The operation disrupted countless scams, and authorities seized a significant amount of evidence and recovered nearly $100 million in lost funds.

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a novel attack chain that employs phishing emails to deliver an open-source backdoor called VShell. The “Linux-specific malware infection chain that starts with a spam email with a malicious RAR archive file,” Trellix researcher Sagar Bade said in a technical write-up. “The payload isn’t hidden inside the file content…

CVE-2025-43300 is the latest zero-day bug used in cyberattacks against “targeted individuals,” which could signify spyware or nation-state hacking.

The growing ecosystem of agents, chatbots, and machine credentials that outnumber human users by an order of magnitude is creating a poorly understood but potentially major security issue.

Some insurers look to limit payouts to companies that don’t remediate serious vulnerabilities in a timely manner. Unsurprisingly, most companies don’t like those restrictions.

AI-assisted security reviews from Anthropic and others could help level up enterprise application security in the era of vibe coding.

While the furor from CISO prosecutions has died down, worries continue over a lack of liability protections and potential targeting by cybercriminals and hackers for their privileged roles.

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to malicious activity orchestrated by a China-nexus cyber espionage group known as Murky Panda that involves abusing trusted relationships in the cloud to breach enterprise networks. “The adversary has also shown considerable ability to quickly weaponize N-day and zero-day vulnerabilities and frequently achieves initial access to their targets by

INTERPOL on Friday announced that authorities from 18 countries across Africa have arrested 1,209 cybercriminals who targeted 88,000 victims. “The crackdown recovered $97.4 million and dismantled 11,432 malicious infrastructures, underscoring the global reach of cybercrime and the urgent need for cross-border cooperation,” the agency said. The effort is the second phase of an ongoing law

Pentesting remains one of the most effective ways to identify real-world security weaknesses before adversaries do. But as the threat landscape has evolved, the way we deliver pentest results hasn’t kept pace. Most organizations still rely on traditional reporting methods—static PDFs, emailed documents, and spreadsheet-based tracking. The problem? These outdated workflows introduce delays,