
Marla Pairira is a writer interested in hackers and threats. She writes from the perspective of ethical hackers, helping businesses uncover vulnerabilities and comply with regulations like GDPR and HIPAA. Marla also looks at the moral, ethical, and legal issues, advising organizations on responsible disclosure and sharing the guidelines for obtaining proper authorization.
The recent apprehension of the central developer behind the notorious RaccoonO365 phishing platform in Nigeria serves as a potent illustration of a paradigm shift in the global fight against cybercrime. This single arrest, while significant, represents a much larger and more crucial trend: the
The Digital Heist of the Century: How a Nation Became Crypto's Apex Predator The global digital asset market is reeling from a series of sophisticated cyberattacks in 2025, which saw North Korea–affiliated hacking syndicates siphon over $2 billion in cryptocurrency. This unprecedented figure n
In the shadowy theaters of modern geopolitical conflict, a new and alarming model of state-sponsored aggression has taken root, blurring the lines between ideologically driven hacktivism and financially incentivized cyber warfare. A pro-Russian hacker collective has refined a strategy that
The familiar red flags of cyber scams, such as glaring grammatical errors or suspicious sender addresses, are rapidly becoming relics of a bygone era as criminals now wield powerful artificial intelligence tools to craft attacks with unprecedented sophistication. What used to be easily identifiable
The digital perimeter that once clearly defined corporate security has dissolved into a complex and borderless ecosystem, placing an unprecedented burden on the very tools designed to protect it. In this new reality, the Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) has evolved from a simple gatekeeper into the
The recent debut of the VolkLocker ransomware platform serves as a stark reminder that in the world of cybercrime, a threat's potential for destruction is not always matched by the sophistication of its design. The Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model continues to lower the barrier to entry
The year 2025 will be remembered as the moment cybersecurity crossed an irreversible threshold, a point of no return where the integration of Artificial Intelligence into the fabric of digital conflict became absolute. This pivotal period marks a distinct "before-and-after" in the


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