Microsoft 365 Services and Copilot Outage Hits Users in Japan and China
18
Dec
2025

Microsoft 365 Services and Copilot Outage Hits Users in Japan and China

Thousands of users in Japan and China faced widespread access and sign-in disruptions to Microsoft 365 and Copilot services early…

Optus review uncovers 40-60 second delay with emergency calling camp-on
18
Dec
2025

Optus review uncovers 40-60 second delay with emergency calling camp-on

An investigation into the Optus triple zero outage has revealed it can take up to a minute for an emergency…

GhostPoster Attack Uses PNG Icons to Compromise 50,000 Firefox Users
18
Dec
2025

GhostPoster Attack Uses PNG Icons to Compromise 50,000 Firefox Users

A sophisticated malware campaign dubbed “GhostPoster” has compromised approximately 50,000 Firefox users by exploiting browser extension icons. Security researchers at…

France Arrests 22 Year Old After Hack of Interior Ministry Systems
18
Dec
2025

France Arrests 22 Year Old After Hack of Interior Ministry Systems – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More

France is now dealing with one of its most serious public sector cybersecurity incidents in recent years, after the Interior…

Malay girls check a mobile phone in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo: AP
18
Dec
2025

Southeast Asia follows Australia in tightening social media rules: safety or censorship?

As Australia’s new restrictions on social media use by children under 16 take effect this month, governments across Southeast Asia…

CISA Adds Actively Exploited Fortinet Signature Verification Flaw to KEV Catalog
18
Dec
2025

CISA Adds Actively Exploited Fortinet Signature Verification Flaw to KEV Catalog

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has officially added CVE-2025-59718 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, marking the…

Amazon: Ongoing cryptomining campaign uses hacked AWS accounts
18
Dec
2025

Ongoing cryptomining campaign uses hacked AWS accounts

Amazon’s AWS GuardDuty security team is warning of an ongoing crypto-mining campaign that targets its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Elastic Container Service…

Microsoft to Block Exchange Online Access from Outdated Devices
18
Dec
2025

Microsoft to Block Exchange Online Access from Outdated Devices

Microsoft has announced a significant update to its device connectivity policies for Exchange Online, aimed at enhancing security and ensuring…

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18
Dec
2025

React2Shell fallout spreads to sensitive targets as public exploits hit all-time high

Fallout from React2Shell — a stubborn vulnerability that impacts wide swaths of the internet’s scaffolding — continues to spread as…

Zeroday Cloud hacking event awards $320,0000 for 11 zero days
18
Dec
2025

Zeroday Cloud hacking event awards $320,0000 for 11 zero days

The Zeroday Cloud hacking competition in London has awarded researchers $320,000 for demonstrating critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in components used…

Nagios XI 2026R1.1 Released to Patch Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
18
Dec
2025

Nagios XI 2026R1.1 Released to Patch Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Nagios has released version 2026R1.1 to address a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting earlier versions of its monitoring platform. The…

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18
Dec
2025

2026 Cybersecurity Predictions: A CTO’s View of What Comes Next

The past year was dominated by one theme: scale. Scale in data, in AI adoption, in the speed of attacks,…