When everything’s connected, everything’s at risk
In this Help Net Security interview, Ken Deitz, CISO at Brown & Brown, discusses how the definition of cyber risk has expanded beyond IT to…
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Hackers Attacking Remote Desktop Protocol Services With 30,000+ New IP Addresses Daily
A persistent campaign targeting Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) services, with attackers deploying over 30,000 new IP addresses daily to exploit timing-based vulnerabilities. This coordinated…
Pakistani Cyber Actors Impersonating ‘NIC eEmail Services’ to Target Indian Government
Pakistan-based advanced persistent threat group APT36, also known as TransparentTribe, is actively targeting Indian government entities with a sophisticated spear-phishing campaign using email lures themed…
Your smart building isn’t so smart without security
The lights switch on as you walk in. The air adjusts to your presence. Somewhere in the background, a server notes your arrival. It’s the…
AWS Declares Major Outage Resolved After Nearly 24 Hours of Disruption
Amazon Web Services (AWS), the world’s largest cloud computing provider, has officially marked a widespread outage in its US-EAST-1 region as resolved, following nearly a…
Over 71,000 WatchGuard Devices Exposed to Remote Code Execution Attacks
The cybersecurity community has raised a serious alarm following the recent daily reporting of vulnerable WatchGuard devices impacted by a major security flaw. According to…
AI’s split personality: Solving crimes while helping conceal them
What happens when investigators and cybercriminals start using the same technology? AI is now doing both, helping law enforcement trace attacks while also being tested…
Automatic BitLocker Encryption May Silently Lock Away Your Data
A Reddit poster detailed how reinstalling Windows 11 unexpectedly encrypted two of their backup drives with BitLocker, locking away 3TB of irreplaceable data without any…
CISA Warns of Windows SMB Vulnerability Actively Exploited in Attacks
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an urgent alert on October 20, 2025, highlighting a severe vulnerability CVE-2025-33073 in Microsoft’s Windows SMB Client.…
71,000+ WatchGuard Devices Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution Attacks
The Shadowserver Foundation has uncovered more than 71,000 internet-exposed WatchGuard devices running vulnerable versions of Fireware OS. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-9242, stems from an…
How ransomware economics drives the global cybercrime industry
Cybercrime has matured into a highly structured global economy, rivalling legitimate industries in sophistication and profitability. The World Economic Forum projects that cybercrime will cost…
Euro cops take down cybercrime network with 49 million fake accounts
European police forces have arrested seven people and dismantled a large-scale cybercrime-as-a-service operation that saw almost 50 million fake online accounts created across social media…