Five facilitators admitted to helping North Korean remote IT workers infiltrate 136 US companies through stolen identities and “laptop farms,” sending more than $2.2 million back to the regime and exposing hidden risks in everyday hiring pipelines.
Kraken ransomware has quickly evolved into a cross-platform threat that can disrupt Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi environments in a single campaign. By abusing SMB exposure, tunneling through Cloudflared, and using benchmark-driven encryption, the group focuses on high-value data, double extortion, and maximum downtime for large enterprises.
The Washington Post reports a staff data breach tied to an Oracle E-Business Suite zero-day. Nearly 10,000 employees and contractors receive notices as responders verify scope and guide credit protection.
The UK introduced a Cyber Security and Resilience Bill to harden essential services and their suppliers. Consequently, regulators expand scope, speed incident reporting, and push provable resilience across NHS, water, transport, and energy.
Russia introduced a 24-hour SIM cooling-off period after roaming or 72 hours of inactivity. Consequently, data and SMS pause while operators run anti-abuse checks, verify identity, and restore access in stages.
APT37 used stolen Google credentials to access Find Hub, check Android device locations, and trigger remote factory resets. The tactic lives in the cloud, not on the handset, so identity controls matter most. Enforce phishing-resistant MFA, restrict console actions, and rehearse rapid re-enrollment.
Smishing texts now target lost iPhone owners with fake “found” alerts and cloned iCloud pages. Verify only in Find My, keep Activation Lock tied to your Apple ID, and avoid links in messages. Set a SIM PIN, rotate your Apple ID password, and review trusted devices to prevent account takeover.
The UK is investigating whether Yutong electric buses can be remotely deactivated. Norway’s Faraday-cage tests and Denmark’s review raised alarms about SIM-enabled diagnostics and OTA updates. Operators should lock down telematics, broker OTA, and drill outage response now.
aurologic GmbH (AS30823) operates a multi-terabit backbone out of Langen and connects multiple high-risk hosting providers including sanction-linked entities—giving malware C2 and staging servers durable reach. This analysis explains why upstream neutrality often translates into enablement, how TAEs cluster under aurologic, and what blue teams can do: upstream-aware detections, deny-by-default on risky cones, flowspec/RTBH during incidents, and procurement levers that force faster de-peering.
A China-linked crew still breaks in through legacy CVEs Log4j, Struts, Confluence, GoAhead then hides behind scheduled tasks and msbuild.exe to run memory-resident payloads. They probe domain controllers with DCSync, and they target misconfigured IIS by abusing ASP.NET machine keys to deploy TOLLBOOTH with SEO cloaking. Reduce risk by patching edge services, restricting LOLBAS on servers, rotating machine keys, and alerting on replication from non-DC hosts.