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Austin, TX, Aug. 6, 2025, CyberNewswire: SpyCloud, the leader in identity threat protection, today announced a significant enhancement to its SaaS Investigations solution: the integration of advanced AI-powered insights that mirror the tradecraft of SpyCloud’s seasoned investigators. Building on the foundation of its industry-leading IDLink identity analytics, this new capability further automates and accelerates complex

The flaw could enable a hacker to perform a “total domain compromise” on affected systems, CISA said.

ECS agent on EC2 exposes IAM credentials to containers, risking cross-task access without proper isolation.

The Hidden Threat That's Slipping Past Your Security HTTP request smuggling remains one of the most dangerous yet frequently overlooked web vulnerabilities today. Despite being a widely known issue si

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Claroty researchers have uncovered four vulnerabilities in a proprietary protocol used by surveillance equipment manufacturer Axis Communications

It’s a “pivotal” moment for Sean Cairncross, fresh off his Senate confirmation in a changing federal cyber landscape.

According to Infoblox’s new report, the VexTrio cybercrime-enabling network originates from Italy and Eastern Europe

Fake apps from VexTrio on Apple and Google stores mislead users, steal data, and charge hidden fees.

Akira ransomware is abusing a legitimate Intel CPU tuning driver to turn off Microsoft Defender in attacks from security tools and EDRs running on target machines.

In today's threat landscape, attackers are no longer just exploiting technical flaws — they're exploiting business logic. Think gaps in workflows, permissions, and overlooked assumptions in how applications behave. This subtle shift is creating powerful new footholds for cybercriminals and evading traditional defenses. A10 Networks’ Field CISO Jamison Utter calls this the new front in

Critics say budget cuts, job losses have hurt the agency’s ability to coordinate with private industry.

The zero-trust initiative, which gained steam during the Biden administration, is still underway.

Tornado Cash cofounder Roman Storm was found guilty of conspiring to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business, while the jury failed to reach a ruling on more significant charges around money laundering and sanctions violations.

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WhatsApp removed 6.8M accounts linked to global scam centers, mainly in Cambodia, in a crackdown with Meta and OpenAI.

Trend Micro patched two critical Apex One flaws (CVE-2025-54948, CVE-2025-54987) exploited in the wild, allowing RCE via console injection.

The incident, reported to be ransomware-related, has resulted in attackers stealing sensitive personal and clinical data, including lab test results

A new post-exploitation command-and-control (C2) evasion method called 'Ghost Calls' abuses TURN servers used by conferencing apps like Zoom and Microsoft Teams to tunnel traffic through trusted infrastructure.

Nigerian national Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu has been extradited from France to the U.S. to face charges of hacking, fraud, and identity theft for suspected spearphishing attacks on U.S. tax preparation businesses.

A report from security firm SixMap shows that a large number of energy companies use equipment with vulnerabilities that are located on potentially exposed ports.

A Nigerian man accused of hacking, fraud and identity theft has been extradited from France to the US to face charges

Le service de messagerie instantanée Whatsapp a annoncé, le 5 août 2025, la mise en service de nouvelles mesures de sécurité pour lutter contre les arnaques en ligne. L'application affichera notamment des messages de prévention avant que vous n'entamiez une discussion avec un groupe ou un interlocuteur inconnu.

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GenAI company OpenAI has launched its first-ever open-weight models alongside a red teaming challenge

Google is the latest company to suffer a data breach in an ongoing wave of Salesforce CRM data theft attacks conducted by the ShinyHunters extortion group.