From hijacked IoT devices to recruitment on the dark web, the cyber threat landscape is growing increasingly diverse. The Ngioweb malware has constructed a massive botnet of 35,000 IoT devices, repurposing them for residential proxy services like NSOCKS and fueling malicious activities. LIMINAL PANDA, a Chinese state-linked group, has been quietly infiltrating telecom networks in South Asia and Africa since 2020, using bespoke tools for data exfiltration and persistent access. In a concerning trend, ransomware groups such as Apos and Rabbit Hole are now openly recruiting penetration testers through dark web job postings, signaling a shift in how cybercrime networks are resourcing their operations. Read on for the top 10 highlights from cyberspace.