SEC X Account Hacker Gets Prison Time Over Bitcoin ETF Hoax
Eric Council Jr., a 26-year-old from Athens, Alabama, has been sentenced to 14 months in federal prison. He played a key role in a cybercrime…
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LockBit Leak Reveals Ransom Payment Details, Vulnerabilities
A recent breach of the LockBit ransomware group’s infrastructure resulted in the leak of an internal database, revealing significant intelligence about the group’s operations. Cyble…
Enzene Biosciences Cyberattack Leads To Fund Theft
Alkem Laboratories Ltd has revealed that its wholly owned subsidiary, Enzene Biosciences, was the target of a cyberattack affecting its U.S. operations, which led to…
Google Chrome Update Fixes CVE-2025-4372 & Other Flaws
Google has just rolled out a critical security and feature update for its widely used web browser, Google Chrome, and if you are one of…
Coinbase Details Insider Data Theft In Remarkable Disclosure
In a model of responsible disclosure, Coinbase today detailed insider data theft that led to a $20 million ransom demand. In a blog post and…
Co-op Cyberattack Causes Food Supply Disruptions Across UK
Shoppers across the UK are noticing growing gaps in product displays at Co-op stores, with certain items missing and others running low, especially in smaller…
Nova Scotia Power Data Breach Puts Thousands At Risk
Nova Scotia’s largest electric utility, Nova Scotia Power, has confirmed that customer information was stolen in a recent cyberattack that compromised parts of its IT…
5 Zero Days, 8 High-Risk
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for May 2025 included five actively exploited zero days and another eight vulnerabilities judged to be at high risk of attack. Microsoft…
EU Vulnerability Database Officially Launches
The European Union’s vulnerability database, under development since the release of the NIS2 Directive in December 2022, has officially launched. While the database has been…
Microsoft And COMELEC Secure 2025 Philippine Elections
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has teamed up with leading technology firms, including Microsoft, to ensure that the upcoming Philippine elections are protected from cyber…
CVE-2024-26809: Linux Nftables Double-Free Vulnerability
A critical security flaw has been discovered in the Linux kernel’s nftables subsystem, which is responsible for packet filtering in modern Linux distributions. This flaw,…
Texas AG Paxton Wins $1.375B Google Deal On Data Privacy
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has reached a $1.375 billion settlement with tech giant Google, marking the largest amount ever recovered by a single state…