⚡ Weekly Recap: Fortinet Exploited, China's AI Hacks, PhaaS Empire Falls & More
This week showed just how fast things can go wrong when no one's watching. Some attacks were silent and sneaky. Others used tools we trust…
ThreatsDay Bulletin: AI Tools in Malware, Botnets, GDI Flaws, Election Attacks & More
Cybercrime has stopped being a problem of just the internet — it's becoming a problem of the real world. Online scams now fund organized…
SonicWall Confirms State-Sponsored Hackers Behind September Cloud Backup Breach
SonicWall has formally implicated state-sponsored threat actors as behind the September security breach that led to the unauthorized exposure…
Russian Ransomware Gangs Weaponize Open-Source AdaptixC2 for Advanced Attacks
The open-source command-and-control (C2) framework known as AdaptixC2 is being used by a growing number of threat actors, some of whom are…
The Death of the Security Checkbox: BAS Is the Power Behind Real Defense
Security doesn't fail at the point of breach. It fails at the point of impact. That line set the tone for this year's Picus Breach and…
ThreatsDay Bulletin: DNS Poisoning Flaw, Supply-Chain Heist, Rust Malware Trick and New RATs Rising
The comfort zone in cybersecurity is gone. Attackers are scaling down, focusing tighter, and squeezing more value from fewer, high-impact…
Critical RCE Flaws CVE-2025-48983 & CVE-2025-48984 (CVSS 9.9) Found in Veeam Backup & Replication
Veeam Software has released patches addressing three newly disclosed , including two critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) in Veeam Backup…
Experts Warn of Widespread SonicWall VPN Compromise Impacting Over 100 Accounts
Cybersecurity company Huntress on Friday warned of "widespread compromise" of SonicWall SSL VPN devices to access multiple customer…
Threat Actors Exploiting SonicWall SSL VPN Devices in Wild to Deploy Akira Ransomware
Threat actors have reemerged in mid-2025 leveraging previously disclosed vulnerabilities in SonicWall SSL VPN appliances to deploy Akira…
Exploited Zero-Day: Gladinet/Triofox Flaw CVE-2025-11371 Allows RCE via LFI
Huntress has sounded the alarm over active exploitation of a newly discovered Local File Inclusion (LFI) in Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox…
LockBit, Qilin, and DragonForce Join Forces to Dominate the Ransomware Ecosystem
Three prominent ransomware groups DragonForce, LockBit, and Qilin have announced a new strategic ransomware alliance, once underscoring…
Microsoft: Critical GoAnywhere bug exploited in ransomware attacks
A cybercrime group, tracked as Storm-1175, has been actively exploiting a maximum severity GoAnywhere MFT vulnerability in Medusa ransomware…
Weekly Recap: Oracle 0-Day, BitLocker Bypass, VMScape, WhatsApp Worm & More
The cyber world never hits pause, and staying alert matters more than ever. Every week brings new tricks, smarter attacks, and fresh lessons…
⚡ Weekly Recap: Oracle 0-Day, BitLocker Bypass, VMScape, WhatsApp Worm & More
The cyber world never hits pause, and staying alert matters more than ever. Every week brings new tricks, smarter attacks, and fresh lessons…
Scanning of Palo Alto Portals Surges 500%
Security experts have observed a massive increase in reconnaissance activity targeted at login portals for Palo Alto Networks products.…
Week in review: Many Cisco ASA firewalls still unsecure, hackers claim Red Hat’s GitLab breach
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Keeping the internet afloat: How…
Akira ransomware: From SonicWall VPN login to encryption in under four hours
Four hours or less: that’s how long it takes for Akira affiliates to break into organizations and deploy the ransomware on their…
Weekly Recap: Cisco 0-Day, Record DDoS, LockBit 5.0, BMC Bugs, ShadowV2 Botnet & More
Cybersecurity never stops—and neither do hackers. While you wrapped up last week, new attacks were already underway. From hidden…
SonicWall SSL VPN Attacks Escalate, Bypassing MFA
Security experts have warned of a surge in malicious activity from Akira ransomware actors targeted at victims running SonicWall SSL VPN…
Akira Ransomware Exploits SonicWall VPN Accounts With Lightning-Fast Intrusions
Akira ransomware Leaksite Arctic Wolf has observed a major uptick in Akira ransomware activity since late July 2025, with attackers…
Akira ransomware breaching MFA-protected SonicWall VPN accounts
Ongoing Akira ransomware attacks targeting SonicWall SSL VPN devices continue to evolve, with the threat actors found to be successfully…
