Origin Energy puts $210m into spinout of Kraken from Octopus Energy
Britain’s Octopus Energy will spin off its technology arm, Kraken, as an independent company valued at US$8.65 billion ($12.91 billion), after a funding round led…
Month: December 2025
AI doesn’t care if it’s in California or Texas. It just runs.
Artificial intelligence is evolving faster than regulators can keep up. In the absence of federal guidance, states have taken matters into their own hands. California’s…
Chinese state hackers use rootkit to hide ToneShell malware activity
A new sample of the ToneShell backdoor, typically seen in Chinese cyberespionage campaigns, has been delivered through a kernel-mode loader in attacks against government organizations.…
Operational Noise in Windows Event Logs During Advanced Cyberattacks
“Threat actors are becoming more advanced, sophisticated, and are constantly changing their tactics.” This mantra has dominated cybersecurity discourse as organizations grapple with escalating breach…
OpenAI Strengthens ChatGPT Atlas Security to Block Prompt Injection Attacks
OpenAI has deployed a significant security update to ChatGPT Atlas, its browser-based AI agent, implementing advanced defenses against prompt injection attacks. The update introduces an…
Coupang to split $1.17 billion among 33.7 million data breach victims
Coupang, the largest retailer in South Korea, announced $1.17 billion (1.685 trillion Won) total compensation for the 33.7 million customers whose information was exposed in the…
Hunting Windows LPE Flaws Through Kernel Drivers and Named Pipes
Security researchers from the Whitehat School recently completed an intensive bug-hunting project focused on identifying privilege escalation (LPE) flaws in Windows systems. The findings reveal…
Romania’s Oltenia Energy Complex suffers major ransomware attack
Romania’s Oltenia Energy Complex suffers major ransomware attack Pierluigi Paganini December 29, 2025 A ransomware attack hit Romania’s Oltenia Energy Complex on December 26, knocking…
MongoBleed defect swirls, stamping out hope of year-end respite
Cybersecurity professionals are closing out 2025 confronting yet another information-disclosure vulnerability, drawing widespread concern as threat hunters and researchers race to avoid impacts comparable to…
AI-Powered Phishing Kit Targets Microsoft Users for Credential Theft
Security researchers have uncovered a sophisticated Spanish-language phishing kit targeting Microsoft Outlook users, revealing what appears to be a coordinated credential-theft operation with potential AI-assisted…
Coupang Breach Suspect Threw Laptop In River To Cover Tracks
The former employee behind the recent Coupang data breach tried to cover his tracks by smashing his MacBook Air and throwing it into a river,…
Ubisoft Confirms Rainbow Six Siege Server Intrusion Linked to MongoBleed
Ubisoft faced a coordinated security crisis today as hackers exploited the critical MongoBleed vulnerability (CVE-2025-14847) to infiltrate Rainbow Six Siege servers, causing widespread account tampering…