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Breaking News: Supply-Chain Breach Hits Palo Alto Networks and Zscaler via Salesloft’s Drift App

A widespread supply-chain cyberattack has unfolded, centering on OAuth tokens stolen from the Salesloft - Drift application - a third-party AI-powered sales tool that integrates...

Coordinated Brute-Force Campaign Targets Fortinet SSL VPN and FortiManager Services

On 3 August 2025, threat intelligence firm GreyNoise detected an unprecedented surge in brute-force attempts against Fortinet SSL VPNs - over 780 unique IPs...

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Iran-Nexus Spear-Phishing Masquerades as Omani MFA to Target Global Governments

In August 2025, Dream’s Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) agents...

Malicious Versions of Nx NPM Packages Published: Developers Urged to Update Immediately

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered that malicious versions of the...

EFCC Arrests 37 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Wukari, Taraba State

On 27 August 2025, the Economic and Financial Crimes...

PromptLock: ESET Uncovers First Known AI-Powered Ransomware

ESET researchers published on 27 August 2025 that they...

Nigeria Deports 42 Foreign Cybercriminals After Historic EFCC Raid; 150 More to Follow

On 18 August 2025, the Nigerian Immigration Service, in...

Google Play Enforces Stricter Global Licensing Rules for Cryptocurrency Apps

Google Play has introduced new, jurisdiction-specific licensing requirements for...

The Cost of a Call: How Voice Phishing Campaigns Escalated into Salesforce Data Extortion

A sophisticated cybersecurity campaign leveraging voice phishing (vishing) has...

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Fortressing Your Business Data: Top 10 Most Secure ERP Systems in 2024

In today's data-driven business landscape, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software plays a critical role. It manages core functionalities like finance, inventory, human...
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US Deports Notorious Australian Hacker After Landmark Cybercrime Conviction

DENVER/ADELAIDE – United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...

ASIC Sues FIIG Securities Over Cybersecurity Failures Leading to Data Theft

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has launched...

Cybersecurity Breach at the University of Notre Dame Australia: Investigation Underway

The University of Notre Dame Australia is currently investigating...

Bunnings Faces Privacy Backlash Over Facial Recognition Technology Use

Bunnings Group Limited, a prominent retail chain in Australia,...
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CPX’ Latest Whitepaper for Securing OT: Trust, Collaboration, and the Future of Industrial Cyber Defense

The UAE-based cybersecurity leader CPX has released a groundbreaking whitepaper, "Securing Operational Technology with Trust and Collaboration" (July 2025), urging a global rethink of...

NVIDIA Warns of Rowhammer GPU Risk: Activating ECC on A6000 and Enterprise GPUs Essential

NVIDIA has published a Rowhammer Security Notice (updated 9 July 2025) in response to customer concerns following new research that demonstrated a practical Rowhammer-style memory‑bit‑flip exploit-dubbed...

GMX Suffers Massive $42M DeFi Hack: A Critical Wake‑Up Call for Decentralized Exchanges

On 9 July 2025, the decentralized perpetual exchange GMX-operating on Arbitrum V1-was robbed of approximately $42 million in crypto assets from its GLP liquidity pool,...

macOS.ZuRu Resurfaces via Trojanized Termius App Using Modified Khepri C2 Beacon

On 10 July 2025, cybersecurity researchers uncovered a renewed campaign of the macOS.ZuRu backdoor, this time embedded within a doctored version of the popular...

Fake News for Real Scams: Inside the Global Threat of Baiting News Sites and Crypto Investment Fraud

In July 2025, Bahrain-based cybersecurity firm CTM360 released a bombshell report exposing the alarming global rise of Baiting News Sites (BNS) fraudulent news platforms...

US Sanctions Russia-Linked Bulletproof Hosting Provider Aeza Group for Enabling Ransomware and Infostealer Operations

The US Department of the Treasury has sanctioned Aeza Group - a Russia-based bulletproof hosting (BPH) provider - and four associated entities and individuals...

Ransomware Gang Hunters International Shuts Down and Offers Free Decryption Keys

The ransomware gang Hunters International announced on 3 July 2025 that it is shutting down its operations and offering free decryption keys to previously...

