“Microsoft Trusted Signing certificates are issued with a 72-hour validity period. After that, the certificates expire and need to be renewed. This short period makes the standard process of purchasing …
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Microsoft Revokes 200 Fraudulent Certificates Used in Rhysida Ransomware Campaign
by David Walker
Oct 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cybercrime Microsoft on Thursday disclosed that it revoked more than 200 certificates used by a threat actor it tracks as Vanilla Tempest to fraudulently sign …
Safety & Security
Fortra patches critical GoAnywhere MFT flaw akin to past ransomware exploits
by David Walker
“The description and root cause of CVE-2025-10035 — a newly disclosed critical vulnerability in Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT solution — is virtually identical to that of CVE-2023-0669, another critical issue that …
Safety & Security
AI powered autonomous ransomware campaigns are coming, say experts
by David Walker
So far, it only works in a university lab setting, she pointed out, but she doesn’t doubt a real tool used by a threat actor is coming. She’s more interested …
Safety & Security
Akira Ransomware Exploits SonicWall VPNs in Likely Zero-Day Attack on Fully-Patched Devices
by David Walker
Aug 02, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Zero Day SonicWall SSL VPN devices have become the target of Akira ransomware attacks as part of a newfound surge in activity observed in late …