France fines Free Mobile €42 million over 2024 data breach incident
The French data protection authority (CNIL) has imposed cumulative fines of €42 million on Free Mobile and its parent company, Free, for inadequate protection of…
Month: January 2026
As Third-Party Vulnerabilities Rise, CISOs Accelerate Push for Security Modernization
Panorays has just dropped the latest edition of its annual CISO Survey for Third-Party Cyber Risk Management, and it contains some major wakeup calls for security professionals. The…
Android Users Hit by Volume Button Bug Linked to Select to Speak
Google has confirmed a critical bug affecting Android devices where volume buttons malfunction when the Select to Speak accessibility feature is enabled. The issue causes…
Researchers Null-Route Over 550 Kimwolf and Aisuru Botnet Command Servers
The Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen Technologies said it null-routed traffic to more than 550 command-and-control (C2) nodes associated with the AISURU/Kimwolf botnet since…
Texas judge throws out second lawsuit over CrowdStrike outage
CrowdStrike has been granted a motion to dismiss a consumer class action lawsuit brought by shareholders who were affected by the now-infamous 19 July 2024…
US approves Nvidia H200 chip exports to China
The Trump administration gave a formal green light to China-bound sales of Nvidia’s second-most powerful AI chips, putting in place a rule that will likely…
California AG launches investigation into X’s sexualized deepfakes
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an investigation Wednesday into xAI over allegations that its artificial intelligence model Grok is being used to create nonconsensual…
Verizon Wireless outage puts phones in SOS mode without cell service
Verizon Wireless is suffering a massive outage in the US, with customers reporting their phones stuck in SOS mode with no cellular service. “We are…
Critical FortiSIEM Vulnerability Enable Full RCE and Root Compromise
In August 2025, Fortinet issued an advisory for CVE-2025-25256, an OS command injection vulnerability (CWE-78) in FortiSIEM that exposed the platform to unauthenticated remote code…
Verizon Outage Knocks Out US Mobile Service, Including Some 911 Calls
Customers of the telecom giant Verizon began reporting cellular outages around the United States beginning around noon ET on Wednesday, saying they could not complete…
Betterment Confirms Unauthorized Access to Its Internal Systems
Digital investment advisor Betterment has confirmed that unauthorized individuals gained access to its internal systems in a recent security breach. The compromise allowed attackers to…
Exploit code public for critical FortiSIEM command injection flaw
Technical details and a public exploit have been published for a critical vulnerability affecting Fortinet’s Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution that could be leveraged…