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TIME magazine named Tejasvi Manoj, a 17-year-old Indian American girl, “Kid of the Year 2025” for her work protecting seniors from cybercrime. In 2024, the teenager created a website, Shield Seniors, to educate older adults about online scams and has been raising awareness about malicious actors

The streaming service Plex disclosed a “security incident” in which unnamed hackers stole potentially sensitive customer account information. Plex made the announcement on Tuesday, urging all customers to log out of all connected devices and reset their passwords as a precaution. In its

Popular VPN provider, Proton VPN, reported a sixfold increase in VPN app downloads following a social media ban in Nepal. The ban triggered a spate of nationwide protests, which turned violent and claimed the lives of at least 19 protesters in clashes with police. On August 25, Nepal’s cabinet

Cybercriminals are using a new, sophisticated tool called SpamGPT to launch large-scale email phishing campaigns. The AI-powered software has been promoted in the dark web as a “spam-as-a-service” platform that automates most of the tasks involved in an email phishing attack. According to

A filing with the Oregon Attorney General revealed that a data breach at Absolute Dental claimed over 1.2 million victims. Absolute Dental had previously disclosed the data breach with a placeholder figure of just 501 affected individuals to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights on May 2,

The ransomware group LunaLock has allegedly hacked the website Artists&Clients, a platform that connects artists with clients, and encrypted all of its data. The hackers have requested a $50,000 ransom and threatened to use the stolen content to train Large Language Models (LLMs) if the

Zscaler, a cybersecurity firm with one of the largest security cloud infrastructures in the world, disclosed a Salesloft Drift supply chain incident impacting many of its Salesforce customers. Hackers reportedly stole Salesloft Drift OAuth and refresh tokens, potentially enabling unauthorized

Cybersecurity researchers from Trails of Bits have discovered a new vulnerability in AI systems that allows malicious actors to hide commands within images. The team used a prompt injection strategy to exploit the image downscaling feature in several AI models. According to the report, published

The online forum 4chan has engaged legal counsel to formally reject implementing the UK’s new age verification mandates. 4chan had already announced its intention in January to refuse to comply with any form of compulsory age verification requirements for its users. According to the new UK law,

Malicious actors targeted Nevada’s networks and services in a recent ransomware-based cyberattack. Local authorities confirmed that the incident disrupted websites, phone lines, and forced state offices to close. An ongoing investigation has revealed that some data was exfiltrated from the state’s