Russia Orders State-Backed WhatsApp Rival Pre-Installed On Phones and Tablets Summary Russia will require manufacturers and sellers to pre-install the state-backed messenger MAX on all smartphones and tablets sold in…
Summary Davis Lu, a former developer at Eaton Corporation, was sentenced to four years in prison for embedding malware and a custom “kill switch” into the company’s Windows production environment.…
The Growing Challenge of AI Agent and NHI Management Summary This commentary outlines the accelerating security challenge created by agentic AI and the rapid rise of non-human identities (NHIs). Machine…
DPRK, China Suspected in South Korean Embassy Attacks Summary Researchers at Trellix have been tracking a spear-phishing campaign, active since March 2025, targeting European embassies based in Seoul. The operation…
How Warlock Ransomware Targets Vulnerable SharePoint Servers Summary Trend Micro researchers outline how the Warlock ransomware group (likely a LockBit‑derived variant connected to Storm‑2603) is exploiting unpatched on‑premises Microsoft SharePoint…
Interpol bags 1,209 suspects, $97M in cybercrime operation focused on Africa Summary Operation Serengeti 2.0, run between June and August 2025 and coordinated by Interpol, resulted in 1,209 arrests across…
Apple Patches Zero-Day Flaw Used in ‘Sophisticated’ Attack Summary Apple patched a zero-day in its ImageIO framework (CVE-2025-43300), an out-of-bounds write that may cause memory corruption when processing a malicious…
Russia Orders State-Backed WhatsApp Rival Pre-Installed On Phones and Tablets Content summary From 1 September, Russia will require all smartphones and tablets sold in the country to come pre-installed with…
Dev Gets 4 Years For Creating Kill Switch On Ex-Employer’s Systems Summary Former Eaton Corporation developer Davis Lu was sentenced to four years in prison (plus three years’ supervised release)…
Personal Liability, Security Becomes Bigger Issues for CISOs Summary Veteran Dark Reading reporter Robert Lemos outlines how CISOs are increasingly exposed to personal and professional risk as their remit grows.…
