Inside the Luddite festival harnessing Gen Z’s rage against Big Tech
On a Sunday evening in the middle of Tompkins Square Park in New York City’s East Village, hundreds of people gather in front of a giant papier-mâché face of a…
Rocket Report: Indian startup nears first launch; SpaceX’s millenary milestone
Welcome to Edition 9.01 of the Rocket Report! Back in January, I wrote about the 20 launches and landings we were most excited about in 2026. The list included things…
ThreatsDay: AI Compute Hijacking, Apple Email Flaw, BlueHammer Ransomware + 14 Stories
This week’s security news is mostly about weak spots. Browsers, bots, sandboxes, AI systems, and email flows all show the same problem in different ways. Everything looks normal until someone…
Ransomware Groups Turn to Citrix Bleed 2, BYOVD, and Supply Chain Credentials
Threat actors associated with the Anubis ransomware operation have been observed exploiting the Citrix Bleed 2 (CVE-2025-5777) vulnerability to obtain initial access. “Although tactics differ between affiliates, common patterns emerged…
Google Disrupts NetNut Residential Proxy Network Spanning 2 Million Home Devices
Google has significantly degraded NetNut, one of the biggest networks that turns home devices into rented relays for other people’s traffic. Working with the FBI, Lumen, and others, Google’s Threat…
PamStealer Uses Fake Maccy Sites and PAM Checks to Steal Mac Login Passwords
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new macOS information stealer called PamStealer that employs a series of clever tricks to infect systems and siphon sensitive data. The stealer, discovered by Jamf…
European Parliament Member Investigating Spyware Was Hacked With Pegasus
A new report from the Citizen Lab has revealed that former Member of the European Parliament Stelios Kouloglou had his mobile device repeatedly hacked with the notorious Pegasus spyware while…
Armored Likho Targets Government Agencies, Power Sector with BusySnake Stealer
A previously undocumented threat actor known as Armored Likho has been attributed to cyber attacks targeting government agencies and the electric power sector across Russia, Brazil, and Kazakhstan. “Armored Likho…
North Korea-Linked npm Packages Mimic Rollup Polyfills to Steal Developer Secrets
Threat actors with ties to North Korea have been linked to a fresh set of malicious npm packages that masquerade as Rollup polyfill tooling to facilitate remote access and data…
New Avalon Malware Framework Packs CrownX Ransomware Capabilities
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented modular malware framework codenamed Avalon that’s distributed by means of a multi-stage phishing chain capable of bypassing traditional security controls. Avalon combines credential…