ThreatsDay Bulletin: Codespaces RCE, AsyncRAT C2, BYOVD Abuse, AI Cloud Intrusions & 15+ Stories
Ravie LakshmananFeb 05, 2026Cybersecurity / Hacking News
This week didn’t produce one big headline. It produced many small signals — the kind that quietly shape what attacks will look like...
Badges, Bytes and Blackmail
Behind the scenes of law enforcement in cyber: what do we know about caught cybercriminals? What brought them in, where do they come from and what was their function...
ThreatsDay Bulletin: New RCEs, Darknet Busts, Kernel Bugs & 25+ More Stories
Ravie LakshmananJan 29, 2026Cybersecurity / Hacking News
This week's updates show how small changes can create real problems. Not loud incidents, but quiet shifts that are easy to miss until...
Google Warns of Active Exploitation of WinRAR Vulnerability CVE-2025-8088
Ravie LakshmananJan 28, 2026Vulnerability / Threat Intelligence
Google on Tuesday revealed that multiple threat actors, including nation-state adversaries and financially motivated groups, are exploiting a now-patched critical security flaw in...
Winning Against AI-Based Attacks Requires a Combined Defensive Approach
The Hacker NewsJan 26, 2026Endpoint Security / Artificial Intelligence
If there's a constant in cybersecurity, it's that adversaries are always innovating. The rise of offensive AI is transforming attack strategies...
Multi-Stage Phishing Campaign Targets Russia with Amnesia RAT and Ransomware
A new multi-stage phishing campaign has been observed targeting users in Russia with ransomware and a remote access trojan called Amnesia RAT.
"The attack begins with social engineering lures delivered...
ThreatsDay Bulletin: Pixel Zero-Click, Redis RCE, China C2s, RAT Ads, Crypto Scams & 15+...
Ravie LakshmananJan 22, 2026Cybersecurity / Hacking News
Most of this week's threats didn't rely on new tricks. They relied on familiar systems behaving exactly as designed, just in the wrong...
New Osiris Ransomware Emerges as New Strain Using POORTRY Driver in BYOVD Attack
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new ransomware family called Osiris that targeted a major food service franchisee operator in Southeast Asia in November 2025.
The attack leveraged a...
CrashFix Chrome Extension Delivers ModeloRAT Using ClickFix-Style Browser Crash Lures
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an ongoing campaign dubbed KongTuke that used a malicious Google Chrome extension masquerading as an ad blocker to deliberately crash the web browser...
Black Basta Ransomware Leader Added to EU Most Wanted and INTERPOL Red Notice
Ravie LakshmananJan 17, 2026Law Enforcement / Cybercrime
Ukrainian and German law enforcement authorities have identified two Ukrainians suspected of working for the Russia-linked ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group Black Basta.
In addition, the...
