Category: CYBER SECURITY

The FBI is warning the public about a growing scam where criminals take photos shared on social media, alter them, and use them as fake proof of life images during virtual kidnapping attempts.

Africa is confronting a fast-growing cybercrime problem, with Nigeria emerging as a key hub for these illegal activities, according to recent reports.

A major AI image generator leak exposed over one million sensitive files, raising serious privacy, security, and deepfake misuse concerns.

U.S. prosecutors have charged two brothers from Virginia with plotting to steal sensitive information and destroy government databases after they were fired from their contracting jobs.

Russia’s telecommunications regulator, Roskomnadzor, has blocked access to Apple’s FaceTime and Snapchat, citing concerns that the platforms are being used to coordinate terrorist activities.

Freedom Mobile, Canada’s fourth-largest wireless carrier, has confirmed a data breach after attackers broke into its customer account management platform and accessed personal information belonging to an undisclosed number of customers.

Microsoft has quietly taken steps to weaken a high-severity Windows LNK vulnerability that has been actively exploited by numerous state-sponsored hacking groups and cybercrime gangs in zero-day attacks.

The Aisuru botnet has become one of the most powerful and dangerous forces on the internet, launching more than 1,300 distributed denial-of-service attacks in just three months.

A critical security flaw in the King Addons for Elementor plugin is being actively exploited, allowing attackers to gain full administrator access to WordPress sites.

A new phishing scam is targeting online banking users in Nepal by sending fake emails that appear to come from nBank Web Banking.

The University of Pennsylvania has revealed a new data breach after attackers stole documents containing personal information from its Oracle E-Business Suite servers in August.

Google has released the Android security bulletin for December 2025, fixing 107 vulnerabilities in total. Two of these flaws were already being used in targeted attacks, making this month’s update especially important for users.

The agency wants the company to delete data it does not need, improve its security practices, and stop making misleading claims about how it protects student information.

South Korean authorities have arrested four people accused of hacking more than 120,000 IP cameras installed in homes and businesses across the country.

The widely used open-source SmartTube app for Android TV was compromised after an attacker gained access to the developer’s signing keys, allowing a malicious update to be delivered to users.

Coupang confirms a major data breach affecting 33.7 million South Korean customers, exposing personal details but not payment information.

North Korea’s state-backed hacking group Lazarus is suspected to have carried out at least 31 cyberattacks over the past year, according to a new report released Sunday by security firm AhnLab Inc.

Asahi Group Holdings has finished investigating the cyberattack it suffered in September and says the incident affected up to 1.9 million people.