For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 2nd November, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Binance, a global cryptocurrency exchange, has suffered a cyberattack resulting in the theft of approximately $6.3 billion in digital assets. Attackers reportedly compromised a DevOps engineer’s laptop and abused internal wallet infrastructure to authorize unauthorized withdrawals. The incident ranks among the largest cryptocurrency thefts ever…
For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 19th October, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES CenterPoint Energy, a US utility company serving Texas and several other states, has disclosed a data breach affecting more than 1 million Texas residents. Unauthorized access to an external system exposed names, addresses, Social Security information, and driver’s license numbers, according to regulatory notifications filed by the company. Burger…
Another month of patches equals another new record for Microsoft patches. It’s a good thing I survive Pwn2Own Ireland, because between these and the Adobe patches, there’s much to discuss. I’m also looking at different ways I can represent the bugs at this level of volume, so let me know if you have ideas. (Seriously – I’m out of ideas). If you’d rather watch the full video recap covering the entire release, you can check out the Patch Report webcast on our YouTube channel. It should be posted…
For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 14th Setpember, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES IDScan.net, a US identity verification provider, has disclosed a data breach after detecting unauthorized access on September 1. Exposed data included names and government identification numbers, while a criminal marketplace advertised a collection containing millions of identity documents, including driver’s licenses, associated with the…
Microsoft is publishing 974 own-product vulnerabilities on September 2026 Patch Tuesday, including 723 vulnerabilities in Windows. Along with Microsoft fixes for 25 non-Microsoft CVEs, that brings the total number of vulnerabilities on the table today to 999. Whether this is the biggest Patch Tuesday ever depends on how we count, but this is by far the most CVEs that Microsoft has ever published in a single day. As Rapid7 noted last month, there is no reason to suppose that Patch Tuesday will…
Microsoft kicks off September with its monthly Patch Tuesday release, delivering fixes for security vulnerabilities affecting its products. The security updates are packed with security fixes, providing organizations with important updates to help protect their environments from emerging threats. This Patch Tuesday is Microsoft’s largest security update ever, marking a significant increase over other recent massive releases, including the 570 security flaws fixed in July and 400 fixed in August…
Whelp, here we are. Deep into the new normal. With nearly 1,000 CVEs coming out from Microsoft and a healthy release from Adobe as well, there’s a phrase from my military days that comes to mind: embrace the suck. Take an extend break from your regularly scheduled activities as we take a look at the latest security patches from Adobe and Microsoft. If you’d rather watch the full video recap covering the entire release, you can check out the Patch Report webcast on our YouTube channel. It should…
For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 27th July, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Minnesota IT Services has confirmed coordinated cyberattacks affecting more than 30 community water utilities across the state. The incidents briefly disrupted a treatment plant in Braham and affected industrial control systems. Officials reported that drinking water safety was not affected. While the attack was not officially attributed, federal…
For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 27th July, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Nichirei, a Japan-based frozen-food supplier and logistics company, has experienced a ransomware attack that disrupted shipping operations and affected approximately 5,000 customers. KFC Japan warned of possible shortages. Nichirei confirmed personal data theft, while the RansomHouse group claimed responsibility and published a subset of the stolen…
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. We all knew, to some degree or another, that this summer was going to a hot mess. I don’t mean FIFA drama or record setting heat waves. I mean the slow but steady momentum that AI frontier models were accruing for vulnerability research. If you were like me, and guesstimating exactly when that shoe would drop, my money was on the middle of summer. And... well, friends, I hate to say it, but I was right. This July’s Patch Tuesday is…