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October 2025

Hackers Turn Velociraptor DFIR Tool Into Weapon in LockBit Ransomware Attacks

Hackers Turn Velociraptor DFIR Tool Into Weapon in LockBit Ransomware Attacks

Oct 11, 2025Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability Threat actors are abusing Velociraptor, an open-source digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) tool, in connection with ransomware attacks likely orchestrated by Storm-2603 (aka CL-CRI-1040 or Gold Salem),… 

Homeland Security reassigns ‘hundreds’ of CISA cyber staffers to support Trump’s deportation crackdown

Homeland Security reassigns ‘hundreds’ of CISA cyber staffers to support Trump’s deportation crackdown

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is reassigning hundreds of employees across several of its agencies to assist in the Trump administration’s broad immigration crackdown, and will dismiss staffers who refuse to comply, according to…