Author: HackWatchit

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency faces an uncertain future after more than one-third of the agency, including more than a dozen senior leaders, have left their positions in recent months. Meanwhile, many of CISA’s engagements with industry have been paused after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem terminated a key partnership council in March. CISA also faces the prospect of losing longstanding information sharing authorities in September and is tasked with finalizing landmark cyber incident reporting rules by November. The inflection point comes as Sean Plankey, the nominee for CISA director, testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs…

BidenCash cybercrime market seized by global authorities; 145 domains linked to stolen credit card sales taken offline in a major crackdown. In major news from the cybercrime world, BidenCash, one of the internet’s most notorious marketplaces for stolen credit card data, has been seized and taken offline in a coordinated law enforcement operation involving U.S. and Dutch authorities. The takedown, officially confirmed on June 4, 2025, involved the seizure of 145 domains connected to the market. Visitors to the once-active URLs now land on a seizure banner posted by the US Department of Justice, FBI, U.S. Secret Service, and Dutch…

Salt Security unveiled Salt Illuminate, a platform that redefines how organizations adopt API security. With its self-service onboarding and cloud-native connect capabilities, Salt reduces deployment time from months to minutes requiring no architecture knowledge and manual integrations, leading to zero technical barriers. Historically, API security solutions have required complex, intrusive deployments that took weeks or months to complete and delivered only partial visibility. Salt Illuminate has been designed to address this challenge. With low-touch integration and instant environment discovery, anyone, regardless of technical skill, can activate Salt and achieve full API visibility in just minutes. With Salt Illuminate, teams can…

Brian Fehrman // You’ve sent your phishing ruse, the target has run the Meterpreter payload, and you have shell on their system. Now what? If you follow our blogs, you probably have quite a few ideas! One thing that I don’t typically do is port scan other systems on the network. There are a few reasons for this. Port scanning is quite noisy, many IDS packages are set to quickly alert on these activities, and most of the time it isn’t needed to achieve my goals. Regardless, let’s say that you do find yourself in a situation where you do need…

New research from Honeywell points to sharp and growing ransomware threats against industrial operators and manufacturers. Ransomware attacks jumped by 46 percent in the first quarter of 2025, with the Cl0p ransomware group emerging as the most active threat actor. During that same quarter, the Honeywell 2025 Cyber Threat Report reported 2,472 new ransomware victims, adding to the 6,130 incidents documented in 2024. The OT (operational technology) layer remains a prime target. Of the 55 cybersecurity incidents companies disclosed through SEC Form 8-K in 2024, more than half, 30 cases, were direct attacks on OT systems. One of the most…

CrowdStrike has been named a Customers’ Choice in the 2025 Gartner Peer Insights™ “Voice of the Customer for User Authentication” report. We have the most five-star ratings of any vendor evaluated in the report and a 97% Willingness to Recommend rating, based on 206 overall responses as of February 28, 2025. Today’s adversaries have their sights set on identities. They’re using stolen credentials and social engineering techniques to gain initial access and quietly move through target organizations. CrowdStrike Falcon® Identity Protection, an integral part of the AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon® cybersecurity platform, stops sophisticated identity-based attacks at every stage — from…

Ukraine’s military intelligence agency stole 4.4GB of highly classified internal data from Tupolev Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2025 Ukraine’s GUR hacked the Russian aerospace and defense company Tupolev, stealing 4.4GB of highly classified internal data. Ukraine’s military intelligence agency GUR (aka HUR) claims the hack of the Russian aerospace and defense company Tupolev. According to Kyiv Post, Ukraine’s Military Intelligence compromised the United Aircraft Company (UAC) Tupolev division, which is a key developer of strategic bombers for the Russian military, and stole 4.4GB of highly classified internal data. “The cyber unit of Ukraine’s Military Intelligence (HUR) has carried out a large-scale operation…

Summer vacation season is upon us, and millions of families are booking accommodations for their dream getaways. But with the surge in travel bookings comes an unfortunate reality: accommodation scams are on the rise, and they’re becoming increasingly sophisticated. As a cybersecurity professional, I’ve seen how devastating these scams can be—not just financially, but emotionally, when your family vacation turns into a nightmare. The good news? With the right knowledge and proactive measures, you can protect yourself and your family from these predators. Even better, if you do fall victim to a scam, there are specific steps you can take…

, myself included, start their coding journey using a Jupyter Notebook. These files have the extension .ipynb, which stands for Interactive Python Notebook. As the extension name suggests, it has an intuitive and interactive user interface. The notebook is broken down into ‘cells’ or small blocks of separated code or markdown (text) language. Outputs are displayed underneath each cell once the code within that cell has been executed. This promotes a flexible and interactive environment for coders to build their coding skills and start working on data science projects. A typical example of a Jupyter Notebook is below: Example of…