Cybersecurity

Taking the shine off BreachForums – Sophos News

On June 25, 2025, French authorities announced that four members of the ShinyHunters (also known as ShinyCorp) cybercriminal group were arrested in multiple French...

FBI Warns of Scattered Spider’s Expanding Attacks on Airlines Using Social Engineering

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has revealed that it has observed the notorious cybercrime group Scattered Spider broadening its targeting footprint to...

Kaspersky 2025 SMB threat report

Cyberattackers often view small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) as easier targets, assuming their security measures are less robust than those of larger enterprises. In...

Quick Password Brute Forcing Evolution Statistics

We have collected SSH and telnet honeypot data in various forms for about 10 years. Yesterday's diaries, and looking at some new usernames attempted...

Operation Endgame, deepfakes, and dead slugs • Graham Cluley

In this episode, Graham unravels Operation Endgame – the surprisingly stylish police crackdown that is seizing...

Team Xecuter – Darknet Diaries

Full Transcript Team Xecuter was a group involved with making and selling modchips for video game systems. They often made mods...

This month in security with Tony Anscombe – May 2025 edition

From a flurry of attacks targeting UK retailers to campaigns corralling end-of-life...

Troy Hunt: Weekly Update 457

Firstly, apologies for the annoying clipping in the audio. I use a...

DragonForce targets rivals in a play for dominance – Sophos News

DragonForce is not just another ransomware brand – it’s a destabilizing force trying to reshape the ransomware landscape. Counter Threat Unit (CTU) researchers are...

Qilin Ransomware Adds “Call Lawyer” Feature to Pressure Victims for Larger Ransoms

The threat actors behind the Qilin ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) scheme are now offering legal counsel for affiliates to put more pressure on victims to pay...

Librarian Ghouls APT carries out attacks with data theft and crypto miner deployment

Introduction Librarian Ghouls, also known as “Rare Werewolf” and “Rezet”, is an APT group that targets entities in Russia and the CIS. Other security vendors...

Don?t Make it Easier than it Already is?..Default Passwords [Guest Diary]

Over the past few months, I’ve been working under a SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC) Sr. Handler as part of the SANS Degree Program...

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