28-Aug-2025 Blind Eagle Strikes, Sinobi Ransomware Hits, and Salesloft's AI Mix-Up

If you thought your Monday mornings were the scariest thing this week, welcome to Hacked dAily, where the world of cybersecurity tries its hardest to outdo your worst nightmares. In today's episode, Blind Eagle soars into Colombia, bringing espionage and drama as they mix RATs, phishing lures, and dynamic DNS with the finesse of a jazz solo at a silent vigil. Meanwhile, threat actors are putting their unauthorized SonicWall SSL VPN credentials to enthusiastic use with the all-new Sinobi ransomware—because, let’s face it, holding data hostage is way more satisfying than a mere password change. The plot thickens as ShadowSilk swoops across international lines, making IT departments everywhere feel like bewildered sidekicks in their own digital heist movie. Meanwhile, the Cephalus ransomware has taken a page out of Greek mythology, infiltrating organizations through weak RDP credentials, leaving teams clutching their Achilles’ heels. Just remember, multi-factor authentication is your proverbial Herculean armor. And finally, in today's irony-laden narrative, Salesloft, thanks to an overly chatty AI assistant from Drift, decided to throw a confidential data party with Salesforce customer details. Picture a digital ‘whodunnit’ where the cat’s forever out of the proverbial bag. Join us daily to find out who the hackers pick as their next guest of honor in the world’s weirdest online soap opera that you never asked for. This episode is sponsored by Cytadel Cyber. Specialist in Ransomware Readiness Assessments, Threat Intel-Led Red Teaming, AI DeepFakes, AI Voice Cloning and AI Vishing Simulations. Cyatdel helps you test your cyber resilience against the threats of today, keeping your data secure. Checkout cytadel.co.uk for more information.