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SECURITY

Feb 20, 2025

VPN Security: Is Using a VPN Really Safe for Your Data?

Your VPN connection promises privacy, but is it really secure? Can VPN services fully protect your data, or do some actually expose it? What risks come with free VPN services, and how can you stay

SECURITY

Feb 20, 2025

AI in Cybersecurity: Transforming Digital Security Strategies

AI cybersecurity is transforming digital defense. Artificial intelligence helps security teams prevent cyber threats by identifying risks faster and automating responses. AI reduces human workload, improves accuracy, and strengthens security strategies. It is changing how

philippines becomes biometric test market

SECURITY

Feb 18, 2025

Philippines becomes test market for World Network’s biometric identity system

World Network launched its biometric identity system in the Philippines on February 17, igniting concerns about data privacy as the company begins iris scanning operations in Bulacan province amid rising deepfake fraud. The artificial intelligence (

SECURITY

Feb 18, 2025

Russian hackers hide malware control center in Telegram chat service

A new malware strain discovered by Netskope Threat Labs uses Telegram's messaging platform to send commands to infected computers. The team's February 14, 2025 report revealed a sophisticated Golang-based malware using Telegram

SECURITY

Feb 17, 2025

AI Attacks: How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Cyber Threats

Imagine receiving a message from your CEO, instructing you to transfer company funds—only to realize later that it wasn’t them, but an AI-powered deepfake scam. AI attacks are making cybercrime faster, smarter,

SECURITY

Feb 12, 2025

Stolen OpenAI accounts traced to malware, not security breach

A hacker's claim of stealing 20 million OpenAI login credentials comes from widespread malware infections rather than a security breach, cybersecurity firm KELA reported on February 10, 2025. The threat actor, known as "emirking,"

SECURITY

Feb 7, 2025

Crypto scammers drain $20 million through hacked Jupiter exchange social media

A social media breach of Jupiter Exchange's official X account on February 6 resulted in millions of dollars in losses as scammers promoted fake cryptocurrencies to the platform's half-million followers. Hackers gained

SECURITY

Feb 6, 2025

Google lifts AI weapons ban to chase military deals

Google will now allow its artificial intelligence (AI) to be used for weapons and surveillance. The company dropped the policies it set up in 2018 to prevent AI from military use. The change comes as

SECURITY

Jan 29, 2025

Chinese AI app DeepSeek crippled by cyberattack after taking app store crown

DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup, was forced to halt user registrations on January 28, 2025, after suffering a large-scale cyberattack, just as its AI assistant app claimed the top spot on Apple'

SECURITY

Jan 23, 2025

Global DDoS attacks surge 53% as record-breaking 5.6 Tbps attack tests defenses

Cloudflare blocked the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack ever recorded, peaking at 5.6 terabits per second (Tbps) while reporting a staggering 53% increase in overall DDoS threats during 2024. The assault lasted

SECURITY

Jan 17, 2025

380,000 customer medical records exposed by California cannabis chain breach

A cyber attack has exposed the private details of potentially 380,000 STIIIZY cannabis customers in California. The stolen information includes driver's licenses, medical cannabis cards, and records of what customers bought. The company

SECURITY

Jan 14, 2025

Amateur hackers use AI to launch attacks on global companies

A group of inexperienced hackers has attacked more than 85 companies by using artificial intelligence (AI) to build powerful computer viruses, a new report says. The hacker group FunkSec started in October 2024 and compensates

SECURITY

Jan 8, 2025

AI makes online scams look so real that worker click rates triple

Despite years of security training, enterprise employees clicked on malicious links nearly three times more often in 2024 as artificial intelligence (AI) helped scammers create increasingly convincing attacks, according to research released today by cybersecurity

SECURITY

Jan 6, 2025

Historic hack of U.S. telecoms shifts encryption debate into action

Chinese spies broke into America's phone networks and listened to calls from top government leaders. The breach, which has been called the “worst telecom hack in U.S. history,” is forcing officials to rethink

SECURITY

Jan 1, 2025

Data breach surge prompts US feds to propose stricter healthcare security rules

Healthcare organizations across America may face a $9 billion cost this year to meet new federal computer security rules proposed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The changes aim to

SECURITY

Dec 31, 2024

Massive electric vehicle security breach reveals drivers’ daily routines

A data leak at Volkswagen's software company exposed sensitive information from 800,000 electric vehicles, including driver locations and movement patterns across Europe, after months of unprotected cloud storage discovered in November 2024. The

SECURITY

Dec 10, 2024

Microsoft invites you to crack its AI email system for a $10K prize

Microsoft is offering a $10,000 prize pool to those who can crack its artificial intelligence (AI)-integrated email system defenses. The LLMail-Inject challenge, organized in collaboration with the Institute of Science and Technology

SECURITY

Dec 6, 2024

FBI sounds alarm on scams using deepfakes and AI

The FBI has issued a warning about criminals' growing use of generative AI tools to enhance their financial scams. These tools are making fraud attempts more convincing and harder to detect, the Bureau said in