US scrambles to recoup $1M+ nicked by NORKs
US scrambles to recoup $1M+ nicked by NORKs Summary The US Department of Justice is trying to recover roughly $1,008,564 worth of Tether stablecoins allegedly stolen by three IT contractors…
Californian man so furious about forced Windows 11 upgrade that he’s suing Microsoft
Californian man so furious about forced Windows 11 upgrade that he’s suing Microsoft Summary Lawrence Klein, identified only as a California resident, has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft claiming the…
Red teams are safe from robots for now, as AI makes better shield than spear
Red teams are safe from robots for now, as AI makes better shield than spear Summary At Black Hat the debate was clear: AI today helps defenders more than attackers,…
Fed cloud contracts up 2x this year after red tape slashing
Fed cloud contracts up 2x this year after red tape slashing Summary The General Services Administration (GSA) has authorised 114 cloud services for US federal use so far in fiscal…
Russia’s RomCom among those exploiting a WinRAR 0-day in highly-targeted attacks
Summary Researchers at ESET found that Russia-linked RomCom and at least one other criminal group exploited a high-severity WinRAR path-traversal vulnerability (CVE-2025-8088) as a zero-day before the vendor issued a…
The White House could end UK’s decade-long fight to bust encryption
Summary Content summary The Home Office’s long-running campaign to weaken end-to-end encryption (E2EE) — a fight stretching back to David Cameron’s post-Charlie Hebdo era and earlier RIPA-era demands — looks…
Sloppy AI Defenses Take Cybersecurity Back To the 1990s, Researchers Say
Sloppy AI Defences Take Cybersecurity Back To the 1990s, Researchers Say Summary Researchers and speakers at Black Hat USA 2025 (and BSides) warn that rushed, poorly designed generative AI deployments…
Russia Is Suspected To Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System
Russia Is Suspected To Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System Summary Investigations reported by the New York Times indicate that Russia is suspected to be at least partly…
Cornell Researchers Develop Invisible Light-Based Watermark To Detect Deepfakes
Cornell Researchers Develop Invisible Light-Based Watermark To Detect Deepfakes Summary Cornell University researchers have introduced “noise-coded illumination”: an invisible, light-based watermarking system that embeds unique, imperceptible codes into the illumination…
‘ReVault’ Security Flaws Impact Millions of Dell Laptops
Summary Researchers at Cisco Talos disclosed a set of firmware-level vulnerabilities called “ReVault” that affect Dell’s ControlVault3 on more than 100 Latitude and Precision laptop models. The flaws (five CVEs,…