IBM to buy Confluent in US$11bn deal
IBM will buy data infrastructure company Confluent in a deal valued at US$11 billion ($16.6 billion), ramping up its cloud-computing offerings to capitalise on an…
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Initial access brokers involved in more attacks, including on critical infrastructure
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The market for initial access…
CISA Adds Critical React2Shell Vulnerability to KEV Catalog Following Active Exploitation
A critical vulnerability affecting Meta React Server Components has been added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, signalling widespread active exploitation by CISA. Tracked as…
Vocus seeks four new submarine cable protection zones
Vocus is lobbying the government to more than double the number of submarine cable protection zones in Australia and to more actively police the areas.…
Federal communications agency may bar Chinese telecoms firms from US networks
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Monday it may bar three major Chinese telecoms companies from connecting to US networks over efforts to…
Hackers Can Leverage Delivery Receipts on WhatsApp and Signal to Extract User Private Information
Security researchers have exposed a critical privacy flaw dubbed “Careless Whisper” that lets attackers monitor user activity on WhatsApp and Signal through silent delivery receipts,…
Ransomware Payments Fell After Law Enforcement Actions
U.S. companies made more than $2 billion in ransomware payments between 2022 and 2024, nearly equaling the total ransoms paid in the previous nine years,…
DTA in push to drive up government cloud use
Federal government departments and agencies will be pushed to use more cloud services from July 2026 under a new whole-of-government policy. The policy [pdf], released…
Poland arrests Ukrainians utilizing ‘advanced’ hacking equipment
The police in Poland arrested three Ukrainian nationals for allegedly attempting to damage IT systems in the country using hacking equipment and for obtaining “computer data of…
FBI Warns of Hackers Altering Photos Found on Social Media to Use as Fake Proof
A new alert warns people about a growing scam that uses altered photos to trick families into paying fake ransom demands. In a notice titled…
Experts Confirm JS#SMUGGLER Uses Compromised Sites to Deploy NetSupport RAT
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign dubbed JS#SMUGGLER that has been observed leveraging compromised websites as a distribution vector for a remote…
Crooks manipulate online photos to fuel virtual kidnapping ransoms
FBI: Crooks manipulate online photos to fuel virtual kidnapping ransoms Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2025 The FBI warns of criminals altering images shared on social…