Police dismantle KillSec ransomware gang allegedly led by 16-year-old
An international law enforcement operation dubbed “Operation KillSwitch” seized the KillSec ransomware gang’s data leak site and servers, led to...
Month: October 2026
AI policy circles targeted in China-linked phishing operation
A China-aligned cyber espionage group targeted U.S. artificial intelligence policy experts through phishing emails that impersonated prominent officials, economists and...
The Day-One Hole in Zero Trust Architecture
Zero Trust principles are now commonplace in enterprise infrastructure; organizations have spent years investing in measures that secure identities and...
Preparing governments for an era of interconnected cyber risk
According to this year’s Microsoft Digital Defense Report, government agencies and services were the sector most impacted by cyber threats...
Insights from the 2026 Microsoft Digital Defense Report
Every year, the Microsoft Digital Defense Report gives us an opportunity to step back from individual threats and look broadly...
Warlock Ransomware Hits Large Spanish, Portuguese Orgs
A year-old Chinese threat actor looks like a cybercrime gang, acts like a state-associated APT, and attacks organizations in unexpected...
CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog
CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-104286...
Connected Cars Are a Surveillance Platform
Researchers at Northeastern University, in collaboration with Consumer Reports, evaluated how much modern cars spy in their drivers: The new...
The Fine Art of Frustrating the Adversary
For Cybersecurity Awareness Month, eight Cisco Talos researchers share practical ways defenders can frustrate adversaries at different stages of an...
The Secrets of the US Spyware King
Spyware maker Paragon Solutions has long positioned itself as the good guy in an industry seemingly filled with bad ones,...