NBN Co’s 2Gbps services are too fast for ACCC to monitor
NBN Co’s new 2Gbps residential internet plans are too fast to be monitored with SamKnows boxes for the competition watchdog’s speed testing program. Image credit:…
Month: December 2025
Lazarus Group Embed New BeaverTail Variant in Developer Tools – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More
On Thursday, December 18, 2025, cybersecurity firm Darktrace released new research regarding a dangerous new variant of BeaverTail malware, a JavaScript-based information stealer. Linked to…
France Alleges ‘Foreign Interference’ In Ferry Malware Case
France is investigating whether “foreign interference” was behind remote access trojan (RAT) malware that was discovered on a passenger ferry. The ferry malware was “capable…
Uncensored Darknet AI Assistant at the Service of Criminals and Terrorists
DIG AI: Uncensored Darknet AI Assistant at the Service of Criminals and Terrorists Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2025 Resecurity reports a Q4 2025 surge in…
The Ultra-Realistic AI Face Swapping Platform Driving Romance Scams
The Chinese-language artificial intelligence app Haotian is so effective that it’s made millions of dollars selling its face-swapping technology on Telegram. The service integrates easily…
China-Aligned Threat Group Uses Windows Group Policy to Deploy Espionage Malware
Dec 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cloud Security A previously undocumented China-aligned threat cluster dubbed LongNosedGoblin has been attributed to a series of cyber attacks targeting…
U.S. Sentencing Commission seeks input on criminal penalties for deepfakes
The U.S. Sentencing Commission is issuing preliminary sentencing guidelines for criminal offenses under the Take It Down Act, a law passed earlier this year to…
New password spraying attacks target Cisco, PAN VPN gateways
An automated campaign is targeting multiple VPN platforms, with credential-based attacks being observed on Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect and Cisco SSL VPN. On December 11, threat…
RansomHouse RaaS Service Upgraded with Double Extortion Strategy that Steals and Encrypt Data
RansomHouse has emerged as a significant threat in the ransomware landscape, operated by a group tracked as Jolly Scorpius. This ransomware-as-a-service platform combines data theft…
Iranian APT ‘Prince of Persia’ Resurfaces With New Tools and Targets – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More
The elusive Iranian hacking group known as Prince of Persia (also called Infy) is far from retired. Despite appearing to go dark for nearly three…
China-linked hackers exploit insecure setting in Cisco security products
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. China-linked hackers have been using misconfigured Cisco…
Senate Intel chair urges national cyber director to safeguard against open-source software threats
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton is raising the spectre of foreign adversaries playing too heavy a role in open-source software, and asking the national…