Hackers steal medical records and financial data from 1.2M patients in massive healthcare breach

More than 1 million patients have been affected by a data breach involving SimonMed Imaging, one of the country’s largest outpatient radiology and medical imaging providers. The breach came to light after a cyberattack compromised sensitive patient data, with reports indicating that Read More …

North Korean hackers target European defense firms with dream job scam

Infamous North Korean state-sponsored threat actors, Lazarus Group, have been targeting Southeastern European defense firms with their Operation DreamJob scams. Security researchers at ESET claim the goal of the attacks was to steal the know-how and other proprietary information on Read More …

Deep analysis of the flaw in BetterBank reward logic

From August 26 to 27, 2025, BetterBank, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol operating on the PulseChain network, fell victim to a sophisticated exploit involving liquidity manipulation and reward minting. The attack resulted in an initial loss of approximately $5 million Read More …

CISA warns high-severity Windows SMB flaw now exploited in attacks – update now

Microsoft has acknowledged older versions of Windows 10, Windows 11 and Windows Server could be exploited due to a vulnerability related to SMB. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-33073 with a score of 8.8, was added to America’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Read More …

Jaguar Land Rover hack is costliest cyber attack in UK history

The cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will cost an estimated £1.9bn and be the most economically damaging cyber event in UK history, according to researchers. Experts at the Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC) have analysed the continuing fallout from Read More …

Fast, Broad, and Elusive: How Vidar Stealer 2.0 Upgrades Infostealer Capabilities

On October 6, 2025, the developer known as “Loadbaks” announced the release of Vidar Stealer v2.0 on underground forums. This new version features a complete transition from C++ to a pure C implementation, allegedly enhancing performance and efficiency. Its release Read More …

The Golden Scale: Notable Threat Updates and Looking Ahead

Palo Alto Unit 42 recently published an Insights piece “The Golden Scale: Bling Libra and the Evolving Extortion Economy,” which primarily focused on the Salesforce data theft extortion activity. This was associated with the cybercriminal syndicate known as Scattered LAPSUS$ Read More …

UK MoD investigating claims Russian hackers stole files on RAF and Navy bases

The Ministry of Defence is investigating claims that Russian hackers have stolen hundreds of sensitive military documents and published them on the dark web. The files hold details of eight RAF and Royal Navy bases as well as Ministry of Read More …

Tracking Malware and Attack Expansion: A Hacker Group’s Journey across Asia

In January 2025, FortiGuard Labs observed Winos 4.0 attacks targeting users in Taiwan. In February, it became clear the actor had changed malware families and expanded operations. What first appeared isolated was part of a broader campaign that shifted from Read More …

Europol: 7 arrested in Cybercrime-as-a-Service takedown

An action day performed in Latvia on 10 October 2025 led to the arrest of five cybercriminals of Latvian nationality and the seizure of infrastructure used to enable crimes against thousands of victims across Europe. During the operation codenamed ‘SIMCARTEL’, Read More …