The Dark Side of Global Power Shifts & Demographic Decline
As global power realigns and economies falter, the rise in cybercrime is no longer hypothetical — it’s inevitable.
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⚡ Weekly Recap: Scattered Spider Arrests, Car Exploits, macOS Malware, Fortinet RCE and More
In cybersecurity, precision matters—and there’s little room for error. A small mistake, missed setting, or quiet misconfiguration can quickly lead to much bigger problems. The signs we’re seeing this week highlight deeper issues behind what might look like routine incidents: outdated tools, slow response to risks, and the ongoing gap between compliance and real security….
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SophosAI at Black Hat USA ’25: Anomaly detection betrayed us, so we gave it a new job
Sophos’ Ben Gelman and Sean Bergeron will present their research on enhancing command line classification with benign anomalous data at Las Vegas
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CBI Shuts Down £390K U.K. Tech Support Scam, Arrests Key Operatives in Noida Call Center
India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has announced that it has taken steps to dismantle what it said was a transnational cybercrime syndicate that carried out “sophisticated” tech support scams targeting citizens of Australia and the United Kingdom. The fraudulent scheme is estimated to have led to losses worth more than £390,000 ($525,000) in the…
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eSIM Vulnerability in Kigen’s eUICC Cards Exposes Billions of IoT Devices to Malicious Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new hacking technique that exploits weaknesses in the eSIM technology used in modern smartphones, exposing users to severe risks. The issues impact the Kigen eUICC card. According to the Irish company’s website, more than two billion SIMs in IoT devices have been enabled as of December 2020. The findings come…
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GPUHammer: New RowHammer Attack Variant Degrades AI Models on NVIDIA GPUs
NVIDIA is urging customers to enable System-level Error Correction Codes (ECC) as a defense against a variant of a RowHammer attack demonstrated against its graphics processing units (GPUs). “Risk of successful exploitation from RowHammer attacks varies based on DRAM device, platform, design specification, and system settings,” the GPU maker said in an advisory released this…
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Over 600 Laravel Apps Exposed to Remote Code Execution Due to Leaked APP_KEYs on GitHub
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a serious security issue that allows leaked Laravel APP_KEYs to be weaponized to gain remote code execution capabilities on hundreds of applications. “Laravel’s APP_KEY, essential for encrypting sensitive data, is often leaked publicly (e.g., on GitHub),” GitGuardian said. “If attackers get access to this key, they can exploit a deserialization flaw…
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Next.js Middleware Auth.Bypass Vulnerability
What is the Vulnerability?FortiGuard Labs has identified ongoing attack attempts targeting a critical authorization bypass vulnerability (CVE-2025-29927) in the middleware system of the Next.js framework, a popular React-based framework for building full-stack web applications.The issue arises from improper handling of an internal HTTP header: x-middleware-subrequest. This header, when manipulated, can bypass middleware execution, allowing attackers…
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Pay2Key Ransomware Gang Resurfaces With Incentives to Attack US, Israel
The ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, which has been tied to an Iranian advanced persistent threat (APT) group, recently boosted its affiliate profit share to 80% for attacks on Western targets.
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350M Cars, 1B Devices Exposed to 1-Click Bluetooth RCE
Mercedes, Skoda, and Volkswagen vehicles, as well as untold industrial, medical, mobile, and consumer devices, may be exposed to a vulnerable Bluetooth implementation called “PerfektBlue.”