• Major drug & cybercrime marketplace goes dark

• FBI wins “major victory” for video game industry

• Researchers Reveal ‘"McHire’" Recruitment Platform Vulnerabilities

Decrypted delivers concise, expert-driven insights to keep you informed on cybersecurity trends. Tune in to hear from industry leaders like SentinelOne’s Ric Smith on human-centric automation and Vanta’s Boris Logvinsky on balancing growth and trust. Visit ExpertInsights.com for articles, shortlists, and full podcast episodes. Subscribe for exclusive access to our Expert Insights Podcast and Game Changers series.

In this week’s episode, we dive into:

• SafePay Ransomware Attack on Ingram Micro: The notorious SafePay group targeted IT distributor Ingram Micro, causing website outages and potential M365 MSP client breaches. Learn how compromised VPN credentials and misconfigured systems led to significant customer disruptions.

• Amazon Prime Day Spoofing Threats: With over 100,000 malicious domains mimicking Amazon, including 92,000 phishing sites, Check Point and NordVPN researchers warn shoppers to stay vigilant during Prime Day.

• Hunters International Shuts Down?: The ransomware group claims to cease operations, offering free decryption tools as a “gesture of goodwill.” But with a new extortion-only operation underway, is this too good to be true?

Plus, catch up on Google’s $314M data misuse fine, a Brazilian IT worker’s role in a $98M breach, and the EU’s quantum computing strategy. Don’t miss our latest Expert Insights Podcast interviews with Zenity’s Ben Kliger and RSAC Sandbox series guests Benny Porat (Twine) and Ryan Chow (Metalware).

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In a world saturated with information, we exist to arm experts with the insights they need to protect their organization. That is why over 1 million businesses have used us to inform their cybersecurity research.

On the Expert Insights Podcast, you can listen to our interview with Sumo Logic’s Chas Clawson about the promise of agentic AI, and hear from cybersecurity startup founders Andy Cao from ProjectDiscovery and Donnachadh Casey from CalypsoAI.

About Expert Insights:

Expert Insights saves you time and hassle by rigorously analyzing cybersecurity solutions and cutting through the hype to deliver clear, actionable shortlists. We specialize in cybersecurity. So, our focus is sharper, our knowledge is deeper, and our insights are better. What’s more, our advice is completely impartial.

In a world saturated with information, we exist to arm experts with the insights they need to protect their organization. That is why over 1 million businesses have used us to inform their cybersecurity research.

About Expert Insights:

Expert Insights saves you time and hassle by rigorously analyzing cybersecurity solutions and cutting through the hype to deliver clear, actionable shortlists. We specialize in cybersecurity. So, our focus is sharper, our knowledge is deeper, and our insights are better. What’s more, our advice is completely impartial.

In a world saturated with information, we exist to arm experts with the insights they need to protect their organization. That is why over 1 million businesses have used us to inform their cybersecurity research.

In the headlines this week:

· Notorious retail attacker begins targeting insurance companies

· 🚔 Leading dark web marketplace busted

· 🪲 Journalists’ data exposed in major cyberattack

About Expert Insights:

Expert Insights saves you time and hassle by rigorously analyzing cybersecurity solutions and cutting through the hype to deliver clear, actionable shortlists. We specialize in cybersecurity. So, our focus is sharper, our knowledge is deeper, and our insights are better. What’s more, our advice is completely impartial.

In a world saturated with information, we exist to arm experts with the insights they need to protect their organization. That is why over 1 million businesses have used us to inform their cybersecurity research.

This episode of Decrypted is sponsored by Proofpoint.

Proofpoint gives you protection and visibility for your greatest asset and security risk—your people.

In the headlines this week –

• A Trump Executive Order rolls back cyber policy

• Microsoft patches a severe vulnerability

• The wave of cyber attacks affecting retailers continues

In the headlines this week:

• 📢 Ransomware mastermind exposed by whistleblower

• 🛍️ Four more major attacks against retailers

• 🎯 Nation state actor targets ConnectWise

In the headlines this week: Apple blocks $9 billion in fraud, Global authorities take down huge ransomware killchain and a Ransomware actor faces 30 years behind bars for Baltimore attacks.

This week at Expert Insights, we’ve released an interview with Google’s John Hultquist, and have some exciting news about our new podcast series, Game Changers, featuring Zama, Torq, Abnormal, and John Kindervag.

In the headlines this week:

💰 What goes around, comes around… the LockBit ransomware gang has been hacked

🤖 The DoJ has taken down two major botnet services

🛍️ The cybercriminal group targeting U.K. retailers has set its sights on the U.S.

In the headlines this week: Disney hit by a data breach, WhatsApp awarded $168 million in damages, Microsoft 365 experiences an outage, and a secure messaging platform used by U.S. officials faces a cyberattack.

• John Hultquist, Chief Analyst at Google Threat Intelligence Group

• Ric Smith, President of Product, Technology, and Operations at SentinelOne

• Nicole Carignan, SVP of Security & AI Strategy and Field CISO at Darktrace

• Tony Anscombe, Chief Cybersecurity Evangelist, and Jean-Ian Boutin, Director of Threat Intelligence at ESET

• Patrick Wardrop, Head of Identity & Access Management at IBM

• Kara Sprague, CEO of HackerOne

• 🔐 A new crypto-targeting social engineering scam

• 🌐 Millions raised by AI-first cybersecurity startups

• 💰 The true cost of cyber-crime revealed by the FBI

In the headlines this week:

• 💸 AI-powered scams were on the rise this tax season

• 🛫 The aviation industry is at risk of cyber-attacks

• 🤖 Bots are taking over (the internet)

Who is heading out to RSAC Conference 2025? We’ll be there providing live coverage from the show floor. Let’s connect!

In today’s episode, we cover Google’s new email encryption, companies scaling back AI projects, a major phishing group on the attack, BlackLock getting hacked, and the DOJ seizing millions from romance scammers.

In the headlines this week – details of the biggest cybersecurity acquisition, and FBI warning on converting PDFs, and an update on the $1.4 bn USD stolen by North Korean hackers.

Welcome to Decrypted - the Expert Insights’ cybersecurity news recap. We’ll cover the biggest stories in cybersecurity news, giving you the context to understand why each story matters. 

This week, headlines include DDoS attack that caused huge disruption for X, a malvertising campaign that affected over 1 million devices worldwide, and a re-direction scheme that saw two criminals steal $600k worth of Taylor Swift tickets.

This week, headlines include findings from the OCCULT, an attack on Poland’s space agency, and an update on North Korea’s crypto theft.