Sean Cairncross has policy coordination in mind if confirmed as national cyber director
Sean Cairncross laid out his vision to senators Thursday for the Office of the National Cyber Director if he is confirmed to lead it. “A…
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Old AT&T data leak repackaged to link SSNs, DOBs to 49M phone numbers
A threat actor has re-released data from a 2021 AT&T breach affecting 70 million customers, this time combining previously separate files to directly link Social…
WordPress Admins Cautioned About Fake Cache Plugin Stealing Admin Credentials
A newly identified malicious plugin, dubbed “wp-runtime-cache,” has been discovered targeting WordPress sites with a sophisticated method to steal admin credentials. Disguised as a caching…
HMRC phishing breach wholly avoidable, but hard to stop
A significant cyber breach at His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) that saw scammers cheat the public purse out of approximately £47m has been met…
Banking groups urge SEC to rescind Biden-era cybersecurity rule
Dive Brief: A coalition of banking industry groups has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to rescind a controversial Biden-era cybersecurity breach notification rule. At…
Wireshark Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Launch DoS Attacks
A critical security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-5601, was disclosed on June 4, 2025, affecting Wireshark versions 4.4.0 to 4.4.6 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.12. This flaw,…
Popular Chrome Extensions Leak API Keys, User Data via HTTP and Hardcoded Credentials
Jun 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Online Safety Cybersecurity researchers have flagged several popular Google Chrome extensions that have been found to transmit data in…
Citigroup cuts thousands of staff at China-based tech centres
Citigroup is “streamlining” tech support operations in China as part of a global restructure, with 3,500 roles set to go. The finance giant said some…
Bipartisan bill proposes $50M cyber threat analysis program for energy sector
Bipartisan legislation proposed in the Senate would allocate $50 million from fiscal year 2025 to 2029 to improve cyber security information sharing across the U.S.…
Hackers Exploit New HTML Trick to Deceive Outlook Users into Clicking Malicious Links
Cybersecurity researchers have encountered a cleverly crafted phishing email targeting Czech bank customers, employing a lesser-known but highly deceptive technique to bypass security mechanisms and…
Pornhub, RedTube, and YouPorn block access in France, VPN use set to soar
VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) are suddenly popular in France. Not because France has suddenly become super privacy conscious, but because Pornhub, RedTube, and YouPorn, have…
CISOs: Don’t block AI, but adopt it with eyes wide open
The introduction of generative AI (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Copilot has created new opportunities for efficiency and innovation – but also new risks.…