Infiltrations by the “Salt Typhoon” group into major U.S. telecom networks—including Verizon, AT&T, and Viasat—underscore the national security risks posed by dark web exposure. The breaches, spanning 2023 and 2024, allowed attackers to access highly sensitive data like real-time phone calls and geolocation logs. While some firms, such as Viasat, confirmed limited impact, the broader […]
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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. As cybersecurity threats continue to evolve in scale and sophistication, recent headlines offer a sobering reminder […]
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CrowdStrike and Microsoft have launched a joint initiative to align the way cyber threat actors are identified and tracked across the cybersecurity industry. This collaboration addresses longstanding confusion caused by each vendor using its own naming system for adversaries, making it difficult for defenders to coordinate responses. By creating a shared mapping system—described as a […]
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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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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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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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A critical vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-22457 is actively being exploited by China-linked threat actors, putting over 5,000 Ivanti Connect Secure VPN instances at risk. The stack-based buffer overflow flaw, initially underestimated, enables remote code execution and has prompted the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to add it to its known exploited vulnerabilities catalog. […]
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Ransomware attacks have become a significant threat to businesses, capable of incapacitating operations within hours. According to Verizon’s 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report, one-third of all data breaches involve ransomware or similar extortion techniques, affecting 92% of industries. Notably, the 2021 Kaseya incident demonstrated how supply chain vulnerabilities can amplify ransomware’s impact across numerous organizations. […]
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