Infosecurity News

New Scattered Spider Tactics Target VMware vSphere Environments
Scattered Spider has targeted VMware vSphere environments, exploiting retail, airline and insurance sectors

Third-Party Breach Impacts Majority of Allianz Life US Customers
Insurance firm Allianz Life said that a threat actor accessed personally identifiable information of the majority of its 1.4 million US customers

Naval Group Denies Hack Claims, Alleges "Reputational Attack"
Despite claims by a hacker, French defense company Naval Group has detected no intrusions into its IT environments at the time of writing

US Woman Gets Eight Years for Part in $17m North Korean Scheme
Arizonan woman sentenced to 102 months for operating laptop farm for North Korean IT workers

Dating App Breach Exposes Images of 13,000 Women
Dating app Tea has been compromised by a hacker, resulting in the exposure of 13,000 selfies

BlackSuit Ransomware Group’s Dark Web Sites Seized in Operation Checkmate
The US and partners from nine countries have taken down part of the ransomware group’s infrastructure

Prolonged Chinese Cyber Espionage Campaign Targets VMware Appliances
Sygnia observed Chinese cyber campaign dubbed Fire Ant deploying sophisticated techniques to gain full compromise of victim environments, discovering isolated assets

New Chaos Ransomware Emerges, Launches Wave of Attacks
Cisco Talos warned that the Chaos group, thought to be formed of former BlackSuit members, has launched a wave of attacks targeted a variety of sectors

Malware Campaign Masquerades as Dating Apps to Steal Data
A large-scale malware campaign known as SarangTrap has been observed using fake dating apps to steal personal data, targeting South Korean users

FBI Exposes The Com’s Criminal Activities and Involvement of Minors
The US FBI has issued public announcements warning families of The Com, an online criminal network involving minors in various illicit activities

Ransomware Deployed in Compromised SharePoint Servers
Microsoft said Chinese actor Storm-2603 is deploying Warlock ransomware following the exploitation of vulnerabilities in on-prem SharePoint systems

UK and Romania Crack Down on ATM Fraudster Network
Investigators assessed that the criminal group’s stolen funds amount to €580,000

Active Campaign Exploits Cloud Flaws for Cryptomining
Wiz believes the active campaign is part of a broader crypto-scam infrastructure, which uses a wide range of exploitation techniques

New York Proposes Cybersecurity Regulations for Water Systems
A series of new cybersecurity regulations related to the water industry have been set out by New York state agencies

Suspected XSS Forum Admin Arrested in Ukraine
The individual is accused of numerous illicit cybercrime and ransomware activities that have generated at least $7m in profit

France: New Data Breach Could Affect 340,000 Jobseekers
The French employment agency’s partner web portal has been accessed by a malicious actor

Clorox Sues IT Service Provider Cognizant for Causing 2023 Cyber-Attack
Cognizant handed over a password to the cybercriminal without asking any authentication questions

US Government Warns of Wide-Ranging Interlock Attacks
A joint US government advisory highlighted novel initial access techniques deployed by Interlock, and urged businesses and critical infrastructure to stay vigilant

Global Ransomware Attacks Plummet 43% in Q2 2025
NCC Group observed a 43% drop in ransomware attacks in Q2 2025, driven by law enforcement actions and internal conflicts in groups

Russian Threat Actors Target NGOs with New OAuth Phishing Tactics
A new wave of phishing attacks exploiting Microsoft 365 OAuth tools has been observed impersonating diplomats to steal access codes