Threat Actors Exploiting SonicWall Firewalls to Deploy Akira Ransomware Using Malicious Logins
A new wave of cyberattacks targeting organizations using SonicWall firewalls has been actively deploying Akira ransomware since late July…
2025 Ransomware Trends: How Australia’s Wealth Makes It a Prime Target
Australia’s strong economy and high per-capita wealth have made it a prime target for ransomware groups, with the country facing a…
How One Bad Password Ended a 158-Year-Old Business
Most businesses don't make it past their fifth birthday - studies show that roughly 50% of small businesses fail within the first five years.…
SonicWall releases rootkit-busting firmware update following wave of attacks
SonicWall on Monday released a firmware update that the security vendor says will remove rootkit malware deployed in recent attacks targeting…
22 Vulnerabilities Under Attack – And Another That Could Be
Cyble researchers detailed 22 vulnerabilities under active attack in a blog post today – and nine of them aren’t in CISA’s…
OnePlus leaves researchers on read over Android bug that exposes texts
Security researchers report that OnePlus smartphone users remain vulnerable to a critical bug that allows any application to read SMS and MMS…
SonicWall releases SMA100 firmware update to wipe rootkit malware
SonicWall has released a firmware update that can help customers remove rootkit malware deployed in attacks targeting SMA 100 series devices.…
Attacker Breakout Time Falls to 18 Minutes
Threat actors are accelerating their attacks and adopting innovative new ways to circumvent endpoint detection mechanisms, according to a new…
Kawa4096: A New Ransomware Group with Akira-Style Branding and Qilin-Like Notes
In June 2025, a new ransomware group known as Kawa4096 surfaced, launching disruptive attacks against multinational organizations in finance,…
SonicWall Urges Password Resets After Cloud Backup Breach Affecting Under 5% of Customers
SonicWall is urging customers to reset credentials after their firewall configuration backup files were exposed in a security breach impacting…
WatchGuard warns of critical vulnerability in Firebox firewalls
WatchGuard has released security updates to address a remote code execution vulnerability impacting the company's Firebox firewalls. Tracked…
SonicWall warns customers to reset credentials after breach
SonicWall warned customers today to reset credentials after their firewall configuration backup files were exposed in a security breach that…
Ransomware attackers used incorrectly stored recovery codes to disable EDR agents
All target organizations are different, but ransomware attackers are highly adaptive and appreciate – and will exploit – any…
Akira ransomware exploiting critical SonicWall SSLVPN bug again
The Akira ransomware gang is actively exploiting CVE-2024-40766, a year-old critical-severity access control vulnerability, to…
Akira ransomware affiliates continue breaching organizations via SonicWall firewalls
Over a year after SonicWall patched CVE-2024-40766, a critical flaw in its next-gen firewalls, ransomware attackers are still gaining a…
Australia Warns of Ransomware Attacks Exploiting SonicWall VPN Flaw CVE-2024-40766
The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) has issued an urgent alert regarding active exploitation of…
SonicWall SSL VPN Flaw and Misconfigurations Actively Exploited by Akira Ransomware Hackers
Threat actors affiliated with the Akira ransomware group have continued to target SonicWall devices for initial access. Cybersecurity firm…
ACSC Warns Of Sonicwall Access Control Vulnerability Actively Exploited In Attacks
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has issued a critical alert regarding a severe access control vulnerability in…
ACSC Warns of Active Exploitation of SonicWall SSL VPN Vulnerability (CVE-2024-40766)
Ddos September 11, 2025 The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) has issued an alert on the active…
Akira ransomware crims abusing trifecta of SonicWall security holes for extortion attacks
Affiliates of the Akira ransomware gang are again exploiting a critical SonicWall vulnerability abused last summer, after a suspected zero-day…
⚡ Weekly Recap: WhatsApp 0-Day, Docker Bug, Salesforce Breach, Fake CAPTCHAs, Spyware App & More
Cybersecurity today is less about single attacks and more about chains of small weaknesses that connect into big risks. One overlooked update,…