Beyond the kill chain: What cybercriminals do with their money (Part 2)

One of the many cyberattacks that has escaped recent media attention is an incident involving the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office in Maryland. Yesterday, data from the incident was leaked. The group known as Kairos added stattorney[.]org to its leak site on March 31, 2025.  At that time, Kairos claimed that they had acquired 325 GB…

The emerging group demonstrates competent tradecraft using a familiar ransomware playbook and hints of ingenuity

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a jailbreak technique to bypass ethical guardrails erected by OpenAI in its latest large language model (LLM) GPT-5 and produce illicit instructions. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) security platform NeuralTrust said it combined a known technique called Echo Chamber with narrative-driven steering to trick the model into producing undesirable

Microsoft has revealed that one of the threat actors behind the active exploitation of SharePoint flaws is deploying Warlock ransomware on targeted systems. The tech giant, in an update shared Wednesday, said the findings are based on an “expanded analysis and threat intelligence from our continued monitoring of exploitation activity by Storm-2603.” The threat actor…

Cybersecurity researchers have lifted the lid on a previously undocumented threat cluster dubbed GhostRedirector that has managed to compromise at least 65 Windows servers primarily located in Brazil, Thailand, and Vietnam. The attacks, per Slovak cybersecurity company ESET, led to the deployment of a passive C++ backdoor called Rungan and a native Internet Information Services…

Yonhap News reports: The Ministry of Science and ICT said Monday it has asked the police to investigate allegations that KT obstructed a government probe into the company’s unauthorized mobile payment breaches. In late August, unauthorized mobile payments worth a combined 240 million won ($168,000) were reported in Seoul and nearby areas after the personal……