Actors on underground forums are now selling a turnkey ransomware toolkit named MonoLock v1.0 designed to target small and medium organisations, disable backups, encrypt data at scale via AES-256/RSA-2048, and demand payment through an automated Tor portal. Security teams must recognise this shift in the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) business model and reinforce detection, defence and incident response accordingly.
The UN is set to convene a landmark global cybercrime treaty signing in Hanoi, aiming to enhance cross-border cooperation and streamline investigations into ransomware, phishing and online trafficking. While supporters hail the pact as overdue, human-rights advocates and tech firms warn the broad language and choice of host country raise serious concerns about surveillance and enforcement.
A sophisticated new espionage campaign, tracked as PassiveNeuron, uses novel malware families Neursite and NeuralExecutor to target government and industrial networks across Latin America and East Asia. This article breaks down the tools, techniques and defensive steps security teams must act on now.
A newly uncovered vulnerability in TP-Link’s Omada gateway line enables remote attackers to execute system-level commands. This flaw threatens business networks worldwide and demands immediate firmware patching and access control reviews.
The recent outage at AWS’s US-EAST-1 region grounded dozens of major services and exposed a deeper issue: the loss of senior engineering expertise at Amazon. As widespread apps and platforms went offline, one question loomed large: Can the world’s largest cloud infrastructure sustain itself amid massive talent reductions? Below, we analyse the root causes, implications and lessons for infrastructure reliability.
A widespread campaign exploited the Chrome Web Store to distribute 131 rebranded extensions that hijack WhatsApp Web for automated bulk messaging. These add-ons pose a significant risk to organizations and users alike, demanding immediate review of extension governance and messaging platform protections.
CISA added five actively exploited vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. This article provides a CVE-by-CVE technical breakdown, enterprise impact assessment, detection and mitigation actions, and prioritized remediation guidance for security operations teams. Includes an AEO-optimized FAQ and verified external sources.
Microsoft’s emergency out-of-band update (KB5070773) fixes a USB input failure in the Windows Recovery Environment that impacted Windows 11 and Server 2025 devices. This article explains the bug, affected platforms, and recommended actions for IT professionals.
GlassWorm is the first known self-propagating worm targeting developer environments by infecting VS Code extensions with hidden Unicode payloads. Once installed, it steals credentials from NPM, GitHub and Git, and upgrades machines into proxy nodes and part of a distributed criminal infrastructure. It uses a blockchain-based command and control mechanism and auto-updates to spread across the developer ecosystem. In this article, we dissect how GlassWorm works, what makes it a paradigm shift in supply-chain attacks, and what organisations must do to detect and contain it before their dev workstations become weaponised.
On October 20, 2025, a critical outage at AWS’s US-EAST-1 region triggered a cascading failure that knocked out major apps and services worldwide. This article dissects the root cause, impact, and what organisations must do now to shore up resilience.