€750 Compensation Offered To HSE Cyberattack Victims
Four years after the HSE cyberattack that crippled Ireland’s national health service, the Health Service Executive has begun offering financial compensation to individuals whose personal…
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Australian Social Media Ban Takes Effect Despite Concerns
Australia’s world-first social media ban for children under age 16 takes effect on December 10, leaving kids scrambling for alternatives and the Australian government with…
EU Cybersecurity Investments Shift In Latest NIS Report
The 6th edition of the NIS Investments report highlights a realignment in how organizations across the European Union allocate their cybersecurity investments, with funding steadily shifting from…
Polish Police Seize FLIPPER Hacking Gear In Warsaw Stop
Polish police have detained three Ukrainian citizens after discovering a cache of sophisticated hacking and spy-detection equipment in their vehicle. The men, aged 39, 42,…
Apache Tika CVE Expands To Critical Multi-Module Flaw
A security issue disclosed in the Apache Tika document-processing framework has proved broader and more serious than first believed. The project’s maintainers have issued a new advisory…
Prompt Injection Harder To Stop Than SQL Injection
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a fresh warning about the growing threat of prompt injection, a vulnerability that has quickly become…
AI Browsers ‘Too Risky For General Adoption,’ Gartner Warns
AI browsers may be innovative, but they’re “too risky for general adoption by most organizations,” Gartner warned in a recent advisory to clients. The 13-page…
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,…
Barts Health Data Breach Confirmed As Cl0p Attack
Barts Health NHS Trust has confirmed that the data breach at Barts Health was carried out by the Russian-speaking Cl0p ransomware group, which exploited a…
Google, Apple Warn Users Of Growing Spyware Threats
Google and Apple have released new global cyber threat notifications, alerting users across dozens of countries to potential targeting by state-linked hackers. The latest warnings…
JPCERT Warns Of Array AG Attacks
The Japan Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (JPCERT/CC) has confirmed that a command injection vulnerability affecting Array Networks AG Series secure access gateways has been actively…
React2Shell Bug Exploited Within Hours Of Disclosure
The cycle of vulnerability disclosure and weaponization has shattered records once again. According to a new threat intel from Amazon Web Services (AWS), state-sponsored hacking…