Qilin Ransomware Sees Surge After Collapse of Dominant RansomHub RaaS
01
Aug
2025

Qilin Ransomware Sees Surge After Collapse of Dominant RansomHub RaaS

The ransomware landscape underwent significant disruption, marked by the abrupt cessation of operations from several prominent Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) groups, including…

The letters XXX repeated on a computer keyboard
01
Aug
2025

VPN use rises following Online Safety Act’s age verification controls

As the UK’s Online Safety Act came into effect on Friday—along with its age verification controls—the use of virtual private…

Meta Offers $1M bounty at Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 for WhatsApp exploits
01
Aug
2025

Meta Offers $1M bounty at Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 for WhatsApp exploits

Meta Offers $1M bounty at Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 for WhatsApp exploits Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2025 Meta backs Pwn2Own Ireland…

01
Aug
2025

Increased Worker Pressure from AI

My latest depressing thought about AI is that with all the pressure to adopt AI and replace employees with automation,…

Pi-hole
01
Aug
2025

Pi-hole discloses data breach triggered by WordPress plugin flaw

Pi-hole, a popular network-level ad-blocker, has disclosed that donor names and email addresses were exposed through a security vulnerability in…

LockBit Operators Use Stealthy DLL Sideloading to Mask Malicious App as Legitimate One
01
Aug
2025

LockBit Operators Use Stealthy DLL Sideloading to Mask Malicious App as Legitimate One

Operators of LockBit ransomware have improved their tactics, methods, and procedures (TTPs) to avoid detection and increase damage in the…

ChatGPT
01
Aug
2025

OpenAI kills “short-lived experiment” where ChatGPT chats could be found on Google

A little-known ChatGPT “feature” is now gone. It could be a good thing. On X, OpenAI Chief Information Security Officer…

DOJ reaches $9.8 million settlement with Illumina over cyber whistleblower claims
01
Aug
2025

DOJ reaches $9.8 million settlement with Illumina over cyber whistleblower claims

The Department of Justice on Thursday announced a $9.8 million settlement with Illumina over allegations that the company sold genomic-sequencing…

Lazarus Hackers Weaponize 234 npm and PyPI Packages to Infect Developers
01
Aug
2025

Lazarus Hackers Weaponize 234 npm and PyPI Packages to Infect Developers

Sonatype’s automated detection systems have uncovered an expansive and ongoing infiltration of the global open-source ecosystem by the notorious Lazarus…

Rethink authentication to remove the burden on users
01
Aug
2025

Securing agentic identities focus of Palo Alto’s CyberArk buy

Palo Alto Networks has placed securing agentic artificial intelligence (AI) front and centre as it lines up a $25bn (£18.8bn)…

Palo Alto Networks investigating ransomware threat related to SharePoint exploitation
01
Aug
2025

Palo Alto Networks investigating ransomware threat related to SharePoint exploitation

Researchers from Palo Alto Networks say they are investigating a ransomware attack related to the recently disclosed ToolShell vulnerabilities in…

Chinese Threat Actors Hack 11,000 Android Devices to Deploy PlayPraetor Malware
01
Aug
2025

Chinese Threat Actors Hack 11,000 Android Devices to Deploy PlayPraetor Malware

Chinese-speaking threat actors have used the PlayPraetor Remote Access Trojan (RAT) to infiltrate more than 11,000 Android devices globally in…