Payouts King ransomware uses QEMU VMs to bypass endpoint security

The Payouts King ransomware is using the QEMU emulator as a reverse SSH backdoor to run hidden virtual machines on ...
Security Boulevard

Payouts King Takes Aim at the Ransomware Throne

IntroductionIn February 2022, BlackBasta emerged as a successor to Conti ransomware and quickly rose to prominence. BlackBasta was operational for three years until February 2025 when their internal ...
Microsoft

Dissecting Sapphire Sleet’s macOS intrusion from lure to compromise

The Microsoft Defender Security Research Team uncovered a sophisticated macOS intrusion campaign attributed to the North ...

France is ditching Windows for digital sovereignty - and its new Linux stack is taking shape

Officially, we don't know what France's forthcoming Linux desktop will look like, but this is what my sources and experience ...
GitHub

Enable the use of PRAGMA Key to encrypt db #1018

NO_V18_NODE_BUILD_CMD: npx --no-install prebuild -r node -t 20.0.0 -t 22.0.0 --include-regex 'better_sqlite3.node$' # See https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest ...
GitHub

Enable the use of PRAGMA Key to encrypt db #1018

NODE_BUILD_CMD: npx --no-install prebuild -r node -t 20.0.0 -t 22.0.0 -t 23.0.0 -t 24.0.0 --include-regex 'better_sqlite3.node$' # See https://www.electronjs.org/docs ...
techtimes

Quantum Computing Encryption Threat: How It Could Break Modern Cybersecurity Systems

Quantum computing encryption is reshaping how we think about digital security in a world built on encrypted communication. Today's systems rely on mathematical complexity, but emerging quantum ...
Inc

Instagram Is Removing DM Encryption on May 8—Here’s What You Need to Do

It may have escaped notice for many, but Instagram has employed end-to-end encryption for its messaging since 2023. It won’t for much longer. Meta has confirmed that on May 8, end-to-end encryption ...