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Kidney dialysis firm DaVita confirms ransomware attack compromised data of 2.7M people
Kidney dialysis firm DaVita confirms ransomware breach exposed personal and health data of nearly 2.7M individuals. Kidney dialysis firm DaVita disclosed a data breach after a ransomware attack, the incident exposed personal and health information of nearly 2.7 million individuals.…
China-linked Silk Typhoon APT targets North America
China-linked Silk Typhoon APT group ramp up North America attacks, exploiting n-day and zero-day flaws for system access, CrowdStrike warns. China-linked Silk Typhoon APT group (aka Murky Panda) targets organizations in North America exploiting n-day and zero-day flaws for system…
Over 300 entities hit by a variant of Atomic macOS Stealer in recent campaign
Over 300 entities hit by the Atomic macOS Stealer via malvertising campaign between June and August, CrowdStrike warns. From June and August, over 300 entities were hit by a variant of the Atomic macOS Stealer (AMOS) called SHAMOS, reports CrowdStrike.…
Operation Serengeti 2.0: INTERPOL nabs 1,209 cybercriminals in Africa, seizes $97M
INTERPOL arrested 1,209 cybercriminals in 18 African nations seizing $97.4M, and dismantling 11,432 malicious infrastructures. INTERPOL announced the result of the second phase of ongoing law enforcement Operation Serengeti (June to August 2025) that led to 1,209 arrests across 18…
Colt Discloses Breach After Warlock Ransomware Group Puts Files Up for Sale
Colt Technology Services confirmed a data breach by the WarLock ransomware group; the company is working to restore disrupted systems. Colt Technology Services confirmed that threat actors breached its systems and stole some data. The telecoms company is working to restore…
Former developer jailed after deploying kill-switch malware at Ohio firm
Ex-developer jailed 4 years for sabotaging Ohio employer with kill-switch malware that locked employees out after his account was disabled. Ex-developer Davis Lu (55) was sentenced to 4 years for sabotaging Ohio employer with kill-switch malware that locked staff out…
After SharePoint attacks, Microsoft stops sharing PoC exploit code with China
Microsoft halts PoC exploit sharing with Chinese firms after SharePoint zero-day leaks, giving only written bug details to curb future abuse. Microsoft has reportedly stopped giving Chinese firms proof-of-concept exploit code through its Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP) program after…
U.S. CISA adds Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-43300, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities…
Orange Belgium July data breach impacted 850,000 customers
Orange Belgium revealed that a July attack resulted in the exposure of the information of 850,000 customer accounts. Orange Belgium announced that 850,000 customer accounts were impacted by a July data breach. Threat actors had access to one of the…
Apple addressed the seventh actively exploited zero-day
Apple addressed a vulnerability impacting iOS, iPadOS, and macOS that it is under active exploitation in the wild. Apple addressed an actively exploited zero-day, tracked as CVE-2025-43300, in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. The vulnerability is zero-day out-of-bounds write issue that…
Hackers deploy DripDropper via Apache ActiveMQ flaw, patch systems to evade detection
Hackers exploit Apache ActiveMQ flaw to install DripDropper on Linux, then patch it to block rivals and hide their tracks. Red Canary researchers observed attackers exploit a 2-year-old Apache ActiveMQ vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-46604 (CVSS score of 10.0), to gain…
A Scattered Spider member gets 10 years in prison
A 20-year-old Scattered Spider member gets 10 years in prison and $13M restitution for SIM-swapping crypto thefts. Scattered Spider hacker, Noah Michael Urban (20), was sentenced to 10 years in U.S. prison and ordered to pay $13M restitution for SIM-swapping…
FBI: Russia-linked group Static Tundra exploit old Cisco flaw for espionage
FBI warns FSB-linked group Static Tundra is exploiting a 7-year-old Cisco IOS/IOS XE flaw to gain persistent access for cyber espionage. The FBI warns that Russia-linked threat actor Static Tundra exploits Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and end-of-life networking devices…
US CERT/CC warns of flaws in Workhorse Software accounting software used by hundreds of municipalities in Wisconsin
CERT/CC disclosed serious data exposure vulnerabilities in Workhorse Software used by hundreds of U.S. cities and towns. CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) at Carnegie Mellon University disclosed two serious data exposure flaws in an accounting application developed by Workhorse Software’s, and…
Britain targets Kyrgyz financial institutions, crypto networks aiding Kremlin
The UK has imposed new sanctions on Kyrgyz financial institutions and crypto networks accused of helping Russia evade restrictions. The UK imposed sanctions on Kyrgyz financial institutions and crypto networks accused of aiding Russian sanctions evasion, war funding, and ransomware…
DOJ takes action against 22-year-old running RapperBot Botnet
DOJ charges 22-year-old Ethan Foltz of Oregon for running RapperBot, a DDoS botnet behind 370K+ attacks in 80+ countries since 2021. The U.S. DOJ charged 22-year-old Ethan Foltz of Oregon for running the RapperBot botnet, used in over 370,000 DDoS-for-hire…
Google fixed Chrome flaw found by Big Sleep AI
Google Chrome 139 addressed a high-severity V8 flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-9132, found by Big Sleep AI Google Chrome 139 addressed a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-9132, in its open source high-performance JavaScript and WebAssembly engine V8. The vulnerability is an…
Pharmaceutical firm Inotiv discloses ransomware attack. Qilin group claims responsibility for the hack
Pharmaceutical firm Inotiv says a ransomware attack encrypted systems and data, disrupting operations, according to its SEC filing. U.S. pharmaceutical firm Inotiv reported a ransomware attack that encrypted some systems and data, disrupting business operations. Inotiv is a U.S.-based pharmaceutical…
A hacker tied to Yemen Cyber Army gets 20 months in prison
UK hacker Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky, tied to Yemen Cyber Army, gets 20 months in prison for website defacements and stolen data possession. Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky (26), a man from South Yorkshire, linked to the Yemen Cyber Army, has been sentenced to 20…