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Flailing Ransomware Hackers Resorting to Extreme Tactics
Silent Ransom Bucks Trend of Fewer Victims Paying, and Paying Less When They Do. Fewer ransomware victims are choosing to pay a ransom than ever before, bar some big payoffs that largely trace to high-profile law firms that got hit by a group called Silent Ransom, which the FBI says has a penchant for infiltrating…
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Authorities investigating a coordinated cyberattack against Minnesota water systems
The two-day attack comes days after federal officials warned of state-linked threat groups targeting a wider set of industrial devices. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/authorities-investigating-a-coordinated-cyberattack-against-minnesota-water/826427/
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Nimbus Manticore Deploys NightLedger and Turns Victim Systems Into Covert Relays
The Iranian state-backed hacking group tracked as Nimbus Manticore (aka GalaxyGato, Mirage Kitten, Smoke Sandstorm, Subtle Snail, and UNC1549) has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting entities across the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia.The intrusions involve the use of a previously undocumented Windows backdoor called NightLedger and two custom WebSocket tunnelers,…
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AWS to retire Shield Advanced L7 automatic mitigation on January 1, 2027
AWS Shield Advanced, a managed service that protects applications from external threats, is adding the Anti-DDoS managed rule group, designed for application-layer (L7) DDoS … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/28/aws-waf-anti-ddos-rule-group/
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ShinyHunters Claims EY Data Breach, Threatens to Leak Stolen Client Tax Data
ShinyHunters has claimed responsibility for the data breach at Ernst & Young (EY) and is threatening to publish allegedly stolen client tax information unless the professional services firm engages in negotiations before July 31, 2026. The extortion group posted about EY on its dark web leak site, describing the deadline as a “final warning” and…
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FBI: Breaking Affiliate Trust Sped Along LockBit’s Takedown
An FBI agent explains how the mulitnational law-enforcement Operation Cronos was successful in disrupting the largest ransomware group of its time. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/fbi-breaking-affiliate-trust-lockbit-takedown
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NVIDIA Forms 37-Member Open Secure AI Alliance and Open-Sources NOOA Framework
Tags: ai, cisco, cloud, crowdstrike, framework, group, ibm, intelligence, linux, microsoft, network, nvidia, open-source, software, toolNVIDIA and 36 other organizations have formed the Open Secure AI Alliance to develop and share open technologies, techniques, and tools for securing software and artificial intelligence (AI) agents.The 37-member group spans cloud, security, enterprise software, and AI companies, including Microsoft, Cisco, Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, Hugging Face, IBM, Palo Alto Networks, Red Hat, and the Linux…
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Clop Tied to PTC Product Lifecycle Management Software Hits
Signs Point to Cl0p Extortion Group Again Stealing Data and Holding It to Ransom. Digital extortion group Clop, aka Cl0p, has been tied to a fresh spate of supply-chain attacks, this time targeting users of popular Windchill and FlexPLM product lifecycle management software from PTC. Victims appear to at least span the aerospace, automotive, manufacturing…
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Insane Castle Hurricane: APT Codename Confusion Proliferates
Google Debuts Yet Another Way to Track State-Sponsored and Cybercrime Actors What do Castle, Ion, Neptune, Relic and Comet have in common? They’re among the codenames Google will begin assigning to threat groups, many of which already have a dozen different codenames assigned to them. In the words of one researcher: There is a massive…
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Tech industry giants say US must embrace openness, transparency in AI
Open-source and open-weight AI models are essential cybersecurity tools, two groups of major AI and security firms said. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/ai-open-source-weights-tech-industry-promote/826240/
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Tech giants form alliance to put open AI in cyber defenders’ hands
NVIDIA and a group of tech companies have formed an alliance to promote the use of open AI models in cybersecurity, days after OpenAI disclosed that one of its own AI models … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/27/nvidia-open-secure-ai-alliance/
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Google changes how it names cyber threat actors
Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has started using a new naming system for the threat actors it tracks. The change comes after Mandiant and Google’s Threat … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/27/google-threat-actors-naming-system/
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Cruciferra Crypter Uses BYOVD and Process Ghosting to Hide Windows Malware
The China-linked cybercrime group behind the use of income tax-related phishing lures targeting Indian taxpayers, tax professionals, and corporate finance teams has been observed using a sophisticated crypter service called Cruciferra.According to a new analysis by Proofpoint, Cruciferra has been utilized by various unrelated cybercriminal threat clusters to deliver a wide array of remote First…
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Ransomware Groups Increasingly Deploy EDR Kill Techniques
Halcyon’s latest quarterly ransomware report showed that while ransomware attacks are declining, obfuscation techniques are getting harder to fight against First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ransomware-q2-2026-edr-kill/
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How the Gentlemen Ransomware Group Built a Multi-Region Attack Machine in H1 2026
Ransomware’s biggest story in the first half of 2026 was not only about established names maintaining dominance. A newer player, The Gentlemen ransomware group, emerged as one of the most geographically active operators, expanding its reach across Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East & Africa, and the Americas. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/the-gentlemen-ransomware-group/
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BlueNoroff Fake Meeting Kit Captures Webcams, Disables Defender and Steals Cryptocurrency Credentials
