Corporate and diplomatic trends in AI writing According to the researchers, all sectors they analyzed (consumer complaints, corporate communications, job postings) showed similar adoption patterns: sharp increases beginning three to four months after ChatGPT’s November…
As disruption from a suspected ransomware attack on newspaper publishing giant Lee Enterprises enters its second month, the cyberattack is also affecting payments to freelancers and contractors who work for the company, TechCrunch has learned.…
Mar 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Email Security Threat actors are targeting Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments to push out phishing campaigns to unsuspecting targets, according to findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42. The…
The United States has suspended its offensive cyber operations against Russia, according to reports, amid efforts by the Trump administration to grant Moscow concessions to end the war in Ukraine. The reported order to halt…
In the early evening of March 5, 2012, in Cairo, Egyptian revolutionaries stormed the headquarters of the secret police called the State Security Investigations (SSI) service, a building known as “the capital of hell” because…
Mar 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Malware Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new phishing campaign that employs the ClickFix technique to deliver an open-source command-and-control (C2) framework called Havoc. “The threat actor hides each…
Mar 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Privacy / Compliance The U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has opened an investigation into online platforms TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur to assess the steps they are taking to protect children between…
Mar 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Vulnerability Threat actors have been exploiting a security vulnerability in Paragon Partition Manager’s BioNTdrv.sys driver in ransomware attacks to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code. The zero-day flaw (CVE-2025-0289) is…
Mar 03, 2025Ravie Lakshmanan This week, a 23-year-old Serbian activist found themselves at the crossroads of digital danger when a sneaky zero-day exploit turned their Android device into a target. Meanwhile, Microsoft pulled back the…
In 2024, global ransomware attacks hit 5,414, an 11% increase from 2023. After a slow start, attacks spiked in Q2 and surged in Q4, with 1,827 incidents (33% of the year’s total). Law enforcement actions…