PDVSA Ransomware Disruption and Geopolitics

Venezuela’s state oil company blames a cyberattack on the U.S. An Iranian hacker group offers cash bounties for doxing Israelis. Germany’s lower house of parliament suffers a major email outage. South Korea’s e-commerce breach exposes personal information of nearly all of that nation’s adults. Researchers report active exploitation of two critical Fortinet authentication bypass vulnerabilities, and three critical vulnerabilities in the FreePBX VoIP platform. An auto-industry credit reporting agency suffers a data breach. Google is shutting down its dark web reporting service. European law enforcement dismantles a Ukrainian fraud network. Our guest is Christiaan Beek, Senior Director Threat Intelligence & Analytics from Rapid7, discussing how attackers are accelerating exploitation, refining ransomware, and expanding nation-state operations. A Pornhub breach proves the internet never forgets. 

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CyberWire Guest

On today’s Industry Voices segment, guest Christiaan Beek, Senior Director Threat Intelligence & Analytics from Rapid7, discusses how attackers are accelerating exploitation, refining ransomware, and expanding nation-state operations. Dive into the details in Rapid7’s report. Tune into Christiaan's full conversation here.

Selected Reading

Venezuela Says Oil Export System Down After Weekend Cyberattack (Bloomberg)

Iran-linked hackers dox Israelis, offer cash bounties (The Jerusalem Post)

German Parliament Allegedly Hit by Email Outage During US-Ukraine Talks Amid Cyberattack Suspicions (TechNadu)

Breach at South Korea’s Equivalent of Amazon Exposed Data of Almost Every Adult (Wall Street Journal)

Arctic Wolf Observes Malicious SSO Logins on FortiGate Devices Following Disclosure of CVE-2025-59718 and CVE-2025-59719 (Arctic Wolf)

Critical authentication bypass and multiple flaws discovered in FreePBX VoIP platform (Beyond Machines)

Millions Affected by Massive 700Credit Data Breach (Tech.co)

Google Is Shutting Down Its Dark Web Monitoring Tool (Technology.org) 

European authorities dismantle call center fraud ring in Ukraine (Bleeping Computer)

Porn User Data Stolen—Pornhub ‘Search, Watch And Download’ Activity (Forbes)

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