Security
Noyb takes German privacy regulators to court over delays in 'Pay or Okay' ad consent cases
The Austrian privacy organization Noyb has sued the data protection authorities (DPAs) of Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia for failing to rule on the “Pay or Okay” business model used by several German news outlets.
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EDRi urges total spyware ban across EU
European digital civil rights movement EDRi wants a full ban on the development, production, marketing, sale, export, and use of spyware in the European Union.
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European “sovereign” DNS relies on Cloudflare, Google, and routing through Five Eyes
A network engineer, scrutinizing the new European DNS service, found that it relies heavily on services from Cloudflare and Google, and even routes traffic through non‑EU providers, raising questions about sovereignty claims.
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Viasat hacked by China-backed Salt Typhoon in 2024 US telecom attacks
Viasat, the US-based global communications company, on Tuesday, has been identified as one of the US telecom companies breached by the Chinese-backed espionage group Salt Typhoon in the lead up to the US presidential elections held last November.
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Erie Indemnity likely first ransomware attack to hit insurance sector as M&S hackers pivot, security expert warns
Scattered Spider, the ransomware gang suspected of carrying out the recent marathon of cyberattacks on the UK retail sector, has now set its sights on the insurance industry. The US-based Erie Indemnity is likely one of the first victims to take the hit. One security expert breaks it down for Cybernews.
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Midmarket CISOs are being asked to do more with less, says report
On average, chief information security officers (CISOs) in small and medium-sized companies earn $415,000 a year. But what they’re asked to do is far from easy.
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Hackers are attacking some of the most popular TP-Link routers. Are you affected?
Hackers are actively exploiting vulnerabilities in popular TP-Link routers, which have tens of thousands of reviews on Amazon. A US cyber watchdog is urging users to ditch old router models that won’t get security updates.
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Dutch police identify 126 suspects on Cracked.io, one of them was an 11-year-old
Dutch police have summoned at least 20 users of the hacking forum Cracked.io, a notorious illicit marketplace seized by the FBI. In total, 126 users from the Netherlands were identified, one of them as young as 11. Other countries may follow suit.
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Over 8M exposed after major car-sharing app breach
Zoomcar, India’s largest peer-to-peer car-sharing app, has suffered a data breach. The sensitive details of millions of customers have been exposed.
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Hackers claim attack on Scania, website down for maintenance
Attackers have allegedly breached Scania, a major Swedish manufacturer, stealing tens of thousands of documents from the company’s corporate insurance arm.
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Hackers force 100-year-old German napkin manufacturer into insolvency
German paper napkin manufacturer Fasana, established in 1919, has filed for insolvency following a major cyberattack.
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Cyberattack on journalists’ email accounts under investigation by Washington Post
The Washington Post is investigating a cyberattack on email accounts of some of its journalists, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday.
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Watch out: Crooks target cruisers as summer season kicks in
The cruise season is officially here — and scammers are looking to exploit careless tourists this summer.
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Adtech’s dark side: some commercial firms caught fueling cybercrime
As soon as one network of malicious ads gets disrupted, like a phoenix, it respawns under a different name, and all the malware actors migrate to it immediately. Researchers discover a close relationship between website hackers and certain adtech companies.
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Don’t touch the thermostat: Clean rooms, third-party risk, and the future of the chip wars
Clean rooms, the ultra-controlled environments where chips are fabricated, are profoundly vulnerable to cyberattacks. Even the most minor deviation in conditions can have catastrophic consequences.
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Extorting the afterlife? Hackers breach cemetery, stealing personal data
As if there was a lack of proof that ransomware gangs would target anyone, threat actors pushed the bar even lower, adding a cemetery to their list of victims.
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The first truly random number generator built: uses quantum entanglement
If God does play dice with the universe, scientists have created “the best random number generator that the universe allows.” It works by measuring entangled photons and broadcasting the random results publicly.
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RabbitOS Intern: Weaponizing AI for Twitter OSINT
I like to use technology in unconventional ways because the hacker in me still enjoys pushing boundaries until something breaks. Always on the hunt for the best affordable OSINT tools, I recently stumbled upon an unsuspecting superweapon: the Rabbit R1.
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