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The cybersecurity community is spinning from a disturbing indictment that underscores a frightening new dimension of insider risk and supply chain betrayal.   The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has unsealed charges against two former employees of a US-based cybersecurity firm, accusing them of a stunning conflict of interest: allegedly launching the very ransomware attacks they were hired to help victims recover from.[1]

As reported by TechCrunch and BleepingComputer, the individuals are charged

The cybersecurity community recently received an urgent signal from Darktrace's research team about a sophisticated intrusion campaign linked to Salt Typhoon, a persistent threat actor with ties to China.  The core of this campaign: the exploitation of a critical vulnerability in the Citrix NetScaler Gateway (formerly Citrix ADC/Gateway).  This is not just another vulnerability report; it is a live-fire case study highlighting the strategic importance of patching perimeter devices and the necess

Vendor-related risks, from both tech providers and non-tech partners, have always been a concern, but they’re now becoming increasingly apparent in a growing number of cyber insurance claims.  While data breaches were once the main concern, we are now seeing more severe first-party losses caused by ransomware attacks and major system outages.  These issues are not always the result of a cyberattack, either.  Sometimes they come from non-malicious errors, like critical system failures or software

Cybersecurity researchers have observed a surge in identity-driven cyberattacks targeting employee login credentials.   According to a new report by eSentire’s Threat Response Unit (TRU), between 2024 and the first quarter of 2025, 19,000 identity-related cyber investigations revealed a 156% increase in such threats compared to 2023.  These incidents now account for 59% of all confirmed threats across eSentire’s customer base of over 2000 organizations.[1]

One of the biggest enablers of this tre

Researchers are saying that electric vehicles (EVs) are at risk of cyber-attacks while connected to fast-charging systems, the quickest and most common way to charge the vehicles, according to research from a team of engineers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI).  “As the grid evolves to take on more EVs, we need to defend our critical grid infrastructure against cyber-attacks while also securing payments to charge EVs,” said the assistant director of SwRI’s High Reliability Systems Departmen