The Apache Software Foundation disputes claims that its OpenOffice project suffered an Akira ransomware attack, after the threat actors claimed to have stolen 23 GB of corporate documents. [...]
Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert is the recipient of the 2025 Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy by Simon Fraser University (SFU). The award recognizes his ongoing work at the intersection...
Citizen Lab senior researcher Alberto Fittarelli speaks with Negar Mortazavi, host of The Iran Podcast, about Israel-linked influence operations pushing for regime change in Iran. Fittarelli...
Hundreds of malicious Android apps on Google Play were downloaded more than 40 million times between June 2024 and May 2025, notes a report from cloud security company Zscaler. [...]
Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert is the recipient of the 2025 Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy by Simon Fraser University (SFU). The award recognizes his ongoing work at the intersection...
AI is becoming a buzzword among Canadian policymakers, but should there be more focus on regulation than innovation? In a new article, Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert speaks with the Financial...
Citizen Lab senior researcher Alberto Fittarelli speaks with Negar Mortazavi, host of The Iran Podcast, about Israel-linked influence operations pushing for regime change in Iran. Fittarelli...
Citizen Lab senior researcher John Scott-Railton is presenting in the panel titled “From Stasi to Spyware: Old Tactics, New Technology” at Berlin Freedom Week on November 12, 2025.
Congressional Democrats want the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate the police surveillance technology company Flock Safety for reportedly poor cybersecurity practices. Flock Safety...
Apple has released a new round of security updates for its mobile platforms, introducing iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1. The latest Apple security updates are available for a wide range of devices....
Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., said on Monday that the U.S. needs to pursue a free market approach to ensuring a robust and competitive artificial intelligence sector, adding that he was not...
The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security published an updated ‘Cyber Threat Snapshot,’ outlining the heightened threats posed by malign nation-states and criminals to U.S. networks and...
Cisco Talos’ Vulnerability Discovery & Research team recently disclosed three vulnerabilities in Dell BSAFE, two in Fade In screenwriting software, and one in Trufflehog The vulnerabilities...
The worldwide ransomware landscape saw a dramatic shift in attacks in October 2025, jumping 41% month over month, with the most prolific attacker, Qlin, more than doubling the number of attacks it...
A staggering 186 percent year-over-year increase in ransomware attacks has made cybersecurity a frontline crisis for the transit industry. According to research from Check Point, the...
Microsoft plans to remove Defender Application Guard from Office by December 2027, starting with the February 2026 release of Office version 2602. [...]
Check Point lifts lid on a quartet of Teams vulns that made it possible to fake the boss, forge messages, and quietly rewrite history Microsoft Teams, one of the world's most widely used...
Trustwave SpiderLabs’ Cyber Threat Intelligence team is tracking the recent emergence of what appears to be the consolidation of three well-known threat groups into a “federated alliance” that...
Every November, we make it our mission to equip organizations with the knowledge needed to stay ahead of threats we anticipate in the coming year. The Cybersecurity Forecast 2026 report, released...
Trustwave SpiderLabs’ Cyber Threat Intelligence team is tracking the emergence and communication dynamics of the cybercriminal brand known as Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters (SLH), consolidating...
In the Army’s latest step to beef up its counter-unmanned aerial system capabilities, the service has formally asked industry for ideas to field high-energy laser systems capable of blasting...
Two men face federal charges for allegedly plotting an ISIS-inspired Halloween attack in the US – possibly on the scale of the 2015 Paris terror attacks that killed at least 130 people,...
On the night of June 20, 2025, the Nigerien village of Manda became the stage for one of the deadliest massacres in the Sahel in recent memory. As dozens of worshippers gathered at a mosque for...
Google's artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cybersecurity agent called Big Sleep has been credited by Apple for discovering as many as five different security flaws in the WebKit component used...
A critical vulnerability has been discovered in the Post SMTP WordPress plugin, affecting over 400,000 active installations across the web. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-11833 with a...
Super Quik, a US regional gas station chain, has been hit by Russia-linked attackers, who leaked security camera footage and a tranche of internal documents on the dark web. Super Quik, a US...
The Trump administration is helping to assemble a coalition of allies and partners to trade critical minerals and buffer Beijing’s control of supply global chains, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum...
Attackers are abusing Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) Simple Email Service (SES) via legitimate open source tools to steal credentials and infiltrate organizations to execute network reconnaissance. In...
Federal prosecutors in the U.S. have accused a trio of allegedly hacking the networks of five U.S. companies with BlackCat (aka ALPHV) ransomware between May and November 2023 and extorting them....
France-based victims hit especially hard, while UK named most-targeted country generally Researchers are seeing a "dramatic" increase in cybercrime involving physical violence across Europe, with...