How a $2.7K Bribe Enabled a $140 Million PIX Theft from Brazilian Banks

In a dramatic cyber heist on 30 June 2025, hackers paid just R$15,000 (~$2,760) for insider credentials at C&M Software then orchestrated Brazil's largest digital banking...

Telefónica Hit with Threat: 106 GB Data Leak Warning by Hellcat Hacker

A hacker known as “Rey,” affiliated with the Hellcat ransomware group, claims to have stolen 106 GB of internal data from Spanish telecom giant Telefónica...

Taiwan NSB Warns of Critical Cybersecurity Risks in China-Made Mobile Apps

Taiwan’s National Security Bureau (NSB) has flagged five popular Chinese-made mobile apps-including TikTok, Weibo, WeChat, RedNote, and Baidu Cloud-as posing significant cybersecurity risks, citing...

Nigerian Hacker Dupes U.S. President Trump’s 2025 Inauguration Fund in Brazen Cyber Heist

LAGOS, Nigeria - 10 June 2025 In a stunning breach of political and digital security, a Nigerian national has been implicated in a highly...

macOS NimDoor Malware: DPRK Hackers Target Web3 and Crypto Platforms with Nim-Based Precision

North Korean threat actors have launched a sophisticated macOS malware campaign targeting Web3 and cryptocurrency companies using a rare Nim-based backdoor known as NimDoor....

CVE‑2025‑20309: Cisco Unified CM Exposes Root via Static SSH Credentials

Cisco disclosed a 10.0 CVSS-critical vulnerability (CVE‑2025‑20309) in its Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Session Management Edition (SME) on 2 July 2025, enabling...

PDFs: Portable Documents or Perfect Phishing Vectors?

Cybersecurity professionals are sounding the alarm: PDF attachments are increasingly leveraged in sophisticated phishing campaigns. Cisco Talos’ July 2, 2025 investigation reveals how threat actors use...

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Aeza Group Bulletproof Russian Bulletproof Hosting Provider in Major Cybercrime Crackdown

On 1 July 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Aeza Group, a Russia‑based bulletproof hosting service, for enabling...

Google Urgently Patches CVE‑2025‑6554 Zero‑Day in Chrome 138 Stable Update

On 26 June 2025, Google rapidly deployed a Stable Channel update (Chrome 138) to address CVE‑2025‑6554, a high‑severity type‑confusion vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine, actively...

ALERT: FBI Warns Scattered Spider Is Now Targeting Airlines with Social Engineering Attacks

What happened, why it matters, why now:The FBI has issued a rare airline-sector alert after observing the cybercriminal group Scattered Spider pivoting to target...

French Police Arrest Five Key Operators Behind BreachForums Data-Theft Platform

On 25 June 2025, France’s specialist cybercrime unit (BL2C) detained five French nationals accused of administering BreachForums, a notorious global data-theft marketplace. This operation marks a...

Cybercriminals Weaponized Open-Source Tools in Sustained Campaign Against Africa’s Financial Sector

Since mid-2023, a cybercriminal cluster dubbed CL‑CRI‑1014 has been targeting financial institutions across Africa using open-source tools like PoshC2 and Classroom Spy exploiting them...

Critical TeamViewer Remote Management Flaw Allows SYSTEM‑Level File Deletion

A high‑severity vulnerability, CVE‑2025‑36537, has been identified in TeamViewer Remote Management for Windows-allowing local, unprivileged users to delete files with SYSTEM-level privileges via MSI...

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Bug Bounty Bonanza: WazirX Launches Program After $230 Million Cyberattack

In the ever-changing landscape of cybersecurity, the Indian cryptocurrency...

Why Your Company Needs a Bug Bounty Program: A Proactive Approach to Cybersecurity

In today's ever-evolving digital landscape, cybersecurity threats are a...

Big Bucks for Bugs: Google’s $10 Million Bug Bounty Award and Lessons for Responsible Disclosure

In the ever-evolving battle against cybercrime, bug bounty programs...
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