2025
January 2025 - A Look Ahead to 2025
Last month, we took a look at some of the biggest cybersecurity stories of 2024 . Massive data breaches, costly outages and telecommunication cyberat...
March 2025 - The Relationship Between Physical and Digital Security
Digital and physical security are more intertwined than ever. As bad actors scour the internet for personally identifiable information, particularly m...
April 2025 - The Importance of Cloud Security
As organizations increasingly shift their operations to the cloud, Chief Information Security Officers are tasked with ensuring the security of sensit...
May 2025 - Reviewing Verizon's 2025 Data Breach Report
Verizon released its 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report , and unsurprisingly, data breach numbers continue to rise. Security professionals know t...
June 2025 - Social Engineering Meets Shell Script Malware
In April 2025, our team began tracking a sophisticated social engineering campaign patterned after the ClickFix Malware attacks against macOS users vi...
July 2025 - A Look at How Scattered Spider Operates
Scattered Spider, also tracked under aliases like UNC3944 and 0ktapus, is a highly active and adaptive cyber threat group known for sophisticated soci...
August 2025 - A Look at IBM's 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report
IBM recently released its 2025 Cost of a Data Breach report, and with it comes good news and bad news. Good news rarely comes from these annual report...
September 2025 - Quashing a Silent Threat: Understanding and Defending Against Quishing
As more of our lives go digital, we experience greater convenience and simplify more day-to-day tasks. But those conveniences come at a price, introdu...
October 2025 - The Invisible Threat: DOM-Based Extension Clickjacking and the Password Manager Risk
Chief Information Security Officers understand that the browser is the new perimeter. A recent and sophisticated attack, DOM-Based Extension Clickjack...
January 2025 - A Reminder to Update Devices
Smartphones, tablets, computers and other digital devices are popular gifts to receive over the holiday season. If you are one of those individuals wh...
February 2025 - The Biggest Cyber Threats to Corporate Executives in 2025
Apple Issues Security Patches to Address Vulnerabilities - Apple has released security patches for several of its devices to address zero-day vulnera...
March 2025 - Clarifying The Security of 1Password Following Disney Breach
We know recent news about a Disney employee’s online security being compromised has raised some concerns, especially regarding password safety. We wan...
April 2025 - BlackCloak Releases Digital Executive Protection Framework
Executives are prime targets for cybercriminals seeking financial gain, access to sensitive information, or to leverage their influence for malicious ...
May 2025 - Android Vulnerabilities and Hertz Data Breach
Android Issue Patches For 47 Vulnerabilities - Google has patched 47 vulnerabilities found within Android devices. One of the flaws was a zero-day vu...
June 2025 - Executive Doxxing Website Identified
BlackCloak has been alerted to a now-inaccessible website at luigiwasright[.]com, which hosted doxxing information on executives from numerous compani...
July 2025 - Combating Spear Phishing
16 Billion Login Credentials Leaked From Various Websites Researchers discovered 30 datasets containing 16 billion login credentials. The credentials ...
August 2025 - A Reminder to Monitor Who Your Children Talk to on Social Media
Bad actors are always looking to find ways to obtain valuable assets online, whether it's personal information, login credentials and even money. Thre...
March # 1 - Apple Releases Patches to Address Zero Day Flaw
Apple has released new security patches for a slate of its devices. If you have an Apple device you should pay close attention to this alert. These al...
March #2 - A Warning About Windows Zero Day, March Madness Scams
In this alert, learn about social engineering scams tied to a zero-day vulnerability found within Windows devices and the NCAA March Madness basketbal...
March #3 - 23andMe Files for Bankruptcy, Celebrity Deepfake Scam Warning
Questions have been raised regarding the future of the genetic data held by 23andMe after the DNA testing company filed for bankruptcy. The company re...
April #1 - Apple Releases Security Updates to Patch Zero Day Vulnerabilities
Apple has released emergency security patches for a slate of its devices after a pair of zero day vulnerabilities were discovered. If you have an Appl...
May #1 - Apple and Google Release Security Patches
Google has released a new security update for its Chrome browser after a high severity vulnerability was discovered. Google confirmed the vulnerabilit...
May #2 - Coinbase and Steam Data Breaches
Coinbase customers should be on high alert following developments affecting the cryptocurrency exchange. BlackCloak has observed an increase in phishi...
May #3 - LexisNexis Experiences Data Breach
Data broker LexisNexis disclosed it experienced a data breach affecting more than 364,000 individuals. Sensitive information was exposed in the breach...
July # 1 - BlackCloak Cyber Alert: Chrome, Prime, and Chinese Malware
In this cyber alert, learn about the latest security patch Google has issued for its Chrome browser, how Chinese authorities are extracting data from ...
July #2 - Apple Releases Slate of Security Updates To Patch Vulnerabilities
Apple has released a slate of security updates for its line of devices to patch a number of vulnerabilities. While there has been no evidence that the...
August # 1 - A Warning to Gmail Users: New Phishing Scam Surfaces
Threat actors have launched a new phishing scam targeting Gmail users. If you or a loved one uses a Gmail account, please read this alert to stay info...
August #2 - Apple Releases Security Updates to Patch Zero-Day Vulnerability
Apple has issued a new round of security updates for several of its devices to address a zero-day vulnerability. These alerts are available for variou...
September # 1 - Google Releases Latest Chrome Security Update
Google has released a new security update for its Chrome browser after a high severity vulnerability was discovered. This is the sixth zero-day vulner...
