Google Uncovers DarkSword Exploit Chain That Records Voice and Screenshots

Google’s Threat Intelligence Group uncovered DarkSword, an exploit chain capable of exfiltrating data, capturing screenshots, and recording voice from infected devices. Google separately confirmed threat actors are actively weaponizing Gemini for espionage. Combined with AryStinger’s compromise of 4,000 outdated routers, here’s this week’s malware landscape.

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Cybersecurity Professionals Sentenced for Secretly Working With BlackCat Ransomware

Three American cybersecurity professionals were sentenced for secretly conspiring with the ALPHV BlackCat ransomware operation, with one working as a double-agent negotiator who sold out his own clients’ confidential negotiating positions. Here’s what this genuinely alarming insider ransomware case reveals about vetting incident response vendors, plus this week’s fresh victims across manufacturing, retail, and construction.

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