Security Boulevard

Payouts King Takes Aim at the Ransomware Throne

IntroductionIn February 2022, BlackBasta emerged as a successor to Conti ransomware and quickly rose to prominence. BlackBasta was operational for three years until February 2025 when their internal ...

Payouts King ransomware uses QEMU VMs to bypass endpoint security

The Payouts King ransomware is using the QEMU emulator as a reverse SSH backdoor to run hidden virtual machines on ...

Do not fall for this fake Windows update support site. It’s spreading a password-stealing malware

Malwarebytes warns that a fake Microsoft support site is distributing password-stealing malware through a spoofed Windows ...
eWeek

OpenAI Rolls Out Locked-Down GPT-5.4-Cyber Model

A new model so sharp OpenAI put childproof caps on it. OpenAI has rolled out GPT-5.4-Cyber, a fine-tuned cousin of its ...