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Hacktivists Disrupt Aeroflot, Grounding Many Flights
Incident Summary On July 28, 2025, Russia’s flagship carrier Aeroflot experienced a widespread IT ...
Meta Accused of Using Pirated Adult Content for AI Training
Date: July 28, 2025 A recent complaint filed by Strike 3 Holdings in a ...
Microsoft Stops China-Based Support for U.S. Cloud Systems
Background on Government Community Cloud and FedRAMP Accreditation In July 2025, Microsoft announced it ...
Chaos Ransomware Emerges from BlackSuit After Take-Down
In July 2025, international law enforcement dismantled BlackSuit, but the cybercrime landscape shifted almost ...
Inside North Korea’s ‘Laptop Farm’: U.S. Identities Fuel Cyber Revenue
Overview of the Scheme In July 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed charges ...
Echelon Firmware Update Sparks Lock-In Debate
In late July 2025, Echelon rolled out a silent firmware update that effectively disables ...
Rising Supply-Chain Attacks on Open Source Software
Targeting the Source Over the past month, attackers have intensified efforts to compromise widely ...
Trump’s TikTok Ultimatum: Security and Trade Challenges
After promising to “save TikTok,” the Trump administration is now threatening to pull the ...
Why Hackers Should Avoid Googling ‘Defecting to Russia’
To the outside world, some cybercriminals seem like modern-day swashbucklers—exfiltrating terabytes of sensitive data, ...
8 Hidden macOS 26 Tahoe Features to Explore in Beta
Apple's macOS 26 “Tahoe” public beta rolls out advanced UI refinements and under-the-hood enhancements. ...
VMware Security Patches Delayed for Perpetual License Holders
Background: VMware Licensing Shift under Broadcom In November 2024, Broadcom completed its $61 billion ...
White House AI Action Plan: Deregulation and Global Dominance
In July 2025, the White House released its landmark 25-page strategy, “Winning the Race: ...
Understanding ToolShell: Unauthenticated RCE Exploit in SharePoint
Updated Aug 2, 2025: Microsoft and CISA have issued expanded advisories, and Security firms ...
Ukrainians Arrest Alleged XSS Cybercrime Forum Admin
In a landmark takedown, Ukrainian authorities yesterday apprehended the suspected administrator of XSS.is, one ...
Clorox Sues Cognizant After $380M Hack Over MFA Issues
Hacking is hard—until it’s as simple as picking up the phone. In August 2023, ...
CMA to Impose EU-Style Rules on Apple and Google App Stores
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has signaled its intention to designate Apple ...
EFF Challenges SMUD’s Smart Meter Surveillance Practices
Background: High-Voltage Accusations In May 2020, Sacramento residents Alfonso Nguyen and Brian Decker each ...
xAI Employees Protest ‘Skippy’ Data Initiative During Grok Release
Internal records and Slack exchanges reveal that dozens of xAI staffers raised alarms—and many ...
Critical SharePoint Zero-Day CVE-2025-53770 Under Exploit
Overview: Security teams worldwide are sounding the alarm over a CVSSv3 9.8 severity remote ...
Researcher Threatens Lawsuit Against X Over French Probe
Elon Musk’s X platform is locked in a legal standoff with French authorities after ...
UK Backs Down in Apple Encryption Backdoor Dispute
Senior UK officials have signaled a strategic retreat in the prolonged standoff with the ...
Phishers Exploit FIDO MFA Downgrade Technique
Recent headlines claim that phishers have devised a method to bypass FIDO (Fast Identity ...
Apple Sues YouTuber Over iOS Leak and Trade Secrets
In a case that underscores the tension between tech journalism and corporate secrecy, Apple ...
Kubernetes Security with Post-Quantum Cryptography
The cryptographic landscape is evolving rapidly as quantum computing approaches practical viability. While large-scale, ...
GitHub Used to Distribute Malware-as-a-Service
Since February 2025, attackers have leveraged public GitHub repositories as a stealthy hosting platform ...
Ex-NCA Officer Jailed for Bitcoin Heist: 50 Coins Seized
Overview A former UK National Crime Agency (NCA) officer, Paul Chowles, was sentenced to ...
ChatGPT Agent: Exploring Autonomous Browsing and Slideshow Creation
Overview On July 17, 2025, OpenAI launched ChatGPT Agent, its most advanced “agentic AI” ...
EU Pauses DSA Probe of X Amid US Trade Talks
The European Commission has decided to stall its formal findings on Elon Musk’s social ...
Google Finds Backdoor in SonicWall SMA Appliances
Updated: July 20, 2025 – Researchers from the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) have ...
YouTuber Faces Jail Over Android Gaming Handhelds: Legal Insights
In April 2025, Italy’s Guardia di Finanza seized more than 30 Android-based gaming handhelds ...