Friday, December 19 2025

News Centre

Here you can access the latest 48hr Global News Roundups from DFM

We scour the internet to find the latest stories relating to:

DFIR, Cyber Investigations, Major Cyber Incidents, Exploits & Threat Intelligence, Law Enforcement, Policy, Standards & Compliance and Consumer App Data Leaks

We also provide an Editorial Perspective and a Reference List for further reading.

NEWS ROUNDUP – 19th December 2025

19/12/2025

In the last 48 hours, breaches and recoveries hit healthcare and retail, while investigators disrupted fraud marketplaces and laundering services. Major incidents affected oil logistics and UK government systems. Active exploitation warnings targeted React2Shell and SonicWall SMA, alongside new CISA ICS advisories. Policy and standards moved on UK cyber legislation, EU CRA reporting, and NIST’s Cyber AI profile this week.

NEWS ROUNDUP – 17th December 2025

17/12/2025

DFM’s latest 48-hour roundup covers ransomware recovery updates, major platform breaches, and active exploitation alerts, alongside fraud investigations and law enforcement crackdowns. Policy signals include UK resilience legislation progress and rising phishing of public officials, while NIST advances AI-era security profiles. The edition also tracks consumer app exposure risks and third-party telemetry weaknesses shaping incident response.

NEWS ROUNDUP – 15th December 2025

15/12/2025

In the past 48 hours, responders tracked macOS infostealer lures and a ransomware decryptor weakness, while regulators opened probes into UK mobile outages and Seoul investigators intensified action over Coupang. Major breach disclosures include 700Credit impacts, alongside React2Shell/KEV patch pressure. Enforcement operations targeted SIM and laundering networks. Consumer risks rose from exposed AI imagery, fiction-app records leaks, and fake apps.

NEWS ROUNDUP – 12th December 2025

12/12/2025

This 48-hour DFM roundup tracks global cyber risk across DFIR, investigations, major incidents, exploitation and governance. Highlights include government email compromise, large-scale consumer breach fallout, OT and Windows patch triage, and enforcement actions disrupting hostile infrastructure. The meta theme is evidence readiness: deception telemetry, standardized baselines, supplier controls and rapid remediation are now inseparable from incident response and regulatory defensibility for teams.

NEWS ROUNDUP – 10th December 2025

10/12/2025

Ransomware, supply-chain breaches and zero-day exploits dominate this 48-hour DFIR roundup. Hospitals, telecoms and e-commerce platforms face data theft, while regulators tighten data-sovereignty and patching expectations in Europe and India. New Windows and React vulnerabilities, AT&T’s dark web fallout and fresh law-enforcement advisories underscore why robust logging, rapid patching and vendor risk management remain non-negotiable for security and leadership teams.

NEWS ROUNDUP – 8th December 2025

08/12/2025

The latest 48-hour DFM cybersecurity roundup highlights major breaches, active zero-day exploitation and rising regulatory pressure across global sectors. Key developments include the Coupang megabreach, React2Shell exploitation, Android emergency patches, strengthened G7 incident-response expectations and new NIS2-driven compliance duties. DFIR teams face escalating operational, legal and supply-chain risks as attackers refine extortion tactics and exploit software weaknesses.

NEWS ROUNDUP – 5th December 2025

05/12/2025

Over the past 48 hours, DFIR teams have faced escalating ransomware, supply-chain breaches and state-backed backdoors, while regulators and law enforcement push back with major takedowns and new AI-OT guidance. From European crypto-fraud raids to Asia-Pacific “digital arrest” scams and North American data leaks, the roundup tracks evolving attacker playbooks and practical defensive priorities for security leaders and incident responders.

NEWS ROUNDUP – 3rd December 2025

03/12/2025

Ransomware-hit fintechs, leaked university staff records and a massive Coupang customer data exposure headline this 48-hour DFM roundup. Investigators crack camera-hacking and “digital arrest” scams, while Akira and other gangs push fresh victims onto leak sites. Meanwhile governments tighten ransomware and CRA policy, and insecure consumer apps spill highly sensitive personal data worldwide, raising pressure on boards, regulators and responders.

NEWS ROUNDUP – 1st December 2025

01/12/2025

In this 48-hour roundup we track insider-driven mega breaches, disrupted court and logistics systems, and fresh leaks from healthcare and consumer apps. New OT and backend vulnerabilities join the KEV list, while Europol’s Cryptomixer takedown and UK ransomware-reporting plans show growing pressure on the criminal business model and on unprepared boards, demanding faster, evidence-led response and genuinely risk-based cyber governance.