Crims using social media images, videos in ‘virtual kidnapping’ scams Summary The FBI has warned that criminals are using publicly available social media photos and videos — often doctored with…
WIRED Roundup: DOGE Isn’t Dead, Facebook Dating Is Real, and Amazon’s AI Ambitions Summary The latest episode of WIRED’s Uncanny Valley (host Zoë Schiffer with senior editor Leah Feiger) covers…
EU metes out first-ever Digital Services Act fine, dings X for blue check deception Summary The European Commission has issued the first-ever fine under the Digital Services Act (DSA), slapping…
Maryland man sentenced for N. Korea IT worker scheme involving US government contracts Summary A 40-year-old Maryland man, Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong, was sentenced to 15 months in prison and…
React2Shell Vulnerability Under Attack from China-Nexus Groups Summary CVE-2025-55182 (nicknamed “React2Shell”) is a maximum-severity unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) bug in React Server Components affecting several react-server-dom packages and React…
The Indian Ocean disaster is a climate tragedy — and needs more attention Article Date: 05 December 2025Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03973-xArticle Image: https://media.nature.com/w300/magazine-assets/d41586-025-03973-x/d41586-025-03973-x_51783450.jpg Summary In late November 2025 three tropical cyclones…
PRC spies Brickstormed their way into critical US networks and remained hidden for years Summary US and Canadian government agencies (CISA, NSA and the Canadian Cyber Security Centre) plus private…
PRC spies Brickstormed their way into critical US networks and remained hidden for years Summary US and Canadian agencies, plus multiple security firms, warn that China-linked cyber operators used a…
Beijing-linked hackers are hammering max-severity React bug, AWS warns Summary AWS has warned that China-linked state-nexus threat groups began actively exploiting a critical React Server Components vulnerability (CVE-2025-55182), dubbed “React2Shell”,…
EU issues €120 million fine to Elon Musk’s X under rules to tackle disinformation Summary The European Commission has fined Elon Musk’s social platform X €120 million for breaching the…
