Trojanized Text Editor Software Used In Uyghur Spy Campaign
A trusted tool has turned traitor. A new Citizen Lab investigation reveals that UyghurEditPP, a legitimate open-source Uyghur-language text editor, has been weaponized to spy…
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FTC Announces New, Stricter Children’s Privacy Rule
After years of consideration and public comment, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has officially updated its Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) rule, which will…
Sam Altman On AI, Privacy, And Building Trust
Sam Altman has long been a key figure shaping the conversation around artificial intelligence. As the CEO of OpenAI and chair of Tools for Humanity,…
DslogdRAT Malware Deployed In Ivanti Connect Secure Attacks
A new wave of attacks targeting Ivanti Connect Secure VPN devices has revealed a stealthy malware strain known as DslogdRAT, deployed alongside a simple but…
Baltimore City Public Schools Investigate Security Breach
The Baltimore City Public Schools system has confirmed a cybersecurity incident that compromised the personal information of certain individuals associated with the district, including current…
Ofcom Finalizes Online Child Safety Rules
The United Kingdom communications regulator Ofcom has finalized a comprehensive set of child safety rules under the Online Safety Act, ushering in what it calls…
Ofcom Bans Global Titles Leasing To Thwart Mobile Abuse
The UK communications regulator Ofcom has banned leasing of “Global Titles,” a special phone number type used in mobile network signaling, in a landmark decision…
MITRE Launches D3FEND CAD Tool To Enhance Cybersecurity
MITRE has officially unveiled its highly anticipated D3FEND CAD tool as part of the D3FEND 1.0 release. This new Cyber Attack-Defense (CAD) tool is designed…
Zelenskyy Signs Cybersecurity Bill To Protect Infrastructure
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a sweeping cybersecurity bill aimed at bolstering the protection of state networks and critical infrastructure amid an ongoing surge…
Japan Warns Of Hacked Trading Accounts, Fraudulent Trades
Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) warned last week of the growing threat of hacked trading accounts that has resulted in nearly US $700 million in…
Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Strengthen Cybersecurity
U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) have introduced a bipartisan bill to extend vital provisions from the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of…
Critical PyTorch Vulnerability CVE-2025-32434 Discovered
A major security flaw has been discovered in PyTorch, the widely used open-source machine learning framework. Identified as CVE-2025-32434, this newly reported PyTorch vulnerability allows…