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Five Americans Plead Guilty to Enabling North Korea IT Fraud

⚖️ The U.S. Department of Justice announced five U.S. citizens pleaded guilty for facilitating North Korea’s illicit IT worker and revenue-generation schemes. The defendants hosted company-issued laptops, supplied or sold U.S. identities, and helped overseas IT workers pass vetting to obtain jobs at American firms. DOJ says the schemes impacted more than 136 U.S. companies, generated over $2.2 million for the DPRK, and compromised the identities of more than 18 U.S. persons.

Logitech Confirms Data Breach After Clop Extortion Campaign

🚨 Logitech International S.A. confirmed a data breach claimed by the extortion gang Clop and disclosed the incident in a Form 8‑K filing with the U.S. SEC. The company says data was exfiltrated but that the incident has not impacted its products, business operations, or manufacturing, and that highly sensitive fields such as national ID numbers and credit card data were not stored or accessed. Logitech engaged external cybersecurity firms, attributes the intrusion to a third‑party zero‑day that was patched, and Clop has posted nearly 1.8 TB of alleged stolen data.

Five Plead Guilty Aiding North Korea Infiltrate US Firms

🔒 Five individuals pleaded guilty to facilitating North Korea’s placement of overseas IT workers at U.S. firms using false, stolen, or brokered identities, a scheme that affected 136 companies and generated over $2.2 million for the DPRK. The DOJ also filed civil forfeiture actions to recover more than $15 million in cryptocurrency tied to APT38 thefts that were part of $382 million stolen in 2023. One defendant, Oleksandr Didenko, agreed to forfeit $570,000 in cash and about $830,000 worth of cryptocurrency.

Shadow IT and Shadow AI: Risks Across Every Industry

🔍 Shadow IT — any software, hardware, or resource introduced without formal IT, procurement, or compliance approval — is now pervasive and evolving into Shadow AI, where unsanctioned generative AI tools expand the attack surface. The article outlines how these practices drive operational, security, and regulatory risk, citing IBM’s 2025 breach-cost data and industry examples in healthcare, finance, airlines, insurance, and utilities. It recommends shifting from elimination to smarter control by improving continuous visibility through real‑time network analysis and vendor integrations that turn hidden activity into actionable intelligence.

Checkout.com Refuses Ransom After ShinyHunters Breach

🔒 Checkout.com confirmed that the criminal group ShinyHunters accessed a legacy third-party cloud file storage system used in 2020 and earlier and is attempting to extort the company. The exposed materials reportedly include merchant onboarding documents and internal operational files, and Checkout estimates the data affects less than 25% of its current merchant base while also touching former customers. Rather than paying, the firm said it will donate the ransom amount to Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Oxford Cyber Security Center and invest in strengthening its security.

Akira ransomware linked to $244M in illicit proceeds

🔒 A joint US and international advisory on 14 November attributes approximately $244.17m in illicit proceeds to the Akira ransomware group since late September 2025. The advisory reports rapid data exfiltration in some incidents and details exploitation of SonicWall CVE-2024-40766, expansion to Nutanix AHV disk encryption, and attacks leveraging SSH and unpatched Veeam servers. Operators employ initial access brokers, tunnelling tools and remote access software such as AnyDesk to persist and evade detection. Organisations are urged to prioritise patching, enforce phishing-resistant MFA, and maintain offline backups.

Ransomware Fragmentation Peaks as LockBit Re-emerges

🔒 Q3 2025 saw an unprecedented decentralization of ransomware, with Check Point Research tracking a record 85 active groups and roughly 1,592 disclosed victims across numerous leak sites. Despite enforcement actions and multiple takedowns, affiliates quickly reconstitute or rebrand, spawning 14 new ransomware brands this quarter. The return of LockBit 5.0 — with updated Windows, Linux and ESXi variants and individualized negotiation portals — suggests a possible shift back toward centralization, while marketing-driven actors like DragonForce further complicate attribution and response.

DoorDash Discloses October Data Breach Affecting Users

🔔 DoorDash disclosed a data breach discovered on October 25, 2025, after an unauthorized third party gained access to certain user contact information when a DoorDash employee fell victim to a social engineering scam. Affected information varied by individual and may have included first and last names, physical addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses. DoorDash says no Social Security Numbers or other highly sensitive data were accessed, and the company engaged a forensic firm, notified law enforcement, and deployed additional security measures. Initial notifications appear focused on Canada, though the advisory suggests the incident could affect users in other regions.

Kraken Ransomware Benchmarks Hosts to Choose Encryption

🔒 The Kraken ransomware targets Windows and Linux/VMware ESXi hosts and runs on-host benchmarks to decide whether to perform full or partial encryption. Cisco Talos researchers found it creates temporary files, times encryption of random data, and uses the result to select an encryption mode that maximizes damage while avoiding overloads. Before encrypting it deletes shadow volumes, stops backup services, appends .zpsc to files, and drops a readme_you_ws_hacked.txt ransom note. The group continues big‑game hunting and data theft for double extortion and has launched a forum called 'The Last Haven Board'.

