404 Media has a story about Proton Mail giving subscriber data to the Swiss government, who passed the information to the FBI. It’s metadata—payment information related to a particular account—but still important knowledge. This sort of thing happens, even to privacy-centric companies like Proton Mail.
Sysdig details how threat actors exploited a critical CVE in Langflow in less than a day
A ransomware gang that claims to be a group of "investigative journalists"? Meet LeakNet - the group using fake CAPTCHA pages to trick employees into hacking themselves. Read more in my article on the Fortra blog.
The National Crime Agency’s director general warns that technology is rapidly reshaping crime
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.
Hastalamuerte leaks The Gentlemen RaaS ops: FortiGate exploits, BYOVD evasion, Qilin split tactics
Mobile banking malware targets over 1200 financial apps globally, shifting fraud to user devices
The UK’s financial regulator has issued new rules to make incident and third-party reporting clearer
Notorious ransomware group Interlock has been exploiting a Cisco zero-day bug since January, AWS says
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.
35% of security leaders working in the UK’s critical infrastructure said regulatory requirements are the primary influence on their security programs
These rulings prohibit the entities from entering or doing business in the European Union.
In episode 459 of Smashing Security, we dive into a chillingly clever account takeover attempt targeting WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg - involving MFA fatigue, real Apple alerts, a convincing support call, and a phishing page that oh-so-nearly worked. If a famous techie could have this happen to you, can you be sure you're immune? Plus: would you donate your lifetime medical history to science if you were promised anonymity? We unpack serious concerns around UK Biobank, where “de-identified” data may not be as anonymous as you think — and how surprisingly little information it takes to reveal everything. And! Human-powered “AI”, and a punishment worse than prison: eight hours on the RSA expo floor... All this, and much more, in episode 459 of the "Smashing Security" podcast with cybersecurity veteran Graham Cluley, and special guest Paul Ducklin.
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.
CVE-2026-3888 Ubuntu snap flaw lets local users escalate to root via timing-based exploit
A prompt injection vulnerability paired with other flaws can turn a Google search into a full attack chain that could threaten enterprise networks.