Security
US AI giants face trillion-dollar dilemma as cheaper Chinese models take two of top five positions
DeepSeek is now more than twice as intelligent as it was when it was first released a year ago. While the new model is still slightly behind the best from Google, Anthropic, or OpenAI, it will complete the same job at least 22 times cheaper.
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Insuretech firm leaks millions of personal records, future travel data
Companjon, an insurance technology company, exposed an unprotected Kafka stream, leaking millions of logs, including travel itineraries, full names, emails, and other personally identifiable information.
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Russia-linked hackers threaten Asus with 1TB leak after dark-web countdown appears
The multinational electronics giant’s name has appeared on a dark web forum, with attackers claiming to have obtained a treasure trove of Asus information.
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Phishing Alert: LVMH, Disney, Uber, Mastercard used in fake Calendly recruitment scam
Attackers impersonating 75 major brands, such as LVMH, Unilever, Lego, and dozens more, are using fake Calendly invites to steal Google Workspace and Facebook Business ad credentials – all part of a recently discovered phishing campaign, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Three Ivy League data breaches in under 3 months: UPenn is the latest to admit a leak
The University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) has confirmed that it suffered a data breach last month, making it the second Ivy League school to face an intrusion in just a few weeks. Princeton and Columbia were also breached earlier this year.
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I created a blank website and got 30K clicks immediately: here’s why this is a problem
I created a new .com website, and it became an instant hit. After a week, Cloudflare sent me a greeting for surpassing the first 1,000 page views. In fact, the website had already received over 4,000 page views. In less than a month, the site had already garnered over 30,000 page views. Except none of these views were actual people.
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One billion PCs run end-of-life Windows 10, despite half of them supporting Windows 11 upgrade
One billion PCs are still running the Windows 10 operating system, which reached end-of-life in October, despite half of them being completely capable of running Windows 11, according to Dell. Unwillingness to switch leaves many systems vulnerable to security exploits, and it appears that upgrading is not that straightforward.
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Most young cybercriminals hang up their keyboards in their twenties, study finds
Most youth cybercriminal careers are short-lived, typically peaking around age twenty, before declining sharply, a Dutch study suggests. This trajectory is not unique and mirrors traditional youth offenses.
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Apple defies India’s demands over undeletable state app, ignites surveillance firestorm
Apple does not plan to comply with a mandate to preload its smartphones with a state-owned cyber safety app and will convey its concerns to New Delhi, three sources said, after the government's move sparked surveillance concerns and a political uproar.
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Man sentenced to 7 years in prison for using “evil twin” WiFi network during flight
A 44-year-old man from Australia faces lengthy jail time for creating a so-called evil twin WiFi network during a domestic flight.
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Hawaii asks residents to surveil roads, but what about citizens’ privacy?
Hawaii has developed a method to monitor the state of its roads by providing its citizens with a tool that allows them to capture road conditions.
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Coupang faces massive 33M-customer data leak, president calls it a "wake-up call"
South Korean police said on Monday they were tracing IP addresses and looking into possible tech vulnerabilities at Coupang after the e-commerce giant suffered the country's worst data breach in over a decade. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday called for increased penalties for corporate negligence in data breaches, saying a massive leak at e-commerce giant Coupang had served as a wake-up call.
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Sorbonne Université staff data on dark web: hackers claim major breach
Employees at Sorbonne Université, one of the top universities in France and globally, may be at risk as hackers claim to have stolen banking details, salary data, IDs, and other sensitive and detailed information.
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TSMC sues as Intel disputes serious trade-secret allegations
Intel has denied that Wei-Jen Lo, a former Senior Vice President at Taiwan-based chip manufacturer TSMC, stole and leaked trade secrets from his former employer.
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US aerospace and defence manufacturer breached, hackers claim
ADC Aerospace, a US-based engineering component maker for defence and aerospace sectors, was listed on Play ransomware cartels’ dark web blog. Attackers claim they accessed client documents.
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Asahi CEO apologizes after Russia‑linked hackers expose 2M in Japan
Asahi has revealed further details about the recent hacker attack that affected the company. It explains what type of data cybercrooks may have accessed and how they infiltrated the company’s systems in the first place.
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Greece busts illegal streaming network, prosecutors charge dozens of subscribers
Greek police busted an illicit streaming service and arrested a 48-year-old man running it. In a major crackdown on piracy, prosecutors are also charging 68 individuals who were found to be subscribers to pirated content. Even VPN use didn’t protect them.
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Belgian DPA imposes fine on data broker Infobel for selling data without consent
The Belgian data protection authority GBA has imposed a fine of €40,000 on data broker Infobel for illegally reselling data for marketing purposes.
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Mobile phones face unprecedented rise in sophisticated cyber threats, ANSSI warns
ANSSI, France’s national cybersecurity agency, argues that smartphones have become a prime target for threat actors and is calling for stronger protective measures.
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Crypto tools secretly skimming funds with every trade: malicious Chrome extension flagged
Some crypto trading tools are secretly syphoning customer funds little by little with every transaction. The Chrome extension Crypto Copilot was flagged as malicious by Socket researchers, who discovered that it adds a hidden fee of 0.05% or more to every trade.
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