Operation “WrtHug”: China-Linked Hackers Seize Control of Thousands of ASUS Routers in Global Espionage Campaign

A major cyber-espionage campaign called Operation “WrtHug” has been uncovered, targeting thousands of ASUS home and small-office routers. Security researchers say the operation is linked to China-based threat actors. The attackers quietly took control of these routers without alerting owners, and experts warn that this campaign is both global and highly sophisticated. The attackers mainly … Continued

Microsoft Blocks Record-Breaking 15.72 Tbps DDoS Attack Launched by Aisuru Botnet

Microsoft’s cloud service Azure detected an enormous distributed denial-of-service attack that reached record proportions. The traffic volume peaked at a staggering 15.72 terabits per second and nearly 3.64 billion packets per second. This makes it one of the largest DDoS incidents ever recorded in a cloud environment. The target of the attack was a single … Continued

Half a Million FTSE 100 Employee Credentials Found on Criminal Sites, Socura Report Reveals

A new cybersecurity report has revealed a massive leak of employee logins connected to the UK’s biggest companies. Security firm Socura, along with Flare, found over 460,000 stolen credential instances linked to FTSE 100 employees. These credentials were discovered on criminal marketplaces, forums, and dark-web platforms. The scale of exposure has raised serious concerns across … Continued

Rust Adoption Pushes Android Memory-Safety Bugs Below 20% for the First Time

Google announced that memory-safety vulnerabilities in Android have dropped below 20% of all reported bugs for the first time. This major change is directly linked to the growing use of the Rust programming language in Android’s native code. Rust was introduced to reduce the number of dangerous memory-related issues that were common in older C … Continued

Akira Ransomware Surpasses $244M in Illicit Earnings as Attacks Accelerate

A large-scale ransomware campaign by the group known as Akira has reportedly amassed more than USD 244 million in illicit proceeds. The figure reflects recent research into the operations of this threat actor. The income stems from numerous attacks and extortion payments across organisations worldwide. Akira uses a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model, allowing affiliates to carry … Continued

Cybercrime Hit Hard: Rhadamanthys, VenomRAT and Elysium Taken Down

Operation Endgame was a global action carried out by international law-enforcement agencies. The mission was aimed at disrupting three major cyber-crime operations: Rhadamanthys, VenomRAT and Elysium. These tools were responsible for large-scale data theft and remote attacks. The operation became one of the biggest coordinated cyber crackdowns. Authorities successfully took down 1,025 servers used to … Continued

54,000 Firewalls at Risk: CISA Flags Major WatchGuard Zero-Auth Vulnerability

CISA has issued an alert about a critical security flaw in WatchGuard Firebox devices after confirming that attackers are already exploiting it in the real world. The vulnerability has been added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list, which highlights threats that need urgent attention. Thousands of Firebox appliances across different countries are affected by this … Continued

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