A clever new Linux malware is breaking into systems and then shutting the door behind it to avoid detection

A hacker was recently spotted patching someone’s vulnerable cloud Linux instance – but they did not do it out of the goodness of their heart. Security researchers Red Canary observed a threat actor abusing a maximum severity flaw, tracked as Read More …

Pharma giant Inotiv hit by ransomware attack, says operations were affected

Inotiv, an American pharmaceutical and biotech company, has confirmed it has suffered a ransomware attack which forced it to shut down parts of its IT infrastructure. In a report filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company Read More …

Australia’s second-largest internet provider iiNet customers’ data exposed in cyber attack

Hundreds of thousands of customers of Australia’s second-largest internet provider have had their email addresses or phone numbers compromised in a cyber attack. A list of about 280,000 active email addresses and roughly 20,000 active landline phone numbers were extracted Read More …

Deep dive into CVE‑2025‑29824 in Windows

On April 8, 2025, Microsoft patched 121 vulnerabilities across its products, including CVE-2025-29824—the only one known to be exploited in the wild. This particular flaw enabled adversaries to escalate Windows privileges by leveraging a bug in the clfs.sys driver. Microsoft Read More …

GodRAT – New RAT targeting financial institutions

In September 2024, Kaspersky researchers detected malicious activity targeting financial (trading and brokerage) firms through the distribution of malicious .scr (screen saver) files disguised as financial documents via Skype messenger. The threat actor deployed a newly identified Remote Access Trojan Read More …

US spy chief says UK has dropped its Apple backdoor demand

The U.K has dropped its demand for special access to Apple’s cloud systems, or a “backdoor,” following negotiations with the Trump administration, according to U.S. National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard. “As a result, the U.K. has agreed to drop its Read More …

Cisco warns of worrying major security flaw in firewall command center – patch now

Cisco recently fixed a maximum-severity vulnerability in its Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) product, and urged users to apply either the patch, or the mitigation, as soon as possible. FMC is a centralized platform for configuring, monitoring, and analyzing Cisco Read More …

Workday hit by data breach targeting CRM systems

The US company was affected by a social engineering campaign that bears similarities to a recent wave of attacks by extortion group ShinyHunters. Enterprise software company Workday recently suffered a data breach after threat actors targeted a third-party customer relationship Read More …

Evolution of the PipeMagic backdoor: from the RansomExx incident to CVE-2025-29824

In April 2025, Microsoft patched 121 vulnerabilities in its products. According to the company, only one of them was being used in real-world attacks at the time the patch was released: CVE-2025-29824. The exploit for this vulnerability was executed by Read More …

UNODC: Organized crime dynamics in the context of war in Ukraine

This report aims to address the following overarching questions: how has the ongoing war against Ukraine affected organized crime and illicit markets in Ukraine, and what are the possible implications for the country, the region and the international community? These Read More …