Jorge Laurel
Friday Wrap Up

Friday Wrap Up: 4 July 2025

Jorge Laurel · ·2 min read ·Issue #85

It’s been a busy week in cybersecurity and time for a Friday Wrap Up. Here are some of the interesting stories from this past week.

🚨 Security & Cyber Threats

  • 🇨🇦 Hikvision Canada shut down over national security concerns. (Published on 6/30/2025, BleepingComputer). Read More

  • 🛡️ U.S. warns of rising Iranian cyberattacks on critical infrastructure. (Published on 6/30/2025, The Hacker News). Read More

  • 💧 Hackers opened a Norwegian dam valve for hours using a weak password. (Published on 6/30/2025, Hackread). Read More

  • 🌐 Chrome zero-day and malicious Firefox extensions highlight browser threats. (Published on 7/1/2025, Dark Reading). Read More

  • 📧 Scammers exploit Microsoft 365 Direct Send to spoof internal emails. (Published on 7/1/2025, Hackread). Read More

  • 🎯 Cloaked malvertising and TDS attacks are getting harder to detect. (Published on 7/1/2025, Darknet). Read More

  • 🛠️ Cisco issues emergency patch for critical Unified CM root flaw. (Published on 7/4/2025, Hackread). Read More

🏢 Tech Industry & Corporate Shifts

  • 💰 Microsoft fires 9,000 while posting huge profits. (Published on 7/2/2025, Gizmodo). Read More

  • 🌍 Ingram Micro hit by global outage, customers fear cyberattack. (Published on 7/4/2025, BleepingComputer). Read More

  • 📱 Google ordered to pay $314M for misusing Android users’ idle data. (Published on 7/4/2025, The Hacker News). Read More

🩺 Data Breaches & Privacy

  • 🩹 Kelly Benefits data breach impacts 550,000 people. (Published on 7/2/2025, SecurityWeek). Read More

  • 💻 IdeaLab confirms ransomware breach from last year. (Published on 7/3/2025, BleepingComputer). Read More

  • 🔐 Verizon & T-Mobile deny breaches as user data sold online. (Published on 7/2/2025, Hackread). Read More

  • 🆓 Hunters International ransomware group shuts down, offers free decryptors. (Published on 7/3/2025, BleepingComputer). Read More

⚠️ Vulnerabilities & Exploits

  • 🛠️ WordPress plugin flaw could enable widespread site takeovers. (Published on 7/3/2025, Malware Analysis). Read More

Stay informed and secure in the tech and cybersecurity world. Have a great weekend, and remember to patch and protect your systems!

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