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Every employee’s password was stored in a single Excel file
The CEO thought this was the best way to deal with some email issues
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Chinese, N. Korean Threat Groups Build on Asia-Pacific Success
North Korea's gross domestic product (GDP) has grown, in part because of the nation's state-sponsored cybercrime groups, which target financial firms and other businesses.
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Bug Bounty Research Triggers ServiceNow Security Alert
Security research inadvertently led organizations to believe they were being breached through their ServiceNow instances.
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Nightmare-Eclipse Drops Yet Another Microsoft Exploit, RoguePlanet
The disgruntled researcher released yet another PoC for a Windows Defender bug that allows for system takeover, showing no signs of abandoning their ongoing feud with Microsoft.
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Who Runs the Ransomware Group ‘The Gentlemen?’
A cybercrime group known as The Gentlemen has emerged as the second most active ransomware gang by victim count, rapidly attracting a talented pool of hackers through an aggressive recruitment strategy that promises affiliates 90 percent of any ransom paid by victims. This post examines clues pointing to a real life identity for the administrator of The Gentlemen ransomware group.
Krebs on Security
A Record-Breaking Patch Tuesday for June 2026
Microsoft today released software updates to plug nearly 200 security holes across its Windows operating systems and supported software, a record number of fixes for the company's monthly Patch Tuesday cycle. Nearly three dozen of those bugs earned Microsoft's most dire "critical" rating, and exploit code for at least three of the weaknesses is now publicly available.
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The Invisible Battlefield: How Cyberwar Is Reshaping Everyday Life
Former National Cyber Director Chris Inglis warns that cyberattacks threaten hospitals, utilities, and essential services.
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Microsoft Exchange Flaw Lets Attackers Spoof Any Email Address
“Ghost-Sender" is the result of a widespread misconfiguration, according to researchers, and evidence indicates it's being actively abused in the wild.
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Miasma Supply Chain Worm Burrows Into 73 Microsoft Repositories
The attacks stemmed from a GitHub account that was also compromised in a previous Miasma attack on Microsoft last month.
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Russian Attackers Weaponize WinRAR Flaw Against Ukrainian Orgs
Two separate campaigns target CVE-2025-8088, fixed last July, to conduct data theft and cyberespionage against military and government targets in Ukraine.
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Silent Ransom Group Hits US Law Firms in Escalating Extortion Attacks
The financially motivated group is combining vishing, IT impersonation, and in-person office intrusions to steal data and extort victims.
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Check Point VPN Flaw Exploited Since Early May
A newly discovered, critical zero-day vulnerability is under attack; a Qilin ransomware affiliate has been blamed for at least one incident.
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Iran Signed a Ceasefire — Its Hackers Didn't
An extension of the Geneva Conventions could impose restrictions on cyberwarfare under ceasefire conditions and close a major loophole in international conflict.
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'Hades' Campaign Against PyPI Puts New Spin on Shai-Hulud
The latest attacks, which hit 37 PyPI wheels and 19 code packages, show a continued evolution of the persistent software supply chain threat.
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Exposed Fuel Tank Gauges Under Attack in the US
Threat actors are taking advantage of Internet-exposed tank gauges by breaching gas stations, opening the door to disruption.
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China's TA4922 Expands Cybercrime Attacks Globally
One of the world's most diverse, least-focused cybercrime groups is enlarging its footprint beyond East Asia.
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4 Critical Threats Where Attackers Have the Advantage
Gartner analysts issued a call to action to bolster defenses against several emerging critical threats, such as deepfakes and prompt injections.
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Bugcrowd Launches EU Data Residency Option For Evolving Data Sovereignty Needs
Organizations are growing serious about which nation's rules apply to their data. Experts point to geopolitical tensions as a main contributing factor.
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Pakistan Spies on Afghan Finance Ministry With Xeno RAT
Despite broadly connected digital infrastructure, standard fare TTPs are enough to cause trouble for Afghanistan's porous cybersecurity.
