In an announcement published by Ahold Delhaize, a leading global food retailer, the company confirmed that a significant data breach has compromised the personal information of over 2.2 million people across several countries. With nearly 10,000 stores located across Europe,…
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Parking Meter QR Code Scam Grows Nationwide as “Quishing” Threatens Drivers
A growing scam involving fake QR codes on parking meters is putting unsuspecting drivers at risk of financial fraud. This deceptive tactic—called “quishing,” a blend of “QR” and “phishing”—relies on tampered QR codes that redirect people to bogus websites…
US Government Secretly Builds Enormous Database Tracking Citizens
An explosive story regarding the Trump administration’s collaboration with Palantir, which could result in the creation of a master database containing data on every American, was released by the New York Times last month. If such a “master list”…
Qantas Hit by Cyberattack Days After FBI Warning on Airline 2FA Bypass Threat
Just days after the FBI warned airlines about a surge in 2FA bypass attacks by the hacker group Scattered Spider, Australian airline Qantas has confirmed a major cybersecurity incident. The breach, which targeted a third-party platform used for customer…
Doctors Warned Over Use of Unapproved AI Tools to Record Patient Conversations
Healthcare professionals in the UK are under scrutiny for using artificial intelligence tools that haven’t been officially approved to record and transcribe conversations with patients. A recent investigation has uncovered that several doctors and medical facilities are relying on…
Thousands of WordPress Sites at Risk as Motors Theme Flaw Enables Admin Account Takeovers
A critical security flaw tracked as CVE-2025-4322 has left a widely used premium WordPress theme exposed to attackers. Cybercriminals have been exploiting this vulnerability in the Motors theme to seize administrator accounts, allowing them to fully compromise websites—modifying information,…
New Report Ranks Best And Worst Generative AI Tools For Privacy
Most generative AI companies use client data to train their chatbots. For this, they may use private or public data. Some services take a more flexible and non-intrusive approach to gathering customer data. Not so much for others. A…
How AI Impacts KYC and Financial Security
Finance has become a top target for deepfake-enabled fraud in the KYC process, undermining the integrity of identity-verification frameworks that help counter-terrorism financing (CTF) and anti-money laundering (AML) systems. Experts have found a rise in suspicious activity using AI-generated media,…
Iranian Hackers Threaten More Trump Email Leaks Amid Rising U.S. Cyber Tensions
Iran-linked hackers have renewed threats against the U.S., claiming they plan to release more emails allegedly stolen from former President Donald Trump’s associates. The announcement follows earlier leaks during the 2024 presidential race, when a batch of messages was…
Navigating AI Security Risks in Professional Settings
There is no doubt that generative artificial intelligence is one of the most revolutionary branches of artificial intelligence, capable of producing entirely new content across many different types of media, including text, image, audio, music, and even video. As…
Russian APT28 Targets Ukraine Using Signal to Deliver New Malware Families
The Russian state-sponsored threat group APT28, also known as UAC-0001, has been linked to a fresh wave of cyberattacks against Ukrainian government targets, using Signal messenger chats to distribute two previously undocumented malware strains—BeardShell and SlimAgent. While the Signal…
Think Twice Before Using Text Messages for Security Codes — Here’s a Safer Way
In today’s digital world, many of us protect our online accounts using two-step verification. This process, known as multi-factor authentication (MFA), usually requires a password and an extra code, often sent via SMS, to log in. It adds an…
FIR Filed After Noida Logistics Company Claims User Data Leaked
High-profile clients’ private information, including that of top government officials, was leaked due to a significant cybersecurity incident at Agarwal Packers and Movers Ltd (APML) in India. Concerns over the security of corporate data as well as possible national…
Palo Alto Detects New Prometei Botnet Attacks Targeting Linux Servers
Cybersecurity analysts from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 have reported a resurgence of the Prometei botnet, now actively targeting Linux systems with new, upgraded variants as of March 2025. Originally discovered in 2020 when it was aimed at Windows machines,…
Russian Threat Actors Circumvent Gmail Security with App Password Theft
As part of Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), security researchers discovered a highly sophisticated cyber-espionage campaign orchestrated by Russian threat actors. They succeeded in circumventing Google’s multi-factor authentication (MFA) protections for Gmail accounts by successfully circumventing it. A group…
North Korean Hackers Target Crypto Professionals With Info-Stealing Malware
North Korean hackers are tricking crypto experts into attending elaborate phoney job interviews in order to access their data and install sophisticated malware on their devices. Cisco Talos disclosed earlier this week that a new Python-based remote access trojan…
Malicious Copycat Repositories Emerge in Large Numbers on GitHub
The researchers at the National Cyber Security Agency have identified a sophisticated campaign that involved malicious actors uploading more than 67 deceptive repositories to GitHub, masquerading as legitimate Python-based security and hacking tools. In truth, these repositories actually serve…
Lazarus Group Suspected in $11M Crypto Heist Targeting Taiwan’s BitoPro Exchange
Taiwanese cryptocurrency platform BitoPro has blamed North Korea’s Lazarus Group for a cyberattack that resulted in $11 million in stolen digital assets. The breach occurred on May 8, 2025, during an upgrade to the exchange’s hot wallet system. According…
U.S. Senators Propose New Task Force to Tackle AI-Based Financial Scams
In response to the rising threat of artificial intelligence being used for financial fraud, U.S. lawmakers have introduced a new bipartisan Senate bill aimed at curbing deepfake-related scams. The bill, called the Preventing Deep Fake Scams Act, has been…
The Rise in IT Helpdesk Scams: What Can Users Do?
Over 37,500 complaints concerning phoney tech-support scams were filed in the United States last year alone, resulting in losses of over $924 million, according to the latest FBI’s Internet Crime Report. In this piece, we’ll look at how these…