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Ransomware operators are extending their extortion tactics beyond corporate networks by threatening employees’ families and using artificial intelligence to enhance their attacks, according to the Semperis 2026 Ransomware Risk Report. Among the surveyed victims, 37% reported threats against their family members or friends, while 84% experienced attacks that involved AI in some form. The findings […]

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In less than 10 months, cybercriminals used the arsenal of customized, targeted phishing kits to send more than 1 billion malicious messages to more than 75,000 organizations globally.

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Microsoft uncovered a Chinese-language cybercriminal ecosystem, an interconnected network of phishing kit operators (tracked as Storm-2990), and an illicit marketplace (tracked as Storm-3119) selling tools and infrastructure for large-scale phishing. In collaboration with law enforcement agencies and other partners worldwide, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) facilitated a disruption of the ecosystem.

The post The hidden network: Inside the phishing infrastructure ecosystem powering global cybercrime appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

Google has awarded XBOW $250,000 for creating an AI-assisted exploit chain that enabled code execution outside the Chrome browser’s renderer sandbox on Windows. This reward marks the first full-chain payout for Chrome under Google’s vulnerability reward program, introduced in April 2026. According to XBOW, all three vulnerabilities involved have since been fixed. Google Pays $250,000 […]

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Meta has revealed a breach of a GitHub repository that exposed software code and personal information belonging to about 1,500 individuals, most of whom are U.S. employees. The company began notifying affected individuals on October 13, after discovering the intrusion several weeks earlier, which involved the theft of an employee’s credentials. According to Meta’s statement […]

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