Europe’s Ransomware Surge Is a Warning Shot for US Defenders
Summary This commentary from Grayson Milbourne of OpenText Cybersecurity warns that Europe’s ransomware infection rates — now three to four times higher than the US — should serve as a…
Feds charge administrator of ‘sophisticated’ DDoS-for-hire botnet
Feds charge alleged administrator of ‘sophisticated’ Rapper Bot botnet Summary A 22-year-old man from Oregon, identified as Ethan Foltz, has been charged by the U.S. Justice Department for allegedly operating…
Pakistan’s Internet Connectivity Abruptly Plummets To 20%
Summary NetBlocks reported Pakistan’s internet connectivity plunged to around 20% of normal levels on 19 August 2025, affecting roughly 116 million users. The outage mainly hit backbone operator PTCL, though…
Asian Orgs Shift Cybersecurity Requirements to Suppliers
Asian Orgs Shift Cybersecurity Requirements to Suppliers Summary Rising supplier-linked breaches across the Asia-Pacific region have prompted organisations and governments to tighten vendor cybersecurity requirements. Japanese chipmaker Kioxia will run…
Major Belgian telecom firm says cyberattack compromised data on 850,000 accounts
Major Belgian telecom firm says cyberattack compromised data on 850,000 accounts Summary Orange Belgium announced it discovered a cyberattack at the end of July that resulted in unauthorised access to…
At least three UK organizations hit by SharePoint zero-day hacking campaign
At least three UK organisations hit by SharePoint zero-day hacking campaign Summary Within days of several vulnerabilities being discovered in on-premise Microsoft SharePoint servers, three British organisations reported to the…
McDonald’s not lovin’ it when hacker exposes nuggets of rotten security
McDonald’s not lovin’ it when hacker exposes nuggets of rotten security Summary A white-hat researcher using the name Bobdahacker discovered a raft of critical security flaws across McDonald’s staff, partner…
Russian investment platform confirms cyberattack by pro-Ukraine hackers
Summary The Russian investment and analytics platform Investment Projects (operated by PKR Group) was hit by a cyberattack this week. The pro-Ukraine hacktivist group Cyber Anarchy Squad claimed responsibility, saying…
Out-of-band update arrives to clean up Windows reset and recovery mess
Out-of-band update arrives to clean up Windows reset and recovery mess Summary Microsoft has issued out-of-band patches to fix a bug introduced by the August 2025 Security Update that prevented…
Intel ghosts researcher who found web apps spilled 270K staff records
Intel ghosts researcher who found web apps spilled 270K staff records Summary Security researcher Eaton Zveare discovered multiple serious vulnerabilities across several Intel web applications that exposed internal documentation and…