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
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
Published: November 30, 2025 A ransomware attack on Georgia's Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority (GSCCCA) has brought the state's real estate industry to a grinding halt, affecting thousands of transactions and highlighting critical vulnerabilities in government infrastructure that supports essential business operations. The Attack The
Spanish flagship carrier becomes latest victim in unprecedented wave of airline cyberattacks, with threat actors claiming access to 596GB of internal data including editable booking systems November 29, 2025 - Spain's largest airline Iberia has disclosed a major data breach stemming from a third-party vendor compromise, with the
November 28, 2025 — Israeli nursing homes have become the latest victims in an escalating wave of cyberattacks targeting the nation's healthcare sector, according to a Thursday announcement from the National Cyber Directorate. The attack, which compromised computer services used by multiple nursing facilities and private companies, has triggered
Bottom Line Up Front: Japanese beverage giant Asahi Group Holdings has concluded its two-month investigation into September's devastating ransomware attack, confirming that personal data of approximately 1.9 million individuals was potentially exposed in a Qilin ransomware operation that crippled production across 30 factories. The attack, which forced
November 28, 2025 — The French Football Federation (FFF) has disclosed a cyberattack that resulted in unauthorized access to member data through its club administrative management system, marking another significant breach in the sports sector's ongoing struggle with cybersecurity threats. Attack Overview The breach targeted software used by soccer
Executive Summary Between August 2016 and May 2017, two of the world's largest airlines—Delta and British Airways—experienced catastrophic data center failures that grounded thousands of flights, stranded over 150,000 passengers, and cost a combined $330+ million. Both incidents were blamed on "human error"
Executive Summary On November 28, 2025, as silver futures approached historic breakout levels above $54/oz and gold surged past $4,186, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange—the world's largest derivatives exchange—experienced a "cooling system failure" at its CyrusOne CHI1 data center in Aurora, Illinois. The