Security
Minecraft players’ data surface in alleged 18 million breach
Key takeaways: Hackers claim they are selling up to 18 million Minecraft player records on cybercrime forums. Cybernews researchers found...
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Modern cars send data to advertisers and trackers, study finds
All 21 analyzed cars had cellular connections that researchers mostly couldn’t look into.
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Massive leak links Russian research institute to Kremlin cyber warfare project
Officially, SpetsVuzAvtomatika is a research institute in Rostov-on-Don working on information security and hardware development.
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MikroTik's RouterOS has a near maximum severity bug: CISA urges updating ASAP
MikroTik outnumbers every other vendor by the number of exposed devices on the internet.
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850+ fake ChatGPT ads on Google trick Windows users into installing malware
Malvertising campaigns are moving over to chatbots.
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From politicians to financial gurus: how scammers build trust with fake endorsements
It was a deepfake, with his face and voice cloned for a fake endorsement.
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Second-hand CPU leaves buyer with hardware ban, unable to access online games
Online services are using hardware identifiers to track and restrict unauthorized users.
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Your car is a spy in disguise, Dutch intelligence service warns
That shiny new car you just bought or leased could be a tool designed to give away your secrets.
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Onslaught of Linux kernel bugs forces cyber pros to rethink security boundaries
Malware trapped in Docker or other containers now has no shortage of Linux kernel vulnerabilities to pave its escape route.
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Hackers hit EU data transfer platform as tech sovereignty push grows
The attackers say they’ll release the data in 5 days.
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ShinyHunters insists it is “fine” after FBI arrests alleged leader
“Our operations remain completely fine as it should be and WILL be.”
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Major McDonald's data leak exposes 28 million customer details
Over 40 million records, most of them customer-related, were leaked online.
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Public GitHub code reveals a major issue: over 500,000 secret keys are exposed
GitHub effectively detects many hardcoded secrets, but still has a huge blind spot for Gemini keys.
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China’s AI agents can lie and scheme – just like their US rivals
There’s no evidence that Chinese-powered agents independently escaped to the wider internet or evaded shutdown, however.
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Russian-linked forensics software was used by London police and throughout Europe
London's Met force has paused its contract with Oxygen, pending a review.
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Popular games on Google Play contain trackers from Russia, China, and Israel, study finds
The mobile gaming industry is built on an insidious surveillance network, Proton says.
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What can a person find about you in an hour?
We leave a surprising number of breadcrumbs that can be pieced together remarkably quickly.
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Critical Authlib authentication bypass flaw leaves countless apps in danger
Authlib maintainers could not be reached to coordinate the vulnerability.
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North Korea’s unexpected weapon: women watching Friends
North Koreans weaponize “made in America” staples – Friends and ChatGPT – to attack Americans.
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A fake journalist used a real Calendly link to phish a tech founder
One genuine link, one fake app, one hijacked account.
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