Putin’s internet shutdown cost Russian economy $12B in 2025 - A new report suggests that an “unprecedented internet blackout” in Vladimir Putin’s Russia has cost the country’s economy almost $12 billion in 2025. Experts call this infrastructure-level censorship.
China-Linked UAT-7290 Targets Telecoms with Linux Malware and ORB Nodes - A China-nexus threat actor known as UAT-7290 has been attributed to espionage-focused intrusions against entities in South Asia and Southeastern Europe. The activity cluster, which has been active since at least 2022, primarily focuses on extensive technical reconnaissance of target organizations before...
Who Benefited from the Aisuru and Kimwolf Botnets? - Our first story of 2026 revealed how a destructive new botnet called Kimwolf has infected more than two million devices by mass-compromising a vast number of unofficial Android TV streaming boxes . Today, we’ll dig through digital clues left behind by the hackers, network operators and services that...
US To Leave Global Forum on Cyber Expertise - The Trump administration decided to leave 66 international organizations, including the GFCE and the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats
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...
FBI Warns North Korean Hackers Using Malicious QR Codes in Spear-Phishing - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday released an advisory warning of North Korean state-sponsored threat actors leveraging malicious QR codes in spear-phishing campaigns targeting entities in the country. "As of 2025, Kimsuky actors have targeted think tanks, academic institutions,...
Cyberattack hits Jaguar Land Rover’s sales numbers hard - The recent cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover is reflected in the company’s financial results. Wholesales in the third quarter of last year are down 43.3%, and retail sales have plummeted by 25.1%.
AI Tool Poisoning: How Hidden Instructions Threaten AI Agents - As AI agents become increasingly prevalent across business environments, their security is a pressing concern. Among the insidious threats facing AI agents is tool poisoning, a type of attack that exp[…]
CrowdStrike to Acquire SGNL to Secure Every Identity in the AI Era - I’m excited to announce CrowdStrike’s agreement to acquire SGNL, a leader in identity-first security. This acquisition will extend CrowdStrike Falcon® Next-Gen Identity Security to deliver continuous,[…]
