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For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 1st June, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES DentaQuest, a U.S. dental benefits administrator owned by Sun Life, has suffered a data breach after threat group ShinyHunters leaked exfiltrated data. Analysts assessed that 2.6 million accounts were exposed, including names, emails, […]

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Research by: Alexey Bukhteyev Key Takeaways Introduction When we search Google for a popular piece of software, we usually click the first result, sometimes without even looking at the rest, because official project sites tend to rank highest and appear near the top of the results. After landing on a site with a professional design and […]

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For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 1st June, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Carnival Corporation, a global cruise line operator, has confirmed a data breach affecting nearly 6 million people after attackers used social engineering to compromise an employee account. Exposed information may include names, contact […]

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Executive Summary During the March–April 2026 reporting period, AI use in offensive operations advanced from development and planning to real-time operational deployment. Multiple independent cases, involving individual criminal actors, mass exploitation platforms, ransomware groups, and state-sponsored espionage, show evidence of commercial AI models executing autonomous attack workflows across extended campaigns. Key findings: AI as Live […]

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For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 25th May, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES 7-Eleven, the global convenience store chain, confirmed a breach after an unauthorized access to systems used for franchisee documents. ShinyHunters claimed responsibility and said it stole more than 600,000 Salesforce records containing personal […]

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Key Findings Introduction During the recent geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, we reported on multiple Iran-nexus threat actors advancing Iran’s strategic objectives through cyber operations. These activities included targeting internet-connected cameras, conducting destructive attacks against US and Israeli entities, and exfiltrating data from cloud environments to support broader kinetic and intelligence-gathering efforts. Nimbus Manticore (also tracked as UNC1549) is an IRGC-affiliated threat […]

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For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 18th May, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Vodafone, a major international telecom, has sustained a source code leak claimed by the Lapsus$ extortion group. The company confirmed limited access to GitHub files through compromised third-party development software, while stating that […]

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Key Points Introduction The Gentlemen ransomware‑as‑a‑service (RaaS) operation is a relatively new group that emerged around mid‑2025. Its operators advertise the service across multiple underground forums, promoting their ransomware platform and inviting penetration testers and other technically skilled actors to join as affiliates. In 2026, based on victims listed on the data leak site (DLS), […]

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For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 11th May, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Instructure, the US education technology company behind the Canvas learning platform, has confirmed a major data breach affecting its cloud-hosted environment. Exposed data reportedly includes student and staff records and private messages, while […]

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Key Findings Ransomware in Q1 2026: Consolidation at Scale During the first quarter of 2026, we monitored more than 70 active data leak sites (DLS) that collectively listed 2,122 new victims. This figure represents a 12.2% decline from the Q4 2025 all-time record of 2,416 victims but remains the second-highest Q1 on record at 117% […]

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For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 4th May, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Medtronic, a global medical device maker, has disclosed a cyberattack on its corporate IT systems. An unauthorized party accessed data, while the company reported no impact on products, operations, or financial systems. Threat […]

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Key Takeaways Background VECT Ransomware is a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) program that made its first appearance in December 2025 on a Russian-language cybercrime forum. After claiming their first two victims in January 2026, the group got back into the public eye due to an announcement of a partnership with TeamPCP, the actor behind several supply-chain attacks […]

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For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 27th April, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Vercel, a frontend cloud platform, has disclosed a security incident linked to a compromise at Context.ai, where stolen OAuth tokens enabled unauthorized access through a connected app. The company reported access to employee […]

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For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 20th April, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Booking.com, the Amsterdam-based travel platform, has confirmed a data breach after unauthorized parties accessed reservation data linked to some customers. Exposed information included names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, and booking […]

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Key Points The Gentlemen RaaS The Gentlemen ransomware‑as‑a‑service (RaaS) operation is a relatively new group that emerged around mid‑2025. The operators advertise their services across multiple underground forums, promoting their ransomware platform and inviting penetration testers (and other technically skilled actors) to join as affiliates. The RaaS provides affiliates with multi‑OS lockers for Windows, Linux, […]

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For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 13th April, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES The Los Angeles Police Department has reported a data breach involving a digital storage system used by the L.A. City Attorney’s Office. The exposure included 7.7 terabytes and more than 337,000 files, […]

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For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 30th March, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES The European Commission, the European Union’s executive body, has confirmed a data breach after its Europa.eu platform was compromised through a third-party exchange linked to the Trivy supply chain attack. The incident […]

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Key Points Introduction At the beginning of 2026, Check Point Research observed a series of targeted attacks against government entities in Southeast Asia carried out via a legitimate TrueConf software installed in the targets’ environment. The investigation led to the discovery of a zero-day vulnerability in the TrueConf client, tracked as CVE-2026-3502 with a CVSS score of 7.8. […]

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Key Takeaways What Happened AI assistants now handle some of the most sensitive data people own. Users discuss symptoms and medical history. They ask questions about taxes, debts, and personal finances, upload PDFs, contracts, lab results, and identity-rich documents that contain names, addresses, account details, and private records. That trust depends on a simple expectation: […]

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For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 30th March, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Iranian state-affiliated threat group Handala Hack has breached FBI director’s Patel’s personal Gmail account and leaked many personal photos and documents. This follows the FBI’s seizure of domains related to Handala Hack’s […]

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