Wyden holds up Plankey's appointment, Europol busts five Smokeloader customers, CIS to continue MS-ISAC services, NSO Group exploited WhatsApp flaw in 51 countries, Berkshire Hathaway-owned jet company hacked, Oracle continues to deny breach with wordsmithing, much more
Governments warn of BadBazaar and Moonshine spyware, MSFT issued fixes for at least 121 flaws, Scattered Spider persists after arrests, UK probes suicide forum, Hackers abuse SourceForge to distribute malware, Dutch gov't to screen researchers and students for espionage risks, much more
Spain busts six deepfake-using crypto scammers, Oz to shut down 95 romance scam 'hydra' companies, Czech PM's social media hacked, Singaporean and Chinese banks hacked through vendor, Dems express concern over Starlink in the White House, Pall Mall spyware accord signed, much more
DOGE to host a hackathon to better access US citizens' most sensitive data, Apple appeals UK back door order, Taiwan identifies Crazyhunter hacker, TikTok to live for 75 more days in US, Five UK romance scammers convicted, Leak site of Everest gang defaced, OpenAI tests watermark, much more
Why the tech sector should do more to battle romance scams, Texas has built a humongous militarized surveillance state, How N. Korea has stolen billions, Offensive cyber operations are not the solution, New ideas to combat cyber-enabled crimes
Hackers stole half a million from Australia's superannuation funds, Russian hacker sentenced to two-years in a penal colony for DDoS attack on local company, Texas State Bar hit by INC ransomware gang, Threat actors ramping up US tax day scams, Hard-to-remove Android spyware app emerges, much more
Waltz had at least 20 Signal group chats going, Indiana cyber prof has not been detained or charged, Musk worker bragged about hacking and pirating software, Oracle had a second breach, NSA and others warn of C2 creator Fast Flux, Royal Mail and Samsung Germany breached via same supplier, much more
DPRK IT workers are targeting Europe after US indictments and sanctions, UK cyber bill details revealed, Firing HHS workers might weaken medical device security, Chinese military-linked VPN apps found on play stores, Gmail E2EE rolling out, Robot dog has serious flaw, much more
Oz warns crypto ATM owners of suspicious activity, Check Point says breach was 'limited,' Creator craters genetic database due to authoritarianism, British rail Wi-Fi hacker arrested, FTC chair warns 23andMe of privacy duties, Chinese hackers exploit iMessage and RCS for phishing, much more
US DOJ unseals charges against accused Canadian TX GOP hacker, Italian minister approved spyware use against NGO, Oracle confirms healthcare systems data breach, DOJ seized $8.2m stolen in romance baiting scams, Coinbase users lost $46m in phishing scams over past two weeks, much more
The Signal leak makes NSA's job harder, How to launder $27B from online scams, Be afraid of Q-Day, RISC architecture *is* changing everything, How to tell your online accounts have been hacked
US military pilots fear Pentagon no longer has their back after Signal chat leak, Judge orders admins to preserve Signal group chat records, Trump is training spy satellites on Mexico border, NSO spyware targeted on Serbian journalists, Phishing domains spoof Ukraine sites, and much more
Cybersecurity
Chinese fake recruiters seek to hire fired US fed workers, Despite denials Oracle Cloud breach looks real, Resecurity took down BlackLock gang, ICO fines NHS IT contractor $3.9m, FamousSparrow struck US finance association, NSW government arm breached, much more
Cybersecurity
Pentagon and NSA issued warnings of Signal messaging, Commerce sanctions 80 companies on natsec grounds, Interpol-led operation busts 306 in Africa, Musk's Big Balls worker supported cybercrime gang, NoName targeted Belgian websites, Snowflake hacker heads to the US, much more
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Cybersecurity
Large-scale cyberattack hit Ukraine railway, Oracle Cloud denies hack, Info-sharing EO designed to mask DOGE violations, Hacker hijacked NYU website, Valve drops game from Steam for installing malware, Cloak group disrupts VA AG's systems, 23andMe is now bankrupt, much more
Cybersecurity
China's Typhoons are the biggest cyber threat in a decade, Community Notes won't save us, Messing with adversaries' minds as a cyber defense, The real-life fake porn horror story in Levittown, When Russia burned $300K of Bitcoin
Cybersecurity
N. Korea establishes a new hacking group, Dutch parliament criminalizes foreign influence-related espionage, Sophisticated phishing attack mounted against Mac users, Google sues scammers behind fake Google Maps listings, Signal will leave France if encryption backdoor law is passed, much more
Cybersecurity
SpyX spyware suffered a breach, Baidu denies breach after exec's teen daughter spills PII, Nation-states exploit Windows .lnk files flaw, NCSC issues post-quantum warning, Ukraine warns of attacks on Signal, Ukraine's IT Army still going strong, Capital One hacker to face tougher sentence, much more
Cybersecurity
China's MSS says Taiwan conducted cyberattacks and pushed fake news, The Dutch seek to escape US tech, Organized crime uses AI intertwined with state-sponsored campaigns, Apple's Passwords apps had a serious flaw, Oracle eyes TikTok deal, Crims stole 2.1b creds with infostealers in 2024, much more
Cybersecurity
CISA seeks to rehire fired employees, US Commerce Department bans DeepSeek, House panel asks Noem for Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon documents, Carney and Macron discuss deal on intel and cyber, Big sperm and egg bank breach exposes files, Alphabet to buy Wiz for $32b, much more
Cybersecurity
12K GitHub repos targeted with fake security alerts, All Echo voice requests will be stored in Amazon's cloud, OKX suspends service used to launder Bybit stolen funds, Infosys to pay $17.5m over 2023 breach, NIST removes safety from AI safety, S. Korea urges better cyber for drones, much more
Cybersecurity
Musk's DOGE crew has siphoned massive volumes of Americans' data, A crypto password-cracking firm hid its infamous hacker co-founder, An online abuse campaign tortured a young woman for years, Software developed by academics might prevent AI art theft, New details on the US-UK Cloud Act's impact
Cybersecurity
Musk visits NSA after saying it needs an overhaul, UK urged to hold an open meeting on back door proposal, MSFT warns of Booking.com scam, Ukraine says Signal no longer gives Russian threat info, DeepSeek can generate keylogger and ransomware code, Emergency Junos OS patch released, much more