Tag: Breach

Spyware Targeting Secure Mobile Messaging Applications

Executive Summary: A recent CISA alert warns that multiple threat actors are leveraging commercial spyware to compromise users of end-to-end encrypted mobile messaging apps. These attackers employ sophisticated tactics – including malicious QR codes, zero-click exploits, and trojanized messaging apps – to gain unauthorized access to victims’ messaging accounts and intercept private communications. Once a…

F5 Breach: BIG-IP Source Code and Vulnerabilities Stolen by Sophisticated Nation-State Actor

Executive Summary: On October 15, 2025, F5 Networks disclosed a major security breach involving a long-term compromise of its corporate systems by a highly sophisticated state-sponsored threat actor. The attackers maintained persistent access for over a year, notably into F5’s BIG-IP development environment, and exfiltrated sensitive data including portions of BIG-IP source code and details…

Red Hat data breach: analysis for CISOs, CERTs, CSIRTs and SOC teams

Executive summary On 2 October 2025, the extortion group Crimson Collective announced on Telegram that it had compromised Red Hat Consulting’s private Git repositories. Reports indicate that the attackers stole approximately 570 GB of compressed data from around 28 000 internal repositories. Among the stolen files were Customer Engagement Reports (CERs), which contain architecture diagrams, configuration details, authentication tokens and network maps. The leak…