Ransomware Attacks Soared 30% In October
Ransomware attacks soared 30% in October to the second-highest total on record, Cyble reported today. The 623 ransomware attacks recorded in October were second only…
Month: November 2025
Washington Post confirms data on nearly 10,000 people stolen from its Oracle environment
The Washington Post said it, too, was impacted by the data theft and extortion campaign targeting Oracle E-Business Suite customers, compromising human resources data on…
Operation Endgame – 1,000+ Servers Used by Rhadamanthys, VenomRAT, and Elysium Dismantled
Law enforcement agencies disrupted a vast network of cybercrime tools between November 10 and 14, 2025, coordinated from Europol’s headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands. Dubbed…
Scammers Abuse WhatsApp Screen Sharing to Steal OTPs and Funds – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, Tech, AI, Crypto and More
A fast-spreading threat, known as the screen-sharing scam, is using a simple feature on WhatsApp to steal money and personal data, according to an analysis…
Interview: EcoOnline’s David Picton on finding a business case for IT sustainability
Enthusiasm for corporate sustainability appears to be waning, with major firms seemingly quietly abandoning environmental goals, but David Picton remains optimistic. For him, sustainability is…
How to protect your service accounts
Kerberoasting attacks remain an enduring headache for IT professionals, allowing hackers to escalate privileges and reach the highest levels of your Active Directory (AD) environment.…
Palo Alto PAN-OS Firewall Vulnerability Let Attackers Reboot Firewall by Sending Malicious Packet
Palo Alto Networks has disclosed a critical denial-of-service vulnerability in its PAN-OS firewall software that allows unauthenticated attackers to remotely reboot firewalls by sending specially…
Fake spam filter alerts are hitting inboxes
A new phishing campaign is attempting to trick users into believing they’ve missed important emails, security researchers are warning. The emails The bogus email alerts…
Two-thirds of finance firms use suppliers for AI agent development
Banks and insurance companies are more likely to work with suppliers to develop artificial intelligence (AI) agents than develop them in-house. Two-thirds of more than…
UK authorities propose law to set minimum cyber standards for critical sectors
U.K. authorities on Wednesday introduced highly anticipated legislation that would create minimum cybersecurity standards for critical industries, set incident reporting deadlines and regulate certain IT…
Washington Post data breach impacts nearly 10K employees, contractors
The Washington Post is notifying nearly 10,000 employees and contractors that some of their personal and financial data has been exposed in the Oracle data…
Microsoft Defender for O365 New Feature Allows Security Teams to Trigger Automated Investigations
Microsoft has rolled out enhanced remediation capabilities in Defender for Office 365 (O365), enabling security teams to initiate automated investigations and other actions directly from…