Jen Ellis: Connecting Cyber Community With Political Machinery

This collection of DarkReading headlines highlights a sharp uptick in high-risk activity across multiple fronts: exploit publication and active attacks against Microsoft and Citrix products (including a Windows Defender zero‑day PoC and a NetScaler memory disclosure under active exploitation), ransomware evolution (GodDamn using a Microsoft‑signed malicious kernel driver and JadePuffer — an LLM‑driven ransomware), ongoing FortiBleed exploitation and follow‑on monetization, and targeted campaigns against healthcare, SMBs and critical‑infrastructure organizations. AI and agentic technologies are