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New Wave of Phishing Scams – Fraudsters Posing as DMV to Steal U.S. Citizen Data

A sophisticated and widespread phishing campaign, emerging in May 2025, has targeted U.S. citizens by impersonating state Departments of Motor Vehicles (DMVs). Leveraging deceptive SMS messaging and cloned web infrastructure, attackers have harvested personal and financial information from unsuspecting individuals. The campaign, notable for its...

Web of Deception – How SCATTERED SPIDER Manipulates IT Support with Aggressive Social Engineering Tactics

A new breed of cyber attackers is wreaking havoc across Western businesses, targeting IT support desks with a potent blend of technical subterfuge and psychological manipulation. Known by security researchers as “SCATTERED SPIDER,” this group has rapidly gained notoriety for its highly effective combination...

Qilin Ransomware – A Rising Threat to Windows, Linux, and ESXi Systems

As ransomware groups grapple with internal upheavals and external attacks, the cyber threat landscape is witnessing the rise of a new, highly sophisticated actor: Qilin. This ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation is rapidly expanding its footprint, targeting enterprises with both Windows and Linux systems, especially those...

Chollima Hackers Target Windows and MacOS with GolangGhost RAT

A sophisticated North Korean-aligned cybercrime operation, known as Famous Chollima, is currently targeting professionals in the cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors, primarily in India, by deploying both Windows and macOS versions of a remote access trojan (RAT) previously labeled GolangGhost. Security researchers at Cisco Talos...

Critical Vulnerabilities Uncovered in Open Source Projects – MITRE and Splunk Reveal Insecure GitHub Actions

Security researchers from the Sysdig Threat Research Team (TRT) have uncovered alarming vulnerabilities in widely used open source projects, including those maintained by industry giants MITRE and Splunk. These security gaps stem from insecure configurations in GitHub Actions, specifically related to the misuse of...

Inside Russia’s Cyber Strategy – How Private Firms and Hacktivists Boost Its Cyber Power

Russia’s ascent as a global cyber power is marked not just by its state intelligence agencies but by a sophisticated network of private firms and hacktivist groups that amplifies its reach and impact. A recent in-depth study by QuoIntelligence sheds new light on how...