »
Bouygues Telecom suffered a cyberattack that compromised the personal information of 6.4 million customers. French telecommunications company Bouygues Telecom suffered a cyberattack that resulted in the compromise of personal... Read more »
Columbia University was hit by a cyberattack, exposing personal data of over 860,000 students, applicants, and employees. Columbia University suffered a cyberattack that exposed the personal data of students,... Read more »
The three lines model is a risk management approach to help organizations identify and manage risks effectively by creating three distinct lines of defense. Read more »
SonicWall found no evidence of a new vulnerability after probing reports of a zero-day used in ransomware attacks. SonicWall investigated claims of a zero-day being used in ransomware attacks... Read more »
July turned into a surprisingly busy month. It started slowly with a fairly ‘calm’ Patch Tuesday as I forecasted in my last blog. Although there were 130 new CVEs... Read more »
As OpenAI’s latest large language model delivers smarter AI, experts are wary of the risks GPT-5 poses to human creativity Read more »
