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In a coordinated effort, the FBI, working with Google and Black Lotus Labs, has dismantled a massive Chinese phishing-as-a-service operation called Outsider Enterprise with thousands of phishing websites used to steal credit card data and p
Read →A former IT employee at an Iowa school district was sentenced to 21 months in prison after conducting a prolonged cyberattack against the former employer that disrupted classroom operations, deleted accounts, and caused tens of thousands of
Read →Chinese hackers took control of a target organization's authentication stack and maintained persistence for 10 years, with full visibility into the administrative activity. [...]
Read →Splunk has released security updates to address a critical security flaw in Splunk Enterprise that could be exploited to conduct unauthenticated file operations and even remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20253, i
Read →According to a new report from Semafor, the White House's decision to impose export restrictions on Anthropic's Mythos was driven in part by fears that it had been accessed by a group linked to China. If the Chinese government actually had
Read →According to the Wall Street Journal, the export control directive that led to Anthropic cutting off access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 was triggered in part by cybersecurity research from Amazon and conversations between CEO Andy Jassy and the
Read →Last year, the FBI opened a Cyber Range in Huntsville, Alabama, for simulating cyberattacks. Think of it sort of like the famous Hogan's Alley, but for modern digital crime training. It's a massive 22,000 square-foot replica of an entire to
Read →I have this vivid memory of walking to pick up my oldest from school in June of 2022. For a variety of reasons, I was in a very bad place mentally. And to make matters worse, it was brutally hot. I was depressed, angry with the world, sunbu
Read →Hoping to catch some World Cup matches while spending as little money as possible? You have a few options for finding a few days of free streaming, although you may choose to eventually pony up some money. That, or get creative by combining
Read →A cybersecurity researcher has found that hundreds of websites under SITA are poorly maintained and vulnerable to cyberattacks.
Read →A prominent cybersecurity firm has warned that South Africa's national grid faces an increased risk of cyberattacks due to more private sector participation and smart meter rollouts.
Read →South Africans planning to place bets on FIFA World Cup games in 2026 should beware of fake online betting sites and apps amid a global scam campaign.
Read →AVBOB general manager for corporate affairs Adrian Bester could not confirm whether the recent cybersecurity incident it suffered was a ransomware attack or a data breach.
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