December 2025

Tomiris APT targets government agencies with multilingual malware implants The group hides C2 traffic in Telegram/Discord using phishing for initial access The campaign focuses on state-level intelligence targeting Russia and Central Asian institutions Tomiris, a Russian-speaking APT hacking group, has narrowed its attack focus to target government ministries, intergovernmental organizations and politically significant institutions. This

Europol and partners shut down Cryptomixer.io, a major cryptocurrency mixing service Operation seized servers, domain, 12 TB of data and $29M in crypto assets Mixers often help cybercriminals; previous takedowns include Bestmixer, ChipMixer and Sinbad German and Swiss authorities, along with Europol, Eurojust and US law enforcement, have taken down Cryptomixer.io – allegedly one of

India issued an order to pre-install a state-owned app on all smartphones The move has attracted backlash over privacy concerns The government said it is a way to stop cybercrime and hacking India’s telecom ministry is forcing smartphone carriers to install a state-owned security app, drawing strong criticism over privacy concerns. The November 28 directive,

The US Congress will debate the App Store Accountability Act on December 2 Pinterest, Meta and X support the bill, but Apple and Google have concerns Congress is debating a total of 19 bills focusing on children’s online safety Lawmakers around the world have been busy strengthening children’s online safety by 2025, and the United