The Cat’s Out of the Bag: A ‘Meow Attack’ Data Corruption Campaign Simulation via MAD-CAT 2025-11-07 at 19:39 By Karl Biron In 2024, I published Feline Hackers Among Us? (A Deep Dive and Simulation of the Meow Attack), which explored the notorious Meow attack campaign that had plagued unsecured databases since 2020. That article focused […]
Dissecting and Understanding APT Threat Group Activity 2025-11-06 at 16:45 By Trustwave SpiderLabs CTI APT Groups Prioritize Espionage and Data Theft: Approximately two-thirds of all Trustwave SpiderLabs-tracked APT group activity is motivated by espionage, targeting government, defense, and telecom sectors primarily in the US, Ukraine, and Russia. Top Attacker Nations: China (41%), Iran (12.5%), and […]
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SpiderLabs Ransomware Tracker Update October 2025: Qlin Doubles Down on Attacks 2025-11-04 at 17:18 By The worldwide ransomware landscape saw a dramatic shift in attacks in October 2025, jumping 41% month over month, with the most prolific attacker, Qlin, more than doubling the number of attacks it launched, according to Trustwave, A LevelBlue Company, research. […]
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Protecting the Systems that Sustain Us: Securing Critical Infrastructure During Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025-10-30 at 15:46 By To close out Trustwave’s, A LevelBlue Company, Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025 coverage, we will take a look at securing critical infrastructure, one of the focus areas for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). This article is an […]
Bolstering Cybersecurity Resilience in the Public Sector 2025-10-29 at 19:07 By With digital transformation continuing unabated, the prevalence of legacy systems, and the rising interconnectedness of complex systems and services, organizations in the public sector face a plethora of challenges and cyber risks. This article is an excerpt from SpiderLabs Blog View Original Source
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The Rise of Phantom Cyber Firms: How to Spot Them and What to Verify Before you Engage 2025-10-23 at 17:11 By Grant Hutchons It’s bad enough that organizations must worry about threat actors launching phishing attacks, injecting ransomware, or exploiting vulnerabilities; now, there is a new attack variant on the loose. Legal scammers. This article […]
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API Security: Challenges for a Secure Digital Frontier 2025-10-21 at 19:13 By Dora Miranda Organizations continue their digital transformation, with APIs now serving as the main communication links between applications, platforms, services, and partners. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source
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The F5 BIG-IP Source Code Breach 2025-10-17 at 20:17 By Karl Sigler On August 9, F5 discovered that multiple systems were compromised by what it is calling a “highly sophisticated nation-state threat actor” who maintained “long-term, persistent access to certain F5 systems”. These included the BIG-IP product development environment and engineering knowledge management platform. That […]
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SocGholish: Turning Application Updates into Vexing Infections 2025-10-16 at 17:45 By Cris Tomboc This blog is the latest in a series that delves into the deep research conducted daily by the Trustwave SpiderLabs Threat Operations team on major threat actor groups and malware currently operating globally. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View […]
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Facing the Storm: Navigating the Complex Challenges of Bot Threats in Web Application and API Security 2025-10-14 at 16:18 By Dora Miranda Bots and Web Application Security: Confront advanced bots that mimic humans, bypassing traditional security and enabling costly attacks like account takeover, data scraping, and API fraud. Proactive Bot Management: Implement a Managed WAAP […]
Manufacturing: Executives Voice Cyberattack Readiness Concerns 2025-10-06 at 17:12 By Manufacturing executives recently surveyed by LevelBlue expressed a deep concern that emerging attack methods, such as deepfakes and AI-powered attacks, will take place just as often as more traditional attacks. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source
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US Secret Service Blocks Massive Telecom Attack in New York 2025-09-24 at 19:44 By Karl Sigler The Secret Service’s takedown in New York shines a light on a type of threat that is technically fascinating and deeply concerning for national security: large-scale cellular interception networks leveraging cell-site simulators (CSS), also known as IMSI catchers or […]
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LevelBlue Spotlight Report Finds Manufacturers Struggling with the Impact of AI and Supply Chain Risk 2025-09-24 at 16:22 By LevelBlue’s newly released 2025 Spotlight Report: Cyber Resilience and Business Impact in Manufacturing, uncovered the different ways this sector has increased its understanding of the role cybersecurity must play moving forward, including the need to adopt […]
Storm-2603: Targeting SharePoint Vulnerabilities and Critical Infrastructure Worldwide 2025-09-17 at 16:00 By Cris Tomboc The threat group Storm-2603 is actively exploiting Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities to gain unauthorized access to critical infrastructure worldwide. Their attacks use a specialized toolkit and have a dual motive: espionage and financial gain through deploying ransomware. This highlights the urgent need […]
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From Shadow IT to Shadow AI: The Evolution of Unseen Risk 2025-09-16 at 16:04 By Jon Spokes Security leaders are well acquainted with Shadow IT; the unsanctioned apps, services, and even devices employees adopt to bypass bureaucracy and accelerate productivity. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source
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Salesloft Drift Supply Chain Attack Affects Hundreds of Businesses 2025-09-09 at 23:45 By Karl Sigler Trustwave’s Security & Compliance Team is aware of the Salesloft vulnerability affecting Drift chatbot integrations. Trustwave, A LevelBlue Company, and its affiliated entities do not utilize Drift, and Salesforce has confirmed the incident did not impact clients without this integration. […]
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Rogue AI Agents In Your SOCs and SIEMs – Indirect Prompt Injection via Log Files 2025-09-05 at 23:42 By Tom Neaves AI agents (utilizing LLMs and RAG) are being used within SOCs and SIEMS to both help identify attacks and assist analysts with working more efficiently; however, I’ve done a little bit of research one […]
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Chinese-Sponsored Threat Actors Attacks Spur International Security Advisory 2025-09-04 at 16:18 By When nearly two dozen of the world’s leading cybersecurity agencies issue a joint warning, it underscores the severity and the global reach of the threat at hand. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source
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Securing Healthcare’s Vulnerable Supply Chain 2025-09-02 at 21:49 By Healthcare supply chains are increasingly vulnerable to cyber threats through third-party vendors, cloud services, and connected medical devices. Ransomware in healthcare can shut down critical systems, delay treatment, and endanger patient safety. Stronger cybersecurity standards, vendor risk management, and cross-border threat intelligence are vital to securing […]
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How Researchers Collect Indicators of Compromise 2025-08-14 at 23:06 By Messiah Dela Cruz As security researchers, we actively monitor the latest CVEs and their publicly available exploits to create signatures. Beyond CVEs, we also hunt for malware on platforms such as MalwareBazaar, which enhances our visibility into attacks occurring across networks. This article is an […]
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