Name That Edge Toon: In the Cloud

An unidentified threat actor is using .lnk Windows shortcut files in a series of sophisticated attacks utilizing in-memory code execution and living-off-the-land cyberattack strategies.

Speed and security are historically clashing priorities, but with AI and automation, it’s increasingly important that application developers and security teams get on the same page.

Cybersecurity today moves at the pace of global politics. A single breach can ripple across supply chains, turn a software flaw into leverage, or shift who holds the upper hand. For leaders, this means defense isn’t just a matter of firewalls and patches—it’s about strategy. The strongest organizations aren’t the ones with the most tools,…

Files on a central cloud server used by the ransomware group highlight a systematic, aggressive attack on network backups as a key TTP.

Cyber threats are no longer coming from just malware or exploits. They’re showing up inside the tools, platforms, and ecosystems organizations use every day. As companies connect AI, cloud apps, developer tools, and communication systems, attackers are following those same paths. A clear pattern this week: attackers are abusing trust. Trusted updates, trusted marketplaces, trusted…

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a high-severity flaw impacting the popular async-tar Rust library and its forks, including tokio-tar, that could result in remote code execution under certain conditions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-62518 (CVSS score: 8.1), has been codenamed TARmageddon by Edera, which discovered the issue in late August 2025. It impacts several