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Kodak Breach Adds to ShinyHunters’ Growing Data Extortion Wave
Eastman Kodak has confirmed it is investigating a data breach after the ShinyHunters extortion group claimed it stole more than 2.2 million records containing customer personally identifiable information and internal corporate data. Kodak said an unauthorized third party briefly accessed a limited amount of company data and that outside cybersecurity experts are helping determine what was accessed and copied. The company said it is working with law enforcement and does not be
Jun 17


Why Executive Impersonation Is Becoming Harder To Detect - And What To Do About It
This guest post was contributed by Amit Shuster, VP Product, Vetric.io Cybercriminals have always targeted senior executives. What's changed is how effectively they can now impersonate them. Deepfake technology has matured to the point where an AI-generated video of a CEO endorsing a fraudulent investment scheme, or an audio clone directing an employee to wire funds, can be nearly indistinguishable from the real thing. Deloitte estimates deepfake-enabled fraud losses could r
Jun 11


GreatXML Windows Zero-Day Turns Defender Offline Scan Into a BitLocker Backdoor
The post-compromise technique abuses Windows Recovery Environment to create persistent access to BitLocker-encrypted data, with no patch currently available. According to the Cyderes Howler Cell team, a newly disclosed Windows zero-day called GreatXML can turn Microsoft Defender’s offline scanning process into a pathway for accessing BitLocker-encrypted data without a recovery key or user credentials. The technique targets the interaction between Windows Recovery Environment,
Jun 11


Kali365 Phishing Platform Turns Microsoft Logins Into an AI-Powered Fraud Pipeline
The phishing-as-a-service operation uses Microsoft device codes, stolen authentication tokens and AI-generated business email compromise messages to help attackers bypass traditional account defenses. A newly analyzed phishing platform known as Kali365 is giving cybercriminals an unusually complete toolkit for compromising Microsoft 365 accounts and converting stolen access into financial fraud. Huntress researchers uncovered the operation after detecting a spike in device co
Jun 11


University of Nottingham Cyberattack Exposes Student Financial and Personal Data
Hackers accessed a significant amount of personal data belonging to University of Nottingham students and alumni, potentially including financial records, National Insurance numbers and protected characteristics. The university detected unauthorized activity in its Campus Solutions student records system on Tuesday and took affected systems offline. It has contacted impacted individuals and reported the incident to Action Fraud, the Information Commissioner’s Office and other
Jun 10


RoguePlanet Windows Zero-Day Turns Microsoft Defender Into an Exploitation Tool
A newly disclosed Windows zero-day dubbed RoguePlanet abuses Microsoft Defender’s own quarantine process to give an ordinary user the highest level of control over a Windows 11 machine. Cyderes researchers said they reproduced the local privilege escalation exploit on a fully patched Windows 11 Pro system. The attack requires no administrator rights, kernel vulnerability or memory corruption. Instead, it chains together legitimate Windows features, including Defender scans, N
Jun 10
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