Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity news and analysis on data breaches, ransomware, zero-day vulnerabilities and emerging threats, with incident response and recovery coverage.
Gears of War: E-Day launch hit by DDoS outages
Australia Agent Access Notified in September
Yandex Cloud Runs Degraded After Drone Strikes
Three Yandex data centres were struck between Oct. 8 and Oct. 11, degrading cloud and consumer services across several countries. Recovery is expected to hinge on procuring replacement hardware, a process one analyst and Yandex Qazaqstan each put at roughly six months.
Check Point reports sharp September attack rise, citing AI-assisted phishing
Check Point Research attributes a sharp September 2026 rise in attack volume to AI-assisted activity and phishing, but its metric tracks detections per organization, with the monitored population unpublished and blocked attempts pooled with successful intrusions.
AnyPwn: unauth root on AnyDesk Linux 8.0.2
AnyDesk Linux 8.0.2 has a memory-corruption flaw letting unauthenticated attackers get root via TCP port 7070, bypassing login and session controls. AnyDesk 8.0.3 is the fix; no exploitation in the wild has been reported at disclosure.
Ransomware firm's CEO charged with billing victims for ransoms
MonsterCloud's CEO faces federal wire-fraud charges over an alleged scheme that billed ransomware victims up to $150,000 for keys that cost about $8,200 — while marketing a "no-ransom" stance. The $19 million in fees vs. $8 million paid to attackers are alleged totals; the case remains pending and…