Chinese-sponsored Threat Actors Exploit SharePoint ToolShell Zero-Day
A massive breach of Microsoft SharePoint by Chinese threat actors is affecting governments and organizations around the world. The vulnerability allows attackers to bypass authentication, execute code on vulnerable SharePoint servers, and steal cryptographic keys...
Europol Leads International Crackdown on Pro-Russian Hacktivist Group NoName057(16)
An operation coordinated by Europol has disrupted a major portion of the hacktivist group NoName057(16)’s global infrastructure, according to Europol’s website. The operation, code named Operation Eastwood, led to two arrests, seven arrest warrants issued,...
Establishing Trust on the Web: Certificates, PKI, and TLS
What you see on the Internet cannot be trusted. This may seem like an understatement in the age of disinformation, deep fakes, and AI-generated slop, but on a deeper level, the internet is insecure by...
Top Threat Actors to Watch Out For In 2025
Last year saw some big developments in the world of cyber threat actors, especially the underground ransomware economy. In February 2024, several countries participated in an international law enforcement operation against LockBit, one of the...
From Personal Data to National Security: Why Cybersecurity is so Important
We live in the Information Age. Every day, we use, produce, transmit, and store digital information. Your medical records, banking information, and insurance information is stored in a server somewhere as digital information. Whenever you...