Ransomware, data leaks, and zero-days dominated the past 48 hours. Qantas confirmed customer data was posted online, while Texas officials battled a municipal network breach. Healthcare ransomware rose 30%, and Apple doubled its top bug bounty. Germany’s rejection of EU “chat control” rules underscores encryption’s central role as DFIR teams confront escalating third-party and exploit risks.

A sweeping 48-hour snapshot reveals Oracle E-Business Suite exploitation driving global extortion, Discord’s vendor breach exposing 70,000 IDs, and new CISA KEV and ICS advisories. Law enforcement seized BreachForums’ latest domain, while Clearview AI lost a key UK tribunal case. ENISA’s 2025 threat report underscores accelerating vulnerability exploitation and ransomware persistence worldwide.