Data Centres Are Driving a US Gas Boom
Data Centres Are Driving a US Gas Boom Summary New research from Global Energy Monitor shows that gas projects in the US explicitly linked to data centres have surged —…
Months After Patch, WinRAR Bug Poised to Hit SMBs Hardest
Months After Patch, WinRAR Bug Poised to Hit SMBs Hardest Summary A high-severity WinRAR vulnerability (CVE-2025-8088) patched on 30 July 2025 is still being actively exploited months later. Google Threat…
Everybody is WinRAR phishing, dropping RATs as fast as lightning
Everybody is WinRAR phishing, dropping RATs as fast as lightning Summary A path traversal vulnerability in WinRAR (CVE-2025-8088) that was patched in version 7.13 is still being widely exploited. Attackers…
Projected impacts of climate change on malaria in Africa
Projected impacts of climate change on malaria in Africa Summary This Nature study combines mechanistic climate-to-mosquito indices (temperature and larval-habitat suitability) with a hierarchical Bayesian geotemporal model trained on 49,994…
Wikipedia is needed now more than ever, 25 years on
Wikipedia is needed now more than ever, 25 years on Summary Wikipedia marks its 25th year as a free, participatory and transparent online encyclopedia. Nature’s editorial praises the platform’s commitment…
Vibe-Coded ‘Sicarii’ Ransomware Can’t Be Decrypted
Vibe-Coded ‘Sicarii’ Ransomware Can’t Be Decrypted Summary Sicarii is a recently observed ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) strain whose encryption is effectively irrecoverable. Researchers at Halcyon found a critical key-handling defect: the malware…
Let them eat sourdough: ShinyHunters claims Panera Bread as stolen credentials victim
Let them eat sourdough: ShinyHunters claims Panera Bread as stolen credentials victim Summary ShinyHunters claims it has stolen data from Panera Bread, alleging more than 14 million records were taken…
WorldLeaks Extortion Group Claims It Stole 1.4TB of Nike Data
WorldLeaks Extortion Group Claims It Stole 1.4TB of Nike Data Summary WorldLeaks — an extortion group that succeeded the Hunters International operation — claims it exfiltrated roughly 1.4TB of data…
Russian security systems firm Delta hit by cyberattack, services disrupted
Russian security systems firm Delta hit by cyberattack, services disrupted Summary Delta, a Russian supplier of home, business and vehicle alarm systems, said it suffered a “large-scale, coordinated and well-organised”…
Sandworm Blamed for Wiper Attack on Poland Power Grid
Sandworm Blamed for Wiper Attack on Poland Power Grid Summary Security researchers have attributed a destructive wiper-style cyberattack against Poland’s power grid in late December to the Russian advanced persistent…