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…
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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…
Botnet Made Up Of 7,000 End-Of-Life Routers Taken Down
A joint U.S.-Dutch law enforcement operation has taken down a botnet-for-hire that was comprised of thousands of end-of-life routers. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)…
Hacktivist Groups Hit India After Pahalgam Attack
First came the bullets, then came the bots. In the wake of India’s April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam and the retaliatory military strikes under…
Google Search And Chrome Get Smarter At Spotting Scams
Google has released new details on how artificial intelligence (AI) is being used across its platforms to combat a growing wave of online scams. In…
PowerSchool Data Breach Leads To TDSB Extortion Threat
The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) has informed parents and staff of a renewed cyber threat following a major data breach involving education technology giant…
Why A Digital Blackout Matters In War Impacted Areas Of India
As tensions flare and the possibility of full blown armed conflict between India and Pakistan grows, there is a need not just for restraint and…
Faster Scans And Enhanced Features
The Nmap Project has officially launched the highly anticipated Nmap 7.96, bringing a wealth of new features, performance upgrades, and bug fixes to the popular…