by Lev Matveev, founder of SearchInform The frequency of cyber incidents in the UAE continues to rise. A recent study...

AkiraBot Floods 80,000 Sites After Outsmarting CAPTCHAs and Slipping Past Network Defenses

AkiraBot, identified by SentinelLABS, represents a sophisticated spam bot framework that targets website chats and contact forms to promote low-quality...

Spirit of openness helps banks get serious about stopping scams

Three announcements in the space of a few days this month suggest financial scams have reached a tipping point and...

The Original Sin Was Committed by God, Not Man

When debating someone who believes in the fundamental components of the Christian narrative, i.e. the choice by man to eat...

SAP Emarsys SDK for Android Sensitive Data Leak (CVE-2023-6542)

In late 2023, we’ve discovered and coordinated a quite interesting vulnerability affecting the Emarsys SDK for Android versions 3.6.1 and...

This month in security with Tony Anscombe – March 2025 edition

From an exploited vulnerability in a third-party ChatGPT tool to a bizarre twist on ransomware demands, it’s a wrap on...

APT32 Turns GitHub into a Weapon Against Security Teams and Enterprise Networks

Southeast Asian Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group OceanLotus, also known as APT32, has been identified as employing GitHub to conduct...

Investigative reporter files legal action over police surveillance and social media monitoring

Investigative reporter Dónal MacIntyre has asked the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) to look into allegations that he was placed under...

The Principles of Secular Humanism

Many of my friends who are still somewhat religious despite being freethinkers see the benefits of rejecting ideologies that are...

1 billion reasons to protect your identity online

Corporate data breaches are a gateway to identity fraud, but they’re not the only one. Here’s a lowdown on how...

ChatGPT’s o4-mini, o4-mini-high and o3 spotted ahead of release

OpenAI is preparing to launch as many as three new AI models, possibly called “o4-mini”, “o4-mini-high” and “o3”. Right now, ChatGPT...

Smokeloader Malware Operators Busted, Servers Seized by Authorities

In a major victory against cybercrime, law enforcement agencies across North America and Europe have dismantled the infrastructure behind the...