Hook Android Trojan Now Delivers Ransomware-Style Attacks Summary The Hook Android banking Trojan has evolved into a far more capable threat. According to Zimperium, the latest variant adds a ransomware-style…
The Hidden Risk of Consumer Devices in the Hybrid Workforce Summary Author Gene Moody (Field CTO, Action1) warns that consumer-grade devices in employees’ homes are an expanding attack surface for…
Hackers Lay in Wait, Then Knocked Out Iran Ship Comms Summary A hacktivist group calling itself Lab-Dookhtegan (“Sewn Lips”) claims it disabled satellite communications on dozens of Iranian vessels, reportedly…
Citrix Gear Under Active Attack Again With Another Zero-Day Summary Citrix has disclosed three new vulnerabilities affecting NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway appliances, including a zero-day (CVE-2025-7775) that is already…
Malicious Scanning Waves Slam Remote Desktop Services Summary Researchers observed massive, coordinated scanning activity against Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) services that may signal a forthcoming zero-day or a widespread…
Data I/O Becomes Latest Ransomware Attack Victim Summary News brief: Data I/O, a Redmond, Washington-based tech manufacturer, detected a ransomware incident on 16 August 2025 and disclosed the issue in…
1M Farmers Insurance Customers’ Data Compromised Summary Farmers Insurance, Farmers Insurance Exchange and affiliated companies filed breach notifications after a third‑party vendor detected unauthorised access to one of its databases.…
Philippines Power Election Security With Zero-Knowledge Proofs Summary The Philippines used a zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) based system to secure online voting during its May midterm elections, enabling 57 million voters…
AI-Powered Ransomware Has Arrived With ‘PromptLock’ Summary Researchers at ESET have identified a new ransomware strain called “PromptLock” that leverages a locally run OpenAI-weight model (gpt-oss:20b) via the Ollama API…
African Law Enforcement Agencies Nab Cybercrime Syndicates Summary Operation Serengeti 2.0 saw national law enforcement from 18 African countries working with Interpol and private-sector partners to investigate and arrest more…
