Category: CYBER SECURITY

Nearly a dozen Chrome extensions with a combined 1.7 million downloads have been found secretly tracking user activity, stealing browser data, and redirecting users to unsafe websites, according to researchers at Koi Security.

The Anatsa banking trojan has resurfaced on the Google Play Store, this time hiding inside a fake PDF viewer app called “Document Viewer – File Reader”, published by Hybrid Cars Simulator, Drift & Racing.

Microsoft has released its July 2025 Patch Tuesday updates, addressing a total of 137 security flaws, including a publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server and 14 rated as critical.

A cybersecurity researcher has discovered an unprotected database containing sensitive personal data of nearly 246,000 people, possibly linked to a Texas-based company called Rockerbox.

A Chinese citizen has been arrested in Milan, Italy, for allegedly being involved with a state-sponsored hacking group known for targeting U.S. organizations and government agencies.

Australian airline Qantas has confirmed it is being extorted following a recent cyberattack that may have exposed the personal data of up to 6 million customers.

Hackers have stolen nearly $140 million from six major banks in Brazil by exploiting insider access at C&M, a company that provides financial connectivity services.

U.S. tech distribution giant Ingram Micro confirmed on Monday that a ransomware attack is behind an ongoing outage that has disrupted its global operations since last Thursday.

A hacker from the HellCat ransomware group is threatening to leak 106GB of sensitive data allegedly stolen from Telefónica, one of Spain’s largest telecommunications companies.

Spanish police have taken down a massive investment scam that tricked hundreds of people and caused losses of over $11.8 million (€10 million).

The Hunters International ransomware gang has officially shut down its operations and announced it will provide free decryption tools to all previous victims, marking a rare retreat in the cybercrime world.

More than 40 malicious extensions impersonating popular cryptocurrency wallets have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox’s official add-ons store, posing a significant risk to users’ digital assets.

A high-severity vulnerability in the popular Forminator plugin for WordPress, tracked as CVE-2025-6463, could allow attackers to delete arbitrary files and potentially take over entire websites.

Qantas, Australia’s largest airline, has confirmed that a major data breach has exposed the personal information of around six million passengers.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on Russian hosting company Aeza Group and four of its top operators, accusing them of operating a "bulletproof hosting" service for cybercriminals, including ransomware groups, infostealer operators, darknet drug markets, and Russian disinformation campaigns.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has launched an investigation into a “sophisticated and targeted” cyberattack that struck its systems last week.

Australian airline Qantas has disclosed a cyberattack that led to a significant data breach affecting up to 6 million customers.

AT&T has introduced a new feature called Account Lock to help protect wireless users from SIM swapping attacks.

The U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI announced on Monday that they have arrested and charged several individuals involved in a scheme where North Korean workers posed as remote IT employees to secretly work for over 100 U.S. companies.