OSINT Researcher & Threat Intelligence Specialist | OPSEC | SOCMINT | Disinformation Defense | Let the data tell the story

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Velvet Tempest now pairing ClickFix social engineering with CastleRAT to deploy Termite ransomware. Using legitimate Windows utilities for defense evasion makes this harder to catch with standard EDR. bleepingcomputer.com
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CERT-In flagging critical flaws in both Android and iOS simultaneously is notable. When two major mobile platforms need emergency patches at the same time, assume threat actors are already exploiting the gap between advisory and user action. msn.com

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OpenAI launched Codex Security to automate vuln discovery and remediation. The arms race is now AI vs AI. Defenders get automated patching, but attackers get automated exploit generation. Expect the window between disclosure and exploitation to shrink dramatically. gbhackers.com
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Claude Opus 4.6 found 22 novel vulns in Firefox in 14 days. AI models are now operating at the level of elite vulnerability researchers. The economics of bug discovery just changed permanently. Defenders need to assume adversaries have this capability too. anthropic.com
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China-linked group hitting South American telecom providers with three new malware families since 2024. Telecom espionage remains Beijing's most consistent targeting pattern globally. New tooling suggests dedicated operational investment in the region. bankinfosecurity.com

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New national cyber strategy shifts significant defensive burden to private sector while notably avoiding direct attribution of China and Russia. Six pillars, light on implementation detail. cybersecuritydive.com

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Barracuda SOC data shows a 10x spike in malicious network traffic from Iran to the US on Feb 25, just before kinetic operations escalated. Cyber surges preceding military action is a consistent Iranian pattern. blog.barracuda.com
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Cisco just dropped patches for 48 firewall vulns including two CVSS 10 flaws affecting Secure Firewall and Adaptive Security Appliance. Two perfect 10s in one advisory is rare. If you run Cisco firewalls, this is your weekend. hackread.com

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China suspected of breaching FBI surveillance network used for wiretaps and foreign intelligence collection. If confirmed, this is one of the most sensitive US law enforcement compromises in years. reuters.com
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Iranian APT Dust Specter targeting Iraqi government officials with new malware. Tehran's cyber ops against regional neighbors are intensifying alongside kinetic operations. Pattern is consistent: espionage campaigns expand during geopolitical escalation. securityaffairs.com
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CVE-2026-1492 in WordPress User Registration plugin allows unauthenticated admin account creation with zero interaction. CVSS 9.8. Over 60,000 active installs. If you run WordPress with third-party membership plugins, audit your admin user list today. cybersecuritynews.com
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VMware Aria Operations CVE-2026-22719 now actively exploited. Command injection flaw giving attackers unauthorized access. If you run Aria Ops and haven't patched yet, assume you're a target. This is the third major VMware vuln exploited in the wild this quarter. petri.com
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CVE-2021-22681 in Rockwell ICS products is now confirmed exploited in the wild. This is a 4-year-old auth bypass. Attackers are hitting industrial control systems with vulns that should have been patched long ago. securityweek.com
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JBS Brazil allegedly hit by Coinbasecartel ransomware group claiming 3TB exfiltrated. Ransomware crews are increasingly targeting food and agriculture sector supply chains. Industrial firms saw a 50% surge in ransomware attacks this cycle. securitybrief.co.nz
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Russian APT hitting Ukrainian targets with two new malware families: BadPaw and MeowMeow, delivered via phishing. New tooling suggests retooling cycle complete. Defenders tracking Russia-Ukraine cyber ops should update detection signatures.
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MuddyWater deploying a new backdoor across US networks. Iran's state APTs aren't sitting idle after all. The hacktivist noise was the distraction. This is the real operation.
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Google GTIG tracked 90 zero-days exploited in 2025, up from 78 in 2024. The real story: commercial spyware vendors now burn more zero-days than nation-state APTs. Half targeted enterprise products, not end users.
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