HardBit 4.0 Ransomware Actors Attack Open RDP and SMB Services to Persist Access
23
Dec
2025

HardBit 4.0 Ransomware Actors Attack Open RDP and SMB Services to Persist Access

HardBit ransomware continues to evolve as a serious threat to organizations worldwide. The latest version, HardBit 4.0, emerged as an…

Critical n8n Vulnerability Exposes 103,000+ Automation Instances to RCE Attacks
23
Dec
2025

Critical n8n Vulnerability Exposes 103,000+ Automation Instances to RCE Attacks

A critical remote code execution vulnerability in n8n, a popular open-source workflow automation platform, threatens over 103,000 potentially vulnerable instances…

Ransomware Hits Romanian Water Authority, 1000 Systems Knocked Offline
23
Dec
2025

Ransomware Hits Romanian Water Authority, 1000 Systems Knocked Offline – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More

Romania’s national water authority, Romanian Waters (Administrația Națională Apele Române), is currently working to recover from a major ransomware attack…

Penetration Testing In The Boardroom
23
Dec
2025

Penetration Testing In The Boardroom

Penetration testing is one of the very few ways to evaluate how attackers would compromise your environment without actually experiencing…

Indian Income Tax-Themed Attacking Businesses with a Multi-Stage Infection Chain
23
Dec
2025

Indian Income Tax-Themed Attacking Businesses with a Multi-Stage Infection Chain

Cybercriminals have increasingly weaponized the Income Tax Return (ITR) filing season to orchestrate sophisticated phishing campaigns targeting Indian businesses. By…

Indian Income Tax–Lure Campaign Deploying Multi-Stage Malware Against Businesses
23
Dec
2025

Indian Income Tax–Lure Campaign Deploying Multi-Stage Malware Against Businesses

Tax-themed phishing campaigns have intensified in recent months, capitalizing on the heightened awareness surrounding India’s Income Tax Return (ITR) filing…

Budding infosec pros and aspiring cyber crooks targeted with fake PoC exploits
23
Dec
2025

Budding infosec pros and aspiring cyber crooks targeted with fake PoC exploits

Malware peddlers are targeting infosec enthusiasts, budding security professionals, and aspiring hackers with the Webrat malware, masquerading the threat as…

Spotify logo
23
Dec
2025

Hacktivists claim near-total Spotify music scrape

Hacktivist group Anna’s Archive claims to have scraped almost all of Spotify’s catalog and is now seeding it via BitTorrent,…

Google Workspace Password Manager
23
Dec
2025

A walkthrough of the Google Workspace Password Manager

Passwd is designed specifically for organizations operating within Google Workspace. Rather than competing as a general consumer password manager, its…

Robert Rea
23
Dec
2025

How to determine if agentic AI browsers are safe enough for your enterprise

Agentic AI browsers like OpenAI’s Atlas have debuted to major fanfare, and the enthusiasm is warranted. These tools automate web…

France La Poste
23
Dec
2025

Cyberattack knocks offline France’s postal, banking services

La Poste, the French national postal service, confirmed on Monday that all its information systems were knocked offline by “a…

Critical n8n Automation Platform Vulnerability Enables RCE Attacks
23
Dec
2025

Critical n8n Automation Platform Vulnerability Enables RCE Attacks

A critical remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in n8n, the open-source workflow automation platform, exposing over 103,000 potentially…