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Chinese Hackers Breach Asian Telecom, Remain Undetected for Over 4 Years

A major telecommunications company located in Asia was allegedly breached by Chinese state-sponsored hackers who spent over four years inside its systems, according to a new report from incident response firm Sygnia.
The cybersecurity company is tracking the activity under the name Weaver Ant, describing the threat actor as stealthy and highly persistent. The name of the telecom provider was not

Ransomware Shifts Tactics as Payouts Drop: Critical Infrastructure in the Crosshairs

Threats themselves change very little, but the tactics used are continually revised to maximize the criminals’ return on investment and effort.

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Hacker Conversations: Frank Trezza – From Phreaker to Pentester

Frank Trezza is fairly typical of most hackers. Early pranks sometimes leading to something more serious.

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AI-Powered SaaS Security: Keeping Pace with an Expanding Attack Surface

Organizations now use an average of 112 SaaS applications—a number that keeps growing. In a 2024 study, 49% of 644 respondents who frequently used Microsoft 365 believed that they had less than 10 apps connected to the platform, despite the fact that aggregated data indicated over 1,000+ Microsoft 365 SaaS-to-SaaS connections on average per deployment. And that’s just one major SaaS provider.

300 Arrested in Crackdown on Cybercrime Rings in Africa

Authorities in seven African countries arrested 300 suspects in an international crackdown on cybercriminal networks targeting businesses.

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IngressNightmare Flaws Expose Many Kubernetes Clusters to Remote Hacking

Critical remote code execution vulnerabilities found by Wiz researchers in Ingress NGINX Controller for Kubernetes.

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Hackers Use .NET MAUI to Target Indian and Chinese Users with Fake Banking, Social Apps

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to an Android malware campaign that leverages Microsoft’s .NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) framework to create bogus banking and social media apps targeting Indian and Chinese-speaking users.
“These threats disguise themselves as legitimate apps, targeting users to steal sensitive information,” McAfee Labs researcher Dexter Shin said.
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INTERPOL Arrests 306 Suspects, Seizes 1,842 Devices in Cross-Border Cybercrime Bust

Law enforcement authorities in seven African countries have arrested 306 suspects and confiscated 1,842 devices as part of an international operation codenamed Red Card that took place between November 2024 and February 2025.
The coordinated effort “aims to disrupt and dismantle cross-border criminal networks which cause significant harm to individuals and businesses,” INTERPOL said, adding it

23andMe files for bankruptcy, customers advised to delete DNA data

California-based genetic testing provider 23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and plans to sell its assets following years of financial struggles. […]

New VanHelsing ransomware targets Windows, ARM, ESXi systems

A new multi-platform ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation named VanHelsing has emerged, targeting Windows, Linux, BSD, ARM, and ESXi systems. […]

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