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Indian Court Orders Action to Block Proton Mail Over AI Deepfake Abuse Allegations

Indian Court Orders Action to Block Proton Mail Over AI Deepfake Abuse Allegations

Apr 30, 2025Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Data Protection A high court in the Indian state of Karnataka has ordered the blocking of end-to-end encrypted email provider Proton Mail across the country. The High Court of Karnataka,… 

WhatsApp Launches Private Processing to Enable AI Features While Protecting Message Privacy

WhatsApp Launches Private Processing to Enable AI Features While Protecting Message Privacy

Apr 29, 2025Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Data Protection Popular messaging app WhatsApp on Tuesday unveiled a new technology called Private Processing to enable artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in a privacy-preserving manner. “Private Processing will allow… 

New Reports Uncover Jailbreaks, Unsafe Code, and Data Theft Risks in Leading AI Systems

New Reports Uncover Jailbreaks, Unsafe Code, and Data Theft Risks in Leading AI Systems

Various generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) services have been found vulnerable to two types of jailbreak attacks that make it possible to produce illicit or dangerous content. The first of the two techniques, codenamed Inception, instructs… 

SentinelOne Uncovers Chinese Espionage Campaign Targeting Its Infrastructure and Clients

SentinelOne Uncovers Chinese Espionage Campaign Targeting Its Infrastructure and Clients

Cybersecurity company SentinelOne has revealed that a China-nexus threat cluster dubbed PurpleHaze conducted reconnaissance attempts against its infrastructure and some of its high-value customers. “We first became aware of this threat cluster during a 2024… 

Google Reports 75 Zero-Days Exploited in 2024 — 44% Targeted Enterprise Security Products

Google Reports 75 Zero-Days Exploited in 2024 — 44% Targeted Enterprise Security Products

Apr 29, 2025Ravie LakshmananEnterprise Security / Vulnerability Google has revealed that it observed 75 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild in 2024, down from 98 in 2023. Of the 75 zero-days, 44% of them targeted… 

Malware Attack Targets World Uyghur Congress Leaders via Trojanized UyghurEdit++ Tool

Malware Attack Targets World Uyghur Congress Leaders via Trojanized UyghurEdit++ Tool

Apr 29, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Malware In a new campaign detected in March 2025, senior members of the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) living in exile have been targeted by a Windows-based malware that’s capable of… 

CISA Adds Actively Exploited Broadcom and Commvault Flaws to KEV Database

CISA Adds Actively Exploited Broadcom and Commvault Flaws to KEV Database

Apr 29, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Web Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added two high-severity security flaws impacting Broadcom Brocade Fabric OS and Commvault Web Server to its Known Exploited… 

Critical SAP Exploit, AI-Powered Phishing, Major Breaches, New CVEs & More

Critical SAP Exploit, AI-Powered Phishing, Major Breaches, New CVEs & More

Apr 28, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Hacking News What happens when cybercriminals no longer need deep skills to breach your defenses? Today’s attackers are armed with powerful tools that do the heavy lifting — from AI-powered…