Today’s Top Cyber Intelligence Highlights — Oct 16, 2025 ```html Well folks, buckle up because today’s cybersecurity news is less ‘Netflix and chill’ and more ‘hackers and drill’ …

Enable FIM and you’ll get a bunch of logs…

AI is rapidly transforming the cybersecurity landscape, but it won’t “take over” in the sense of replacing human expertise entirely —…

In today’s digital-first world, organizations depend on connected systems more than ever before. However, with connectivity comes…

The moment your computer starts acting up — the sudden lag, the mysterious pop-ups, the files you can’t access — your first thought is…

A definitive guide to using AI as a coder, a reviewer, and a tester to build safely

A few years ago, phishing meant a poorly written email claiming your “account was suspanded.” We laughed, marked it as spam, and moved on.

Introduction

Disclaimer : This blog is for learning only; never test systems without explicit permission. Always work ethically, follow applicable laws…

Cover the last stages of attacks on Linux, walthrough on how they look in system logs.

ShellGPT is a command-line interface (CLI) tool that integrates OpenAI’s GPT models directly into your terminal environment, allowing users…

When I was 3, I’d sneak into my parents’ computer center and change every desktop background I could find!

RPC Investigator (RPCI) is a .NET/C# Windows Forms UI application that provides an advanced discovery and analysis interface to Windows RPC endpoints

F5 confirmed a breach by a "highly sophisticated nation-state" that stole BIG-IP source code and internal vuln info. The attack was contained, and F5 is pushing patches and free CrowdStrike EDR licenses.

A 16-country probe exposed First Wap's Altamides, a global surveillance tool that exploited the SS7 protocol to secretly track phone numbers and intercept private military, corporate, and T-Mobile communications.

Mozilla launched a free, built-in VPN beta for Firefox desktop users to conceal IP and encrypt traffic. The timing is influenced by the UK Online Safety Act and growing privacy concerns.

Pavel Durov warned Telegram users in France about an EU push for message scanning, stating the platform will leave the market rather than weaken encryption or violate fundamental human rights.

ReliaQuest exposed Flax Typhoon (China-backed APT) for a year-long breach, where it modified an ArcGIS Java SOE into a web shell and embedded it in backups for resilient persistence.

The TigerJack group is attacking developers via malicious VSCode extensions on OpenVSX. Plugins secretly steal C++ source code in real-time and deploy the CoinIMP cryptojacker.

Firefox 144 is out, featuring Profile Management for separate browsing contexts, AES-256 password encryption, Google Lens visual search, and Perplexity AI integration.