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Today's cybersecurity news highlights several significant threats and trends. Notably, a former engineer was sentenced for an insider cyber extortion plot, demanding 20 Bitcoin after compromising a company's infrastructure. Additionally, the rise of typosquatting exploits using rare Cyrillic and Latin characters poses new risks for users of Chromium browsers. Anthropic has halted live internet access for its AI tests following injection flaw exploits, underscoring ongoing vulnerabilities in AI systems. Furthermore, the co-creator of the Empire Market dark web platform received a 40-year prison sentence for facilitating over $430 million in illegal trades. Lastly, the FBI arrested the founder of a ransomware negotiation firm linked to the ShinyHunters group, marking a significant move against cybercriminal operations.
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Le Comité européen de la protection des données (EDPB) a annoncé l'organisation d'un événement à distance pour les parties prenantes concernant l'interaction entre le droit de la concurrence et la protection des données.Cet événement s'inscrit dans le cadre de travaux menés conjointement avec la Com...
A newly disclosed Linux kernel vulnerability is exposing a pathway for unprivileged users to gain full admin control on a wide range of systems. The flaw, identified as CVE-2026-31431 and dubbed Copy Fail, affects nearly all major Linux distros released over the past eight years. The issue stems fr...
On Tuesday, Zambiaâs Minister of Technology and Science offered the first hint that the conference would be cancelled, telling a Zambian news outlet that participantsâ security clearances were incomplete and that the government has concerns about the conferenceâs âdialogue.â
When AI Billing Breaks Trust: Lessons from the Claude Code Backlash
AI adoption is accelerating, but trust is still fragile.
The post When AI Billing Breaks Trust: What the Claude Code Backlash Says About AI Governance appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Reporters, community advocates, EFF, and others have used public records laws to reveal and counteract abuse, misuse, and fraudulent narratives around how law enforcement agencies across the country use and share data collected by automated license plate readers (ALPRs). EFF is alarmed by recent law...
Two computer crime allegations follow up to 18M lines of data surfacing online
Two computer crime allegations follow up to 18M lines of data surfacing online French prosecutors say police detained a 15-year-old on April 25 over the alleged theft of millions of records from France Titres (ANTS), the agency handling secure documents.âŠ
A US agent claimed WhatsApp encryption is fake and Meta can access messages; the probe was abruptly shut, raising security concerns. A US agent claimed WhatsApp encryption is fake, alleging Meta accesses all unencrypted messages, but Commerce Department abruptly shut the probe, leaving leaders quest...
Adam Cassady, who was nominated last month to helm the State Departmentâs Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, was approved by a vote of 17-5.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned the transportation and logistics industry of a sharp rise in cyber-enabled cargo theft, with estimated losses in the United States and Canada reaching nearly $725 million in 2025. [...]
In yet another software supply chain attack, threat actors have managed to compromise the popular Python package Lightning to push two malicious versions to conduct credential theft.
According to Aikido Security, Socket, and StepSecurity, the two malicious versions are versions 2.6.2 and 2.6.3, both...
kmod has been updated to block loading of the algif_aead kernel module.
The minor was taken into police custody on April 25 on suspicion of involvement in a data breach affecting the National Agency for Secure Documents (ANTS), which processes applications for passports, national identity cards, residence permits and driverâs licenses.
USN-8226-1 added a mitigation to kmod to disable loading the algif_aead
module. This update adds the same mitigation to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that the Linux kernel algif_aead module contained a logic...
Un agent IA a vrillé et en 9 secondes, il a supprimé la base de données de production utilisée par PocketOS. Est-il le seul coupable ? Pas vraiment.
Le post En 9 secondes, cet agent IA a détruit la base de prod de PocketOS a été publié sur IT-Connect.
kmod has been updated to block loading of the algif_aead kernel module.
Ce tutoriel explique comment installer et utiliser WinBoat pour exécuter des applications Windows sur Linux, notamment Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc.).
Le post WinBoat : un outil pour lancer les applications Windows sur Linux a été publié sur IT-Connect.
Suspects accused of distributing malware and selling access to stolen Roblox accounts on Russian marketplaces
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It was discovered that the Linux kernel algif_aead module contained a logic
flaw allowing a local attacker to escalate privileges to root. This update
to the kmod package disables loading the algif_aead module as a measure to
mitigate the issue until kernel updates are made available.
See the follo...