GOLD SALEM tradecraft for deploying Warlock ransomware
In mid-August 2025, Counter Threat Unit™ (CTU) researchers identified the use of the legitimate Velociraptor digital forensics and incident response...
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BRONZE BUTLER exploits Japanese asset management software vulnerability
In mid-2025, Counter Threat Unit™ (CTU) researchers observed a sophisticated BRONZE BUTLER campaign that exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Motex...
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) vulnerability abused to harvest sensitive data
Counter Threat Unit™ (CTU) researchers are investigating exploitation of a remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-59287) in Microsoft’s Windows Server Update...
Threat Intelligence Executive Report – Volume 2025, Number 5
The Counter Threat Unit™ (CTU) research team analyzes security threats to help organizations protect their systems. Based on observations in...
WhatsApp Worm Targets Brazilian Banking Customers
Counter Threat Unit™ (CTU) researchers are investigating multiple incidents in an ongoing campaign targeting users of the WhatsApp messaging platform....
GOLD SALEM’s Warlock operation joins busy ransomware landscape
Counter Threat Unit™ (CTU) researchers are monitoring a threat group that refers to itself as Warlock Group. The group, which...
RaccoonO365 Phishing Network Dismantled as Microsoft, Cloudflare Take Down 338 Domains
Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit said it teamed up with Cloudflare to coordinate the seizure of 338 domains used by RaccoonO365,...
Multiple Workarounds in Ubuntu detected
The Research Unit of Qualys Threat (TRU) has revealed three workarounds in Ubuntu's limitations for unprivileged users. Qualys verified that...
Alert from SANS Institute Regarding New Cloud-Native Ransomware Threats
According to the most recent Cloud Threat Report from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, confidential information is present in 66%...
Enhancing Awareness of DNS Interception: An Increasing Cyber Menace
An up-to-date study from Palo Alto Networks’s Unit 42 reveals the consistent and developing risk of DNS interception, a covert...
Joint Efforts of United States Government and Microsoft to Disrupt Russian Cyber Threat Group ‘Star Blizzard’
Recent findings from both Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit and the U.S. Department of Justice unveil an operation aimed at disrupting...
OpenAI strategies for-profit transformation amidst leadership resignations and reorganization
Significantly, this development arises as costs per unit and performance-to-price ratios for extensive language models (ELMs) have tangibly decreased, as...
Groundbreaking achievement in mathematics by Google’s latest artificial intelligence
Deepmind, a division of Google specializing in AI, has showcased two cutting-edge artificial intelligence platforms: AlphaProof and AlphaGeometry 2. These...
Live Nation investigating Ticketmaster breach
Live Nation Entertainment has finally confirmed that it is looking into a data breach within its Ticketmaster division that was...
