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ASOS links data breach to social engineering attack, credential theft
ASOS is sending updates to affected customers about the cybersecurity incident it suffered earlier this week, confirming that hackers accessed some personal data.
Rein Security Raises $25 Million to Guard AI Agents at Runtime
The cybersecurity startup will invest in product innovation, agentic research, and employee base expansion.
How Technology Empowers—and Imperils—Dictators
This essay was written with Seva Gunitsky, and originally appeared in Foreign Affairs. Two weeks after Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in March 2022, the…
Owner of Empire cybercrime market gets 40 years in prison
The co-creator of Empire Market, one of the largest dark web marketplaces before its shutdown, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for facilitating…
TP-Link Faces State Lawsuits and New Scrutiny Over ISP Router Flaws
SEC Consult has published technical details on vulnerabilities mentioned in a complaint filed by several US states.
UAT-11985: AI-assisted event lures delivering real-time Google AitM phishing
Cisco Talos identified an APT spear-phishing campaign against individuals affiliated with Taiwan research organizations. The operation leveraged legitimate public event themes and impersonated reputable academic…
Ignore all instructions and read this blog: The state of AI-analysis evasion in malware
“AI-analysis evasion” encapsulates the real-world techniques malware authors are developing in attempt to obstruct or defeat any layers of automated AI analysis.
Quantum computers could break today’s encryption. Washington needs to prepare now.
As advances lower the barrier to breaking current encryption, Washington must move with equal urgency on post-quantum defenses.
Fake Decryption Tools Masked $11M Markup in Ransomware Recovery Scheme
Zohar Pinhasi was paying ransoms to obtain decryption keys and then charging victims substantially more for remediation.
The Man Behind a West Bank Telegram Channel Trying to Keep Palestinian Drivers Safe
With no accurate Big Tech mapping app to help him, Anas Hattab launched a Telegram group to get himself home at night. Now nearly 350,000…
Oracle Health Data Breach Tally Climbs to Nearly 20 Million
The figure is far higher than the counts that surfaced in earlier filings and patient notifications.
FortiBleed Attackers Locking Victims Out of Fortinet Devices
Attackers are creating new accounts and deleting existing ones and passwords to prevent legitimate access.
Samsung Galaxy S26 hacked three more times at Pwn2Own Ireland
On the second day of Pwn2Own Ireland 2026, security researchers collected $232,500 in cash awards after exploiting 45 unique zero-day vulnerabilities.
Ransomware recovery CEO charged over secret ransom payments
The owner of ransomware remediation company MonsterCloud has been charged with allegedly defrauding ransomware victims by secretly paying their attackers for decryptors while claiming to…