The intruder is in the house: Storm-0501 attacked Azure, stole data, demanded payment via Teams Summary Storm-0501, a financially motivated threat actor, breached a large enterprise’s on-premises Active Directory estate…
10-step guide for testing a backup and recovery plan Summary Regularly testing backups is essential: backups can fail, and testing uncovers corrupt or incomplete data, permissions mismatches, transfer delays and…
FBI Warns Chinese Hacking Campaign Has Expanded, Reaching 80 Countries Summary The FBI and a broad group of international partners have issued a joint advisory warning that a Chinese government-linked…
Data I/O Becomes Latest Ransomware Attack Victim Summary News brief: Data I/O, a Redmond, Washington-based tech manufacturer, disclosed a ransomware incident that began on 16 August 2025. The company activated…
Hook Android Trojan Now Delivers Ransomware-Style Attacks Key Points • New Hook Android banking trojan variant includes a full-screen ransomware-style overlay that locks devices and displays extortion demands dynamically from…
The Era of AI-Generated Ransomware Has Arrived Summary WIRED reports that generative AI is being adopted by cybercriminals to create, refine and even market ransomware. New research from Anthropic shows…
Citrix Gear Under Active Attack Again With Another Zero-Day Summary Citrix has disclosed three new vulnerabilities in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway appliances, including an actively exploited zero-day (CVE-2025-7775). The…
Malicious Scanning Waves Slam Remote Desktop Services Summary Researchers at GreyNoise observed two huge, coordinated waves of malicious scanning against Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) services in late August 2025.…
When One Hospital Gets Ransomware, Others Feel the Pain Summary This Dark Reading piece examines how ransomware against one healthcare organisation ripples across local systems and services — overwhelming nearby…
1M Farmers Insurance Customers’ Data Compromised Summary Farmers Insurance and related entities filed breach notifications after a third-party vendor detected unauthorised access to a vendor database on 29 May; the…
