by Syndicated News Feed | Dec 8, 2025 | IT Security |
A new report by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) shows that ransomware activity peaked in 2023 before falling in 2024, following a series of law enforcement actions targeting the ALPHV/BlackCat and LockBit ransomware gangs. From thousands of Bank...
by Syndicated News Feed | Dec 8, 2025 | IT Security |
Nearly 200 people, including minors accused of involvement in murder plots, have been arrested over the last six months as part of Europol’s Operational Taskforce (OTF) GRIMM. The operation targets what cops call “violence-as-a-service” – crime...
by Syndicated News Feed | Dec 8, 2025 | IT Security |
The UK government has announced enhanced protection for undersea cables using autonomous vessels alongside crewed warships and aircraft, responding to escalating Russian surveillance activities. The Ministry of Defence’s Atlantic Bastion programme directly...
by Syndicated News Feed | Dec 8, 2025 | IT Security
Gartner’s document warns that AI sidebars mean “Sensitive user data – such as active web content, browsing history, and open tabs – is often sent to the cloud-based AI back end, increasing the risk of data exposure unless security and privacy settings are deliberately...
by Syndicated News Feed | Dec 7, 2025 | IT Security
OpenAI has denied the reports that it has rolled out ads on ChatGPT Plus after users spotted recommendations for shopping apps. As spotted on X, a ChatGPT Plus user casually asked a normal question about Windows BitLocker. While the AI answered the question, it also...
by Syndicated News Feed | Dec 7, 2025 | IT Security
Portugal has modified its cybercrime law to establish a legal safe harbor for good-faith security research and to make hacking non-punishable under certain strict conditions. First spotted by Daniel Cuthbert, a new provision in Article 8.o-A, titled “Acts not...
by Syndicated News Feed | Dec 6, 2025 | IT Security
Over 77,000 Internet-exposed IP addresses are vulnerable to the critical React2Shell remote code execution flaw (CVE-2025-55182), with researchers now confirming that attackers have already compromised over 30 organizations across multiple sectors. React2Shell is an...
by Syndicated News Feed | Dec 6, 2025 | IT Security
A campaign has been observed targeting Palo Alto GlobalProtect portals with login attempts and launching scanning activity against SonicWall SonicOS API endpoints. The activity started on December 2nd and originated from more than 7,000 IP addresses from...
by Syndicated News Feed | Dec 6, 2025 | IT Security
Whether you’re logging into your bank, health insurance, or even your email, most services today do not live by passwords alone. Now commonplace, multifactor authentication (MFA) requires users to enter a second or third proof of identity. However, not all forms...
by Syndicated News Feed | Dec 5, 2025 | IT Security
Criminals are altering social media and other publicly available images of people to use as fake proof of life photos in “virtual kidnapping” and extortion scams, the FBI warned on Friday. In these truly heinous extortion attempts, miscreants contact...
