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Iranian Hackers Suspected in Attack on 30+ Minnesota Water Utilities

August 10, 2026

A recent cyberattack against water utilities in Minnesota has revealed the extent of the weakness in many operational technology (OT) environments. Municipal water systems largely run on aging and outdated OT, often exposed to the…

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Criminal AI Is Easier to Find—and Harder to Monitor

August 07, 2026

In its new Cybercrime in the Age of AI report, ThreatDown points to a January 2026 attack on a Mexican municipal water utility as evidence that AI can help attackers work faster and beyond their…

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Inside the FSB's Decade-Long Campaign to Weaponize Network Neglect

An unprecedented coalition of US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and five EU nations recently issued a joint advisory, titled “Improve Router Hygiene to Protect Against Russian State-Sponsored Targeting.” The document explicitly names Russia’s FSB…

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How a Global Tournament Became Cybercrime's Biggest Stage

A recent report from threat analysts at Hoxhunt reveals alarming statistics on the massive spike in cyberthreats surrounding the World Cup. Between April and June of 2026, phishing attacks themed around FIFA World Cup 2026…

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Malware Campaign Uses AI Hype to Spread AsyncRAT

A new FortiGuard Labs investigation reveals a malware campaign built entirely around a contradiction. The campaign uses the promise of AI education to deliver an Asynchronous Remote Access Trojan (AsyncRAT)—while also bearing the unmistakable fingerprints…

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Five Eyes Warns Chinese Intelligence Is Using Job Platforms to Recruit Sources

Chinese military intelligence operatives are posing as online recruiters to reach people with sensitive government or military knowledge, according to a joint warning from the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance. The joint advisory from the United…

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Fake Banks and Phantom Agencies Draining Billions from U.S. Bank Accounts

New Federal Trade Commission (FTC) data shows how imposter scams have become the most reported form of fraud in the U.S. Financial losses nearly tripled from 2020 to 2025, and last year, Americans lost $3.5…

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Rokarolla Malware Can Block Alerts and Manipulate Android Banking Sessions

Zimperium researchers have identified an Android banking trojan that targets 217 banking and cryptocurrency apps and can help attackers manipulate infected phones during fraud attempts. The malware, called Rokarolla, is distributed through malicious websites that…

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How Cybercriminals Turned Ticket Mania Into a Global Attack Surface

With 48 teams playing 104 matches in three countries, the FIFA World Cup 2026 is an event of unprecedented scale and ticket scarcity. Dynamic pricing of tickets can push seats at the final match to…

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How a Fake Purchase Order Becomes a Full-Scale Enterprise Data Breach

Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs recently discovered a phishing campaign with the goal of stealing sensitive data from target devices using a PureLogs variant. The lure hidden behind business document theming exploits the urgency and routine that…

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Tax Phishing Is Moving From Personal Inboxes to the Workplace

Tax phishing has long been easy to dismiss as a seasonal consumer scam: fake IRS emails, refund bait, audit threats, and other lures aimed at people anxious about filing deadlines. New research from Hoxhunt suggests…

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How North Korean Hackers Turned GitHub Into a Spy Network Hiding in Plain Sight

Attackers are constantly looking to develop their tactics and technologies for increased success, requiring ongoing intelligence and advancement in security to account for the evolution of risk. Recently, threat actors linked to the DPRK have…

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Signed And Trusted But Still Dangerous

Microsoft Defender Experts recently found a series of phishing campaigns abusing legitimate signatures to deceive targets. Identified in February 2026, the phishing lures consisted of crafted meeting invitations and PDF attachments leading to false pages…

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When Credentials Become the Exploit

Darktrace’s Annual Threat Report 2026 starts with a familiar problem for defenders: known software flaws are growing faster than most teams can keep up with. The report tallies 48,185 CVEs published in 2025, a 20.6%…

Dell RecoverPoint zero-day

The Dell RecoverPoint Zero-Day and China’s Expanding Playbook

Dell recently put out an advisory and security update for CVE-2026-22769, a critical vulnerability in many versions of Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines. The flaw has been actively exploited in the wild since mid-2024, with…

Poland Electrum electric grid cyber attack

Poland Grid Hack Signals Shift in Cyberwarfare Strategy

February 16, 2026

A new report from Dragos confirms what many in the energy sector had suspected: the December 2025 cyberattack on Poland’s power grid was a deliberate test of the system’s vulnerabilities. There were no blackouts. Electricity…

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Fake LinkedIn “Policy Violation” Comments Turn Public Posts into Phishing Traps

February 05, 2026

A recent phishing campaign has arisen targeting users on LinkedIn in public post comments. This demonstrates attackers shifting away from DMs and email as initial attack vectors and toward highly visible spaces where users feel…

Kimwolf DDoS botnet

Infected Android Devices Are Powering a Global DDoS Army

February 03, 2026

A massive, sprawling DDoS and proxy botnet, known as Kimwolf, has recently shown increased activity, growing to more than two million infected devices since August 2025. These millions of Android devices are globally distributed and…

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