FBI, Cisco Warn of Russian Attacks on 7-Year-Old Flaw Summary Hackers linked to Russia’s domestic intelligence service (tracked as “Static Tundra”) are exploiting a seven-year-old, high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2018-0171) in unpatched,…
The Era of AI-Generated Ransomware Has Arrived Summary New research shows generative AI is being used not just to polish ransom notes but to build, market and operate ransomware. Anthropic…
Storm-0501 Hits Enterprise With ‘Cloud-Based Ransomware’ Attack Content summary Microsoft published research on 27 Aug 2025 detailing how Storm-0501 — active since 2021 and associated with multiple RaaS families —…
AI-Powered Ransomware Has Arrived With ‘PromptLock’ Summary Researchers at ESET have identified a novel ransomware strain named “PromptLock” that integrates an OpenAI model to generate and execute malicious scripts in…
African Law Enforcement Agencies Nab Cybercrime Syndicates Summary Interpol, Afripol and national law enforcement from 18 African countries joined private-sector partners in “Operation Serengeti 2.0”, a three-month campaign that resulted…
Allied spy agencies blame 3 Chinese tech companies for Salt Typhoon attacks Summary Intelligence and cybersecurity agencies from 13 allied countries published a joint advisory attributing a global cyber-espionage campaign…
Spanish police arrest student suspected of hacking school system to change grades Summary Spanish police have arrested a 21-year-old student in Seville accused of infiltrating Séneca, the regional education management…
Hundreds of Swedish municipalities impacted by suspected ransomware attack on IT supplier Summary A suspected ransomware attack against Miljödata, a Swedish software provider that manages sick leave and other HR…
BGP’s security problems are notorious. Attempts to fix that are a work in progress Summary The article, by Bruce Davie (Systems Approach), reviews progress and remaining challenges in securing the…
Hackers use fake NDAs to deliver malware to US manufacturers Summary Cybersecurity firm Check Point has uncovered a scheme in which attackers abuse companies’ “Contact Us” web forms to initiate…
