GootLoader Malware Uses 500–1,000 Concatenated ZIP Archives to Evade Detection

The JavaScript aka JScript malware loader called GootLoader has been observed using a malformed ZIP archive that's designed to sidestep detection efforts by concatenating anywhere from 500 to 1,000 archives. "The actor creates a malformed archive as an anti-analysis technique," Expel security...

Dark Web Roast December 2025 Edition

Dark Web Roast - December 2025 Edition By Trellix Advanced Research Center · January 15, 2026 Executive summary December 2025 delivered a spectacular finale to the year's cybercriminal comedy show, featuring Global Ransomware-as-a-Service RaaS operator liquidating their empire for pocket change,...

Everest Ransomware Claims Breach at Nissan, Says 900GB of Data Stolen

Everest ransomware claims to have breached Nissan Motor Corporation, alleging the theft of 900GB of internal data, including documents and screenshots...

ZkRansomware: Proof-Of-Data Recoverability and Multi-Round Game Theoretic Modeling of Ransomware Decisions

Ransomware is still one of the most serious cybersecurity threats. Victims often pay but fail to regain access to their data, while also facing the danger of losing data privacy. These uncertainties heavily shape the attacker-victim dynamics in decision-making. In this paper, we introduce and...

China-Linked Hackers Exploit VMware ESXi Zero-Days to Escape Virtual Machines

Chinese-speaking threat actors are suspected to have leveraged a compromised SonicWall VPN appliance as an initial access vector to deploy a VMware ESXi exploit that may have been developed as far back as February 2024. Cybersecurity firm Huntress, which observed the activity in December 2025 and...

CVE-2023-31096

An issue was discovered in Broadcom LSI PCI-SV92EX Soft Modem Kernel Driver through 2.2.100.1 aka AGRSM64.sys. There is Local Privilege Escalation to SYSTEM via a Stack Overflow in RTLCopyMemory IOCTL 0x1b2150. An attacker can exploit this to elevate privileges from a medium-integrity process to...

Cybersecurity Predictions 2026: The Hype We Can Ignore (And the Risks We Can't)

As organizations plan for 2026, cybersecurity predictions are everywhere. Yet many strategies are still shaped by headlines and speculation rather than evidence. The real challenge isn't a lack of forecasts—it's identifying which predictions reflect real, emerging risks and which can safely be...

Exploit for Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Microsoft

Incident Investigation Report Case Title: WSUS Exploi...

PT-2026-1644

Veeam Backup & Replication and Affected Versions Veeam Backup & Replication versions 13.0.1.180 and earlier Description A critical remote code execution RCE vulnerability exists in Veeam Backup & Replication software. This flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-59470, has a CVSS score of 9.0 and allows a user...

The Ghost in the Machine: Unmasking CrazyHunter's Stealth Tactics

The Ghost in the Machine: Unmasking CrazyHunter's Stealth Tactics By Aswath A · January 6, 2026 CrazyHunter ransomware has emerged as a significant and concerning threat, highlighting the increasing sophistication of cybercriminal tactics. Trellix has been actively tracking this ransomware since...

How To Build Ransomware-Resilient AI Data Pipelines: A Practical Guide for Modern Enterprises

Modern enterprises depend on AI data pipelines for analytics and automated decision-making. As these pipelines become more integrated…...

Everest Ransomware Leaks 1TB of Stolen ASUS Data

On December 2, 2025, Hackread.com exclusively reported that the Everest ransomware group claimed to have stolen 1TB of…...

2 US Cybersecurity Experts Guilty of Extortion Scheme for ALPHV Ransomware

Can you trust your cybersecurity team? A recent federal case reveals how two US-based cybersecurity experts turned into affiliates for the BlackCat ransomware group, extorting over $1.2M in Bitcoin. Read the full story on their 2023 crime spree...

Everest Ransomware Group Claims Theft of Over 1TB of Chrysler Data

On December 25, while much of the world was observing Christmas, the Everest ransomware group published a new…...

Ransomware Hits Romanian Water Authority, 1000 Systems Knocked Offline

Romania’s national water authority, Romanian Waters, was hit by a major ransomware attack affecting 1,000 systems but dams remain safe. Learn how authorities are fighting back without paying the ransom...

INTERPOL Arrests 574 in Africa; Ukrainian Ransomware Affiliate Pleads Guilty

A law enforcement operation coordinated by INTERPOL has led to the recovery of $3 million and the arrest of 574 suspects by authorities from 19 countries, amidst a continued crackdown on cybercrime networks in Africa. The coordinated effort, named Operation Sentinel, took place between October 27...

Ukrainian National Pleads Guilty in Nefilim Ransomware Conspiracy

Ukrainian man pleads guilty in United States to deploying Nefilim ransomware in global extortion scheme targeting companies across multiple countries...

CVE-2025-62001

BullWall Ransomware Containment contains excluded file paths, such as '$recycle.bin' that are not monitored. An attacker with file write permissions could bypass detection by renaming a directory. Versions 4.6.0.0, 4.6.0.6, 4.6.0.7, and 4.6.1.4 were confirmed to be affected; other versions before...

CVE-2025-62000

BullWall Ransomware Containment does not entirely inspect a file to determine if it is ransomware. An authenticated attacker could bypass detection by encrypting a file and leaving the first four bytes unaltered. Versions 4.6.0.0, 4.6.0.6, 4.6.0.7, and 4.6.1.4 were confirmed to be affected; other...

CVE-2025-62002

BullWall Ransomware Containment considers the number of files modified to trigger detection. An authenticated attacker could encrypt a single possibly large file without triggering detection if thresholds are configured to require multiple file changes. The number of files to trigger detection ca...