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Feds gut host behind pig butchering scams that bilked $200M from Americans
The US Treasury has sanctioned a Philippine company and its administrator after linking them to the infrastructure behind the majority of so-called "pig butchering" scams reported to the FBI.…
Microsoft's May Patch Tuesday update fails on some Windows 11 VMs
Microsoft's latest Patch Tuesday update is failing to install on some Windows 11 machines, mostly virtual ones, and dumping them into recovery mode with a boot error. Its only recommendation to avoid the problem for now is to dodge the update.…
Why is China deep in US networks? 'They're preparing for war,' HR McMaster tells lawmakers
Chinese government spies burrowed deep into American telecommunications systems and critical infrastructure networks for one reason, according to retired US Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster.…
8,000+ Asus routers popped in 'advanced' mystery botnet plot
Thousands of Asus routers are currently ensnared by a new botnet that is trying to disable Trend Micro security features before exploiting vulnerabilities for backdoor access.…
Billions of cookies up for grabs as experts warn over session security
A VPN vendor says billions of stolen cookies currently on sale either on dark web or Telegram-based marketplaces remain active and exploitable.…
European Commission: Make Europe Great Again... for startups
The European Commission (EC) has kicked off a scheme to make Europe a better place to nurture global technology businesses, providing support throughout their lifecycle, from startup through to maturity.…
Victoria's Secret website laid bare for three days after 'security incident'
Underwear retailer Victoria's Secret’s website has been down for three days, with the company blaming an unspecified security problem.…
Adversarial AI: The new frontier in financial cybersecurity
Partner content From the use of ATMs to online banking, the financial services sector has always been at the forefront of technology. Now, it's leading the charge in AI. In their third annual survey of financial institutions the Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority found 75% of companies already using AI with another 10% planning to do so over the next three years.…
Attack on LexisNexis Risk Solutions exposes data on 300k +
LexisNexis Risk Solutions (LNRS) is the latest big-name organization to disclose a serious cyberattack leading to data theft, with the number of affected individuals pegged at 364,333.…
Russian IT pro sentenced to 14 years forced labor for sharing medical data with Ukraine
A Russian programmer will face the next 14 years in a "strict-regime" (high-security) penal colony after a regional court ruled he leaked sensitive data to Ukraine.…
The cost of compromise: Why password attacks are still winning in 2025
Sponsored feature The IT business likes to reinvent things as quickly as possible. Except passwords, that is. We've been using them since Roman times, only now they're digital. They're the fungal skin disease of tech; irritating and hard to get rid of.…
DragonForce double-whammy: First hit an MSP, then use RMM software to push ransomware
DragonForce ransomware infected a managed service provider, and its customers, after attackers exploited security flaws in remote monitoring and management tool SimpleHelp.…
ASUS to chase business PC market with free AI, or no AI - because nobody knows what to do with it
Computex Analysts rate Taiwan’s ASUS the world’s fifth most prolific PC-maker, but the company wants to climb the charts by targeting business buyers, according to Shawn Chang, Head of Go-To-Market for the outfit’s Commercial Business Unit.…
Don't click on that Facebook ad for a text-to-AI-video tool
A group of miscreants tracked as UNC6032 is exploiting interest in AI video generators by planting malicious ads on social media platforms to steal credentials, credit card details, and other sensitive info, according to Mandiant.…
New Russian cyber-spy crew Laundry Bear joins the email-stealing pack
A previously unknown Kremlin-linked group has conducted cyber-espionage operations against Dutch police, NATO member states, Western tech companies, and other organizations of interest to the Russian government since at least April 2024, according to Dutch intelligence services and Microsoft.…
Adidas confirms criminals stole data from customer service provider
Adidas is warning customers some of their data was stolen after an "unauthorized" person lifted it from a "third-party customer service provider."…
Ransomware attack on MATLAB dev MathWorks – licensing center still locked down
Software biz MathWorks is cleaning up a ransomware attack more than a week after it took down MATLAB, its flagship product used by more than five million people worldwide.…
TeleMessage security SNAFU worsens as 60 government staffers exposed
Infosec In Brief Secrets of the Trump administration may have been exposed after a successful attack on messaging service TeleMessage, which has been used by some officials.…
China approves rules for national ‘online number’ ID scheme
Asia In Brief China last week approved rules that will see Beijing issue identity numbers that netizens can use as part of a federated identity scheme that will mean they can use one logon across multiple online services.…
Cybercrime is 'orders of magnitude' larger than state-backed ops, says ex-White House advisor
INTERVIEW Uncle Sam's cybersecurity apparatus can't only focus on China and other nation-state actors, but also has to fight the much bigger damage from plain old cybercrime, says former White House advisor Michael Daniel. And the Trump administration's steep cuts to federal government staff are making that a lot harder.…