UK government to invest £1m in building out regional tech clusters
The UK government is investing £1m in accelerating the growth of regional tech clusters outside of London, in acknowledgement of the fact that “tech innovation…
Month: July 2025
Scattered Spider expands its roster of tactics in recent hacks
Microsoft on Wednesday said it has seen the cybercrime group Scattered Spider using new techniques in attacks on the airline, insurance and retail industries since…
Cloudflare says 1.1.1.1 outage not caused by attack or BGP hijack
To quash speculation of a cyberattack or BGP hijack incident causing the recent 1.1.1.1 Resolver service outage, Cloudflare explains in a post mortem that the…
Top 3 CISO Challenges And How To Solve Them
How do you lead a security team when threats evolve faster than your tools? It’s a challenge many CISOs face daily. Detection gaps, constant alert…
NimDoor MacOS Malware Abuses Zoom SDK Updates to Steal Keychain Credentials
SentinelOne researchers have discovered NimDoor, a sophisticated MacOS malware campaign ascribed to North Korean-affiliated attackers, most likely the Stardust Chollima gang, in a notable increase…
SonicWall SMA devices persistently infected with stealthy OVERSTEP backdoor and rootkit
Unknown intruders are targeting fully patched end-of-life SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series appliances and deploying a novel, persistent backdoor / rootkit, analysts with…
Meta AI training will be challenged at Europe’s highest court, says data protection chief
Europe’s baulked attempt to curb Meta’s artificial intelligence (AI) training will persevere and culminate at the European Court of Justice (ECJ), said the data protection…
UNFI expects cyberattack to cost it at least $350 million in sales
Dive Brief: Dive Insight: UNFI has been working with its customers and suppliers to stamp out the remnants of the cyberattack and has largely regained…
Senate Democrats seek answers on Trump overhaul of immigrant database to find noncitizen voters
As the Department of Homeland Security seeks to transform a federal database for immigrant benefits into a supercharged database to search for noncitizen voters, a…
Fortinet FortiWeb Instances Hacked with Webshells Following Public PoC Exploits
Dozens of Fortinet FortiWeb instances have been compromised with webshells in a widespread hacking campaign, according to the threat monitoring organization The Shadowserver Foundation. The…
Adoption Agency Data Exposure Revealed Information About Children and Parents
The adoption process is inherently sensitive, involving deeply personal information about children, birth parents, adoptive parents, and other caregivers. So when longtime data-breach hunter and…
Gmail Message Exploit Triggers Code Execution in Claude, Bypassing Protections
A cybersecurity researcher has demonstrated how a carefully crafted Gmail message can trigger code execution through Claude Desktop, Anthropic’s AI assistant application, highlighting a new…