The Iranian hacking group Scarred Manticore, linked to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security, has been running a digital spy ring, targeting Middle Eastern governmental and infrastructural sectors using a hacking tool, Liontail. Check Point’s report outlined that the group’s operations evolved, boasting more sophisticated, custom-made tactics that allowed them to penetrate networks, compromising web servers, and avoid detection. The group gained access to digital content, including emails and performed espionage via malware.

Mandiant warns of attacks on newly-disclosed Ivanti remote takeover threat
Google’s Mandiant team has issued an alert about a remote code execution flaw in the Ivanti Connect Secure VPN platform. The vulnerability, designated CVE-2025-22457, is