This month in security with Tony Anscombe – May 2025 edition
From a flurry of attacks targeting UK retailers to campaigns corralling end-of-life...
Weekly Update 453
Well, the last few weeks of insane hours finally caught up with me 🤒 Not badly, but I evidently burned enough midnight oil to...
DragonForce targets rivals in a play for dominance – Sophos News
DragonForce is not just another ransomware brand – it’s a destabilizing force trying to reshape the ransomware landscape. Counter Threat Unit (CTU) researchers are...
Iranian Hacker Pleads Guilty in $19 Million Robbinhood Ransomware Attack on Baltimore
May 28, 2025Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Data Breach
An Iranian national has pleaded guilty in the U.S. over his involvement in an international ransomware and extortion...
DragonForce actors target SimpleHelp vulnerabilities to attack MSP, customers – Sophos News
Sophos MDR recently responded to a targeted attack involving a Managed Service Provider (MSP). In this incident, a threat actor gained access to the...
Dero miner spreads inside containerized Linux environments
Introduction
Imagine a container zombie outbreak where a single infected container scans the internet for an exposed Docker API, and bites exploits it by creating...