BlueNoroff, a financially motivated threat cluster linked to the Lazarus Group, has been observed deploying a highly sophisticated “fake meeting” phishing kit. That goes far beyond traditional lures, enabling webcam capture, Microsoft Defender evasion, and targeted cryptocurrency credential theft. New research from JUMPSEC provides rare source-level visibility into the operation after attackers mistakenly exposed JavaScript…
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Inside the violent online network coercing children to self-harm – podcast
This year the FBI issued urgent warnings to parents about 764, a global online community where children are manipulated into acts of violence.<br><br>With hundreds of investigations under way worldwide, including in Australia, 764 and groups like it are accused of using coercion to turn vulnerable minors into victims and, in some cases, predators.<strong>Nour Haydar</strong> speaks…
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ShinyHunters data leaks fuel $2,000 sextortion email scam
Threat actors are using email addresses exposed in data breaches leaked by the ShinyHunters extortion group to send sextortion emails demanding $2,000 in Bitcoin. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/shinyhunters-data-leaks-fuel-2-000-sextortion-email-scam/
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Google Launches Unified Cryptonym-Based Naming System for Threat Actors
Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has introduced a unified cryptonym-based naming system for cyber threat actors, aiming to simplify attribution, improve analyst workflows, and eliminate inconsistencies between legacy tracking conventions used across Google’s security teams. The initiative follows the integration of Mandiant and Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) into GTIG. Before the merger, both organizations…
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Russian hackers exploit unpatched Zimbra servers to steal emails
Russian state-backed hacker group Laundry Bear has been breaking into government and commercial networks for at least a year by exploiting a vulnerability in the Zimbra … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/24/laundry-bear-zimbra-vulnerability-cve-2025-66376/
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Russian Hackers Used a Zimbra Zero-Day to Steal Emails Without Link Clicks
Russian hackers from the TA488 group exploited a Zimbra webmail flaw triggered when emails were opened or previewed, stealing credentials and up to 90 days of messages from victims. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/russian-hackers-zimbra-0-day-steal-emails-link-clicks/
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Golden Chickens Launches Four Modular Malware Families to Steal Chrome Credentials and Hijack Browser Sessions
Golden Chickens, tracked as TAG-195 and also known as Venom Spider, has launched four new modular malware families designed to enhance credential theft, browser session hijacking, and post-exploitation flexibility. The newly identified families TinyEgg, ChonkyChicken, a modularized ChonkyChicken variant, and ChromEggscalator mark a clear architectural evolution in the group’s malware-as-a-service (MaaS) ecosystem, signaling a shift…
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US Agencies Warn of Laundry Bear Campaign Targeting Unpatched Zimbra Servers
Tags: advisory, apt, cybersecurity, email, exploit, flaw, government, group, infrastructure, international, russiaUS agencies warn Russian group Laundry Bear is exploiting a patched Zimbra flaw to steal email accounts from organizations running unpatched servers. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other U.S. government and international partners published a joint advisory to warn that the Russia-linked APT…
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Fake Notepad++ Plugin Delivers MATCHBOIL.V2 in UAC-0099 Attacks
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new campaign that involves the use of a malicious program that’s dressed up as a Notepad++ plugin to compromise Windows systems.The activity has been attributed by the agency to a threat cluster it tracks as UAC-0099, a Russia-aligned group that has previously observed…
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Russian LAUNDRY BEAR Hackers Exploit Zimbra Zero-Day to Steal 90 Days of Emails
Tags: advisory, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, email, espionage, exploit, government, group, hacker, russia, technology, threat, vulnerability, zero-dayRussian state-supported threat actors, known as LAUNDRY BEAR, have exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the Zimbra Collaboration Suite to steal up to 909,090 days’ worth of emails from targeted organizations across Western countries. A joint cybersecurity advisory, AA26-204A, issued on July 23, 2026, warns that this espionage-focused group has targeted government, defense, energy, technology, education,…
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Ransomware in 2026: More groups, more victims, no slowdown
Ransomware activity followed a recognizable pattern during the previous four years. Each year was defined by a dominant actor, its collapse, or a major supply chain incident. … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/24/ransomware-attack-trends-2026-report/
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Russian Hackers Exploit Zimbra Zero-Day Against US, Ukraine Targets
A state-sponsored threat group, dubbed Laundry Bear, sends half-click phishing emails that require a victim only to open or preview the message. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/russian-hackers-zimbra-zero-day-us-ukraine-targets
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Chaos ransomware deploys browser-based msaRAT to evade network detection
Cisco Talos uncovered msaRAT, a Chaos ransomware RAT that hides C2 traffic by routing it through Chrome or Edge using the Chrome DevTools Protocol. Cisco Talos disclosed msaRAT, a Rust-based remote access trojan attributed to the Chaos ransomware group that routes its entire command-and-control channel through the victim’s own Chrome or Edge browser. The malware…
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Russian Espionage Group Exploited Zimbra Zero-Day to Steal Mail and 2FA Codes
A Russian state-supported espionage group spent months reading Western mailboxes through a then-unknown flaw in Zimbra’s webmail client.The payload goes after the last 90 days of email, the organization’s entire email directory, the password saved in the browser and the codes kept for two-factor recovery. Opening the message was enough to start it.The NSA, CISA…
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International alert spotlights Russia-linked attacks on Zimbra webmail
A Kremlin-backed group known as Laundry Bear has been using a zero-click phishing technique to break into Zimbra webmail accounts worldwide, the U.S. and other nations said. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/zimbra-webmail-zero-click-phishing-russia-laundry-bear