Friday Wrap Up: 11 July 2025
Another busy week in cybersecurity and tech.
🛡️ Ransomware groups are shutting down while pivoting to data extortion, as millions of records continue leaking from major brands.
🕸️ Malicious Chrome extensions, SEO poisoning attacks disguised as AI tools, and critical zero-days highlight persistent threats across the supply chain and user environments.
🤖 As organizations rush to adopt agentic AI, understanding dark market dynamics, patching critical vulnerabilities, and ensuring cyber-insurance coverage remain vital for resilience.
Stay sharp, stay informed, and keep your defenses ready with this week’s Friday Wrap-Up 🚀
🛡️ Ransomware, Breaches & Extortion
🧩 Hunters International shuts down, offers free decryptors, pivots to World Leaks data extortion. (Published on 7/7/2025, SecurityWeek). Read More
⚡ Ingram Micro outage tied to ransomware, disrupting services during July 4. (Published on 7/7/2025, Dark Reading). Read More
📦 Rockerbox tax firm server exposed 286GB of sensitive records. (Published on 7/9/2025, Hackread). Read More
✈️ Qantas confirms data breach impacting 5.7 million customers. (Published on 7/10/2025, SecurityWeek). Read More
🍔 McDonald’s chatbot platform leaked 64 million job applications. (Published on 7/11/2025, SecurityWeek). Read More
🕵️ Threat Campaigns & Exploits
🕸️ SEO poisoning campaign targets 8,500+ SMB users with fake AI tools. (Published on 7/7/2025, The Hacker News). Read More
🩻 Malicious Chrome extensions with 1.7M installs found on Web Store. (Published on 7/8/2025, BleepingComputer). Read More
💸 Ransomware negotiator under investigation for gang kickbacks. (Published on 7/8/2025, Malwarebytes). Read More
🚘 PerfektBlue Bluetooth flaws impact Mercedes, VW, Skoda cars. (Published on 7/10/2025, BleepingComputer). Read More
💥 Critical mcp-remote flaw enables RCE, impacts 437,000+ downloads. (Published on 7/10/2025, The Hacker News). Read More
⚠️ Zero-day flaw in OpenVSX threatened Cursor and Windsurf users. (Published on 7/11/2025, BleepingComputer). Read More
🧩 Strategy & Defense
🤠 The Wild West of agentic AI is an attack surface CISOs can’t ignore. (Published on 7/8/2025, SecurityWeek). Read More
🕶️ Know your enemy: understanding dark market dynamics for cyber defense. (Published on 7/9/2025, Dark Reading). Read More
🛡️ As cyber-insurance premiums drop, coverage remains key for resilience. (Published on 7/11/2025, Dark Reading). Read More
⚠️ Ruckus Networks leaves severe flaws unpatched in management devices. (Published on 7/9/2025, BleepingComputer). Read More
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Stay informed and secure in the tech and cybersecurity world. Have a great weekend, and remember to patch and protect your systems!