UK exposes Russian cyber unit hacking home routers to hijack internet traffic
Officials said the activity centers on compromising small office and home office routers and similar network devices exposed to the internet, often because o...
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Cyberattack hits Northern Ireland’s centralized school network, disrupting access for thousands
The Education Authority (EA), which oversees school support services in Northern Ireland, said in an official statement it became aware of the incident affec...
Cyberattack on telecom giant Rostelecom disrupts internet services across Russia
A “large-scale” distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack targeted the network of Russian state-run telecom giant Rostelecom on Monday evening, temporarily...
FBI: Cyber fraud surges to $17.6 billion in losses as scams, crypto theft soar
Cyber-enabled fraud was behind 85% of all losses reported to the FBI in 2025 and constituted 45% of the 1,008,597 complaints it's IC3 unit received overall.
Medusa ransomware group using zero-days to launch attacks within 24 hours of breach, Microsoft says
Microsoft said it has been alarmed to see how effective Medusa actors are, citing multiple cases where the group can move from initial access to data exfiltr...
Big tech vows to continue CSAM scanning in Europe despite expiration of law allowing it
Microsoft, Google, Meta and Snapchat released a statement on Friday saying they “reaffirm their continued commitment to protecting children and preserving pr...
German police unmask two suspects linked to REvil ransomware gang
The suspects were named as Daniil Shchukin, a 31-year-old Russian national believed to have used the alias UNKN (UNKNOWN), and Anatoly Kravchuk, a 43-year-ol...
First stalkerware maker prosecuted since 2014 receives no jail time
Bryan Fleming, founder of pcTattletale, was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine by a San Diego federal judge and will spend no time in prison beyond the one day he ...
Singapore, US warn of latest Fortinet bug being exploited in wild
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) gave federal agencies until Thursday to apply the hotfix.
Major outage hits Russian banking apps, metro payments across regions
The disruption on Friday affected apps from some of the country’s largest banks, including Sberbank, VTB, Alfa-Bank, T-Bank and Gazprombank.
Hackers threaten to leak data after cyberattack on German party Die Linke
Die Linke confirmed in late March that its IT infrastructure had been hit by what it described as a “serious cyberattack.
FCC proposes $4.5 million fine for voice service provider hosting ‘suspicious’ foreign call traffic
Voxbeam’s actions allegedly led to “financial impersonation robocalls” that were made to American consumers “ using “non-compliant and long dormant accounts,...
CISA gives agencies two weeks to patch video conferencing bug exploited by Chinese hackers
A bug in a popular line of video conferencing software is being exploited by hackers, prompting the U.S.
EU cyber agency attributes major data breach to TeamPCP hacking group
The European Union’s cybersecurity agency said the hacking group TeamPCP was behind a massive recent data breach at the European Commission.
Massachusetts emergency communications system impacted by cyberattack
An emergency communications system used across a handful of small towns in northern Massachusetts was impacted by a cyberattack.
Ukraine warns Russian hackers are revisiting past breaches to prepare new attacks
In a new report, CERT-UA said attackers are revisiting previously breached infrastructure to check whether access is still available, whether exploited vulne...
Drift crypto platform confirms $280 million stolen in hack as researchers point finger at North Korea
The platform released a post-mortem on Wednesday night explaining that malicious actors gained access to Drift systems through a “novel attack” that involved...
French Senate passes bill that would ban children under 15 from social media
If the French effort becomes law, it would make France the first European country to follow Australia’s lead by banning social media for young teenagers.
WhatsApp warns users of fake app used to distribute spyware
The Meta subsidiary alleges that Italy’s SIO spyware manufacturer designed the phony app specifically for iPhones. Most of the impacted users are in Italy, a...
Crypto platform Drift suspends services after millions stolen in security incident
Security experts believe hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency were stolen from decentralized finance platform Drift on Wednesday after the...