Cyber

The Cyber Investigative Desk guts the black-box of state-sponsored ransomware and algorithmic warfare. Each forensic dossier we build dismantles the zero-day marketplaces, industrial-scale surveillance exports, and the laundered crypto-pipelines that weaponize code to paralyze infrastructure and liquidate the world’s last shards of privacy.

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Breach by Breach: Auditing the Institutional Decay and Data Exfiltration of LastPass In 2026

LastPass is a cloud-based password manager that encrypts and stores user credentials, secure notes, and credit card profiles. Once the undisputed default choice for consumers, the service is defined by…

10,940 Words 55 min 934 Views

Cyber Desk

The PowerSchool Ransomware Attack: A Student Data Breach

The PowerSchool ransomware attack and data breach of late 2024 stands as the largest ed-tech security failure in history. It exposed the sensitive records of 62. 4 million students and…

12,444 Words 63 min 3,257 Views

Cyber Desk

Investigation: The Salt Typhoon State-Sponsored Espionage Campaigns until 2026

The entity as “Salt Typhoon” represents a specific, highly disciplined cluster of cyber-espionage activity attributed to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Unlike the noisy, disruptive ransomware gangs that dominate…

18,403 Words 93 min 22,419 Views

Cyber Desk

Microsoft’s China-Based Engineer Ban: The Security Breach Catalyst

On July 11, 2023, Microsoft disclosed a security breach that fundamentally altered the risk calculation for US technology companies operating in hostile geopolitical environments. A China-based threat actor, tracked as…

13,804 Words 70 min 5,626 Views

Cyber Desk

The 16 Billion Record Credential Leak Investigation: Active Malware Campaigns Harvesting Between 2024 and 2025

On June 18, 2025, security researchers at Cybernews identified a massive cluster of 30 unsecured datasets exposed to the open internet. This aggregation contained 16 billion records, a figure that…

11,429 Words 58 min 3,174 Views

Cyber Desk

State Sponsored Cyber Espionage: Investigating the threat actors targeting EU energy grids

Following years of escalating warnings from ENTSO E and the International Energy Agency, the theoretical threat of a synchronized, cross border disruption manifested into a tangible reality. This report investigates…

12,989 Words 65 min 124 Views

Cyber Desk

Cybercrime Policing: Why arrests rarely touch organizers

Law enforcement agencies worldwide face increasing challenges due to the rapid expansion of cybercrime. According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2023, cyber threats have escalated, with a…

5,975 Words 30 min 124 Views

Cyber Desk

Explosive Hackers for Hire: A Global Cybercrime Threat

Global cybercrime has found new muscle in “hackers for hire” as often young coders lured by money or ideology into illicit hacking rings. Our investigation reveals a vast underground market…

3,269 Words 17 min 98 Views

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Pegasus Spyware India: Exposing the Silent Crackdown on Press Freedom

Pegasus Spyware India, a military-grade phone-hacking tool made by Israel’s NSO Group, has triggered a global scandal. In July 2021 a consortium of media outlets (“The Pegasus Project”) leaked tens…

2,546 Words 13 min 232 Views

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Breach by Breach: Auditing the Institutional Decay and Data Exfiltration of LastPass In 2026

The PowerSchool Ransomware Attack: A Student Data Breach

Investigation: The Salt Typhoon State-Sponsored Espionage Campaigns until 2026

Microsoft’s China-Based Engineer Ban: The Security Breach Catalyst

The 16 Billion Record Credential Leak Investigation: Active Malware Campaigns Harvesting Between 2024 and 2025

State Sponsored Cyber Espionage: Investigating the threat actors targeting EU energy grids

Cybercrime Policing: Why arrests rarely touch organizers

Explosive Hackers for Hire: A Global Cybercrime Threat

Pegasus Spyware India: Exposing the Silent Crackdown on Press Freedom