Welcome to Canary Trap’s Bi-Weekly Cyber Roundup. Our mission is to keep you informed with the most pressing developments in the world of cybersecurity. This digest serves as your gateway to critical updates and emerging threats across the industry. In this post, we explore a series of recent cybersecurity incidents and vulnerabilities affecting both public […]
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Generative AI is rapidly transforming social engineering, making cyberattacks more convincing, scalable, and harder to detect. Once limited by poor grammar and generic templates, phishing schemes can now be tailored with alarming precision using AI models capable of real-time web searches, workflow automation, and multilingual fluency. IBM’s X-Force team highlights how attackers use AI not […]
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Phishing attacks continue to evolve, with cybercriminals now using phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) toolkits to create dynamic, real-time login pages customized for individual targets. Toolkits like LogoKit allow attackers to fetch logos and branding elements using legitimate services like Clearbit, giving phishing pages an air of authenticity. These campaigns often begin with emails designed to provoke urgency, […]
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Welcome to Canary Trap’s “Bi-Weekly Cyber Roundup”. At Canary Trap, it is our mission to keep you up-to-date with the most crucial news in the world of cybersecurity, and this bi-weekly publication is your gateway to the latest news. This week’s cybersecurity roundup highlights a series of high-impact breaches, government responses, and ongoing threats across […]
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Google’s Threat Intelligence Group reports a slight decline in zero-day exploitations in 2024 compared to 2023, crediting improved secure development practices by major software vendors. Exploits targeting internet browsers dropped by about a third, and mobile operating system vulnerabilities were halved. These results suggest that investments in exploit mitigations are paying off—at least in consumer-facing […]
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Fortinet’s 2025 Global Threat Landscape Report reveals a sharp escalation in cyber threats driven by AI, automation, and the commoditization of attack tools. Automated scanning surged by 16.7% globally in 2024, enabling attackers to proactively identify exposed infrastructure like SIP, RDP, and IoT protocols. Darknet marketplaces expanded access to exploit kits and compromised credentials, with […]
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Welcome to Canary Trap’s “Bi-Weekly Cyber Roundup”. At Canary Trap, it is our mission to keep you up-to-date with the most crucial news in the world of cybersecurity, and this bi-weekly publication is your gateway to the latest news. In this week’s cybersecurity round-up, we examine a series of high-impact incidents affecting both the public […]
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Hackers are abusing the infrastructure of Russian bulletproof hosting provider Proton66 to launch global cyberattacks, including mass scanning, credential brute-forcing, and exploitation attempts. Trustwave SpiderLabs identified this surge in activity beginning in January 2025, noting that previously inactive IP addresses were involved in malicious activity. Ties between Proton66 and other bulletproof networks such as PROSPERO, […]
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Ransomware attacks are on the rise, with threat actors like Clop, FunkSec, and Medusa leading a surge in cyber extortion campaigns. February 2025 saw a dramatic spike in victim disclosures, with Clop alone accounting for 35% of all names listed on data-leak sites. This resurgence follows the disruption of several ransomware gangs in late 2024, […]
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Welcome to Canary Trap’s “Bi-Weekly Cyber Roundup”. At Canary Trap, it is our mission to keep you up-to-date with the most crucial news in the world of cybersecurity, and this bi-weekly publication is your gateway to the latest news. In this week’s cybersecurity roundup, we cover a series of critical developments impacting cloud infrastructure, enterprise […]
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