One thing I’ve learned in this field is that every investigation teaches you something—sometimes about the threat, sometimes about the system, and sometimes about your own instincts. I like that part of the job. You follow the clues, stay patient, and let the picture come together piece by piece. And when someone else needs a hand, you jump in, because their win becomes your win too. Cybersecurity works best when curiosity and teamwork run side by side.
🔒 Security Tip of the Week:
If you’re digging into endpoint activity, look for processes that should trigger child processes but don’t. Missing expected behavior—like a command that never spawns its usual subprocess—can signal interference, privilege misuse, or early-stage evasion. Sometimes the absence of something is the most important indicator in the chain.
Pinpoint Security can help you evaluate and assess, as well as develop a roadmap to ensure your program continues to mature!
-Alan Kelly, Pinpoint Security Analyst
📰 Weekly News Roundup:
Here is the most recent Cybersecurity news for the past week:
🚨 International Authorities Shut Down Cryptomixer, Seize $28 Million
A global law enforcement operation led by Europol successfully took down Cryptomixer, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency mixing services. Authorities seized $28 million and reported that the service had helped cybercriminals launder over $1.5 billion in Bitcoin since 2016, marking a significant blow to financial crime infrastructure.
📱 Google Patches Two Actively Exploited Zero-Days in Android’s December Update
Google released its December 2025 security updates for Android, addressing 107 vulnerabilities, including two zero-day flaws (CVE-2025-48633 and CVE-2025-48572) that are being actively exploited in limited, targeted attacks. Both vulnerabilities are critical information disclosure issues in the Android framework, impacting recent versions of the operating system.
📦 South Korea’s Coupang Confirms Massive Data Breach Affecting 33.7 Million Users
South Korea’s largest e-commerce company, Coupang, disclosed a significant data breach that exposed the personal information of 33.7 million customers. The compromise, which ran undetected from June to November 2025, involved the unauthorized access of names, email addresses, phone numbers, and shipping addresses, though no payment data or passwords were stolen.
⚠️ Critical Vulnerability in OpenAI Coding Agent Could Facilitate Attacks on Developers
A significant vulnerability was disclosed in an OpenAI Coding Agent, which could be exploited to facilitate attacks on developers. The flaw relates to how the agent handles code execution, potentially allowing malicious input to compromise the developer’s environment, highlighting new risks in the rapidly growing field of AI-assisted development tools.
🤖 New Albiriox ‘Malware-as-a-Service’ Targets 400+ Banking and Finance Apps
Security researchers unveiled Albiriox, a new and highly potent Android banking malware being sold as a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS). The Russian-speaking operation targets over 400 banking, fintech, and crypto applications and provides threat actors with live remote control over infected phones to conduct on-device fraud and drain accounts in real-time.