Tag: attack
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IR Trends Q1 2026: Phishing reemerges as top initial access vector, as attacks targeting public administration persist
Phishing reemerged as the most observed means of gaining initial access, accounting for over a third of the engagements where initial access could be determined. Phishing has not been the top vertical for initial access since Q2 2025. First seen on blog.talosintelligence.com Jump to article: blog.talosintelligence.com/ir-trends-q1-2026/
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March 2026 Cyber Threat Landscape Fueled by Ransomware, Breaches, and Access Markets
Tags: access, attack, breach, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, intelligence, ransomware, threatThe 2026 threat landscape continued to intensify in March, with ransomware attacks, expanding data breach activity, and a growing underground market for compromised access shaping the global cybersecurity environment. According to analysis from CRIL (Cyble Research & Intelligence Labs), organizations worldwide faced a highly active and coordinated threat ecosystem throughout the month. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/march-2026-threat-landscape/
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Over 1,300 Microsoft SharePoint servers vulnerable to spoofing attacks
Over 1,300 Microsoft SharePoint servers exposed online remain unpatched against a spoofing vulnerability that was exploited as a zero-day and is still being abused in ongoing attacks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-1-300-microsoft-sharepoint-servers-vulnerable-to-ongoing-attacks/
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UK could face ‘hacktivist attacks at scale’, says head of security agency
Officials warn a conflict situation could cause disruption similar to recent major ransomware incidentsThe UK could face “hacktivist attacks at scale” if it becomes embroiled in a conflict and the impact could be similar to recent high-profile <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/14/who-is-behind-latest-wave-of-ransomware-attacks”>ransomware incidents, according to the head of the country’s online security agency.Richard Horne, chief executive of the…
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Shadow AI, deepfakes, and supply chain compromise are rewriting the financial sector threat playbook
Financially motivated attacks continued to drive the bulk of cyber incidents against banks, insurers, and payment processors in 2025. Approximately 90% of breaches affecting … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/22/financial-sector-cyber-threats-report/
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Nation states responsible for ‘nationally significant’ cyber attacks against UK, says NCSC chief
The UK is facing four nationally significant cyber attacks a week, the majority from hostile states, NCSC chief, Richard Horne, will warn at the CyberUK conference First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366642032/Nation-states-responsible-for-nationally-significant-cyber-attacks-against-UK-says-NCSC-chief
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Oracle April 2026 Critical Patch Update Addresses 241 CVEs
Oracle addresses 241 CVEs in its second quarterly update of 2026 with 481 patches, including 34 critical updates. Key takeaways: The second Critical Patch Update (CPU) for 2026 contains fixes for 241 unique CVEs in 481 security updates 34 issues (7.1% of all patches) were assigned a critical severity rating Oracle Communications received the highest…
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French govt agency confirms breach as hacker offers to sell data
France Titres, the government agency in France for issuing and managince administrative documents has disclosed a data breach after a threat actor claimed the attack and stealing citizen data. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/french-govt-agency-confirms-breach-as-hacker-offers-to-sell-data/
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French govt agency confirms breach as hacker offers to sell data
France Titres, the government agency in France for issuing and managince administrative documents has disclosed a data breach after a threat actor claimed the attack and stealing citizen data. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/french-govt-agency-confirms-breach-as-hacker-offers-to-sell-data/
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French govt agency confirms breach as hacker offers to sell data
France Titres, the government agency in France for issuing and managince administrative documents has disclosed a data breach after a threat actor claimed the attack and stealing citizen data. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/french-govt-agency-confirms-breach-as-hacker-offers-to-sell-data/
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French govt agency confirms breach as hacker offers to sell data
France Titres, the government agency in France for issuing and managince administrative documents has disclosed a data breach after a threat actor claimed the attack and stealing citizen data. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/french-govt-agency-confirms-breach-as-hacker-offers-to-sell-data/
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French govt agency confirms breach as hacker offers to sell data
France Titres, the government agency in France for issuing and managince administrative documents has disclosed a data breach after a threat actor claimed the attack and stealing citizen data. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/french-govt-agency-confirms-breach-as-hacker-offers-to-sell-data/
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How AI Supply-Chain Monitor Spotted Unfolding Axios Attack
Lightweight LLM-Driven Process Alerted Elastic’s Security Team, Says James Spiteri. Elastic Security Labs quickly spotted the unfolding supply-chain attack that backdoored the popular JavaScript library Axios, thanks to a lightweight, AI-driven tool a researcher created to assess if repository changes looked malicious. Elastic’s James Spiteri says further use cases abound. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Exploits Turn Windows Defender into Attacker Tool
