3am Ransomware Adopts Email Bombing, Vishing Combo Attack
The emerging threat group is the latest to adopt the combo attack tactic, which Black Basta and other groups already are using to gain initial access for ransomware deployment.
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UK Retail Cyberattacks May Drive Up US Insurance Premiums
Insurance experts weigh in how the recent barrage of attacks against UK retailers could affect premium rates and policy requirements, as well as work toward improving risk assessment.
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CISA: Russia’s Fancy Bear Targeting Logistics, IT Firms
The mission is to gather information that could help Russia in its war against Ukraine.
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Blurring Lines Between Scattered Spider and Russian Cybercrime
The loosely affiliated hacking group has shifted closer to ransomware gangs, raising questions about Scattered Spider’s ties to the Russian cybercrime underground.
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Chinese Hackers Exploit Trimble Cityworks Flaw to Infiltrate U.S. Government Networks
A Chinese-speaking threat actor tracked as UAT-6382 has been linked to the exploitation of a now-patched remote-code-execution vulnerability in Trimble Cityworks to deliver Cobalt Strike and VShell. “UAT-6382 successfully exploited CVE-2025-0944, conducted reconnaissance, and rapidly deployed a variety of web shells and custom-made malware to maintain long-term access,” Cisco Talos researchers
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Security Threats of Open Source AI Exposed by DeepSeek
DeepSeek’s risks must be carefully considered, and ultimately mitigated, in order to enjoy the many benefits of generative AI in a manner that is safe and secure for all organizations and users.
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Keeping LLMs on the Rails Poses Design, Engineering Challenges
Despite adding alignment training, guardrails, and filters, large language models continue to jump their imposed rails and give up secrets, make unfiltered statements, and provide dangerous information.
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Critical Windows Server 2025 dMSA Vulnerability Enables Active Directory Compromise
A privilege escalation flaw has been demonstrated in Windows Server 2025 that makes it possible for attackers to compromise any user in Active Directory (AD). “The attack exploits the delegated Managed Service Account (dMSA) feature that was introduced in Windows Server 2025, works with the default configuration, and is trivial to implement,” Akamai security researcher…
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Experts Chart Path to Creating Safer Online Spaces for Women
Gaps in laws, technology, and corporate accountability continue to put women’s safety and privacy online at risk.
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Chinese Hackers Exploit Ivanti EPMM Bugs in Global Enterprise Network Attacks
A recently patched pair of security flaws affecting Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) software has been exploited by a China-nexus threat actor to target a wide range of sectors across Europe, North America, and the Asia-Pacific region. The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2025-4427 (CVSS score: 5.3) and CVE-2025-4428 (CVSS score: 7.2), could be chained to execute…