BlackFile actively extorting data-theft victims in retail and hospitality sector

This feed aggregates multiple high-impact cybersecurity stories: BlackFile (linked to ‘The Com’) is actively extorting retail and hospitality victims and reportedly using swatting to increase pressure; Vercel’s compromise has broader customer and third‑party exposure; US/UK agencies warn Firestarter malware persisted on Cisco firewalls long after patches were applied; Dragos judges ZionSiphon — an AI-assisted water‑sector malware — largely ineffective; researchers map surveillance campaigns exploiting long‑known telecom signalling weaknesses and commercial surveillance tools; a multinational警告