Malware Analysis

The digital underground has recently witnessed the emergence of a predatory software variant that fundamentally challenges the traditional transactional logic of cyber extortion. The VECT 2.0 Ransomware-Wiper Hybrid represents a significant advancement in the cybercrime landscape, blending the

Stephen Morai sits down with Malik Haidar, a seasoned cybersecurity leader whose work blends hands-on reverse engineering with business-first risk strategy. With years spent countering sophisticated adversaries in multinational environments, Malik unpacks the rediscovery of fast16—a 2005-era s

The patch finished without errors, the dashboard glowed green, and yet the quiet question lingered: would you bet the perimeter on that update alone when a state-backed backdoor learned to outlive it? Hours after some networks declared victory, CISA revised its emergency directive and flipped the

A Breach That Started With a Build One routine command at a terminal—npm install—had quietly become a launchpad for theft, persistence, and lateral movement that traveled farther than most developers ever expected their tools could carry. Researchers at Socket reported a live campaign hiding inside

The conventional wisdom that digital security begins and ends at the email gateway is rapidly becoming an obsolete relic of a less sophisticated era in cybersecurity history. As organizations have successfully fortified their perimeter defenses against traditional phishing attempts, threat actors

The digital sovereignty of nations is currently being dismantled by invisible actors who exploit the very cloud infrastructures designed to facilitate modern global cooperation and governance. As geopolitical tensions rise, nation-state actors have increased the frequency of intrusions into