UK organizations must improve observability and threat hunting “in the vital pursuit of raising the national ability” to detect cyber threats, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has urged. NCSC CTO, Ollie Whitehouse, argued in a blog post yesterday that… Read More "NCSC: Observability and Threat Hunting Must Improve"
Legal experts WIRED spoke with say that the ICE monitoring and documentation apps that Apple has removed from its App Store are clear examples of protected speech under the US Constitution’s First Amendment. “These apps are publishing constitutionally protected speech.… Read More "Apple Took Down These ICE-Tracking Apps. The Developers Aren’t Giving Up"
Social media platform Discord on Wednesday confirmed that hackers stole photos of government identification documents for 70,000 users as part of the recent data breach. The company revealed the incident on October 3, blaming it on a third-party service it… Read More "Discord Says 70,000 Users Had IDs Exposed in Recent Data Breach"
Oct 09, 2025Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Malware A rapidly evolving Android spyware campaign called ClayRat has targeted users in Russia using a mix of Telegram channels and lookalike phishing websites by impersonating popular apps like WhatsApp, Google Photos, TikTok, and… Read More "New ClayRat Spyware Targets Android Users via Fake WhatsApp and TikTok Apps"
Die Hotelkette Motel One spielt die Auswirkungen der Sicherheitslücke in seiner Hotelsoftware herunter. Tobias Arhelger – shutterstock.com IT-Sicherheitsaktivisten des Kollektivs “Zerforschung” entdeckten kürzlich ein Sicherheitsleck in einer Hotelverwaltungssoftware, das sensible Kundendaten wie Namen, Adressen sowie Ausweis- und Kreditkartendetails preisgab. Betroffen… Read More "Lücke in Hotelsoftware legt Kundendaten offen"
A rapidly evolving Android spyware campaign known as “ClayRat” has been discovered targeting Russian users through Telegram channels and phishing websites. The campaign, tracked by Zimperium zLabs researchers, disguises itself as trusted apps such as WhatsApp, TikTok, Google Photos and YouTube… Read More "ClayRat Spyware Campaign Targets Android Users in Russia"
Data leak detection software identifies an organization’s data leaks – the accidental public exposure of sensitive data due to software misconfigurations and poor network security. Data leaks quickly become data breaches when cybercriminals identify and exploit this exposed data. The… Read More "What is Data Leak Detection Software?"
Law firm Williams & Connolly said state-sponsored hackers breached some of its systems and gained access to attorney email accounts. The prominent Washington, DC-based law firm is known for representing political figures and government officials, including Barack Obama and the… Read More "Chinese Hackers Breached Law Firm Williams & Connolly via Zero-Day"
Oct 09, 2025Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Network Security SonicWall on Wednesday disclosed that an unauthorized party accessed firewall configuration backup files for all customers who have used the cloud backup service. “The files contain encrypted credentials and configuration data; while… Read More "Hackers Access SonicWall Cloud Firewall Backups, Spark Urgent Security Checks"
Three of the most notorious ransomware-as-a-service operations have formed a criminal cartel aimed at coordinating attacks and sharing resources in what they describe as an increasingly “challenging” ransomware business environment. DragonForce, Qilin, and LockBit announced the partnership in early September,… Read More "LockBit, DragonForce, and Qilin form a ‘cartel’ to dictate ransomware market conditions"
