Ransomware Hits New Peak: Data Theft Nearly Doubles to 238TB
Ransomware attacks globally are intensifying at an alarming rate, with attempted attacks blocked in the Zscaler cloud up 146% year-over-year. This escalation reflects a strategic…
Month: September 2025
Lendi Group unveils agentic AI-powered home loan ‘guardian’
Lendi Group, comprising the Aussie Home Loans and Lendi businesses, has launched an “agentic AI-powered” app intended to help customers track rates offers, equity growth…
Apple adds “mercenary spyware” protection to new A19 chip
The Apple Silicon A19 chips powering the new iPhones come with new defensive memory safety hardware, aimed at protecting users and their apps against attacks…
Critical flaw SessionReaper in Commerce and Magento platforms lets attackers hijack customer accounts
Critical flaw SessionReaper in Commerce and Magento platforms lets attackers hijack customer accounts Pierluigi Paganini September 10, 2025 Adobe fixed a critical flaw in its…
Nasa blocks Chinese citizens with US visas from its facilities
Nasa has barred Chinese nationals on US visas from its facilities and networks, in the latest reflection of Washington’s mounting concern over Beijing’s progress in…
DDoS defender targeted in 1.5 Bpps denial-of-service attack
A DDoS mitigation service provider in Europe was targeted in a massive distributed denial-of-service attack that reached 1.5 billion packets per second. The attack originated from thousands…
Slim iPhone Air may be a design win for Apple
Apple CEO Tim Cook channelled his predecessor and design genius Steve Jobs when he unveiled the iPhone Air, the company’s slimmest handset yet and the…
Wyden calls on FTC to investigate Microsoft for ‘gross cybersecurity negligence’ in protecting critical infrastructure
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Wednesday called for the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Microsoft, saying the company’s default configurations are leaving customers vulnerable and…
New Phishing Attack Mimics Google AppSheet to Steal Login Credentials
A sophisticated phishing campaign has emerged targeting Google Workspace organizations through fraudulent emails impersonating Google’s AppSheet platform. The attack demonstrates how cybercriminals exploit legitimate cloud…
AI Agents: The Next Big Cybersecurity Challenge w/ Frank Teruel
AI agents are creating powerful new opportunities for both businesses and everyday users — from smarter customer experiences to increased efficiency. At the same time,…
Google scraps some cloud data transfer fees in EU and UK
Google has scrapped data transfer fees for organisations processing workloads “in parallel” across two or more cloud platforms in the European Union and Britain ahead…
Splunk.conf: Cisco and Splunk expand agentic SOC vision
At Splunk’s annual .Conf event, the Cisco-backed observability and data security specialist made its first run at the agentic artificial intelligence (AI) enhanced security operations…