The US Justice Department announced on Thursday that a Canadian man has been arrested for operating the recently disrupted Kimwolf DDoS botnet. The suspect, 23-year-old Jacob Butler of Ottawa, known online as ‘Dort’, is accused of administering the botnet and… Read More "Canadian Man Arrested for Operating Kimwolf Botnet"
I have walked into some version of this scene at energy utilities, automotive plants and pharma sites across sectors and borders for a decade. The dashboards change; the “forgotten” laptop stays. This is the massive visibility gap that no Large… Read More "Why your AI strategy stops where the PLC starts: Hard lessons from the OT frontlines"
Apple blocked App Store users from losing over $2.2bn in fraudulent transactions during the last year and prevented over a billion accounts from being created to commit fraud. The total of fraudulent App Store transactions Apple has blocked over the… Read More "Apple Blocked $2.2bn in App Store Fraud in the Last Year"
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The explosion of generative artificial intelligence tools is sparking a wave of enthusiasm in workplaces, with employees eagerly embracing new applications to boost productivity and innovation. However, this adoption often leads to a new phenomenon known as shadow AI—the use… Read More "Shadow AI: Managing the Security Risks of Unsanctioned AI Tools"
Authorities in North America and Europe have participated in a law enforcement operation to disrupt First VPN, a popular cybercrime service used for ransomware and other attacks. According to the FBI, First VPN has been active since 2014, providing 32… Read More "‘First VPN’ Cybercrime Service Disrupted, Administrator Arrested"
Maria Glendinning Maria has worked at Fidelis Security for over 6 years, where she has evolved from an ISR to a strategic role as the Business Development and Channel Marketing Manager for the EMEA region. Her journey reflects a passion… Read More "What Security Leaders Are Saying About Ransomware"
Ravie LakshmananMay 22, 2026Cybercrime / Law Enforcement The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the arrest of a Canadian man in connection with allegedly operating a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet known as Kimwolf. In tandem, Jacob Butler (aka… Read More "Kimwolf DDoS Botnet Operator Arrested in Canada Over DDoS-for-Hire Attacks"
In a time when users, infrastructure and applications were mostly confined within well-defined borders, that assumption made sense but in today’s world, that environment no longer exists. The proliferation of cloud computing, SaaS usage, hybrid work practices, microservices and API-driven… Read More "Identity as the primary attack surface: What modern breaches are really exploiting"
A newly identified malware campaign has been observed exploiting a command injection flaw in digital video recorder (DVR) devices to deploy a Mirai-based botnet, according to analysis by FortiGuard Labs. The activity targets CVE-2024-3721 in TBK DVR systems, enabling attackers… Read More "Attackers Exploit DVR Command Injection Flaw to Deploy Botnet"
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Is your team’s favorite new productivity tool also your biggest data leak waiting to happen? Generative AI (GenAI) assistants like ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Gemini have quickly moved from novelty to necessity in many workplaces. These tools use machine… Read More "The Shadow AI Data Leak Problem No One’s Talking About"
