CyberNews

A sophisticated cyber-espionage operation linked to China’s advanced persistent threat (APT) groups has been targeting government organizations in Central Asia with a series of remote access Trojans (RATs). The campaign, attributed to an APT group called SilkParasite, uses spear-phishing lures tailored to specific ministries and government entities across Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan. Researchers … Read more

A Shadowy AI Platform Raises Red Flags for Cybercrime Enthusiasts A new AI platform has emerged that’s raising eyebrows among cybersecurity experts and sparking concerns about its potential misuse by cybercriminals. Dubbed “Kriminal,” this AI tool promises to deliver unbridled capabilities, including social engineering, offensive cybercrime, and OSINT scanning – all for a price paid … Read more

ChatGPT Users Hit by Global Outage as OpenAI Struggles to Keep Pace A major outage is crippling access to popular chatbot platform ChatGPT, leaving millions of users worldwide unable to sign in, create new accounts, or load previous conversations. The issue, which began at approximately 8 PM ET on Wednesday, August 19, has been acknowledged … Read more

**AI Platform Kriminal Raises Red Flags for Cybercrime** A new AI platform called Kriminal has been making waves in the cybersecurity community, sparking concerns about its potential use by cybercriminals. Despite its name and marketing strategy, which some might interpret as encouraging illicit activities, the company behind Kriminal insists that it’s intended for research, creative, … Read more

As of October 13th, Microsoft will discontinue support for Home and Pro editions of Windows 11, version 24H2. This means that millions of devices running these operating system versions will no longer receive crucial security updates and non-security patches, leaving them vulnerable to emerging threats. The move is part of a broader trend in which … Read more

Critical Windows Vulnerability Now Actively Exploited in the Wild A critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Windows Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Service Extensions component is being actively exploited by hackers, according to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). This flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-33824, affects all supported versions of Windows 10, Windows … Read more

Japanese cloud and data center service provider Sakura Internet has disclosed a major security incident that may have compromised up to 1.36 million customer accounts. The company’s sales management system, which stores sensitive information such as contract details and membership records, was accessed by hackers on August 9. The breach is particularly concerning due to … Read more

Ransom Busters, a suspected rogue ransomware affiliate, has been posing as a recovery service to steal payments from victims. This group claims it can provide decryption keys and delete stolen data for a fee, but evidence suggests they are actually the ones responsible for the attacks. The activity was uncovered by GuidePoint Security’s Research and … Read more

A massive healthcare technology company’s data breach has left nearly 4 million patients vulnerable to identity theft and other malicious activities. CareCloud, a publicly traded firm that provides electronic health records and medical billing services to thousands of healthcare providers, announced in March that it had suffered a network disruption due to an unauthorized third-party … Read more

Japanese Cloud Provider Sakura Internet Hit by Massive Data Breach Exposing Up to 1.36 Million Accounts A massive data breach has struck Japanese cloud and data center service provider Sakura Internet, potentially exposing sensitive information of up to 1.36 million member accounts. The incident occurred on August 9 when hackers accessed the company’s sales management … Read more