A divided panel of the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) may retain access to sensitive federal agency data. The 3-judge panel handed down its 2-to-1 verdict in favor of DOGE on Tuesday (12th August) after a months-long legal battle
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K7 Security Labs researchers have raised the alarm after discovering an infostealer malware affecting Windows devices, dubbed “Silent Watcher.” Part of the Cmimai malware family, Silent Watcher demonstrates sophisticated mechanisms to achieve long-term persistence and redundant data
Google revealed that it’s the latest major company victim in a series of data breaches involving the exploitation of Salesforce CRM users. ShinyHunter, the threat actor, used social engineering tactics to impersonate IT support staff in phone calls to employees of target businesses. As of now,
A jury found Meta guilty of contravening the California Invasion of Privacy Act for using data from the female health tracking app, Flo Health. A co-defendant in the trial, Flo, had reached a settlement with the plaintiffs earlier in the trial. Claiming more than 420 million users worldwide, Flo
The privacy-focused company Proton launched a two-factor authentication (2FA) app called Proton Authenticator last Thursday. The open-source app is available for free download and is compatible with Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, and Windows devices. According to the press release, Proton
The blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence revealed on Saturday what may be the largest known crypto heist in history. The firm explained that the mining pool LuBian lost 127,426 Bitcoin in December 2020 after hackers breached its systems. The incident remained secret for nearly five
Governor Tim Walz has called in the Minnesota National Guard to help rectify the cybersecurity of the City of St. Paul after it suffered a major attack. City workers discovered “suspicious” activity on its network on Friday, 25 July, declaring a state of emergency and launching an immediate
OpenAI’s latest AI system, ChatGPT Agent, launched a few weeks ago, is capable of performing complex tasks, including bypassing Cloudflare’s “I Am Not a Robot” verification. The agent's ability to autonomously navigate human verification protocols marks a notable milestone in AI
The hacker group Scattered Spider has been carrying out aggressive campaigns targeting U.S. companies. In recent attacks, the group has employed sophisticated social engineering techniques to gain access to internal systems of American businesses, enabling them to compromise VMware vCenter Server
Tea, a viral dating advice app, suffered a major data leak, exposing 72,000 user images as well as direct messages. According to reports, the app itself left a Firebase storage bucket publicly accessible, with no authentication, encryption, or access controls — meaning anyone with the URL could