Early Scattered Spider member pleads guilty to cybercrime spree

Ahmed Elbadawy pocketed massive proceeds from his crimes. Prosecutors are seeking the forfeiture of about $17.6 million in virtual currency, luxury vehicles, and a vast collection of jewelry and designer bags.

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Cisco alerts customers to second actively exploited zero-day in as many days

The latest zero-day has a maximum-severity rating and affects Cisco Identity Services Engine, a product hit with three actively exploited vulnerabilities since June 2025.

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Cisco warns customers of actively exploited zero-day in email gateways

The company confirmed the defect was exploited before it was disclosed and patched, but it did not describe the nature of the attacks or the scope of impact across its customer base.

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Five alleged leaders of Black Axe’s operations in South Africa extradited to US

Officials said the five individuals concocted various long-running romance scams to trick U.S.-based victims into sending them money.

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Conti ransomware crew member sentenced to four years in prison

Oleksii Lytvynenko joined the notorious group in 2021 and was directly involved in attacks on at least 12 companies.

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Hawley probes OpenAI over Hugging Face breach

The Republican lawmaker called OpenAI’s leadership decisions “reckless,” and used recent warnings about the existential risk of AI to bolster his inquiry.

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Chinese espionage groups swarm to exploit triple-link chain of zero-days

Multiple China-aligned threat groups exploited the defects quickly to target various organizations. Proofpoint said the activity is ongoing and expects it to widen.

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Microsoft discloses two actively exploited zero-days among 974 vulnerabilities

While the vendor hit another monthly record, it hasn’t resulted in a flood of active exploits. Researchers encourage customers to focus on their specific areas of risk and exposure.

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Attackers exploit zero-days in consistently besieged SonicWall product

SonicWall customers have confronted a barrage of attacks for years, including five actively exploited vulnerabilities in SMA 1000 appliances since late 2025.

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