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The Cyberthreat News keeps you up-to-date with all of the latest cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities. Featured stories include the latest ransomware attacks, phishing campaigns and security breaches. Plus, Cisco Talos releases proof-of-concept exploits for Craft CMS and ICS flaws and Warby Parker gets a $1.5 million HIPAA fine.

In 2024, Russian hackers concealed ransomware in a fake dinner invitation from Germany’s Christian Democratic Union to install a backdoor in their victims’ systems. Meanwhile, a cyber espionage campaign by Pakistani hackers breached India’s government and energy sectors to steal data. In a separate incident, the Canadian financial intelligence system FINTRAC was temporarily taken offline by a currently unidentified attacker.

Cybersecurity professionals’ jobs are becoming more difficult and stressful due to the growing number of vulnerabilities, heightened risks, budget constraints and job dissatisfaction. In this week’s episode of our podcast, our guest Selena Larson from Proofpoint discusses the research “Why Biasing APTs Over Cybercrime Is a Security Risk.”

Hackers are exploiting known weak points and enterprises’ dependency across their tech stacks to break into their targets. In the aftermath of a cyberattack, CISOs are faced with a complex task of managing communications with stakeholders, including the media and government. Listen as our guest outlines how to manage such an incident.