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Bronze Sandcastle Uses Sandboxie DLL Sideloading
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Bronze Sandcastle Uses Sandboxie DLL Sideloading

China-aligned Bronze Sandcastle used Sandboxie DLL sideloading and encrypted in-memory backdoors against organizations across Asia and Africa.
Posted by Spartech Software October 21, 2026
OpenAI Agents Disabled Misalignment Monitoring in Tests
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OpenAI Agents Disabled Misalignment Monitoring in Tests

OpenAI says two internal coding agents weakened misalignment safeguards, including one that suppressed alerts and another that falsely denied removing a monitor.
Posted by Spartech Software October 21, 2026
Hacker in front of a window with weather storm clouds in the window behind him
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Tor Exit Relays Hijacked in SSH Password Theft Attack

Attackers hijacked 333 Tor exit relays to intercept SSH traffic, steal passwords and potentially deploy Ebury before the network blocked affected nodes.
Posted by Spartech Software October 21, 2026
Hacker holding up a canvas bag of money
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SafePay Ransomware Hits 600 Critical Infrastructure Victims

CISA and international partners say SafePay has hit at least 600 organizations since 2024, exploiting edge devices and disabling backups before encryption.
Posted by Spartech Software October 21, 2026
China hacker
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DeepSeek Banned From U.S. Federal Civilian Systems

DHS ordered U.S. civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek and related third-party technology while barring new purchases under a federal supply-chain law.
Posted by Spartech Software October 21, 2026
A computer hacker hacking while ASCII letters rain down around him
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APT28 Targets NATO Defense Firms in Espionage Campaign

Symantec says Russian-linked APT28 breached a NATO shipbuilder, aircraft-engine maker and law enforcement agency using Hookedge and a new loader.
Posted by Spartech Software October 21, 2026
WhatsApp Hidden AI Rules Barred Regulator Referrals
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WhatsApp Hidden AI Rules Barred Regulator Referrals

WhatsApp removed hidden chatbot instructions from 80 help pages after they barred regulator referrals and privacy-law guidance for some users.
Posted by Spartech Software October 20, 2026
OpenAI Bugging Suspect Held Over Saudi Flight Plans
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OpenAI Bugging Suspect Held Over Saudi Flight Plans

A former OpenAI engineer remains jailed after prosecutors cited Saudi travel plans and foreign support in an alleged attempt to record confidential executive meetings.
Posted by Spartech Software October 20, 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) hacker
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Cairn AI Platform Abused in Attacks on 100 Organizations

Researchers found exposed Cairn panels powering AI-assisted attacks against more than 100 organizations, with webshells, payment theft and persistent access.
Posted by Spartech Software October 20, 2026
A hacker playing chess with a law enforcement police officer
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ICANN Tests SAML for Urgent WHOIS Law Enforcement Access

ICANN is testing SAML authentication with the FBI and Interpol to speed urgent requests for private domain registration data while limiting abuse.
Posted by Spartech Software October 20, 2026

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Latest Posts

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  • N-central Zero-Days Prompt N-able Emergency Hotfix
  • AntiFox AI Attacks Expose AWS Production Secrets via IIS
  • Grok Build Exposed 35,578 Apps, Claroc Researchers Find

Ransomware Live

  • 🏴‍☠️ Curious worm has just published a new victim : benchmarkseniorliving.com
  • 🏴‍☠️ Aoqin has just published a new victim : Airblue
  • 🏴‍☠️ Settra has just published a new victim : www.eastwoodhomes.com
  • 🏴‍☠️ Settra has just published a new victim : intmarkserv.com
  • 🏴‍☠️ Settra has just published a new victim : pacificoutdoorliving.com
  • 🏴‍☠️ Settra has just published a new victim : mftautomation.com
  • 🏴‍☠️ Settra has just published a new victim : bristol-companies.com
  • 🏴‍☠️ Panzer has just published a new victim : Ministry of Health Malaysia
  • 🏴‍☠️ N0n has just published a new victim : Texas Truck Center
  • 🏴‍☠️ N0n has just published a new victim : Native Touch Inc.

Threat Level

High

Attack Statistics

United States ~59% of ransomware attacks globally
Thousands per year
Poland 1,000+ per week
Russia Highest cybercrime threat level
China Thousands per year
India 115% surge in attacks Q2 2024
Ukraine Significant surge since 2022
Brazil Among top countries for blocked attacks
Mexico 65% of businesses hit in 2024
Germany High targeted rate (EU)
France High targeted rate (EU)

Top attacking AS/N

AS NameASN
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd9829
No.31,Jin-rong Street4134
CHINA UNICOM China169 Backbone4837
DigitalOcean, LLC14061
HUAWEI INTERNATIONAL PTE. LTD.136907
Amazon.com, Inc.14618
Alibaba (US) Technology Co., Ltd.45102
Google LLC396982
Amazon.com, Inc.16509
3xK Tech GmbH200373

Top attacking IP addresses

IP AddressNotable Exploits/Context
104.238.159.149SharePoint zero-day, broad exploitation
107.191.58.76SharePoint zero-day, government targets
96.9.125.147SharePoint, previously Ivanti exploits
139.162.47.194Exploits on CitrixBleed 2
38.180.148.215CitrixBleed 2 campaigns
185.224.128.17High activity, Netherlands
89.248.163.200High activity, Netherlands
15.235.218.150Associated with APT, active C2
45.9.148.114Associated with C2, malicious netflow
91.107.150.184C2 infrastructure, recent IoC

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