Infosecurity News

Qilin Dominates Ransomware Market Amid Growing Cybercrime Consolidation
The ransomware landscape is reconsolidating around major players, with Qilin emerging as the leading RaaS operation, researchers say

Warning Over “Industrialized” Cyber-Attacks After Ransomware Gang Partners With TeamPCP
Researchers warn that collaboration could lead to “unprecedented” ransomware attacks, as FBI also issues warning

FBI, Google Take Down NetNut Proxy Network Used by Cyber Threat Actors
The NetNut proxy network and the ‘Popa’ botnet are known to have infected devices with variants of Mirai DDoS botnets

Researcher Behind 'Exploitarium' Explains Release of Undisclosed Zero-Day Exploits
Infosecurity spoke with the researcher who dumped over 30 proof-of-concept exploits without disclosing the vulnerabilities first

Cybercriminals Pose as Interpol in Phishing Emails to Infect Victims With Ransomware
Bitdefender researchers warned of curious ransomware campaign which has targeted businesses around the world

NCSC Shares Tips on How to Make a Pen Tester’s Job Harder
The NCSC has shared best practice advice from pen testers which could help improve system resilience

Alleged Scattered Spider Member Extradited to US
A teenager accused of hacking as part of Scattered Spider has been arrested

Fileless Malware Abuses Google Blogspot to Deploy Infostealer in Memory
Securonix said the Veil#Drop campaign abuses Google Blogspot to deliver PureLog Stealer in memory

Brazilian Banking Trojan Ousaban Targets Spain and Portugal
FortiGuard says the Brazilian banking trojan Ousaban is targeting Spain and Portugal via phishing

Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Are Back with New Security Guardrails
The new classifier in Fable 5 blocks the jailbreak technique that prompted the US export controls “in over 99% of cases”

Microsoft Accelerates Quantum-Safe Push with New Timeline
Microsoft has brought forward its timelines for transitioning to post-quantum cryptography (PQC)

Insurance Giant Aflac Discloses Data Breach Impacting Millions
Aflac Japan has notified regulators that policy details and personal and banking information have been compromised

Nissan Discloses Employee Data Breach Linked to Oracle Zero-Day
Nissan says employees' data was stolen via the Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day campaign

Critical SimpleHelp Vulnerability Exploited For Malware Delivery
Attackers exploited a critical SimpleHelp RMM bug to deploy TaskWeaver and Djinn Stealer malware

ClickFix Now Cybercriminals' Favorite Malware Delivery Technique
ReliaQuest report warns of a surge in ClickFix social engineering attacks against Windows and macOS users

Hackers Leverage Blockchain to Hit Japan's Hotels Through Booking.com Phishing
A wave of phishing emails sent to Booking.com partner accommodations in Japan in May led to blockchain-hosted malware

UK Healthcare Sector Records Tenfold Increase in Cyber-Attacks
SonicWall records 264,000 events in first five months of 2026 as UK hospitals come under siege

Over 300 UK Firms Hit by Ransomware in a Year
Report Fraud data reveals that more than half of 323 UK ransomware victims last year were SMEs

OpenAI Reveals GPT-5.6 Sol Cybersecurity Model, Restricts Early Access
OpenAI is previewing its GPT-5.6 Sol model to a vetted few at the US government's request

Telegram-Based Millenium RAT Campaign Infects 60,000 Devices
Group-IB says Millenium RAT, now rewritten in C++, has hit 62,289 devices in 160+ countries



