Summary Recent reports detail ongoing large-scale attacks against WordPress sites that abuse vulnerable or malicious plug-ins to hijack traffic, deliver malware and monetise compromised sites. Two notable campaigns highlighted are…
Zscaler, Palo Alto Networks Breached via Salesloft Drift Summary From 8–18 August 2025 a threat actor tracked as UNC6395 exploited the Salesloft Drift integration with Salesforce, stealing OAuth and refresh…
Varonis Acquires Email Security Provider SlashNext to Enhance BEC Defences Summary Varonis has acquired SlashNext to add advanced multi-channel phishing and business email compromise (BEC) protection into its Data Security…
UAE to Implement Cyber Education Initiative Summary The UAE Ministry of Education will introduce compulsory cybersecurity lessons for students in Grades 1 through 12 beginning in the 2025–2026 academic year.…
Pennsylvania AG says recovery continues after office refused to pay ransomware gang Summary Pennsylvania’s Attorney General Dave Sunday says the Office of Attorney General (OAG) has restored its website, phone…
WhatsApp, Apple warn of highly targeted attacks with zero-day vulnerability Summary WhatsApp has patched a zero-day vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-55177 that it says involves “incomplete authorisation of linked device synchronization…
Traffic to government domains often crosses national borders, or flows through risky bottlenecks Summary New research by PhD student Rashna Kumar, conducted under an Internet Society Pulse Research Fellowship, maps…
Amazon shuts down watering hole attack attributed to Russia’s APT29 hacking group Summary Amazon’s threat intelligence team disrupted a watering hole campaign in August that it attributes to APT29 (also…
Nick Andersen appointed to CISA leadership role Summary Nicholas (Nick) Andersen has taken over as executive assistant director for cybersecurity at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), starting 2…
In the rush to adopt hot new tech, security is often forgotten. AI is no exception Summary Cisco Talos scanned the internet and found more than 1,100 Ollama servers publicly…
