Month: August 2025

Ransomware Attacks Fall by Almost Half in Q2 Summary A press release analysing ransomware activity in Q2 2025 reports a substantial overall decline in incidents: June recorded 371 attacks (a…

PwC Announces Addition of Morgan Adamski to Leadership of Cyber, Data & Technology Risk Platform Summary PwC has appointed Morgan Adamski as a US leader in its Cyber, Data &…

How an AI-Based ‘Pen Tester’ Became a Top Bug Hunter on HackerOne Summary At Black Hat USA 2025, Brendan Dolan-Gavitt of XBOW demonstrated an autonomous, AI-driven penetration-testing tool that became…

What the LockBit 4.0 Leak Reveals About RaaS Groups Summary The May 7 leak of LockBit’s 4.0 affiliate panel exposed thousands of chat messages, ransomware builds and cryptowallet data, pulling…

Patch Now: Attackers Target OT Networks via Critical RCE Flaw Summary Researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 have observed active exploitation of a critical remote code execution vulnerability in…

Whispers of XZ Utils Backdoor Live on in Old Docker Images Summary Binarly’s Aug 12th research found remnants of the infamous XZ Utils backdoor in older Docker images hosted on…

Alarm raised over ‘high-severity’ vulnerabilities in Matrix messaging protocol Summary The Matrix Foundation released an off-cycle security update to patch two “high-severity” vulnerabilities in the Matrix federated messaging protocol. The…

Pennsylvania attorney general says cyberattack knocked phone, email systems offline Summary The Office of the Attorney General of Pennsylvania reported a cyberattack that has taken its phone and email systems…

Estonians behind $577 million cryptomining fraud sentenced to 16 months Summary Two Estonian nationals, Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, have been sentenced in Washington state to 16 months in prison…