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FIRESTARTER Backdoor Hit Federal Cisco Firepower Device, Survives Security Patches

AndyC 25 April 2026

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has revealed that an unnamed federal civilian agency's Cisco Firepower device running...

Trump’s Acting Cyber Chief Allegedly Leaked Data to ChatGPT

AndyC 29 January 2026

Image generated by Google Gemini The interim leader of the US’s top civilian cyber defense agency uploaded sensitive government contracting...

The calm before the ransom: What you see is not all there is

AndyC 1 May 2026

Ransomware A breach claims the systems as well as the confidence that was, in retrospect, a major vulnerability Tomáš Foltýn 24 Apr 2026 • ,...

The calm before the ransom: What you see is not all there is

AndyC 1 May 2026

Ransomware A breach claims the systems as well as the confidence that was, in retrospect, a major vulnerability Tomáš Foltýn 24 Apr 2026 • ,...

GopherWhisper: A burrow full of malware

AndyC 1 May 2026

ESET Research ESET Research has discovered a new China-aligned APT group that we’ve named GopherWhisper, which targets Mongolian governmental institutions Eric Howard 23 Apr 2026...

GopherWhisper: A burrow full of malware

AndyC 1 May 2026

ESET Research ESET Research has discovered a new China-aligned APT group that we’ve named GopherWhisper, which targets Mongolian governmental institutions Eric Howard 23 Apr 2026...

New NGate variant hides in a trojanized NFC payment app

AndyC 1 May 2026

ESET Research has discovered a new variant of the NGate malware family that abuses a legitimate Android application called HandyPay, instead of the previously leveraged...

New NGate variant hides in a trojanized NFC payment app

AndyC 1 May 2026

ESET Research has discovered a new variant of the NGate malware family that abuses a legitimate Android application called HandyPay, instead of the previously leveraged...