Russian Phishing Campaign Creates 4,300 Fake Travel Sites

💳 A Russian-speaking threat actor has registered more than 4,300 domains since early 2025 to host convincing fake travel and hotel booking pages that harvest payment card data. According to Netcraft researcher Andrew Brandt, the campaign—active since February—uses a customizable phishing kit that serves branded pages for platforms like Booking, Expedia, and Airbnb and supports 43 languages. The kit requires a unique AD_CODE in the URL to render targeted branding (otherwise visitors see a blank page), employs fake Cloudflare-style CAPTCHA, and persists state in a cookie so subsequent pages maintain consistent impersonation. Victims are prompted to pay a deposit; entered card numbers, expiry and CVV are processed in the background while a bogus support chat guides users through a sham 3D Secure step to complete the theft.

Washington Post Oracle Breach Exposes Nearly 10,000

🔒 The Washington Post says a zero-day in Oracle E-Business Suite was used to access parts of its network, exposing personal and financial records for 9,720 employees and contractors. The intrusion occurred between July 10 and August 22, and attackers attempted extortion in late September. The activity has been tied to the Clop group exploiting CVE-2025-61884, and impacted individuals are being offered 12 months of identity protection and advised to consider credit freezes.

Microsoft deploys Teams screen-capture prevention rollout

🔒 Microsoft is rolling out a new Teams Premium setting that blocks screenshots and recordings in meetings on Windows desktop and Android devices. The feature, called 'Prevent screen capture', was announced for July 2025 but the rollout was delayed and is being introduced in late November 2025. The control is off by default and must be enabled per meeting by organizers or co-organizers; unsupported clients will join audio-only.

Operation Endgame Takedown Disrupts Major Malware Campaign

🛡️ Investigators disrupted the infrastructure for the Rhadamanthys credential stealer and targeted the VenomRAT remote‑access trojan as part of Operation Endgame. Authorities secured data linked to more than 650,000 victims and published it on information platforms so people can verify exposure. A suspect was arrested in Greece, 11 premises were searched and over $200 million in cryptocurrency assets were frozen.

Kraken Ransomware: Cross-Platform Big-Game Hunting

🐙 Kraken is a Russian-speaking ransomware group active since February 2025 that conducts double-extortion, big-game hunting campaigns across multiple regions. In a documented intrusion Talos observed, attackers exploited SMB flaws for access, used Cloudflared for persistence, exfiltrated data via SSHFS, then deployed cross-platform encryptors for Windows, Linux and ESXi. The family includes on-host benchmarking to tune encryption, and Talos maps detections and IOCs to Cisco protections to aid response.

ThreatsDay Bulletin: Key Cybersecurity Developments

🔐 This ThreatsDay Bulletin surveys major cyber activity shaping November 2025, from exploited Cisco zero‑days and active malware campaigns to regulatory moves and AI-related leaks. Highlights include CISA's emergency directive after some Cisco updates remained vulnerable, a large-scale study finding 65% of AI firms leaked secrets on GitHub, and a prolific phishing operation abusing Facebook Business Suite. The roundup stresses practical mitigations—verify patch versions, enable secret scanning, and strengthen incident reporting and red‑teaming practices.

Synnovis Notifies NHS Clients After 2024 Ransomware

🔔 Synnovis has begun notifying its NHS customers and affected data controllers about the volume of patient information compromised in a June 2024 ransomware attack. The incident, attributed to a Qilin affiliate, saw roughly 400GB of data published and caused widespread disruption to blood services, cancelled appointments and at least one reported death. Synnovis said notifications will be completed by 21 November, citing the 'exceptional scale and complexity' of an unstructured and fragmented dataset, a delay that has drawn sharp criticism from security experts.

GlobalLogic Confirmed as Victim of Cl0p Oracle EBS Exploit

🔒 GlobalLogic has notified 10,471 current and former employees that their data was exposed after a zero-day in Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) was exploited in early October 2025. The company says it patched the vulnerability after confirming data exfiltration on 9 October. Stolen records reportedly include HR and payroll details such as names, dates of birth, passport numbers, salary, bank account and routing numbers, creating a high risk of follow-on phishing and identity fraud. GlobalLogic did not confirm contact by the extortion group, while security firms link the incident to Cl0p, which has targeted dozens of organizations including Harvard and Envoy Air.

Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg warns of credit card breach

🔒 Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg has notified visitors of a data protection incident after detecting a compromise of its online ticket order page. The museum warns unauthorized parties may have accessed full credit card details, including cardholder name, card number, expiration date and CVV, for purchases between 6 June and 29 October 2025. The implicated server was isolated immediately and the museum says investigations are ongoing, but it has not disclosed further technical details or attacker identity.

Synnovis Notifies NHS of Patient Data Theft After Ransomware

🔒 Synnovis has notified NHS organisations that a June 2024 ransomware incident resulted in the theft of patient data, including names, NHS numbers, dates of birth, and some test results. The company says the exfiltrated files were unstructured and fragmented, requiring specialist analysis to reassemble. Synnovis confirmed no ransom was paid, is coordinating notifications with affected trusts and expects to complete notifications by 21 November 2025. The incident has been linked to the Qilin ransomware operation.

Initial Access Broker Pleads Guilty in Yanluowang Case

🔒Aleksey Olegovich Volkov, a 25-year-old Russian accused of acting as an initial access broker, is set to plead guilty in a federal case tied to the Yanluowang ransomware group. Prosecutors say he sold administrator credentials to operators and received over $256,000, while victims paid ransoms up to $1 million. Investigators traced Bitcoin flows to wallets Volkov verified with identity documents, and his plea includes more than $9 million in restitution.