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A network security dashboard showing multiple simultaneous attack patterns—botnet activity, fake login attempts, and exploit chains—converging on infrastructure
Threat Intelligence

The Week in Threats: Fake Logins, AI-Powered Botnets, and Shrinking Patch Windows

A 296,000-device botnet, water utilities under scan, and an actively exploited SharePoint chain: this week's pattern is old tricks moving faster.

4 min read
A residential home with a router device prominently displayed, surrounded by motion sensor visualizations and privacy warning symbols indicating data collection
Policy & Regulation

Comcast Turns Home Wi-Fi Into a Motion Sensor With New Xfinity Shield

The cable giant is pitching your router as a way to spot movement around the house, no cameras required. Privacy questions come with it.

4 min read
Network traffic visualization showing data streams disguised as normal HTTP/2 sessions, with hidden malicious packets highlighted within legitimate-looking web
Threat Intelligence

New Kimwolf v7 Botnet Disguises DDoS Attacks as Normal Web Traffic

Palo Alto Networks says the upgraded Android and smart-device botnet hides its floods inside HTTP/2 sessions that look like ordinary browsing.

3 min read
Close-up of a SIM card positioned inside EV charger or industrial equipment cellular module, with malicious code visualization showing how the compromised SIM e
Vulnerabilities

Malicious SIM cards can hijack the modems inside EV chargers and industrial gear, researchers find

A team at the University of Birmingham showed that a booby-trapped SIM can run attacker code on the cellular modules baked into cars, routers and chargers.

3 min read
A network rack with TP-Link networking equipment (routers, switches, cameras) illuminated and connected, with a network diagram on an adjacent monitor showing h
Vulnerabilities

Fifteen Flaws in TP-Link's Auto-Setup System Could Hand Hackers Control of an Entire Business Network

Forescout found serious weaknesses in the technology TP-Link uses to automatically configure routers, switches, and cameras. Chain enough of them together and an outsider can quietly seize every device on the network.

3 min read
Network infrastructure visualization showing IoT devices interconnected with blockchain node indicators, control traffic routing through infected endpoints with
Threat Intelligence

Dysphoria Botnet Rebuilds on Blockchain After March Takedown

Researchers at CNCERT and XLab say the IoT botnet now hides its control servers behind blockchain domains and routes traffic through infected devices, making shutdowns harder.

4 min read
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