Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2025-11-06 12:00 PST
- How a ransomware gang encrypted Nevada government's systems
BleepingComputer • 2025-11-06 11:02 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
The State of Nevada has completed its recovery from a ransomware attack it suffered on August 24, 2025, which impacted 60 state agencies, disrupting critical services related to health and public safety. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-a-ransomware-gang-encrypted-nevada-governments-systems/ - The rising tide of cyber attacks against the UK water sector
Graham Cluley • 2025-11-06 09:43 • www.fortra.com
Critical infrastructure is once again in the spotlight, as it is revealed that several UK water suppliers have reported cybersecurity incidents over the last two years.Read more in my article on the Fortra blog.
https://www.fortra.com/blog/rising-tide-cyber-attacks-against-uk-water-sector - “Pay up or we share the tapes”: Hackers target massage parlour clients in blackmail scheme
Graham Cluley • 2025-11-06 09:33 • www.bitdefender.com
South Korean police have uncovered a hacking operation that stole sensitive data from massage parlours and blackmailed their male clientele.Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/pay-up-or-we-share-the-tapes-hackers-target-massage-parlour-clients-in-blackmail-scheme - Trojanized ESET Installers Drop Kalambur Backdoor in Phishing Attacks on Ukraine
The Hacker News • 2025-11-06 07:31 • thehackernews.com
A previously unknown threat activity cluster has been observed impersonating Slovak cybersecurity company ESET as part of phishing attacks targeting Ukrainian entities.
The campaign, detected in May 2025, is tracked by the security outfit under the moniker InedibleOchotense, describing it as Russia-aligned.
“InedibleOchotense sent spear-phishing emails and Signal text messages, containing a link
https://thehackernews.com/2025/11/trojanized-eset-installers-drop.html - Continuous Purple Teaming: Turning Red-Blue Rivalry into Real Defense
BleepingComputer • 2025-11-06 07:02 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Red and blue teams often operate independently, but attackers don’t. Picus Security shows how continuous purple teaming and BAS turn red-blue rivalry into real defense, validating controls and closing gaps in real time. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/continuous-purple-teaming-turning-red-blue-rivalry-into-real-defense/ - Cisco Warns of New Firewall Attack Exploiting CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362
The Hacker News • 2025-11-06 06:58 • thehackernews.com
Cisco on Wednesday disclosed that it became aware of a new attack variant that’s designed to target devices running Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software releases that are susceptible to CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362.
“This attack can cause unpatched devices to unexpectedly reload, leading to denial-of-service
https://thehackernews.com/2025/11/cisco-warns-of-new-firewall-attack.html
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
