Cyber Attacks coverage from Firewall Pulse holds 12 articles, 10 of them reference guides. The newest was published on October 10, 2026. New stories are added as soon as they are confirmed, from more than 50 sources checked as often as every 45 seconds. Each story lists its sources. Primary sources we follow for this section include NIST Cybersecurity Framework and MITRE ATT&CK.
Attackers hijacked three country-code domains to trick certificate authorities into issuing valid HTTPS certificates for Google properties, bypassing standard validation checks.
Law enforcement authorities have detained a suspected member of the ShinyHunters cybercrime group, marking a significant disruption to the threat actor's operations.
Attackers bypass traditional security controls by tricking users into voluntarily handing over access tokens that legitimate applications would use.
Most teams fail because they buy tools before defining detection logic, creating alert fatigue that buries real threats under noise.
Most payroll diversion fraud succeeds because attackers exploit the gap between email alerts and the actual banking transaction records.
Blocking IP addresses is a false economy; attackers rotate addresses faster than you can ban them, making identity-centric controls the only durable defence.
Synthetic media attacks exploit human psychology and workflow gaps rather than relying on flawless visual perfection to bypass security controls.
Most breaches occur not because defences fail, but because too many doors were left open for attackers to try in the first place.
Clone phishing bypasses standard spam filters because the message structure and sender address appear identical to legitimate correspondence.
Scanning engines miss logic-based threats that only trigger when specific execution conditions are met inside the operating system.
Secure flags and HTTPS do not prevent cookie theft if the application server is compromised or if JavaScript executes on the page.
Brute force attacks exploit weak authentication by testing every possible credential combination until one matches, bypassing complex security layers.