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Security researchers recently revealed that the personal information of millions of people who applied for jobs at McDonald's was exposed after they guessed the password ("123456") for the fast food chain's account at Paradox.ai, a company that makes artificial intelligence…

Palo Alto, Calif., July 17, 2025, CyberNewswire — SquareX announced the official launch of The Browser Security Field Manual at Black Hat USA 2025. In addition to a comprehensive practical guide to the latest TTPs attackers are using to target employees in the browser, this comprehensive manual features industry perspectives from leading CISOs from multiple

A critical Citrix NetScaler vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-5777 and dubbed "CitrixBleed 2," was actively exploited nearly two weeks before proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits were made public, despite Citrix stating that there was no evidence of attacks.

The Matanbuchus malware loader has been seen being distributed through social engineering over Microsoft Teams calls impersonating IT helpdesk.

VMware fixed four vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Tools that were exploited as zero-days during the Pwn2Own Berlin 2025 hacking contest in May 2025.

The food distributor and wholesaler completely shut down its systems upon discovering the attack last month, yet core systems were restored and normal operating capacity returned within three weeks.

Departures and restructuring will make it harder for the agency to pursue global policies that strengthen its own critical infrastructure, experts said.

Google has filed a lawsuit against the anonymous operators of the Android BadBox 2.0 malware botnet, accusing them of running a global ad fraud scheme against the company's advertising platforms.

This week, Martin shows how stepping away from the screen can make you a stronger defender, alongside an inside scoop on emerging malware threats.

A novel malware family named LameHug is using a large language model (LLM) to generate commands to be executed on compromised Windows systems.

Malicious GitHub repositories used by threat actors to host Amadey payloads and steal data, impacting targeted entities.

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Novabev Group, the Russian maker of Beluga Vodka and other brands, had to stop shipments and temporarily close stores in its WineLab subsidiary after a ransomware attack.

Cryptocurrency exchange BigONE announced that it suffered a security breach, in which hackers stole various digital assets valued at $27 million.

Officials confirmed the incident on Thursday but claimed the hackers only defaced the website and did not penetrate servers that stored any data.

Read how Microsoft is transparently sharing performance data from Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and other ecosystem providers to help customers evaluate email security solutions.

Checkpoint finds malware containing prompt injection, why preventative security is hard, @Rhynorater talk sharing 11 of his most impactful and technically challenging vulnerabilities

Armenian national Karen Serobovich Vardanyan, 33, was extradited from Ukraine last month and now faces up to five years in prison for his role in Ryuk, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

The Chinese state-sponsored hacking group known as Salt Typhoon breached and remained undetected in a U.S. Army National Guard network for nine months in 2024, stealing network configuration files and administrator credentials that could be used to compromise other government networks.

Security executives are concerned about flaws in AI agents but also eager to see them replace humans in some roles, according to a new report.

Experts urged Fortinet customers to immediately apply patches or disable the affected administrative interface.

A critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-20337) in Cisco's Identity Services Engine (ISE) could be exploited to let an unauthenticated attacker store malicious files, execute arbitrary code, or gain root privileges on vulnerable devices.

A new malware campaign uses GitHub to deliver payloads via Amadey botnet, bypassing email distribution

L’Airbus A400M, connu depuis ses débuts comme une référence mondiale du transport militaire, s’apprête à endosser de nouveaux rôles. Parmi eux ? Celui de « vaisseau mère » pour les drones de combat. Initialement conçu pour l’emport de charges lourdes et le soutien logistique, l’A400M voit ses missions s’élargir au

The Higher School of Economics (HSE), a leading Russian institution, said the two-year course will focus on international corporate compliance and business ethics, and will be taught in both Russian and English.

A former National Crime Agency investigator who worked on the Silk Road case was sentenced to more than five years in prison for stealing 50 bitcoin seized in that operation.

A new attack uses CVE-2021-41773 in Apache HTTP Server to install a cryptocurrency miner via compromised websites.

A researcher has disclosed how he found a—now fixed—vulnerability in Meta AI that could have allowed others to see private questions and answers.

The database contained 1,115,061 records including the names of children, birth parents, adoptive parents, and other potentially sensitive information like case notes.

Every major compliance framework, including PCI DSS, GDPR, and ISO 27001, requires strong access controls. Yet Non-Human Identities (NHIs) are often overlooked.