UN Cybercrime Treaty wins dozens of signatories, to go with its many critics Summary The United Nations held a signing ceremony for the Convention against Cybercrime — billed as the…
UN Cybercrime Treaty wins dozens of signatories, to go with its many critics Summary The United Nations held a signing ceremony for the Convention against Cybercrime — the first global…
Australia sues Microsoft for misleading Microsoft 365 users about Copilot subscription options Summary Australia’s Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has commenced legal proceedings against Microsoft, alleging the company misled Microsoft…
Shaq’s new ride gets jaq’ed in haq attaq Summary Infosec In Brief: Cybercriminals targeted the transport company’s network handling Shaquille O’Neal’s customised Range Rover, causing the vehicle to go missing…
Amazon Explains How Its AWS Outage Took Down the Web Summary AWS published a post-event summary explaining that Monday’s major outage started with DNS resolution problems tied to DynamoDB’s Domain…
Berkeley boffins build better load balancing algo with AI Summary Researchers at UC Berkeley used OpenEvolve, an open-source implementation of DeepMind’s AlphaEvolve, to evolve and optimise a load-balancing algorithm for…
High-stakes poker scam used rigged card shufflers, X-ray tables, and special glasses Summary Federal prosecutors unsealed two indictments alleging a wide-ranging cheating and gambling conspiracy centred on rigged, high-stakes poker…
Shutdown Sparks 85% Increase in US Government Cyberattacks Summary Researchers report a dramatic surge in attacks targeting federal agencies and employees since the US government shutdown began on 1 October.…
Everybody’s warning about critical Windows Server WSUS bug exploits … but Microsoft’s mum Summary A critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-59287) affecting Windows Server versions 2012 through 2025 — only…
Sneaky Mermaid attack in Microsoft 365 Copilot steals data Summary Microsoft has patched a vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot that allowed indirect prompt injection via Mermaid diagrams to exfiltrate tenant…
