Today’s cyber pulse hits from all angles — browsers, legal institutions, ransomware gangs evolving fast, and the systems we hope will hold everything together. Yet across it all, one theme persists: exposure without visibility is a blueprint for collapse.
🦊 Firefox Patches Two Actively Exploited Zero-Days
Mozilla dropped emergency patches for two zero-days under active attack. While details are limited, they affect users across desktop and Android — proving yet again that browser exploits are prime recon and execution vectors.
🔗 https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/firefox-patches-2-zero-days-exploited.html
🧠 Ransomware Gangs Use SkitNet Malware to Confuse Defenders
New reports reveal that ransomware groups are deploying SkitNet, an AI-assisted malware platform that uses scripting mimicry to evade detection tools. Deception has gone cognitive.
🔗 https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/ransomware-gangs-use-skitnet-malware.html
⚖️ Legal Aid Agency Suffers Major Data Breach
The UK’s Legal Aid Agency confirmed a breach exposing sensitive case data and PII — a stark reminder that institutions designed to protect the vulnerable are now prime targets.
🔗 https://www.darkreading.com/remote-workforce/legal-aid-agency-data-breach
🛠️ CVE Disruption: Still Threatening Global Defensive Infrastructure
The CVE program — which underpins virtually every patching and scanning system — is still facing organizational disruption. If this coordination layer fractures, defense loses clarity, fast.
🔗 https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/cve-disruption-threatens-foundations-defensive-security
🔗 SAP Details API Threat Mitigation via Integration Suite
A new SAP blog outlines how their Integration Suite can be configured to mitigate OWASP API threats — including token abuse, injection, and rate limiting. APIs aren’t new, but most security teams still treat them like footnotes.
🔗 https://community.sap.com/t5/integration-blog-posts/mitigating-owasp-and-other-api-security-threats-with-sap-integration-suite/ba-p/14105741
🏭 Critical Infrastructure Remains Prime Ransomware Target
Cybersecurity Insiders provides a chilling overview of how ransomware gangs are pivoting toward logistics, manufacturing, and power. Not for splash — but for leverage. Because disruption is more profitable than destruction.
🔗 https://www.cybersecurity-insiders.com/ransomwares-next-target-strengthening-critical-infrastructure-against-emerging-cyber-threats/
🧱 AI Can Now Bypass Web Application Firewalls (WAFs)
AI models are being trained to craft payloads that evade WAFs — probing for weaknesses and mutating until successful. It’s not theoretical. It’s happening. And legacy detection logic can’t keep up.
🔗 https://cybersecuritynews.com/ai-web-application-firewalls-bypassed/
💭 Reflection
Day 139 isn’t just technical. It’s strategic breakdown.
WAFs fooled. CVEs uncertain. Critical APIs exposed. Legal protections cracked. All while ransomware becomes smarter — not louder.
As I push further into CISSP mastery and cloud resilience, one truth deepens:
Security isn’t a tech stack — it’s a system of perception.
The second we stop seeing clearly, the threat isn’t ahead.
It’s already inside. 🧠🔍🔐
