A comprehensive analysis of the data breaches, ransomware campaigns, and privacy failures that exposed billions of records and reshaped the cybersecurity landscape The Year Privacy Became a Luxury Another year has ended, and with it, thousands of data breaches affecting hundreds of millions of people. The question in 2025 was
The country that wrote the playbook on digital identity had its homework stolen In July 2021, a Tallinn-based hacker exploited a vulnerability in Estonia's Identity Documents Database (KMAIS) and walked away with government ID photos of 286,438 citizens. The breach was particularly embarrassing because Estonia isn'
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, faces an unprecedented convergence of crises in December 2025. Within weeks, the AI giant disclosed a third-party data breach affecting its API users, was ordered by a federal court to hand over 20 million private ChatGPT conversations to The New York Times, and became defendant
On November 8, 2025, analytics giant Mixpanel fell victim to a sophisticated SMS phishing attack that would ultimately expose customer data across hundreds of major organizations—from OpenAI and PornHub to SoundCloud and cryptocurrency platforms. The breach highlights critical vulnerabilities in the analytics industry, where third-party providers collect massive amounts
The adult entertainment platform PornHub is being extorted by the notorious ShinyHunters hacking group following the theft of over 200 million Premium member activity records. The breach, which both parties attribute to a recent compromise at analytics provider Mixpanel, has exposed highly sensitive user data including detailed viewing histories, search
December 12, 2025 - In a stark escalation of cyber tensions, Germany has formally accused Russia's military intelligence agency of orchestrating a sophisticated cyber-attack against its air traffic control systems, joining a growing chorus of nations confronting an unprecedented wave of digital assaults targeting aviation infrastructure worldwide. The
Breaking: Attack highlights ongoing cybersecurity challenges for critical government infrastructure The French Interior Ministry confirmed Friday that its email servers were targeted in a cyberattack this week, marking the latest in a series of high-profile security incidents affecting French government infrastructure throughout 2024 and into 2025. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez
A comprehensive analysis of Fortinet's exploitation crisis and why hospitals keep getting hit Executive Summary While the cybersecurity world focused on SonicWall's troubles, Fortinet products have quietly become one of the most frequently exploited attack vectors in modern ransomware campaigns—with healthcare bearing the brunt of
How the firm documenting 2025's 47% attack surge became a victim of its own research—and why CVE-2024-24919 reveals systemic firewall vendor failures Executive Summary In a stunning display of irony, Check Point Software—the cybersecurity vendor that publishes the industry's most comprehensive threat intelligence reports—
$244 Million in Ransoms, Chinese APT Groups, and Why Federal Agencies Can't Keep Cisco Firewalls Patched Executive Summary While Fortinet and SonicWall have garnered attention for their exploitation crises, Cisco networking equipment—deployed in virtually every major enterprise, government agency, and critical infrastructure organization—has become ground zero
A comprehensive analysis of the August 2025 attack that exposed nearly 800,000 bank and credit union customers Executive Summary In August 2025, Marquis Software Solutions, a Texas-based financial technology vendor serving over 700 banks and credit unions, fell victim to a sophisticated ransomware attack that compromised the personal and
Victoria Dubranova faces life in prison for 99 documented cyberattacks spanning from swimming pools to public water systems In what reads like a script from a techno-thriller, Victoria Eduardovna Dubranova, a 20-something Ukrainian woman known online as "Vika" and "Sovasonya," stands accused of orchestrating some of
Warsaw, Poland — In a significant cybersecurity operation, Polish police have detained three Ukrainian nationals carrying sophisticated hacking and surveillance equipment capable of compromising critical national infrastructure. The December 8, 2025 arrests highlight the persistent threat of close-access cyber operations targeting NATO allies in Eastern Europe. The Traffic Stop That Exposed
December 8, 2024 - Pet retail giant Petco has disclosed a significant data breach affecting an undetermined number of customers, with exposed information including Social Security numbers, driver's license details, financial account data, and credit card information. The incident, caused by a misconfigured application setting, highlights the ongoing
Major tech manufacturer faces supply chain attack exposing critical phone camera source code December 8, 2025 Asus, one of the world's largest computer hardware manufacturers, has confirmed a significant cybersecurity incident affecting one of its suppliers after the Everest ransomware group claimed to have stolen over one terabyte
Five of eight Ivy League schools compromised in six months. Elite fundraising operations exposed. And the oldest trick in the book—a convincing phone call—remains the most effective. Related Coverage: * Hackers Strike US Ivy League Schools Already Under Political Pressure * Educational Institutions Under Siege: New Haven Phishing Attack Highlights
When trusted software becomes the attack vector, organizations learn the hardest lesson in cybersecurity: You can do everything right and still lose everything. Related Coverage: * Oracle E-Business Suite Zero-Day Exploitation: Inside Cl0p's Latest Mass Data Extortion Campaign * Clop Ransomware: Inside One of the World's Most Dangerous
Critical Security Advisory
December 6, 2025 | Critical Security Advisory Executive Summary The JavaScript ecosystem is facing one of its most severe security crises in recent memory. CVE-2025-55182, dubbed "React2Shell" by security researchers, is a maximum-severity (CVSS 10.0) remote code execution vulnerability affecting React Server Components that allows unauthenticated attackers to
Executive Summary As we close out 2025 and look toward 2026, the ransomware ecosystem has undergone a dramatic transformation that fundamentally changes how organizations must approach cyber defense. With attacks surging 34% year-over-year while ransom payments plummet to historic lows, threat actors are evolving their business models in ways that
Major investigation reveals commercial spyware vendor maintained secret access to government surveillance systems while developing invisible infection vectors through digital advertising A damning new investigation into mercenary spyware vendor Intellexa has exposed operational details that should alarm every CISO: the company behind the notorious Predator spyware not only developed zero-click
Two-phase operation targets investment scam platforms and affiliate marketing infrastructure across seven countries December 4, 2025 In a sweeping international operation that marks one of the largest cryptocurrency fraud takedowns of 2025, law enforcement authorities have successfully dismantled a sophisticated criminal network responsible for laundering over EUR 700 million through
First-Time Capture: Researchers Watch Chollima Operators Live in Sophisticated Sandbox Trap In a groundbreaking cybersecurity operation, researchers successfully infiltrated North Korea's notorious Lazarus Group hiring pipeline and watched their operators work in real-time—believing they had access to genuine developer laptops. Instead, the Famous Chollima division walked directly
EUR 25 million seized as authorities shut down cryptocurrency mixing service facilitating cybercrime Law enforcement authorities from Switzerland and Germany, with support from Europol, have successfully taken down Cryptomixer, an illegal cryptocurrency mixing service suspected of facilitating cybercrime and money laundering activities. The coordinated operation, conducted from November 24-28, 2025
Bottom Line Up Front: Former FBI cyber official Cynthia Kaiser has claimed that it's nearly impossible to envision any American who wasn't impacted by the Salt Typhoon cyberattack—a five-year Chinese state-sponsored campaign that had "full reign access" to U.S. telecommunications data, monitoring