Why Scamming Can’t Be Stopped—But It Can Be Managed
Scams are no longer annoyances, tricking individuals but not damaging the economy. They have become big business, with Arkose Labs suggesting they could cost the…
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1,000 Instantel Industrial Monitoring Devices Possibly Exposed to Hacking
Over 1,000 industrial monitoring devices made by Canada-based Instantel may be exposed to remote hacking due to a critical vulnerability. An advisory published recently by…
Zero Networks Raises $55 Million for Microsegmentation Solution
Microsegmentation firm Zero Networks today announced raising $55 million in Series C funding, which brings the total raised by the company to over $100 million.…
MainStreet Bank Data Breach Impacts Customer Payment Cards
MainStreet Bancshares (Nasdaq: MNSB & MNSBP), the financial holding company behind MainStreet Bank, has disclosed a data breach impacting some of its customers. The incident,…
Australia Enforces Ransomware Payment Reporting
Australia has enforced new regulation that requires reporting businesses to inform the government if they make ransomware or other cyber extortion payments. Per the legislation,…
Google Researchers Find New Chrome Zero-Day
Google on Monday released a fresh Chrome 137 update to address three vulnerabilities, including a high-severity bug exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2025-5419, the…
Microsoft, CrowdStrike Lead Effort to Map Threat Actor Names
Microsoft and CrowdStrike announced on Monday that they are leading an industry effort to map threat actor naming, with the goal of making it easier…
Cartier Data Breach: Luxury Retailer Warns Customers that Personal Data Was Exposed
Luxury brand Cartier disclosed a data breach on Monday in which an unauthorized party gained access to its systems and obtained some client information. According…
Cryptojackers Caught Mining Monero via Exposed DevOps Infrastructure
Security researchers at Wiz on Monday raised an alarm catching a malicious hacker hijacking misconfigured DevOps infrastructure for cryptocurrency mining in what appears to be the…
Qualcomm Flags Exploitation of Adreno GPU Flaws, Urges OEMs to Patch Urgently
Mobile chipmaker Qualcomm on Monday warned that professional hackers are already exploiting three newly patched Adreno GPU bugs and the company is pressing phone makers…
vBulletin Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild
A critical vulnerability affecting the vBulletin forum software is being exploited in the wild, with attacks starting shortly after disclosure. Researcher Egidio Romano published a…
US Government Is Investigating Messages Impersonating Trump’s Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles
The government is investigating after elected officials, business executives and other prominent figures in recent weeks received messages from someone impersonating Susie Wiles, President Donald…