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Cybrfunk was created on January 17, 2021 with the intent of making reliable cyber security news and threat intelligence more accessible to the public. With this in mind, we aim to provide a central hub for all of the best cyber security news and threat intelligence. In an ever changing landscape we hope to make your trip a little easier and safer.
Latest Articles:
Fake-download campaign uses trojanized installers to deliver monetization payloads
Microsoft Threat Intelligence tracks a fake-download campaign that uses trojanized Inno installers to deliver multiple monetization offers and provides detection and investigation guidance across the…
Europol dismantles investment scheme that impacted potential victims in 50 countries
Authorities seized more than 100 servers and searched locations linked to the alleged operation across 17 countries.
Microsoft named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI Agent Management Platforms
Read why Gartner named Microsoft a Leader in the inaugural 2026 Magic Quadrant for AI Agent Management Platforms.
Binance CEO says ‘months-long campaign’ led to $6.3 billion theft as N. Korea denies responsibility
North Korean attackers "combined a range of techniques, including social engineering by fake recruitment interviews," Binance said about the multibillion-dollar crypto heist it discovered in…
Citizen Lab Researchers Win IRTF Applied Networking Research Prize
Researchers from the Citizen Lab and Princeton have won the IRTF Applied Networking Research Prize for their work on the network security of Android apps.
9 Cyber Awareness Tips That Actually Match Today’s Maze of Threats
Practical guidance on safer search, stronger login security, better executive protection, and other habits that help reduce enterprise risk.
LLMJacking Emerges as Thriving Cybercriminal Enterprise
Cybercriminals have turned reselling cloud access to LLMs into a lucrative business model, with some victims paying as much as $1 million in resource consumption…
Barracuda warns of critical flaws allowing root access to devices
Cybersecurity company Barracuda Networks warned customers to patch two vulnerabilities that can let attackers run commands with root privileges.
Gartner Predicts SOCs Will Have 50% More Engineers Than Analysts by 2028
Gartner predicts that security operations centers will have 50% more engineers than analysts by 2028 as AI agents take over routine alert handling. Prophet Security…
Frontline Education Data Breach Impacts Over 1.3 Million
Hackers exploited a flaw in third-party software and stole the personal information of school district staff and students.
CrowdStrike Reportedly Paying $495 Million for AI Security Firms Fiddler, Dreadnode
The acquisitions will add AI agent observability and automated AI security testing capabilities to the CrowdStrike Falcon platform.
UK school estate hit by 3AM ransomware in suspected AI-assisted attack
A 3AM ransomware affiliate targeted a school estate in the UK and successfully encrypted around 37 of nearly 50 machines reached from an unmanaged host.
3AM Affiliate Embraces AI-Like Loops in European School Attack
Evidence suggests a model may have generated and revised commands during the ransom gang's breach, though researchers stopped short of claiming full automation.
Russia dismantles infrastructure of VasyGrek cybercrime group, detains three suspects
Russia's Interior Ministry said Monday that police had dismantled the group's infrastructure and identified its suspected members following an investigation conducted with assistance from cybersecurity…
Russia-linked cyber spies target Ukraine’s war crimes investigations, military aid routes
The hackers use relatively simple malware to steal sensitive documents, login credentials and other information from Ukrainian organizations, particularly those near the front line and…