Jilted Fujitsu replaced by Netcompany in HMRC relationship
Netcompany is replacing Fujitsu on HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC’s) £245m post-Brexit Northern Ireland trading service, after the troubled supplier was dropped. The Danish IT…
Month: December 2025
NIST adds to AI security guidance with Cybersecurity Framework profile
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The National Institute of Standards and Technology…
Critical React2Shell flaw exploited in ransomware attacks
A ransomware gang exploited the critical React2Shell vulnerability (CVE-2025-55182) to gain initial access to corporate networks and deployed the file-encrypting malware less than a minute…
Microsoft Desktop Windows Manager Out-Of-Bounds Vulnerability Let Attackers Escalate Privileges
Microsoft has confirmed a critical out-of-bounds vulnerability in the Desktop Window Manager (DWM) that allows local attackers to escalate privileges to SYSTEM on affected Windows systems.…
APT28 Targets Ukrainian UKR-net Users in Long-Running Credential Phishing Campaign
Dec 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananEmail Security / Threat Intelligence The Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as APT28 has been attributed to what has been described as…
GNV ferry fantastic under cyberattack probe amid remote hijack fears
GNV ferry fantastic under cyberattack probe amid remote hijack fears Pierluigi Paganini December 17, 2025 French prosecutors probe a suspected cyberattack on GNV ferry Fantastic,…
New Research Reveals 90% of Parked Domains Now Deliver Malware, Scams, and Phishing Attacks
The cybersecurity threat landscape has shifted dramatically, and parked domains have become a primary weapon for delivering malware, scams, and phishing attacks to unsuspecting internet…
New ClickFix Attack Uses Fake Browser Fix to Install DarkGate Malware – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More
We are used to clicking through human verification tests and browser updates without second thoughts, but a new threat is using these habits against us.…
ClickFix attacks that bypass cyber controls on the rise
So-called ClickFix or ClearFake attacks that bypass security controls and use unwitting victims to execute a cyber attack of their own accord are surging at…
New Moonwalk++ PoC Shows How Malware Can Spoof Windows Call Stacks and Evade Elastic-Inspired Rules
A sophisticated proof-of-concept demonstrating how malware can bypass advanced call stack detection mechanisms increasingly adopted by enterprise security vendors like Elastic. The new Moonwalk++ technique extends prior…
Your MFA Is Costing You Millions. It Doesn’t Have To.
Token’s Wireless Biometrics Pay for Themselves Starting Day One For nearly twenty years enterprises have been told the same thing. Authentication is a cost center.…
Microsoft Asks IT Admins to Contact for Fix Related to Windows IIS Failure Issues
Microsoft has confirmed that its December 2025 Windows security update (KB5071546, OS Build 19045.6691) is causing Message Queuing (MSMQ) failures, leading to widespread IIS site…