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Security Point Break covers threat intelligence on the attackers, malware, campaigns and techniques shaping the cybersecurity landscape. Our reporting follows threat actors, phishing, ransomware, malware, exploitation, indicators of compromise and emerging attack methods — with practical context for defenders, SOC teams, CISOs and security leaders.
Oops: Botnet Operator Botches Crypto Campaign
This Redis botnet operator forgot the first rule of crypto mining: don't leave your notes online.
Hackers Put AI Agents on Recon, Exploitation and Credential Theft
Google says attackers are automating more of the attack chain.
After 23 Years, Sality Botnet’s AOL-Era Reign Finally Ends
Sality outlasted Napster, MySpace, and Vine. It took a protocol-level trick, not a raid, to finally take it down.
CrowdStrike Investigates Alleged Falcon 0-Day
CrowdStrike confirms it is investigating claimed Falcon 0-day, tells customers to disable macro policy setting.
Two New RATs, One Very Bad Coding Interview
Iranian hackers borrow North Korea's "dream job" playbook to hit fintech, aviation developers
One CVE, 2,500 Instances: Pi Researchers Find Flaw in AWS SDK
Pi Security researchers identified a critical AWS vulnerability allowing attackers to manipulate SDK region values, potentially compromising credentials, and discovered about 2,500 instances of this flaw across various implementations.
Your Employee’s Side Hustle Could Be Your New Attack Surface
Legitimate bandwidth-sharing app feeds commercial proxy network, exposing internal devices.
Cleared for Takeover: Researchers Hijack a 737’s Flight Data for Under $20K
Scared to fly? Don’t read this. Researchers warn 60-seconds of access to a Boeing 737’s critical avionics component…
Feds Can’t Keep Pace With CVE Tsunami, Leaving Defenders to Triage in the Dark
A Flashpoint report reveals nearly one-third of disclosed vulnerabilities in 2026 lacked timely federal analysis, leaving security teams struggling to prioritize patching amidst rapidly evolving AI-driven threats.
Zoom and Gloom as Researchers Uncover RCE Flaw in Conferencing App
Zoom fixed three critical vulnerabilities in its meeting-annotation feature that could allow remote code execution on participant devices, discovered by researchers utilizing AI.