Jul 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Privacy Microsoft has said that it’s ending support for passwords in its Authenticator app starting August 1, 2025. The changes, the company said, are part of its efforts to…
Jun 30, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Critical Infrastructure U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have issued a joint advisory warning of potential cyber-attacks from Iranian state-sponsored or affiliated threat actors. “Over the past several months, there…
Europol on Monday announced the takedown of a cryptocurrency investment fraud ring that laundered €460 million ($540 million) from more than 5,000 victims across the world. The operation, the agency said, was carried out by…
Jun 30, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Vulnerability The threat actor known as Blind Eagle has been attributed with high confidence to the use of the Russian bulletproof hosting service Proton66. Trustwave SpiderLabs, in a report published…
Identity-based attacks are on the rise. Attacks in which malicious actors assume the identity of an entity to easily gain access to resources and sensitive data have been increasing in number and frequency over the…
Jun 30, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Hacking News Ever wonder what happens when attackers don’t break the rules—they just follow them better than we do? When systems work exactly as they’re built to, but that “by…
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has revealed that it has observed the notorious cybercrime group Scattered Spider broadening its targeting footprint to strike the airline sector. To that end, the agency said it’s…
Jun 28, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Warfare The threat actor behind the GIFTEDCROOK malware has made significant updates to turn the malicious program from a basic browser data stealer to a potent intelligence-gathering tool. “Recent…
Jun 28, 2025Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Data Protection Facebook, the social network platform owned by Meta, is asking for users to upload pictures from their phones to suggest collages, recaps, and other ideas using artificial intelligence…
Jun 27, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Hunting / Vulnerability Threat hunters have discovered a network of more than 1,000 compromised small office and home office (SOHO) devices that have been used to facilitate a prolonged cyber espionage…