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Cybersecurity News

This Week in Cybersecurity: Looking Back at Week 41

Our top stories this week reveal a significant cybercrime power shift, with three major groups forming a ransomware cartel to professionalise and escalate their operations. We detail the immediate need to patch two maximum severity flaws: the active exploitation of the GoAnywhere MFT zero day and the discovery of a 13 year old RCE bug in Redis. The human element remains a critical target, as we examine the high impact Salesforce Vishing Attack and the compromise of a Discord vendor, highlighting the escalating risk of third party and supply chain failures.

Cybersecurity News

This Week in Cybersecurity: Looking Back at Week 40

This week’s cybersecurity news is dominated by a trifecta of escalating threats: MFA failures, AI accelerated social engineering and the massive political costs of corporate breaches. Our top stories reveal a significant Global Threat Shift, confirming that while Ransomware Dominates Impact, the methods are evolving with AI Accelerating Phishing. We detail how the Akira Ransomware group is achieving MFA bypass on critical VPNs with “hours-long” attacks, forcing immediate patching. Meanwhile, the human element remains the primary weakness, with Mandiant exposing the UNC6040/ShinyHunters Salesforce Vishing Scheme, urging organisations to adopt phishing-resistant authentication methods.

Cybersecurity News

5 Convergent Cyber Threats EU Organisations Must Tackle

Imagine a shadowy forum where different malicious groups, from cybercriminals to state aligned spies and political hacktivists, are all sharing their best tools and tactics. That’s the chilling reality unveiled in the ENISA Threat Landscape 2025 (ETL 2025) report. It’s not just about more incidents, it’s about a convergence. Threat actors with different motivations are now using the same playbook, exploiting the same weak doors at an unprecedented industrial scale.

Cybersecurity News

This Week in Cybersecurity: Looking Back at Week 39

The latest cybersecurity headlines reveal a critical threat convergence, as sophisticated attacks directly impacting global infrastructure while cloud environments and enterprise networks are simultaneously compromised by zero day exploits. This week, major European travel was thrown into chaos as a cyberattack on a single vendor, Collins Aerospace, crippled check-in systems across multiple international airports. We’ll examine this potent supply chain risk alongside the sheer scale of the digital battlefield, highlighted by Cloudflare blocking a record-breaking 22.

Cybersecurity Alert

Critical Vulnerability in Fortra GoAnywhere MFT

A new and critical vulnerability has been identified in Fortra's GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) solution. This flaw, tracked as CVE 2025 10035, poses a significant threat to organisations using the software, with a maximum CVSS score of 10.0. This blog post breaks down the vulnerability, explains its potential impact and provides the crucial steps you need to take to secure your systems immediately. Understanding the GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer Vulnerability At its core, CVE 2025 10035 is a deserialisation vulnerability located in the License Servlet of GoAnywhere MFT.

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The 18 Month Mandate for Digital Operational Resilience in Credit Unions

As the digital risk landscape shifts, so too must the operational strategy for Credit Unions in Ireland. The Central Bank's recent IT risk review isn’t just a recommendation, it’s a firm mandate with an 18-month deadline that directly impacts your Credit Union’s leadership. This critical assessment is the first step on your essential journey toward full Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) compliance. For many leaders, navigating these advanced IT risk and security requirements can create a significant “governance gap.