Security
Microsoft recommends rigorous pre-employment checks
Stricter pre-employment vetting measures are necessary to detect fraudulent remote workers.
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Ransomware negotiator talks tales, threats, and New York's new ransom payment disclosure law
New York passes legislation requiring local governments hit by hackers to now fess up if they've paid a ransom demand to their attackers. A top ransomware negotiator shares insight on the bill, the current threat landscape – and some memorable negotiating moments with Cybernews.
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The complete guide to scams 2026: learn how to stay safe
While it’s easy to laugh at early 2000s Nigerian prince scams today, variations of them still exist, and they continue...
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Hackers claim they snatched city budgets and plans from a North Carolina town
A notorious Russia-linked ransomware gang claims to have 260GB of data from a North Carolina city.
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Hackers can listen in on your headphones: Sony, Bose, Marshall, and other major brands affected
Hackers in Bluetooth range can spy on millions of headphone users. Major flaws have been discovered in popular models from Sony, Bose, Marshall, Jabra, JBL, Beyerdynamic, and other devices using Airoha Systems chips.
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Major Russian defense contractor breached, navy secrets exposed, hacker claims
Russian military tech company, NPO Mars, had hundreds of gigabytes of sensitive and likely defense-related data stolen from its systems, attackers say.
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WiFi routers now tracking motion: Xfinity’s new feature sparks privacy concerns
When you’re between your WiFi devices, they can detect even small movements, such as a hand wave. It’s not future tech: Xfinity users can already use a router and other devices as motion sensors. The downside: the motion data is also collected and can be shared with third parties.
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Here’s how North Korean “IT workers” tricked their crypto employers
As US law enforcement announced charges against four North Korean "IT workers," more details have emerged on how the suspected crypto thieves operated.
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Hackers breached Norwegian dam’s control system for hours
Unidentified hackers succeeded in taking over a Norwegian dam's control systems for hours. There was no immediate danger to the public.
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Canadian government orders Hikvision to cease all activities
Mélanie Joly, the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, has commanded Hikvision Canada Inc. to cease all operations in Canada and close its Canadian businesses.
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Microsoft kicks antivirus out of Kernel to stop next tech apocalypse
After the apocalyptic tech meltdown sparked by last summer’s CrowdStrike update, Microsoft is making moves to stop it from ever happening again.
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Zurich non-profit hit by ransomware, Swiss federal data at risk
The Zurich-based non-profit health foundation Radix was hit by a ransomware attack that exposed the data of various Swiss federal offices. Sarcoma ransomware has released a 1.3TB archive of stolen data on its dark web data leak site.
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Nordic’s largest Apple Premium partner breached, hackers claim
Humac, a major Apple products reseller in the Nordics, has appeared on a ransomware gang’s dark web leak site, together with supposedly stolen company details.
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BreachForums revival rumored as French police nab ShinyHunters
ShinyHunters and IntelBroker have been busted, but BreachForums might be resurrecting anyway.
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“You wouldn’t know:” watch an exclusive demo by Ryan M. Montgomery showing how hackers steal your data
Lumma, Raccoon, Aurora, RedLine – these are just a few names behind a recent trend that’s been ruining the internet for us.
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FBI warns about fraudsters posing as health insurers
The FBI has alerted the public to be vigilant for fraudsters posing as legitimate health insurers and fraud investigators to commit health care fraud.
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Russia implements additional restrictions on internet access
Russian users can no longer access millions of major websites protected by Cloudflare, as local internet service providers (ISPs) have been throttling connections to a halt without any formal notice.
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Cyberattacks by Iranian hackers may be incoming, Homeland Security says
The United States Department of Homeland Security is telling American businesses and institutions to be vigilant for cyberattacks by state-sponsored Iranian hackers.
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New CapCut phishing scam puts Apple IDs at risk
Criminals have been sending fake CapCut invoices to steal Apple ID credentials and credit card information.
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AI is spitting out garbage code, vibe coders are shipping it anyway
Artificial intelligence (AI) can write your app in a weekend – just don’t expect it to work come Monday.
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