Authorities in Spain have arrested 34 individuals allegedly part of a criminal network involved in cyber fraud and believed to be connected to the Black Axe group responsible for illicit activities across Europe. […]
MuddyWater Launches RustyWater RAT via Spear-Phishing Across Middle East Sectors
The Iranian threat actor known as MuddyWater has been attributed to a spear-phishing campaign targeting diplomatic, maritime, financial, and telecom entities in the Middle East with a Rust-based implant codenamed RustyWater.
“The campaign uses icon spoofing and malicious Word documents to deliver Rust based implants capable of asynchronous C2, anti-analysis, registry persistence, and modular
“The campaign uses icon spoofing and malicious Word documents to deliver Rust based implants capable of asynchronous C2, anti-analysis, registry persistence, and modular
Ireland recalls almost 13,000 passports over missing ‘IRL’ code
Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs has recalled nearly 13,000 passports after a software update caused a printing defect. The printing error makes the documents non-compliant with international travel standards and potentially unreadable at automated border gates. […]
Europol Arrests 34 Black Axe Members in Spain Over €5.9M Fraud and Organized Crime
Europol on Friday announced the arrest of 34 individuals in Spain who are alleged to be part of an international criminal organization called Black Axe.
As part of an operation conducted by the Spanish National Police, in coordination with the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office and Europol, 28 arrests were made in Seville, along with three others in Madrid, two in Málaga, and one in Barcelona
As part of an operation conducted by the Spanish National Police, in coordination with the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office and Europol, 28 arrests were made in Seville, along with three others in Madrid, two in Málaga, and one in Barcelona
Anthropic: Viral Claude “Banned and reported to authorities” message isn’t real
Anthropic has denied reports of banning legitimate accounts, after a viral post on X claimed the creator of Claude had banned a user. […]
ChatGPT tests a new feature to find jobs, improve your resume, and more
OpenAI is testing “Jobs,” a new feature that could help you explore roles, improve your resume, and plan your career. This feature is being tested after ChatGPT gained support for the Health dashboard. […]
Microsoft may soon allow IT admins to uninstall Copilot
Microsoft is testing a new policy that allows IT administrators to uninstall the AI-powered Copilot digital assistant on managed devices. […]
Hackers target misconfigured proxies to access paid LLM services
Threat actors are systematically hunting for misconfigured proxy servers that could provide access to commercial large language model (LLM) services. […]
China-Linked Hackers Exploit VMware ESXi Zero-Days to Escape Virtual Machines
Chinese-speaking threat actors are suspected to have leveraged a compromised SonicWall VPN appliance as an initial access vector to deploy a VMware ESXi exploit that may have been developed as far back as February 2024.
Cybersecurity firm Huntress, which observed the activity in December 2025 and stopped it before it could progress to the final stage, said it may have resulted in a ransomware
Cybersecurity firm Huntress, which observed the activity in December 2025 and stopped it before it could progress to the final stage, said it may have resulted in a ransomware
In Other News: 8,000 Ransomware Attacks, China Hacked US Gov Emails, IDHS Breach Impacts 700k
Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Jaguar Land Rover sales crash, hundreds of gen-AI data policy violations, and Chinese cyberattacks against Taiwan intensified.
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