Hackers Lay in Wait, Then Knocked Out Iran Ship Comms
Hackers Lay in Wait, Then Knocked Out Iran Ship Comms Summary A hacktivist group calling itself Lab-Dookhtegan (“Sewn Lips”) claims to have taken admin control of Linux systems running satellite…
Citrix Gear Under Active Attack Again With Another Zero-Day
Citrix Gear Under Active Attack Again With Another Zero-Day Summary Citrix has disclosed three new flaws affecting NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway products, including a zero-day (CVE-2025-7775) that is being…
Malicious Scanning Waves Slam Remote Desktop Services
Malicious Scanning Waves Slam Remote Desktop Services Summary Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) services were hit by enormous, coordinated scanning waves in late August 2025. Threat intelligence firm GreyNoise observed…
Data I/O Becomes Latest Ransomware Attack Victim
Data I/O Becomes Latest Ransomware Attack Victim Summary NEWS BRIEF: Data I/O, a Redmond, Wash.-based tech manufacturer, detected a ransomware incident on 16 August and filed an 8-K with regulators…
Storm-0501 Hits Enterprise With ‘Cloud-Based Ransomware’ Attack
Storm-0501 Hits Enterprise With ‘Cloud-Based Ransomware’ Attack Summary Microsoft published research on 27 Aug 2025 describing Storm-0501, a ransomware actor active since 2021 that has increasingly adopted “cloud-based ransomware” tactics.…
AI-Powered Ransomware Has Arrived With ‘PromptLock’
AI-Powered Ransomware Has Arrived With ‘PromptLock’ Summary Researchers at ESET have identified a new ransomware strain named “PromptLock” that leverages an OpenAI weight model (gpt-oss:20b) locally via the Ollama API…
1M Farmers Insurance Customers’ Data Compromised
1M Farmers Insurance Customers’ Data Compromised Summary Farmers Insurance, Farmers Insurance Exchange and affiliated companies filed breach notifications after a third-party vendor alerted them to suspicious activity involving unauthorised access…
DOGE accused of duplicating critical Social Security database on unsecured cloud
DOGE accused of duplicating critical Social Security database on unsecured cloud Summary A whistleblower complaint filed by the Government Accountability Project (GAP) says the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) NUMIDENT database…
ZipLine attack uses ‘Contact Us’ forms, White House butler pic to invade sensitive industries
ZipLine attack uses ‘Contact Us’ forms, White House butler pic to invade sensitive industries Summary Check Point Research has uncovered an ongoing phishing campaign dubbed “ZipLine” that targets sensitive US…
US sanctions Russian national and Chinese company over North Korean IT worker schemes
Summary The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions targeting individuals and companies tied to a North Korean scheme that uses overseas IT workers to pose…