25th May – Threat Intelligence Report
For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 25th May, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES 7-Eleven, the global convenience store chain, confirmed a…
For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 25th May, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES 7-Eleven, the global convenience store chain, confirmed a…
CVE-2026-50316 Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability Exploitation Less Likely No 5.5 CVE-2026-50419 Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability Exploitation Unlikely No 3.3 CVE-2026-50463 Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability Exploitation Less Likely…
Cybersecurity has always involved elements of uncertainty. Every day, security teams are asked to make decisions with incomplete information, while attackers rely on defenders not being able to see the…
Executive Summary Cato CTRL has discovered a vishing-based delivery technique used against an Italy-based consumer services company associated with PhantomBackdoor, a multi-stage WebSocket-based backdoor previously reported in a Ukraine-focused spear…
CVE-2026-50656: Windows Defender Patch Introduces Disk Exhaustion Vulnerability A recent patch for the Windows Defender zero-day vulnerability, RoguePlanet (CVE-2026-50656), which previously allowed remote administrative control of Windows 10 and 11,…
Executive Summary During the March–April 2026 reporting period, AI use in offensive operations advanced from development and planning to real-time operational deployment. Multiple independent cases, involving individual criminal actors, mass…
Gopan Sivasankaran is Regional Director, Middle East & Africa, at Rapid7 From AI adoption and cloud-first strategies to smart cities and critical infrastructure modernization, organizations across the United Arab Emirates…
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Howdy friends, and hello from Cisco Live U.S., here in sunny (and very hot) Las Vegas! An interesting quirk of being sent…
Introduction F5 Labs honeynet sensors recorded a sharp increase in Microsoft Exchange exploitation activity during April 2026, driven primarily by renewed interest in the ProxyShell vulnerability chain. While these vulnerabilities…
For years, the cyber security industry tracked AI as a force multiplier: something that made existing attack techniques faster, cheaper, and more accessible. That framing was accurate. But the Annual AI Security Report 2026 from…