Philippines Power Election Security With Zero-Knowledge Proofs Summary The Philippine Commission on Elections (Comelec) deployed a zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) based online voting system for the May 2025 midterm elections, enabling…
Storm-0501 Hits Enterprise With ‘Cloud-Based Ransomware’ Attack Summary Microsoft published research on 27 August 2025 detailing a financially motivated group, Storm-0501, which has evolved from traditional ransomware to a “cloud-based…
AI-Powered Ransomware Has Arrived With ‘PromptLock’ Summary Researchers at ESET have identified a new ransomware strain, dubbed PromptLock, that leverages an OpenAI model locally (gpt-oss:20b via the Ollama API) to…
African Law Enforcement Agencies Nab Cybercrime Syndicates Summary National law enforcement agencies across dozens of African nations, working with Interpol, Afripol and private-sector partners, have stepped up coordinated operations to…
Hundreds of Swedish municipalities impacted by suspected ransomware attack on IT supplier Summary A suspected ransomware attack on Miljödata, a Swedish software provider that manages sick leave and other HR…
Finnish police wiretap reveals Russian ‘shadow fleet’ captain instructed to destroy evidence Summary The captain of the Russia-linked tanker Eagle S, detained by Finnish authorities after it severed five subsea…
Hackers use fake NDAs to deliver malware to US manufacturers Summary Researchers at Check Point have identified a campaign in which attackers abuse company “Contact Us” forms to initiate multi-week…
Allied spy agencies blame 3 Chinese tech companies for Salt Typhoon attacks Summary Intelligence and cybersecurity agencies from 13 allied countries have issued a joint advisory accusing three Chinese technology…
Spanish police arrest student suspected of hacking school system to change grades Summary Spanish police in Seville have detained a 21-year-old student suspected of hacking the Séneca education management platform…
DOGE accused of duplicating critical Social Security database on unsecured cloud Summary A whistleblower complaint filed by the Government Accountability Project (GAP) and submitted by Social Security Administration (SSA) chief…
