Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles

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61M Records Listed for Sale Online, Allegedly Belong to Verizon

61M Verizon customers may be at risk of having their data sold. 

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U.S. Agencies Warn of Rising Iranian Cyberattacks on Defense, OT Networks, and Critical Infrastructure

U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have issued a joint advisory warning of potential cyber-attacks from Iranian state-sponsored or affiliated threat actors.  "Over the past several months, there has been increasing activity from hacktivists and Iranian government-affiliated actors, which is expected to escalate due to recent events," the agencies said. "These cyber actors often

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Europol Dismantles $540 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud Network, Arrests Five Suspects

Europol on Monday announced the takedown of a cryptocurrency investment fraud ring that laundered €460 million ($540 million) from more than 5,000 victims across the world. The operation, the agency said, was carried out by the Spanish Guardia Civil, along with support from law enforcement authorities from Estonia, France, and the United States. Europol said the investigation into the syndicate

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Millions of Android, iPhone Users Could Be Sending Data to China

Apple and Google app stores are offering private browsing apps owned by Chinese companies.

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NASA Needs Agency-Wide Cybersecurity Risk Assessment: GAO

NASA needs to perform an agency-wide cybersecurity risk assessment and to complete important cybersecurity tasks for each of its projects. The post NASA Needs Agency-Wide Cybersecurity Risk Assessment: GAO appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Blind Eagle Uses Proton66 Hosting for Phishing, RAT Deployment on Colombian Banks

The threat actor known as Blind Eagle has been attributed with high confidence to the use of the Russian bulletproof hosting service Proton66. Trustwave SpiderLabs, in a report published last week, said it was able to make this connection by pivoting from Proton66-linked digital assets, leading to the discovery of an active threat cluster that leverages Visual Basic Script (VBS) files as its

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Hacker Conversations: Rachel Tobac and the Art of Social Engineering

Rachel Tobac is a cyber social engineer. She is skilled at persuading people to do what she wants, rather than what they know they ought to do. The post Hacker Conversations: Rachel Tobac and the Art of Social Engineering appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Casie Antalis Named Executive Director of CISA

Casie Antalis is the new executive director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency after the departure of Bridget Bean. The post Casie Antalis Named Executive Director of CISA appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Airoha Chip Vulnerabilities Expose Headphones to Takeover

Vulnerabilities in Airoha Bluetooth SoCs expose headphone and earbud products from multiple vendors to takeover attacks. The post Airoha Chip Vulnerabilities Expose Headphones to Takeover appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Leveraging Credentials As Unique Identifiers: A Pragmatic Approach To NHI Inventories 

Identity-based attacks are on the rise. Attacks in which malicious actors assume the identity of an entity to easily gain access to resources and sensitive data have been increasing in number and frequency over the last few years. Some recent reports estimate that 83% of attacks involve compromised secrets. According to reports such as the Verizon DBIR, attackers are more commonly using stolen

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⚡ Weekly Recap: Airline Hacks, Citrix 0-Day, Outlook Malware, Banking Trojans and more

Ever wonder what happens when attackers don’t break the rules—they just follow them better than we do? When systems work exactly as they’re built to, but that “by design” behavior quietly opens the door to risk? This week brings stories that make you stop and rethink what’s truly under control. It’s not always about a broken firewall or missed patch—it’s about the small choices, default settings

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Canada Gives Hikvision the Boot on National Security Grounds

Canada has ordered Hikvision to cease all operations in the country and prohibited the purchase and use of Hikvision products within government entities. The post Canada Gives Hikvision the Boot on National Security Grounds appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Patrick Ware Named Executive Director of US Cyber Command

The NSA’s Patrick Ware has taken up the role of Cybercrom executive director after the departure of Morgan Adamski. The post Patrick Ware Named Executive Director of US Cyber Command appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Hawaiian Airlines Hacked as Aviation Sector Warned of Scattered Spider Attacks

Scattered Spider is targeting airlines and the recent WestJet hack is believed to be the work of the notorious cybercrime group. The post Hawaiian Airlines Hacked as Aviation Sector Warned of Scattered Spider Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Ahold Delhaize Data Breach Impacts 2.2 Million People

The ransomware attack against grocery giant Ahold Delhaize has resulted in the personal information of millions getting stolen. The post Ahold Delhaize Data Breach Impacts 2.2 Million People appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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FBI Warns of Scattered Spider's Expanding Attacks on Airlines Using Social Engineering

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has revealed that it has observed the notorious cybercrime group Scattered Spider broadening its targeting footprint to strike the airline sector. To that end, the agency said it's actively working with aviation and industry partners to combat the activity and help victims. "These actors rely on social engineering techniques, often impersonating

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GIFTEDCROOK Malware Evolves: From Browser Stealer to Intelligence-Gathering Tool

The threat actor behind the GIFTEDCROOK malware has made significant updates to turn the malicious program from a basic browser data stealer to a potent intelligence-gathering tool. "Recent campaigns in June 2025 demonstrate GIFTEDCROOK's enhanced ability to exfiltrate a broad range of sensitive documents from the devices of targeted individuals, including potentially proprietary files and

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Facebook’s New AI Tool Asks to Upload Your Photos for Story Ideas, Sparking Privacy Concerns

Facebook, the social network platform owned by Meta, is asking for users to upload pictures from their phones to suggest collages, recaps, and other ideas using artificial intelligence (AI), including those that have not been directly uploaded to the service. According to TechCrunch, which first reported the feature, users are being served a new pop-up message asking for permission to "allow

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Windows’ Infamous ‘Blue Screen of Death’ Will Soon Turn Black

After more than 40 years of being set against a very recognizable blue, the updated error message will soon be displayed across a black background. The post Windows’ Infamous ‘Blue Screen of Death’ Will Soon Turn Black appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Millions of Printers Exposed to Hacking Due to New Vulnerabilities

Research reveals 8 new vulnerabilities among multifunction printers.