Startup Spotlight: Twine Security Tackles the Execution Gap Summary Twine Security, a 2024-founded seed-stage start-up (reported $17M raised, ~35 employees), aims to close the “execution gap” in cybersecurity by delivering…
Privilege Escalation Issue in Amazon ECS Leads to IAM Hijacking Summary Research presented at Black Hat USA by Naor Haziz of Sweet Security describes an attack called “ECScape” that abuses…
‘Samourai’ Cryptomixer Founders Plead Guilty to Money Laundering Summary Two senior executives behind the Samourai Wallet cryptocurrency mixing service have pleaded guilty to conspiracy for operating a money‑transmitting business that…
Citizen Lab Founder Flags Rise of US Authoritarianism Summary At Black Hat USA 2025, Ron Deibert, director and founder of the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, warned of a growing…
Payback: ‘ShinyHunters’ Clocks Google via Salesforce Summary The ShinyHunters-associated group UNC6040 used social engineering and Salesforce-targeted techniques to steal corporate data from Google via its Salesforce instance. Google had earlier…
Elevation-of-Privilege Vulns Dominate Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday Summary Microsoft’s August 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes 111 unique CVEs — notably 44 (about 39%) elevation-of-privilege (EoP) flaws that can let attackers escalate from…
Silver Fox APT Blurs the Line Between Espionage & Cybercrime Summary Silver Fox is a versatile Chinese threat actor that mixes traditional espionage operations with clear cybercriminal activity. The group…
Air France, KLM Alert Authorities of Data Breach Summary Air France and KLM disclosed a breach of a customer‑service platform that exposed customers’ personal information. The carriers say they quickly…
What the LockBit 4.0 Leak Reveals About RaaS Groups Content Summary The LockBit 4.0 affiliate panel leak (May 7) exposed thousands of chats, ransomware builds, user tags and cryptowallet data,…
China Questions Security of AI Chips From NVIDIA, AMD Summary China has publicly demanded that NVIDIA prove its AI processors — especially the H2O line — contain no backdoors or…
