July 2025
Suspected Chinese cybersnoop grounded in Italy after US tipoff
Zewei Xu's family reportedly bemused at arrest as extradition tabled A man who US authorities allege is a member of Chinese state-sponsored cyberespionage outfit Silk Typhoon was arrested in Milan last week following a tipoff from the US embassy.…
Is your password ecosystem ready for the regulators?
The clipboard warriors are coming. Time to check on your password management Sponsored feature It's 2025, and credential theft is a thing of the past.…
Suspected Scattered Spider domains target everyone from manufacturers to Chipotle
Plus: Qantas makes contact with 'potential cyber criminal' While the aviation industry has borne the brunt of Scattered Spider's latest round of social engineering attacks, the criminals aim to catch manufacturing and medical tech companies — and even Chipotle Mexican Grill — in their web, as evidenced by hundreds…
Phishing platforms, infostealers blamed as identity attacks soar
Get your creds in order or risk BEC, ransomware attacks, orgs warned A rise in advanced phishing kits and info-stealing malware are to blame for a 156 percent jump in cyberattacks targeting user logins, say researchers.…
Ingram Micro confirms ransomware behind multi-day outage
SafePay crew claims responsibility for intrusion at one of world's largest tech distributors Ingram Micro, one of the world’s largest distributors, has confirmed it is trying to restore systems following a ransomware attack.…
Massive spike in use of .es domains for phishing abuse
¡Cuidado! Time to double-check before entering your Microsoft creds Cybersecurity experts are reporting a 19x increase in malicious campaigns being launched from .es domains, making it the third most common, behind only .com and .ru.…
Microsoft Windows Firewall complains about Microsoft code
Just ignore the warnings. Nothing to see here. Move along A mysterious piece of "under development" code is playing havoc with the Windows Firewall after the latest preview update for Windows 11 24H2.…
Young Consulting finds even more folks affected in breach mess – now over 1 million
The insurance SaaS slinger may trade under a different name, but past continues to haunt it Young Consulting's cybersecurity woes continue after the number of affected individuals from last year's suspected ransomware raid passed the 1 million mark.…
Meta calls €200M EU fine over pay-or-consent ad model ‘unlawful’
'Deserves fair compensation for the valuable and innovative services'? Which ones are those then? Meta has come out swinging following the European Commission's decision that its pay-or-consent model falls foul of the Digital Markets Act (DMA).…
Ransomware crew Hunters International shuts down, hands out keys to victims
Don't let their kind words sway you – leaders are still up to no good Ransomware gang Hunters International has shut up shop and offered decryption keys to all victims as a parting favor.…