For our first episode of the new year, we thought it would be appropriate to dig into some cybersecurity predictions. First, we cover the very nature of predictions and why they're often so bad. To understand this, we get into logical fallacies and cognitive biases. In the next segment, we cover some 2025 predictions we found on the Internet. In th...
Singapore's Cyber Security Agency has warned of a maximum-severity arbitrary file upload vulnerability in SmarterTools SmarterMail email software, tracked as CVE-2025-52691, which could be leveraged to facilitate unauthenticated code execution, The Hacker News reports.
Pakistan-linked threat group APT36, also known as Transparent Tribe, has used illicit Windows LNK files to compromise Indian government, strategic, and academic organizations as part of an advanced cyberespionage campaign, GBHackers News reports.
Microsoft Outlook users have had their credentials sought to be compromised by an AI-assisted phishing kit as part of a Spanish-speaking phishing campaign that has been underway since March, Cyber Security News reports.
Half a dozen ransomware variants and over 6,000 nefarious links have been decrypted and dismantled, respectively, while $3 million associated with ransomware, extortion, and business email compromise attacks has been sequestered as part of the Interpol-led effort Operation Sentinel that clamped down on cybercriminal activities across Africa, reports BleepingComputer.
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