16th December – Threat Intelligence Report

This weekly Threat Intelligence Bulletin summarizes recent ransomware attacks impacting energy, healthcare, and financial organizations (Lynx, Nitrogen, Money Message), multiple data breaches exposing hundreds of thousands of records, Microsoft’s December Patch Tuesday addressing a CLFS zero-day (CVE-2024-49138), Chrome and Apple updates, and active malware and tooling trends including Androxgh0st, DarkGate social-engineering campaigns, and the HeartCrypt packer-as-a-service.