Why hack when hackers are willing to sell guaranteed access to breached networks? Increasingly, cybercrooks agree they would rather outsource than bother with the tedium of actual network penetration, leading to a flourishing initial access market. Remote access to a victim's network now retails for an average price of $2,700, although about 40% of what's being sold goes for much less $500 to $1,000, noted in a report from cybersecurity firm Rapid7. Research is based on listings posted over
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A leading cybersecurity, privacy, and data protection firm, Vipre Security Group, has released its Q2 2025 Email Threat Landscape Report, highlighting a significant shift in cybercriminal tactics. The report, based on an analysis of global real-world data, uncovers a growing reliance on hyper-personalized, AI-driven phishing techniques that exploit human vulnerabilities rather than traditional technological tricks. This evolution in email-based threats is raising alarms for organizations world
A job search platform exposed over 5 million resumes, putting millions of job seekers at risk of identity theft, targeted scams and fraud. The leak, discovered by cybersecurity researchers at Cybernews, comes from a misconfigured Microsoft Azure storage container that is accessible on the Internet. The unsecured cloud bucket contained more than 5.1 million files, predominantly resumes and CVs, dating from 2016 to 2025.[1]
The breach is linked to LiveCareer, a platform founded in 2004 that prov
