Columbia University data breach impacts nearly 870,000 individuals
An unknown threat actor has stolen the sensitive personal, financial, and health information of nearly 870,000 Columbia University current and former students and employees after…
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Royal and BlackSuit ransomware gangs hit over 450 US companies
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says the cybercrime gang behind the Royal and BlackSuit ransomware operations had breached hundreds of U.S. companies before being taken…
Fake WhatsApp developer libraries hide destructive data-wiping code
Two malicious NPM packages posing as WhatsApp development tools have been discovered deploying destructive data-wiping code that recursively deletes files on a developer’s computers. Two malicious…
CISA orders fed agencies to patch new Exchange flaw by Monday
CISA has issued an emergency directive ordering all Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to mitigate a critical Microsoft Exchange hybrid vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-53786 by…
ChatGPT’s GPT-5 models released: everything you need to know
After a long wait, GPT-5 is finally rolling out. It’s available for free, Plus, Pro and Team users today. This means everyone gets to try…
New EDR killer tool used by eight different ransomware groups
A new Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) killer that is considered to be the evolution of ‘EDRKillShifter,’ developed by RansomHub, has been observed in attacks by…
Bouygues Telecom confirms data breach impacting 6.4 million customers
Bouygues Telecom warns it suffered a data breach after the personal information of 6.4 million customers was exposed in a cyberattack. The company is one of…
Wave of 150 crypto-draining extensions hits Firefox add-on store
A malicious campaign dubbed ‘GreedyBear’ has snuck onto the Mozilla add-ons store, targeting Firefox users with 150 malicious extensions and stealing an estimated $1,000,000 from…
SonicWall finds no SSLVPN zero-day, links ransomware attacks to 2024 flaw
SonicWall says that recent Akira ransomware attacks exploiting Gen 7 firewalls with SSLVPN enabled are exploiting an older vulnerability rather than a zero-day flaw. The…
Cryptomixer founders pled guilty to laundering money for cybercriminals
The founders of the Samourai Wallet (Samourai) cryptocurrency mixer have pleaded guilty to laundering over $200 million for criminals. Samourai CEO Keonne Rodriguez and CTO…
Massive IPTV piracy service with 28,000 channels taken offline
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) announced the shutdown of Rare Breed TV, a major illegal IPTV service provider, after reaching a financial settlement…
Air France and KLM disclose data breaches impacting customers
Air France and KLM announced on Wednesday that attackers had breached a customer service platform and stolen the data of an undisclosed number of customers.…