Three proof-of-concept exploits are being used in active attacks against Microsoft’s built-in security platform; two are unpatched. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/exploits-turn-windows-defender-attacker-tool
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Iran Alleges US Networking Gear Was Deliberately Disabled
Reports from Iranian state media claim that U.S.-manufactured networking gear ceased functioning at critical moments during military strikes. The allegations, which cannot be independently verified, claim there were simultaneous failures across routers and switches produced by Cisco, Fortinet, Juniper Networks, and MikroTik during attacks on Iranian infrastructure. According to accounts published by the Iranian Fars..…
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Iran Alleges US Networking Gear Was Deliberately Disabled
Reports from Iranian state media claim that U.S.-manufactured networking gear ceased functioning at critical moments during military strikes. The allegations, which cannot be independently verified, claim there were simultaneous failures across routers and switches produced by Cisco, Fortinet, Juniper Networks, and MikroTik during attacks on Iranian infrastructure. According to accounts published by the Iranian Fars..…
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Iran Alleges US Networking Gear Was Deliberately Disabled
Reports from Iranian state media claim that U.S.-manufactured networking gear ceased functioning at critical moments during military strikes. The allegations, which cannot be independently verified, claim there were simultaneous failures across routers and switches produced by Cisco, Fortinet, Juniper Networks, and MikroTik during attacks on Iranian infrastructure. According to accounts published by the Iranian Fars..…
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Scottish man pleads guilty to attack spree that created Scattered Spider’s notoriety
Tyler Robert Buchanan “was the glue that held this gang together,” a cybercrime researcher said. He faces up to 22 years in federal prison. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/the-com-scattered-spider-hacker-tyler-robert-buchanan-guilty-plea/
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Lawmakers ponder terrorism designations, homicide charges over hospital ransomware attacks
The ideas came up at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing, as health care ransomware attacks are on the rise. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/lawmakers-ponder-terrorism-designations-homicide-charges-over-hospital-ransomware-attacks/
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Europe Preps for Post-Quantum Computing
France Invokes Geopolitical Instability to Mandate 2030 Deadline. A working quantum computer is probably at least a decade away. The rush to adopt encryption algorithms that can withstand the onslaught of a qubit attack has already begun, with European countries feeling variable levels of urgency. Sooner is better in principle, an analyst said. First seen…
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New Lotus data wiper used against Venezuelan energy, utility firms
A previously undocumented data-wiping malware dubbed Lotus was used last year in targeted attacks against energy and utilities organizations in Venezuela. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-lotus-data-wiper-used-against-venezuelan-energy-utility-firms/
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‘Scattered Spider’ Member ‘Tylerb’ Pleads Guilty
A 24-year-old British national and senior member of the cybercrime group “Scattered Spider” has pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft. Tyler Robert Buchanan admitted his role in a series of text-message phishing attacks in the summer of 2022 that allowed the group to hack into at least a dozen major technology…
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More Cisco SD-WAN bugs battered in attacks
CISA gives federal agencies 4 days to patch First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/21/cisco_sdwan_bugs_kev/
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More Cisco SD-WAN bugs battered in attacks
CISA gives federal agencies 4 days to patch First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/21/cisco_sdwan_bugs_kev/
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The Attack Runs Itself: What Agentic AI Fraud Actually Looks Like
This is part 1 of a two-part series on agentic AI fraud defense. Since joining Arkose Labs, one of the first things I did was go deep on the threat data, what the attack patterns actually look like, how autonomous systems probe defenses, where classification breaks down and where it holds. That data has… Continued…
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The Attack Runs Itself: What Agentic AI Fraud Actually Looks Like
This is part 1 of a two-part series on agentic AI fraud defense. Since joining Arkose Labs, one of the first things I did was go deep on the threat data, what the attack patterns actually look like, how autonomous systems probe defenses, where classification breaks down and where it holds. That data has… Continued…
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The Attack Runs Itself: What Agentic AI Fraud Actually Looks Like
This is part 1 of a two-part series on agentic AI fraud defense. Since joining Arkose Labs, one of the first things I did was go deep on the threat data, what the attack patterns actually look like, how autonomous systems probe defenses, where classification breaks down and where it holds. That data has… Continued…
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‘Scattered Spider’ Member ‘Tylerb’ Pleads Guilty
A 24-year-old British national and senior member of the cybercrime group “Scattered Spider” has pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft. Tyler Robert Buchanan admitted his role in a series of text-message phishing attacks in the summer of 2022 that allowed the group to hack into at least a dozen major technology…
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‘Scattered Spider’ Member ‘Tylerb’ Pleads Guilty
A 24-year-old British national and senior member of the cybercrime group “Scattered Spider” has pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft. Tyler Robert Buchanan admitted his role in a series of text-message phishing attacks in the summer of 2022 that allowed the group to hack into at least a dozen major technology…