Plus: The top US cyber agency falls into shambles, AI models develop an upsetting penchant for nuclear weapons, and more.
Jake Braun thinks hackers need to create a 'Digital arsenal of democracy' to defend us all Interview Hackers – especially Jake Braun – are "fed up with government."…
Anthropic on Friday hit back after U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth directed the Pentagon to designate the artificial intelligence (AI) upstart as a "supply chain risk." "This action follows...
South Korea's National Tax Service accidentally exposed the mnemonic recovery phrase of a seized cryptocurrency wallet in an official press release, allowing hackers to steal 6.4 billion won...
In this roundup, Tony looks at how opportunistic threat actors are taking advantage of weak authentication, unmanaged exposure, and popular AI tools
US president Donald Trump said a “major combat operation” against Iran had begun as he called for the country’s government to be overthrown.
Lee Gyu-lee reports: Korea’s two major telecom companies, KT and LG Uplus, continue to grapple with the fallout over hacking incidents and data breaches that triggered customer departures and...
Third-party vendors/business associates continue to be responsible for huge breaches involving patient data. Rébecca Frasquet and Chloé Rabs of AFP report: France’s health ministry said Friday...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) this week announced the seizure of $61 million worth of Tether that were allegedly associated with bogus cryptocurrency schemes known as pig butchering. The...
John Beauge reports the latest update in the case of Max Vance, also known as Andre J. Burk. Vance had been employed by Nuance Communications, a business associate of Geisinger Health. After his...
The Shadowserver Foundation has revealed that over 900 Sangoma FreePBX instances still remain infected with web shells as part of attacks that exploited a command injection vulnerability starting...
Credential and cryptocurrency theft, live surveillance, ransomware - an attacker's Swiss Army knife A new remote access trojan (RAT) being sold on cybercrime networks enables double extortion...
Peru has increased its squid catch limit. The article says “giant squid,” but they can’t possibly mean that. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the...
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a malicious Go module that's designed to harvest passwords, create persistent access via SSH, and deliver a Linux backdoor named Rekoobe. The Go...
Who is knocking at the Dohdoor? Digital intruders with possible links to North Korea have been infecting US education and healthcare sectors with a never-before-seen backdoor since at least...
The North Korean threat actor known as ScarCruft has been attributed to a fresh set of tools, including a backdoor that uses Zoho WorkDrive for command-and-control (C2) communications to fetch...
In December, Texas sued five major smart TV manufacturers — Samsung, Sony, LG, Hisense and TCL Technology — for allegedly collecting ACR data without consumers in the state being fully informed...
Parents in the U.S., U.K., Australia and Canada will soon receive alerts if a child repeatedly searches Instagram for content relating to self-harm or suicide.
Smaller crews piled in as old names splintered and rebranded Ransomware payments cratered in 2025, but it seems like the cybercrooks launching the attacks didn't get the memo.…
The opinion also states that social media access should not be allowed for children below age 13 under any circumstances.
The U.S. military used a laser Thursday to shoot down a “seemingly threatening” drone flying near the U.S.-Mexico border. It turned out the drone belonged to Customs and Border Protection,...
Threat actors are luring unsuspecting users into running trojanized gaming utilities that are distributed via browsers and chat platforms to distribute a remote access trojan (RAT). "A malicious...
In the third part of our series, we explore Preventative Risk Management. We discuss how shifting security into the development lifecycle helps organizations meet FedRAMP requirements.
A top U.S. Space Force general sees a clear need to be able to attack threats in space, not just to protect friendly satellites, but to challenge China’s dramatically expanded surveillance...
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is moving to halt Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd’s confirmation to run U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, arguing that the nominee lacks the relevant credentials...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is shaking up its leadership following months of instability. Madhu Gottumukkala, the former acting director, is taking on a new role as DHS’s...
Crooks claim they helped themselves to over 37M accounts during January hit on subcontractor French online marketplace ManoMano is warning customers their personal data was siphoned off after a...
Anthropic on Thursday said there has been “virtually no progress” on negotiations with the Pentagon, as CEO Dario Amodei said it could not accept what defense officials had labeled their final...
Microsoft is rolling out new Windows 11 Insider Preview builds that improve security and performance during batch file or CMD script execution. [...]
Kenrodgers Fabian reports: A security blunder hit South Korea as the National Tax Service accidentally exposed a crypto wallet’s recovery key, leading to a $4.8 million theft. The incident...