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ShinyHunters Renews Oracle PeopleSoft Attacks With One-Character WAF Bypass North Korean hackers behind open-source supply chain attacks on axios, debug, and chalk NPM packages

North Korean hackers behind open-source supply chain attacks on axios, debug, and chalk NPM packages

ShinyHunters Renews Oracle PeopleSoft Attacks With One-Character WAF Bypass

Do Son September 29, 2026

Changing one letter to its URL code let attackers walk past firewall rules meant to block a...

PREY-0058: Microsoft 365 Vishing Attacks Extort Firms A diagram illustrating how Microsoft 365 vishing attacks fuel the PREY-0058 extortion campaign targeting executives.

A diagram illustrating how Microsoft 365 vishing attacks fuel the PREY-0058 extortion campaign targeting executives.

PREY-0058: Microsoft 365 Vishing Attacks Extort Firms

Do Son September 9, 2026

Threat actors are actively compromising executive accounts using highly targeted Microsoft 365 vishing attacks. The PREY-0058 extortion...

Canadian Man Pleads Guilty to Cloud Hacking Extortion Scheme That Hit 165 Companies Cloud hacking extortion guilty plea over the Snowflake data breach affecting 165 companies

Cloud hacking extortion guilty plea over the Snowflake data breach affecting 165 companies

Canadian Man Pleads Guilty to Cloud Hacking Extortion Scheme That Hit 165 Companies

Do Son August 7, 2026

At a glance Actor Connor Riley Moucka, 26, of Kitchener, Ontario Activity type Cloud account intrusion, data...

Helix Data Extortion Group Emerges from BlackFile, ReliaQuest Reports Helix data extortion group using device code phishing to exfiltrate data from SharePoint

Helix data extortion group using device code phishing to exfiltrate data from SharePoint

Helix Data Extortion Group Emerges from BlackFile, ReliaQuest Reports

Do Son July 16, 2026

At a glance Actor / group Helix (suspected ties to BlackFile and ShinyHunters) Activity type Data extortion...

Passkey Phishing Campaign Uses Vishing Calls to Hijack Microsoft Entra Accounts Passkey phishing vishing attack targeting Microsoft Entra passkey enrollment by O-UNC-066

Passkey phishing vishing attack targeting Microsoft Entra passkey enrollment by O-UNC-066

Passkey Phishing Campaign Uses Vishing Calls to Hijack Microsoft Entra Accounts

Do Son July 15, 2026

At a Glance Actor O-UNC-066 (Okta); tracked as CL-CRI-1147 / “Pink” by Palo Alto Unit 42; linked...

The Illusion of Security: Kairos Ransomware and the Rise of Data Extortion Without Encryption Kairos ransomware data extortion case study showing cyber extortion risks without encryption

Kairos ransomware data extortion case study showing cyber extortion risks without encryption

The Illusion of Security: Kairos Ransomware and the Rise of Data Extortion Without Encryption

Do Son July 6, 2026

A recent case study published by Ransom-ISAC reveals a disconcerting trend in cyber extortion. As outlined in...

A Desperate Cartel: Inside the Unlikely Alliance of Qilin, DragonForce, and a Fading LockBit Ransomware Cartel, Qilin-LockBit Alliance

A Desperate Cartel: Inside the Unlikely Alliance of Qilin, DragonForce, and a Fading LockBit

Do Son December 23, 2025

In a digital underworld increasingly fractured by law enforcement takedowns and eroding trust, three of the most...

Hacker Alliance Demands Ransom: Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters Claim 1 Billion Records Stolen from Salesforce Salesforce Extortion, Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters

Salesforce Extortion, Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters

Hacker Alliance Demands Ransom: Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters Claim 1 Billion Records Stolen from Salesforce

Do Son October 14, 2025

A newly formed cybercrime consortium known as Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters (SLSH) — also dubbed the “Trinity of...

Trinity of Chaos: New Alliance of Hackers Extorts 39 Firms, Leaking Data Stolen from Cisco, Google, and Global Airlines Trinity of Chaos, Data Extortion

Trinity of Chaos: New Alliance of Hackers Extorts 39 Firms, Leaking Data Stolen from Cisco, Google, and Global Airlines

Do Son October 6, 2025

A new report from Resecurity’s HUNTER team has exposed a massive data extortion operation conducted by a...

Interlock Ransomware Uses Evolving Tactics to Evade Detection Interlock Ransomware, ClickFix

Interlock Ransomware Uses Evolving Tactics to Evade Detection

Do Son April 18, 2025

A new report by Sekoia Threat Detection & Research (TDR) details the activities of Interlock, a ransomware...