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Top 3 Ransomware Threats Active in 2025

You arrive at the office, power up your system, and panic sets in. Every file is locked, and every system is frozen. A ransom demand flashes on your screen: “Pay $2 million in Bitcoin within 48 hours or lose everything.”
And the worst part is that even after paying, there’s no guarantee you’ll get your data back. Many victims hand over the money, only to receive nothing in return, or worse, get

7AI Raises $36 Million in Seed Funding for Agentic Security Platform

7AI has launched an agentic security platform, which uses AI agents to handle repetitive tasks, and raised $36 million in seed funding.

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Cisco Patches Critical ISE Vulnerabilities Enabling Root CmdExec and PrivEsc

Cisco has released updates to address two critical security flaws Identity Services Engine (ISE) that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands and elevate privileges on susceptible devices.
The vulnerabilities are listed below –

CVE-2025-20124 (CVSS score: 9.9) – An insecure Java deserialization vulnerability in an API of Cisco ISE that could permit an authenticated, remote

New Microsoft script updates Windows media with bootkit malware fixes

Microsoft has released a PowerShell script to help Windows users and admins update bootable media so it utilizes the new “Windows UEFI CA 2023” certificate before the mitigations of the BlackLotus UEFI bootkit are enforced later this year. […]

Microsoft script updates bootable media for BlackLotus bootkit fixes

Semgrep Raises $100M for AI-Powered Code Security Platform

San Francisco application security startup raises $100 million in a Series D funding round led by Menlo Ventures.

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Researchers Link DeepSeek’s Blockbuster Chatbot to Chinese Telecom Banned From Doing Business in US

DeepSeek has computer code that could send some user login information to China Mobile.

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Robocallers posing as FCC fraud prevention team call FCC staff

The FCC has proposed a $4,492,500 fine against VoIP service provider Telnyx for allegedly allowing customers to make robocalls posing as fictitious FCC “Fraud Prevention Team,” by failing to comply with Know Your Customer (KYC) rules. However, Telnyx says the FCC is mistaken and denies the accusations. […]

Ransomware payments fell by 35% in 2024, totalling $813,550,000

Payments to ransomware actors decreased 35% year-over-year in 2024, totaling $813.55 million, down from $1.25 billion recorded in 2023. […]

CISA orders agencies to patch Linux kernel bug exploited in attacks

CISA has ordered federal agencies to secure their systems within three weeks against a high-severity Linux kernel flaw actively exploited in attacks. […]

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