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Report North Korean Hacking Group Adds Ransomware to Traditional PlaybookA ScarCruft subgroup dubbed "ChinopuNK" has launched a disruptive ransomware campaign across South Korea, using phishing lures, AutoIt loaders and microphone-capturing malware - marking a major change in the North Korean hacking group's traditionally espionage-focused cyber tactics.

New Ransomware Possibly Linked to Earth BaxiaA previously uncatalogued ransomware strain is targeting public sector and aviation organizations in the Middle East. The threat actor uses techniques similar to a previously documented hacking group tracked as Earth Baxia and likely based in China.

Also: Trump Signs Pro-Crypto EO, Credix Disappears After $4.5M HackEvery week, Information Security Media Group rounds up cybersecurity incidents in digital assets. This week, includes Do Kwon's guilty plea, Trump's crypto-linked executive order, Credix's post-hack disappearance, $7M Odin.fun exploit and hackers using fake Firefox crypto wallet extensions for theft.

US Reportedly Blames Kremlin for Major Breach Affecting Court Management SystemU.S. Department of Justice officials were reportedly recently informed that "persistent and sophisticated cyberthreat actors have recently compromised sealed records" in a widespread attack on a court management system containing sensitive records with potential national security implications.

RomCom Group Deployed SnipBot, RustyClaw and Mythic Agent VariantsA Russian speaking hacking group is exploiting a zero-day flaw in WinRAR, a sign of the group's growing sophistication and evolution from a cybercrime outfit into a cyberespionage operation. The campaign exploited a vulnerability now tracked as CVE-2025-8088, a path traversal vulnerability.

Clinical Diagnostics Lab Hack Among Latest Recent Cyberattacks in the NetherlandsA Dutch population health research agency is notifying 485,000 participants of a cervical cancer screening program of a hacking incident at a clinical diagnostics laboratory that potentially compromised patients' personal and health information, including lab test results.

$2,700 Is the Average Price for Initial Access to a Victim, Plus PrivilegesWhy hack, when hackers are willing to sell guaranteed access to breached networks? More and more cybercrooks agree they'd rather outsource than bother with the tedium of actual network penetration, leading to a flourishing initial access market.

NCSC-NL Says Hack of Citrix NetScaler Flaw Also Targeted Critical InfrastructureA preliminary assessment by the Dutch NCSC into a suspected Russian hacking campaign has concluded that more than one group likely carried out the May breach of the country’s law enforcement network. Investigators say hacks of Citrix NetScaler flaw also targeted critical infrastructure.

NCSC-NL Says Hack of Citrix NetScaler Flaw Also Targeted Critical InfrastructureA preliminary assessment by the Dutch NCSC into a suspected Russian hacking campaign has concluded that more than one group likely carried out the May breach of the country’s law enforcement network. Investigators say hacks of Citrix NetScaler flaw also targeted critical infrastructure.

Extortionists Detail Fresh Victims, Although Sensitivity of Stolen Data UnclearExtortionists tied to the Scattered Spider and ShinyHunters hacking collectives have begun naming victims and leaking data via a new, dedicated Telegram channel. Many of the breaches appear to trace to social engineering attacks that gained attackers access to a victim's Salesforce instance.