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Chinese Hackers Murky, Genesis, and Glacial Panda Escalate Cloud and Telecom Espionage

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to malicious activity orchestrated by a China-nexus cyber espionage group known as Murky Panda that involves abusing trusted relationships in the cloud to breach enterprise networks.
“The adversary has also shown considerable ability to quickly weaponize N-day and zero-day vulnerabilities and frequently achieves initial access to their targets by

Developer Who Hacked Former Employer’s Systems Sentenced to Prison

Davis Lu was sentenced to four years in prison for installing malicious code on employer’s systems and for deleting encrypted data.

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Automation Is Redefining Pentest Delivery

Pentesting remains one of the most effective ways to identify real-world security weaknesses before adversaries do. But as the threat landscape has evolved, the way we deliver pentest results hasn’t kept pace.
Most organizations still rely on traditional reporting methods—static PDFs, emailed documents, and spreadsheet-based tracking. The problem? These outdated workflows introduce delays,

Massive anti-cybercrime operation leads to over 1,200 arrests in Africa

Law enforcement authorities in Africa have arrested over 1,200 suspects as part of ‘Operation Serengeti 2.0,’ an INTERPOL-led international crackdown targeting cross-border cybercriminal gangs. […]

CPAP Medical Data Breach Impacts 90,000 People

CPAP Medical Supplies and Services has disclosed a data breach resulting from an intrusion that occurred in December 2024.

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DaVita says ransomware gang stole data of nearly 2.7 million people

Kidney dialysis firm DaVita has confirmed that a ransomware gang that breached its network stole the personal and health information of nearly 2.7 million individuals. […]

AWS Trusted Advisor Tricked Into Showing Unprotected S3 Buckets as Secure

AWS has addressed a vulnerability that could have been leveraged to bypass Trusted Advisor’s S3 bucket permissions check.

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Hundreds Targeted in New Atomic macOS Stealer Campaign

Between June and August, over 300 entities were targeted with the Atomic macOS Stealer via malvertising.

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MITRE Updates List of Most Common Hardware Weaknesses

MITRE has updated the list of Most Important Hardware Weaknesses to align it with evolving hardware security challenges.

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Ex-Developer Jailed Four Years for Sabotaging Ohio Employer with Kill-Switch Malware

A 55-year-old Chinese national has been sentenced to four years in prison and three years of supervised release for sabotaging his former employer’s network with custom malware and deploying a kill switch that locked out employees when his account was disabled.
Davis Lu, 55, of Houston, Texas, was convicted of causing intentional damage to protected computers in March 2025. He was arrested and

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