Two Cybersecurity Professionals Get 4-Year Sentences in BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
Ravie LakshmananMay 01, 2026Data Breach / Law Enforcement
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the sentencing of two cybersecurity professionals to four years each in prison for...
ThreatsDay Bulletin: SMS Blaster Busts, OpenEMR Flaws, 600K Roblox Hacks and 25 More Stories
Ravie LakshmananApr 30, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News
The internet is noisy this week. We are seeing some wild new tactics, like people using fake cell towers to send scam...
CISA Adds Actively Exploited ConnectWise and Windows Flaws to KEV
Ravie LakshmananApr 29, 2026Vulnerability / Network Security
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added two security flaws impacting ConnectWise ScreenConnect and Microsoft Windows to its Known...
VECT 2.0 Ransomware Irreversibly Destroys Files Over 131KB on Windows, Linux, ESXi
Threat hunters are warning that the cybercriminal operation known as VECT 2.0 acts more like a wiper than a ransomware due to a critical flaw in its encryption implementation...
PhantomCore Exploits TrueConf Vulnerabilities to Breach Russian Networks
A pro-Ukrainian hacktivist group called PhantomCore has been attributed to attacks actively targeting servers running TrueConf video conferencing software in Russia since September 2025.
That's according to a report published...
CISA Adds 4 Exploited Flaws to KEV, Sets May 2026 Federal Deadline
Ravie LakshmananApr 25, 2026Network Security / Infrastructure Security
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added four vulnerabilities impacting SimpleHelp, Samsung MagicINFO 9 Server, and D-Link DIR-823X...
UNC6692 Impersonates IT Help Desk via Microsoft Teams to Deploy SNOW Malware
A previously undocumented threat activity cluster known as UNC6692 has been observed leveraging social engineering tactics via Microsoft Teams to deploy a custom malware suite on compromised hosts.
"As with...
ThreatsDay Bulletin: $290M DeFi Hack, macOS LotL Abuse, ProxySmart SIM Farms +25 New Stories
Ravie LakshmananApr 23, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News
You scroll past one incident and see another that feels familiar, like it should have been fixed years ago, but it still...
UNC6692 Impersonates IT Helpdesk via Microsoft Teams to Deploy SNOW Malware
A previously undocumented threat activity cluster known as UNC6692 has been observed leveraging social engineering tactics via Microsoft Teams to deploy a custom malware suite on compromised hosts.
"As with...
CISA Adds 8 Exploited Flaws to KEV, Sets April-May 2026 Federal Deadlines
Ravie LakshmananApr 21, 2026Network Security / Threat Intelligence
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added eight new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, including...
