Jun 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananEspionage / National Security A former U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst has been sentenced to little more than three years in prison for unlawfully retaining and transmitting top secret National Defense…
Jun 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Data Protection Veeam has rolled out patches to contain a critical security flaw impacting its Backup & Replication software that could result in remote code execution under certain conditions. The…
Jun 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananHacktivism / Cyber Warfare Iran has throttled internet access in the country in a purported attempt to hamper Israel’s ability to conduct covert cyber operations, days after the latter launched an unprecedented…
The departments of Commerce, Treasury, Homeland Security and the National Institutes of Health were all compromised. A large roster of private companies—among them Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, Deloitte, and FireEye—were also breached. In response, a Biden…
Apple has released the first beta of iOS 18.6. With all the new features and attention on iOS 26, this release is likely to be simply a bugfix and compatibility update. But while there aren’t…
Jun 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Espionage A now-patched security flaw in Google Chrome was exploited as a zero-day by a threat actor known as TaxOff to deploy a backdoor codenamed Trinper. The attack, observed…
As people start to use the OS 26 betas that Apple released at WWDC last week, people are finding unannounced features that are nice little additions. The latest was first pointed out on X by…
Jun 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / LLM Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a now-patched security flaw in LangChain’s LangSmith platform that could be exploited to capture sensitive data, including API keys and user prompts. The vulnerability,…
The pro-Israeli hacktivist group Predatory Sparrow claimed on Tuesday to have hacked and taken down Iran’s Bank Sepah. The group, which is also known by its Persian name Gonjeshke Darande, claimed responsibility for the hack…
The tiny and powerful Mac mini is just what your home office needs—especially when it’s at the best price we’ve ever seen. Amazon is selling the M4 Mac mini with 256GB of storage and 24GB…