In this episode of Lock It Down with Security Magazine, Associate Editor Taelor Sutherland speaks with Chetrice Romero, a senior cybersecurity advisor at Ice Miller. 

Threat actors with suspected ties to China have turned a legitimate open-source monitoring tool called Nezha into an attack weapon, using it to deliver a known malware called Gh0st RAT to targets. The activity, observed by cybersecurity company Huntress in August 2025, is characterized by the use of an unusualRead More »Chinese Hackers Weaponize Open-Source Nezha Tool in New Attack Wave

Every year, weak passwords lead to millions in losses — and many of those breaches could have been stopped. Attackers don’t need advanced tools; they just need one careless login. For IT teams, that means endless resets, compliance struggles, and sleepless nights worrying about the next credential leak. This Halloween,Read More »Step Into the Password Graveyard… If You Dare (and Join the Live Session)

Three prominent ransomware groups DragonForce, LockBit, and Qilin have announced a new strategic ransomware alliance, once underscoring continued shifts in the cyber threat landscape. The coalition is seen as an attempt on the part of the financially motivated threat actors to conduct more effective ransomware attacks, ReliaQuest said in aRead More »LockBit, Qilin, and DragonForce Join Forces to Dominate the Ransomware Ecosystem

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched vulnerability in the popular figma-developer-mcp Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that could allow attackers to achieve code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-53967 (CVSS score: 7.5), is a command injection bug stemming from the unsanitized use of user input, opening the doorRead More »Severe Figma MCP Vulnerability Lets Hackers Execute Code Remotely — Patch Now