Russell Fairweather

In the shadowy realm of cyber espionage, few groups have demonstrated the cunning and persistence of APT31, a China-linked advanced persistent threat actor known for targeting high-value sectors across the globe. Recent reports have shed light on their sophisticated operations against the Russian

Rupert Marais has spent years in the trenches of endpoint defense and Windows tradecraft, and he brings a practitioner’s eye to an operation that blends social engineering with living-off-the-land persistence. In this conversation with Russell Fairweather, he traces Dropping Elephant’s multi-stage

Over 1.2 million fraud cases are reported annually in England and Wales, yet fewer than 13,000 result in prosecutions, revealing a hidden crisis tearing through communities and leaving countless victims without justice or closure. Picture an elderly woman, savings wiped out by a single deceptive

In an era where digital images are ubiquitous in daily workflows, a newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows Graphics Component has sent shockwaves through the cybersecurity community, highlighting the potential for catastrophic breaches via something as innocuous as a JPEG file.

The digital landscape of Brazil faces a mounting threat as a staggering 10,000 systems have fallen victim to a cunning piece of malware known as the Eternidade Trojan, spreading rapidly through WhatsApp. This malicious software, blending social engineering with technical sophistication, targets

Imagine a tool trusted by over 100 million users worldwide, integral to daily operations on Windows systems, suddenly becoming a gateway for malicious attacks due to a severe cybersecurity threat. This is the alarming reality with 7-Zip, a popular file archiver, now at the center of attention

Picture a scenario where a major security breach in an organization's digital supply chain remains undetected for months, leaving sensitive data exposed due to the lack of transparency in third-party SaaS applications. This was the stark reality for InfluxData, a company that turned a critical

In a world where artificial intelligence powers innovation at breakneck speed, a chilling reality has emerged for corporate giants, as a staggering report by Anthropic, a leading AI research firm, has unveiled that Chinese state-sponsored hackers are exploiting tools like Claude Code to automate

In a world where technology evolves at an unprecedented pace, the emergence of a new term as Collins’ Dictionary Word of the Year has captured the attention of the software development community, highlighting the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) in simplifying the creation of

In an era where digital infrastructure underpins nearly every aspect of corporate operations, a single undetected flaw can expose entire systems to devastating breaches, and zero-day vulnerabilities—previously unknown flaws in software—have become prime targets for cybercriminals. These threats