Orange Belgium mega-breach exposes 850K customers to serious fraud Summary A major data theft at Orange Belgium in late July exposed information on around 850,000 customer accounts. Attackers obtained full…
US cops wrap up RapperBot, one of world’s biggest DDoS-for-hire rackets Summary RapperBot — also known as Eleven Eleven Botnet or CowBot — has been taken offline and its alleged…
Apple rushes out fix for active zero-day in iOS and macOS Summary Apple released emergency updates on 20 August 2025 to patch CVE-2025-43300 — an out-of-bounds write in the ImageIO…
‘Impersonation as a service’ the next big thing in cybercrime Summary ReliaQuest and industry sources report that underground forums are increasingly recruiting English-speaking social engineers. The emerging trend, labelled “impersonation-as-a-service,”…
Summary Security researchers at Trail of Bits demonstrated an image-scaling prompt-injection attack that can hide instructions inside large images so they only become visible after the image is downscaled by…
Congressman proposes bringing back letters of marque for cyber privateers Summary A bill introduced by Arizona Republican Congressman David Schweikert — the Scam Farms Marque and Reprisal Authorization Act of…
Microsoft reportedly cuts China’s early access to bug disclosures, PoC exploit code Summary Microsoft has reportedly restricted Proof‑of‑Concept (PoC) exploit code in its Microsoft Active Protections Programme (MAPP) for companies…
Developer jailed for taking down employer’s network with kill switch malware Summary Davis Lu, a former senior developer at Eaton, was sentenced to four years in prison after installing a…
Don’t cave to Euro censorship or backdoor demands, Uncle Sam warns US tech firms Summary The US Federal Trade Commission chair, Andrew Ferguson, has sent a letter to major US…
Russia Orders State-Backed WhatsApp Rival Pre-Installed On Phones and Tablets Summary From 1 September 2025 Russia will require all smartphones and tablets sold in the country to come with MAX,…
