by Syndicated News Feed | Aug 1, 2025 | IT Security
SonicWall firewall devices have been increasingly targeted since late July in a surge of Akira ransomware attacks, potentially exploiting a previously unknown security vulnerability, according to cybersecurity company Arctic Wolf. Akira emerged in March 2023 and...
by Syndicated News Feed | Aug 1, 2025 | IT Security
A vulnerability that researchers call CurXecute is present in almost all versions of the AI-powered code editor Cursor, and can be exploited to execute remote code with developer privileges. The security issue is now identified as CVE-2025-54135 and can be leveraged...
by Syndicated News Feed | Aug 1, 2025 | IT Security
Here’s what you need to know about the inner workings of modern spyware and how to stay away from apps that know too much 01 Aug 2025 The world of espionage has gone digital. Rather than involving trench coats and secret missions, it’s now about silent...
by Syndicated News Feed | Aug 1, 2025 | IT Security
Restricting end-to-end encryption on a single-country basis would not only be absurdly difficult to enforce, but it would also fail to deter criminal activity 01 Aug 2025 • , 5 min. read The UK Government wants access, when requested, to the end-to-end encrypted...
by Syndicated News Feed | Aug 1, 2025 | IT Security
The Director-General of Security at the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) has lamented the fact that many people list their work in the intelligence community or on sensitive military projects in their LinkedIn profiles. In a speech delivered on...
by Syndicated News Feed | Jul 31, 2025 | IT Security
Ransomware gangs now frequently threaten physical violence against employees and their families as a way to force victim organizations into paying their demands. According to a survey of 1,500 security and IT professionals conducted by Censuswide on behalf of security...
by Syndicated News Feed | Jul 31, 2025 | IT Security
Cybersecurity professionals and researchers can now launch Kali Linux in a virtualized container on macOS Sequoia using Apple’s new containerization framework. During WWDC 2025, Apple announced a new containerization framework that allows Apple Silicon hardware...
by Syndicated News Feed | Jul 31, 2025 | IT Security
Microsoft has announced that it will start disabling external workbook links to blocked file types by default between October 2025 and July 2026. After the rollout, Excel workbooks referencing blocked file types will display a #BLOCKED error or fail to refresh,...
by Syndicated News Feed | Jul 31, 2025 | IT Security
Britain’s competition regulator says Microsoft and AWS are using their dominance to harm UK cloud customers and proposes to designate both with strategic market status (SMS) to take action against them. Nothing ever happens quickly in the world of watchdogs and...
by Syndicated News Feed | Jul 31, 2025 | IT Security
Here’s a look at cybersecurity stories that moved the needle, raised the alarm, or offered vital lessons in July 2025 31 Jul 2025 With another month behind us, it’s time for ESET Chief Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe to look at cybersecurity stories that...
