VECT 2.0 Ransomware Irreversibly Destroys Files Over 131KB on Windows, Linux, ESXi

Threat hunters are warning that the cybercriminal operation known as VECT 2.0 acts more like a wiper than a ransomware due to a critical flaw in its encryption implementation across Windows, Linux, and ESXi variants that renders recovery impossible even for the threat actors. The fact that VECT's...

Important Photon OS Security Update - PHSA-2026-5.0-91-0794

Updates of 'libtiff', 'coredns', 'linux', 'linux-esx' packages of Photon OS have been released...

Critical Photon OS Security Update - PHSA-2025-5.0-91-0708

Updates of 'linux', 'linux-esx' packages of Photon OS have been released...

Unleashing the Kraken ransomware group

In August 2025, Cisco Talos observed big-game hunting and double extortion attacks carried out by Kraken, a Russian-speaking group that has emerged from the remnants of the HelloKitty ransomware cartel. Talos observed in one intrusion that the Kraken actor exploited Server Message Block SMB...

Moderate Photon OS Security Update - PHSA-2024-5.0-91-0405

Updates of 'linux-esx', 'linux', 'rubygem-protocol-http1' packages of Photon OS have been released...

Important Photon OS Security Update - PHSA-2024-5.0-91-0389

Updates of 'unbound', 'linux', 'linux-rt', 'linux-esx' packages of Photon OS have been released...

Important Photon OS Security Update - PHSA-2023-5.0-91-0059

Updates of 'wireshark', 'linux', 'linux-rt', 'linux-esx', 'pcre2', 'linux-secure' packages of Photon OS have been released...