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Cisco has revealed that three distinct threat clusters linked to ransomware and state-sponsored attacks have been exploiting two recently patched Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) vulnerabilities.

A Ukrainian national has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in Conti ransomware attacks between 2021 and 2022.

Christopher Duff, 40, appeared in a Sydney court this week after pleading not guilty. Image: NSW Police / Supplied

Artificial intelligence has crossed a threshold in cybersecurity, and the numbers back it up. CrowdStrike’s 2026 Threat Hunting Report, released August 3, 2026, found that 88% of vulnerabilities with a public proof-of-concept exploit were weaponized within 48 hours during the first half of the year. Days after that, IBM’s 2026 Cost of a Data Breach…

Today, we filed an additional 8k related to the August 25 cyber security incident, including information regarding its financial impact. 

This edition of the Bitdefender Threat Debrief covers the latest developments in the ransomware threat landscape, including ShinyHunters’ recent activity, an update on Qilin’s ranking, and our Top 10 Groups. This release also covers Clop’s exploitation of different software, Medusa’s operational milestone, and more.

A zero-day vulnerability dubbed “StyleSmuggler” affecting all versions of Magento and Adobe Commerce is being exploited in attacks to deploy a backdoor.

Earlier this year, the UK Government launched its Cyber Resilience Pledge initiative, aimed at encouraging more companies to invest in cyber security. This initiative aims to make those in charge of companies more aware of the challenges that affect their business operations, and how they have to make their systems more resilient.

Threat actors have adopted the ASCII smuggling technique in phishing campaigns, using invisible Unicode characters to evade email security filters.

The FBI is investigating an alleged data breach that has put millions of Americans’ driver’s licenses and other identification documents up for sale on the dark web