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Microsoft alerts businesses, governments to server software attack
Microsoft · United States

Microsoft alerts businesses, governments to server software attack

64% Center coverage: 214 sources
Microsoft has issued an alert about "active attacks" on server software used by government agencies and businesses to share documents within organizations, and recommended security updates that customers should apply immediately.See the Story
Poor Passwords Tattle on AI Hiring Bot Maker Paradox.ai
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Poor Passwords Tattle on AI Hiring Bot Maker Paradox.ai

Coverage: 2 sources
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 based hiring chatbots used by many Fortune 500 firms. Paradox.ai said the security oversight was an isolated incident that did not affect its other customers, but recent secu…See the Story
UK Arrests Four in ‘Scattered Spider’ Ransom Group
Google · United Kingdom

UK Arrests Four in ‘Scattered Spider’ Ransom Group

100% Center coverage: 1 sources
Authorities in the United Kingdom this week arrested four people, including suspected members of the “Scattered Spider” data theft and extortion group whose recent victims include multiple airlines and the U.K. retail chain Marks & Spencer. The U.K.’s National Crime Agency (NCA) declined verify the names of those arrested, saying only that they included two males aged 19, another aged 17, and 20-year-old female. The NCA said the defendants were …See the Story

Big Tech’s Mixed Response to U.S. Treasury Sanctions

100% Center coverage: 1 sources
In May 2025, the U.S. government sanctioned a Chinese national for operating a cloud provider linked to the majority of virtual currency investment scamSanctions · United StatesSee the Story

Senator Chides FBI for Weak Advice on Mobile Security

100% Center coverage: 1 sources
Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) briefed Capitol Hill staff recently on hardening the security of their mobile devices, after a contacts list stolen from the personal phone of the White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles was reportedly used to fuel a series of text messages and phone calls impersonating her to U.S. lawmakers. But in a letter this week to the FBI, one of the Senate’s most tech-savvy lawmakers says the feds aren…FBI · OregonSee the Story

Inside a Dark Adtech Empire Fed by Fake CAPTCHAs

100% Center coverage: 1 sources
Late last year, security researchers made a startling discovery: Kremlin-backed disinformation campaigns were bypassing moderation on social media platforms by leveraging the same malicious advertising technology that powers a sprawling ecosystem of online hucksters and website hackers. A new report on the fallout from that investigation finds this dark ad tech industry is far more resilient and incestuous than previously known. Image: Infoblox.…Kremlin · RussiaSee the Story

Proxy Services Feast on Ukraine’s IP Address Exodus

100% Center coverage: 1 sources
Image: Mark Rademaker, via Shutterstock. Ukraine has seen nearly one-fifth of its Internet space come under Russian control or sold to Internet address brokers since February 2022, a new study finds. The analysis indicates large chunks of Ukrainian Internet address space are now in the hands of shadowy proxy and anonymity services that are nested at some of America’s largest Internet service providers (ISPs). The findings come in a report that e…Ukraine · UkraineSee the Story

Pakistan Arrests 21 in ‘Heartsender’ Malware Service

100% Center coverage: 1 sources
Authorities in Pakistan have arrested 21 individuals accused of operating “Heartsender,” a once popular spam and malware dissemination service that operated for more than a decade. The main clientele for HeartSender were organized crime groups that tried to trick victim companies into making payments to a third party, and its alleged proprietors were publicly identified by KrebsOnSecurity in 2021 after they inadvertently infected their computers…Cybercrimes · LahoreSee the Story

U.S. Sanctions Funnull for Role in $200M Pig Butchering Scam, Crypto Wallets Linked to Huione

Coverage: 5 sources
The wallets received payments directly from Huione Pay, a subsidiary of Huione Group.Feds · PhilippinesSee the Story

Feds Charge 16 Russians Allegedly Tied to Botnets Used in Cyberattacks and Spying

80% Center coverage: 5 sources
The hacker ecosystem in Russia, more than perhaps anywhere else in the world, has long blurred the lines between cybercrime, state-sponsored cyberwarfare, and espionage. Now an indictment of a group of Russian nationals and the takedown of their sprawling botnet offers the clearest example in years of how a single malware operation allegedly enabled hacking operations as varied as ransomware, wartime cyberattacks in Ukraine, and spying against f…Department of JusticeSee the Story

KrebsOnSecurity Hit With Near-Record 6.3 Tbps DDoS

100% Center coverage: 1 sources
KrebsOnSecurity last week was hit by a near record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that clocked in at more than 6.3 terabits of data per second (a terabit is one trillion bits of data). The brief attack appears to have been a test run for a massive new Internet of Things (IoT) botnet capable of launching crippling digital assaults that few web destinations can withstand. Read on for more about the botnet, the attack, and the apparent…Germany · GermanySee the Story

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