Labour fleshes out R&D funding
The government has fleshed out details of how it plans to spend £55bn on research and development (R&D) out of the £86bn committed as part…
Month: October 2025
Malicious NPM packages fetch infostealer for Windows, Linux, macOS
Ten malicious packages mimicking legitimate software projects in the npm registry download an information-stealing component that collects sensitive data from Windows, Linux, and macOS systems. The packages were…
Microsoft Outage Hits Azure, 365, Xbox, Minecraft and More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, Tech, AI, Crypto and More
On October 29, 2025, Microsoft suffered a widespread infrastructure disruption that knocked out multiple services globally and left enterprises and consumers scrambling. The incident began…
AWS US-EAST-1 Region Experiences Delays in EC2 Instance Deployments
Amazon Web Services encountered significant operational challenges in its US-EAST-1 region on October 28, 2025, with elevated latencies affecting EC2 instance launches and cascading issues…
Hackers Use NFC Relay Malware to Clone Tap-to-Pay Android Transactions – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, Tech, AI, Crypto and More
A new investigation from mobile security firm Zimperium has revealed a fast-growing cybersecurity threat targeting Android users through their tap-to-pay systems. The company’s research team,…
Sweet Security Brings Runtime-CNAPP Power to Windows
Tel Aviv, Israel, October 29th, 2025, CyberNewsWire Sweet Security Brings Runtime-CNAPP Power to Windows Sweet Security, a leader in Runtime Cloud and AI security solutions,…
Vic gov agencies flying blind on server security, audit finds
Victorian government agencies do not fully know what servers are on their networks, the state’s official audit office has found, potentially jeopardising a critical foundation…
Hacktivists breach Canada’s critical infrastructure, cyber Agency warns
Hacktivists breach Canada’s critical infrastructure, cyber Agency warns Pierluigi Paganini October 29, 2025 Canada’s cyber agency warns hacktivists breached critical infrastructure, altering industrial controls and…
Huge Surge in Fake Investment Platforms Mimic Forex Exchanges Steal Logins
Fraudulent investment platforms impersonating cryptocurrency and forex exchanges have emerged as the predominant method used by financially motivated cybercriminals to defraud victims across Asia and…
NSW Office for AI appoints its first director, looks for 13 more staff
The recently formed NSW Office for AI has appointed its first director and is currently hunting for 13 staff to advise state departments on responsible…
WordPress security plugin exposes private data to site subscribers
The Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall plugin for WordPress, installed on over 100,000 sites, has a vulnerability that allows subscribers to read any file on…
EY’s 4TB SQL Server Backup File On Microsoft Azure Exposed Publically
A massive 4TB SQL Server backup file belonging to global accounting giant Ernst & Young (EY) was discovered publicly accessible on Microsoft Azure. The exposure,…