Rob Wright
@robwright22.bsky.social
Security news director at Informa TechTarget's Dark Reading, patron saint of TT's "Bagel Wednesday." Formerly of SearchSecurity, Tom's Hardware, CRN, and a whole lot more. Signal: rwrightTT.20
UPDATE: GitLab says its infrastructure and managed systems were not affected by the Red Hat attack -- the software company was using a self-managed instance of GitLab Community Edition, a free offering. www.darkreading.com/application-...
Red Hat Investigates Breach of Private GitLab Repos
A threat actor claimed 28,000 private repositories had been compromised, and the company said it had "initiated necessary remediation steps."
www.darkreading.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
UPDATE: GitLab says its infrastructure and managed systems were not affected by the Red Hat attack -- the software company was using a self-managed instance of GitLab Community Edition, a free offering. www.darkreading.com/application-...
Infoblox's Vane Viper research follows a three-part report and Black Hat USA 2025 session on VexTrio in August. www.darkreading.com/threat-intel...
VexTrio Cybercrime Gang Run by Legit Ad Tech Firms
New research reveals that a malicious traffic distribution system (TDS) is run not by "hackers in hoodies," but by a series of corporations operating in the commercial digital advertising industry.
www.darkreading.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Infoblox's Vane Viper research follows a three-part report and Black Hat USA 2025 session on VexTrio in August. www.darkreading.com/threat-intel...
To be clear, this isn't adtech companies turning a blind eye or looking the other way while third-party threat actor run amok on their platform.
In the words of Infoblox researchers, "Vane Viper isn’t just a threat actor hiding behind an adtech platform. It’s a threat actor as an adtech platform."
In the words of Infoblox researchers, "Vane Viper isn’t just a threat actor hiding behind an adtech platform. It’s a threat actor as an adtech platform."
September 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
To be clear, this isn't adtech companies turning a blind eye or looking the other way while third-party threat actor run amok on their platform.
In the words of Infoblox researchers, "Vane Viper isn’t just a threat actor hiding behind an adtech platform. It’s a threat actor as an adtech platform."
In the words of Infoblox researchers, "Vane Viper isn’t just a threat actor hiding behind an adtech platform. It’s a threat actor as an adtech platform."