Cyber Attacks
Organisations face persistent threat from imgdecode npm package still hosting encrypted shellcode loader
The malicious imgdecode package downloads encrypted payloads from GitHub and injects them into a new process on Windows systems.
Cyber Attacks
Cyber Attacks coverage from Sandbox Desk holds 21 articles, 17 of them reference guides. The newest was published on October 18, 2026. New stories are added as soon as they are confirmed, from more than 150 sources checked as often as every 45 seconds. Each story lists its sources. Primary sources we follow for this section include CISA: Cyber Threats and Advisories and UK National Cyber Security Centre.
Cyber Attacks
Healthcare Ransomware Frequency Surges in Q3 2026 Data
Attack volume against medical organizations more than doubled compared to the same period last year, averaging over three incidents daily.
Cyber Attacks
Android Deploys AI to Block Scams in Messages, Calls and Screen Shares
New Android features use artificial intelligence to detect fraud in texts and calls, while masking login data during screen sharing sessions.
Cyber Attacks
IMF warns AI debt web and cyber risks threaten global financial stability
The International Monetary Fund says interconnected AI financing and cyber threats to infrastructure could destabilize markets.
Cyber Attacks
How Tabletop Exercises Work: Step-by-Step Mechanism and Limits
Tabletop exercises expose decision-making gaps in security processes by simulating attack scenarios without requiring technical execution or live system changes.
Cyber Attacks
Dictionary Attacks Explained: How Credential Stuffing Works
Dictionary attacks exploit human predictability by testing common words against hashed credentials, bypassing complex defenses through sheer probability.
Cyber Attacks
Prevent BGP Hijacking: 3 Technical Controls That Actually Work
Route origin validation stops most hijacks by rejecting false announcements, while RPKI adds cryptographic proof of ownership to your network prefixes.
Cyber Attacks
Social Engineering vs Phishing: The Structural Difference
Phishing is a single vector within the broader discipline of social engineering, which manipulates human psychology to bypass technical controls and access sensitive systems.
Cyber Attacks
Vendor Email Compromise Mistakes That Leave Your Accounts Open
Most vendor account takeovers happen because you verify identity through channels the attacker already controls, not because your passwords are weak.
Cyber Attacks
Security Culture Survey: How to Measure Behavior and Fix It
Security culture surveys reveal that technical controls fail when human habits contradict policy, exposing gaps no firewall can patch.
Cyber Attacks
Attack vectors examples: how adversaries breach defenses
Attack vectors exploit the intersection of human habit and software logic, turning standard features into unauthorized entry points for remote code execution.
Cyber Attacks
Account Takeover vs Identity Theft: The Critical Difference
Account takeover steals access to existing services, while identity theft fabricates a new persona to open fresh accounts.
Cyber Attacks
Web Filtering: How It Works, Where It Fails, and What It Actually Blocks
Web filtering reduces attack surface by blocking requests before they reach your network, but it cannot inspect encrypted traffic without breaking the trust model.
Cyber Attacks
Callback Phishing Response: Immediate Containment and Recovery Steps
The attacker’s goal is speed, not sophistication; your response must outpace their ability to escalate privileges before you even verify the call’s origin.
Cyber Attacks
Zero Trust Security: 8 Practices to Verify Every Request
Zero trust replaces network perimeter assumptions with continuous identity verification, ensuring that compromised credentials cannot traverse internal boundaries without detection.
Cyber Attacks
Bluetooth Attacks Explained: How Nearby Signals Compromise Devices
Your phone can be forced to pair with a malicious device within seconds, allowing data theft without your physical interaction or knowledge.
Cyber Attacks
Security Culture Misread: Why Training Fails and Policy Succeeds
Security culture is not about compliance checkboxes but about the invisible social contracts that determine whether a developer bypasses a control under pressure.
Cyber Attacks
DoS vs DDoS: How to Choose the Right Attack Simulation
Single-source denial of service tests reveal infrastructure resilience, while distributed tests expose your ability to filter malicious traffic from legitimate users.
Cyber Attacks
How to Implement Intrusion Detection Systems Without Noise
Most organizations fail at intrusion detection because they prioritize volume over context, creating alerts that hide real threats rather than revealing them.
Cyber Attacks
Whaling Attacks: Spotting the Subtle Signs That Bypass Filters
Executive impersonation attacks succeed not through technical flaws, but by exploiting the psychological pressure of urgency and hierarchy within your organization.
Cyber Attacks
Detect USB Drop Attacks: Logs, Artifacts, and Blind Spots
USB drop attacks hide in plain sight, using hardware enumeration events and delayed execution to bypass standard network perimeter defenses.