VexTrio Cybercrime Outfit Run by Legit Ad Tech Firms
VexTrio Cybercrime Outfit Run by Legit Ad Tech Firms Summary New research presented at Black Hat by Infoblox — supported by findings from Sucuri and Qurium — reveals that the…
Utilities, Factories at Risk From Encryption Holes in Industrial Protocol
Summary Research presented at DEF CON 33 by Tom Tervoort (Secura) finds multiple weaknesses in the OPC UA (Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture) protocol used widely in industrial control and…
Critical Zero-Day Bugs Crack Open CyberArk, HashiCorp Password Vaults
Critical Zero-Day Bugs Crack Open CyberArk, HashiCorp Password Vaults Summary Researchers from Cyata disclosed 14 previously unknown vulnerabilities at Black Hat USA 2025 affecting two leading secret managers: nine issues…
BlackSuit Ransomware Takes an Infrastructure Hit From Law Enforcement
BlackSuit Ransomware Takes an Infrastructure Hit From Law Enforcement Summary US and international law enforcement disrupted infrastructure used by the BlackSuit (aka Royal) ransomware group in an operation on 24…
REvil Actor Accuses Russia of Planning 2021 Kaseya Attack
REvil Actor Accuses Russia of Planning 2021 Kaseya Attack Summary At DEF CON 33 speakers unpacked REvil’s operations and new claims from convicted affiliate Yaroslav Vasinskyi that the Russian government…
Ransomware gang claims attack on St. Paul city government
Ransomware gang claims attack on St. Paul city government Summary A ransomware group known as Interlock has added St. Paul, Minnesota, to its leak site, claiming to have stolen 43GB…
Romance scam suspects extradited from Ghana, charged with more than $100 million in thefts
Romance scam suspects extradited from Ghana, charged with more than $100 million in thefts Summary Three men were extradited from Ghana to the United States after the Department of Justice…
Deepfake detectors are slowly coming of age, at a time of dire need
Deepfake detectors are slowly coming of age, at a time of dire need Summary This piece from The Register reports on discussions at DEF CON and related security events about…
Red teams are safe from robots for now, as AI makes better shield than spear
Red teams are safe from robots for now, as AI makes better shield than spear Summary At Black Hat, speakers and practitioners agreed that, for now, AI is more helpful…
Russia’s RomCom among those exploiting a WinRAR 0-day in highly-targeted attacks
Russia’s RomCom among those exploiting a WinRAR 0-day in highly-targeted attacks Summary Security researchers at ESET discovered that Russia-aligned actor RomCom and at least one other criminal group exploited a…