Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Health-ISAC Warns About Weak Governance and Credential MisuseHumans make mistakes. They fall for phishing scams and click on malicious links. Machines aren't necessarily better: Delegating decisions to agentic artificial tools can significantly intensify cybersecurity risks, warns a healthcare association.

ICO Warns Key Security Gaps Led to Exposed Data of Over 630,000 PeopleA British regulator said a major water sector organization failed to use establish cybersecurity safeguards to secure sensitive data, allowing hackers to use a phishing campaign to gain persistence, steal records and expose more than 630,000 sensitive records.

Also: Spanish Hacker Granted Russian Asylum, Microsoft Patches Zero-DaysThis week, a CISA warning, Nest footage in Nancy Guthrie case, Signal phishing. Spanish hacker, Russian asylum. Spanish ministry services offline. BYOVD ransomware. The Conduent breach hit Volvo. Microsoft patched zero-days. ZeroDayRAT targeted devices. The SmarterMail breach. Another Fortinet flaw.

Okta Alerts Customers' CISOs to Malicious Campaigns Seeking Single Sign-On AccessA surge in attacks that bypass some types of multifactor authentication has been tied to a new generation of voice-phishing toolkits that give attackers the ability to orchestrate what a target sees in their browser, warns a new report from Okta, which is among the services being targeted.

Also, CIRO Phishing Breach, Ingram Micro Ransomware and CVE SurgeThis week, DOGE posted sensitive data on an outside server. A phishing attack affected 750,000 Canadians. A hacktivism warning from the U.K. NCSC. An Ingram Micro breach. CVEs surged in 2025. SK Telecom challenged a fine. Researchers disclosed Chainlit flaws. North Korean hackers abused VS Code.

Also: LastPass Warns of Phishing Campaign, Trump's New CTFC Head PickEvery week, Information Security Media Group rounds up cybersecurity incidents in digital assets. This week, Meteora CEO faced fraud allegations, LastPass warned of a phishing campaign, Trump taps crypto lawyer to lead CFTC, Mt. Gox delayed creditor repayments again and an Indian court blocked WazirX from using customer funds to cover hack losses.

Phishing Emails Disguise Malware as Contract FilesA Russian cybersecurity company is warning that hackers are targeting Russia's industrial sector using a previously undocumented spyware, reeling them in with contract-themed emails lures. Kaspersky dubbed the spyware "Batavia." but doesn't attribute the campaign to a threat actor.

Alerts Come on the Heels of Recent Attacks on InsurersU.S. federal authorities are warning the public and healthcare sector entities of email and fax phishing scams by fraudsters seeking to steal personal information about patients or payments. The warnings come as three large U.S. insurers continue to recover from recent cyberattacks.

Defunct Ransomware Group's Diaspora Includes Hackers With Focus on Microsoft TeamsBased on intelligence gleaned from the leak of Black Basta ransomware messages, researchers are warning organizations to beware phishing attacks launched via Microsoft partner domains and via Teams, as well as the targeting of personal Google accounts accessed via corporate devices.

Russian SVR Targeting Government, Academia, Defense Organizations GloballyA Russian-state hacking group is posing as Microsoft employees and sending malicious configuration files as email attachments to target organizations across the world. The campaign has the hallmarks of a Midnight Blizzard phishing campaign although its use of an RDP configuration file is novel.

Also: Internet Archive Limps Back Online, Beware Kerbertoasing and Passkey TakeupThis week, Brazilian police arrested USDoD, Internet Archive is recovering, a Microsoft warning over Kerberoasting and of mounting phishing attacks, Google touted memory safety efforts, Volkswagen said no harm after ransomware attack, and Amazon reported over 175 million customers using passkeys.

Attackers Use ASCII Characters to Create Tough-to-Spot QR Codes, Barracuda WarnsAttackers are moving beyond using QR code images added to phishing emails to trick victims into visiting malicious sites, and using ASCII "full block" characters to build working QR codes designed to evade optical character recognition defenses, warns cybersecurity firm Barracuda Networks.

Also: FBI Warns About Work-From-Home Scammers Demanding CryptoThis week, Robinhood said it will acquire Bitstamp in a $200 million deal, a senior promoter of the Forcount crypto Ponzi scheme pleaded guilty, crypto scammers targeted work-from-home job seekers, and Tether and CoinGecko warned of crypto phishing attacks.

Agency Spells Out Measures to Avoid Falling Victim to Costly SchemesHealthcare organizations should take steps to avoid falling victim to evolving threats involving costly business email compromise scams and related phishing schemes fueled by social engineering, warned the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center.

Warning: Low-Tech, Deceptive Social Engineering Attacks Remain Difficult to DetectBritish police are investigating attempts to target Members of Parliament, their advisers and other Conservative and Labour insiders via spear-phishing messages as part of an apparent honeytrap sexting scam. Experts say low-tech attacks based on social engineering remain difficult to detect.

Escalation of Cyberespionage Likely Tied to Upcoming European ElectionsGerman federal agencies warned that phishing attacks targeting political parties surged ahead of upcoming European Union elections. The government did not attribute the attacks to a specific country but confirmed that they are tied to a nation-state group.

Darktrace Warns of Malware Hidden in PDF Stored in DropboxPhishing attacks continue to adapt to exploit popular apps. While many phishing campaigns have focused on mobile banking and payment sites, attackers are also targeting widely used but lower-profile, cloud-based utilities such as the ubiquitous Dropbox storage platform.

Also: FBI Warning About Androxgh0st; eBay Pays a $3 Million Fine for CyberstalkingThis week, Microsoft expanded plans to store EU citizens' data locally, shipping-themed phishing spam is a threat, the British Library overcame a ransomware setback, the FBI warned of Androxgh0st malware, Remcos RAT targeted South Korea, and eBay was fined $3 million for a cyberstalking campaign.