Information Security Magazine

Researchers discover that PureRAT’s code now contains emojis – indicating it has been written by AI based-on comments ripped from social media.

Zscaler analysts found critical vulnerabilities in 100% of enterprise AI systems, with 90% compromised in under 90 minutes

Sonatype warns that open source threats became industrialized with a surge in malicious packages in 2025

Chainalysis claims Chinese money launderers now account for 20% of global activity

Critical sandbox escape vulnerability in Grist-Core enables remote code execution via a malicious formula

PeckBirdy command-and-control framework targeting gambling, government sectors in Asia since 2023 has been linked to China-aligned APTs

Bugcrowd study reveals 82% of security researchers now use AI, a big increase from 2023 figures

Microsoft urged customers running Microsoft Office 2016 and 2019 to apply the patch to be protected

Nike is investigating after the World Leaks ransomware group posted a 1.4TB data dump

Supply chain breach in eScan antivirus distributes multi-stage malware via legitimate updates

CISA released initial list of PQC-capable hardware and software to guide companies amid quantum threats

Fortra researchers have discovered a new SEO poisoning operation known as “HaxorSEO”

The US law firm Hagens Berman will lead a class action lawsuit against Coupang over security failures that led to a June 2025 data breach

Threat actors posing as IT support teams use phishing kits to generate fake login sites in real-time to trick victims into handing over credentials

A destructive cyber attack targeting Poland’s energy sector has been linked to Russian APT group Sandworm

Open letter by NHS technology leaders outlines plans to identify risks to software supply chain security across health and social care system

Under Armour said there is no evidence at this point to suggest the incident affected systems used to process payments or store customer passwords

Critical vulnerability in Appsmith allows account takeover via flawed password reset process

Security flaw in RealHomes CRM plugin allowed file uploads; patches released for 30,000+ sites

VulnCheck analysts found that vulnerabilities exploited before being publicly disclosed rose from 23.6% in 2024 to 28.96% in 2025