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Situation as at 31 December 2025

(first publication: 30 October 2024)

Situation as at 31 December 2025

Situation as at 31 December 2025

The U.S. Justice Department joined authorities in Canada and Germany in dismantling the online infrastructure behind four highly disruptive botnets that compromised more than three million hacked Internet of Things (IoT) devices, such as routers and web cameras. The feds say the four botnets -- named Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid and Mossad -- are responsible for a series of recent record-smashing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks capable of knocking nearly any target offline.

RSAC Conference Preview: MCP introduces security risks into LLM environments that are architectural and not easily fixable, researcher says.

Major industry leaders agree to share information and collaborate to boost defenses in the wake of distressing online scams.

The cloud security startup's platform translates and enforces security policies across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle using provider-native controls.

Major providers are testing a quantum-safe version of HTTPS that shrinks certificates to one-tenth their previous size, decreasing latency and adding transparency.

Someone tries to remote control his own DJI Romo vacuum, and ends up controlling 7,000 of them from all around the world. The IoT is horribly insecure, but we already knew that.

These rulings prohibit the entities from entering or doing business in the European Union.

Out-of-court consumer complaint resolution

In addition to enabling remote access, the malware supports a wide range of capabilities, including data theft and spying.

A sophisticated iOS exploit chain leverages multiple zero-day vulnerabilities and is targeting users in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Malaysia, and Ukraine.

A prompt injection vulnerability paired with other flaws can turn a Google search into a full attack chain that could threaten enterprise networks.

Tracking pixels let social media companies spy on their users even after they click over to advertiser sites, gleaning credit card info, geolocations, and more, according to an analysis.