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Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights several critical developments. Canadian cybersecurity executive Edward Dubrovsky was arrested for alleged ties to extortion linked to the ShinyHunters hacking group. Meanwhile, the Silent Ransom Group reportedly extorted $207 million from law firms through social engineering tactics without encrypting files. Cyberattacks on South Korean banks were traced to a Chinese hacker utilizing ARTEX AI tools. Additionally, an insider extortion case involved a former engineer demanding ransom from an industrial firm after compromising server access. As AI continues to evolve, initiatives are leveraging it to counter cybercriminals, indicating a shift in anti-cybercrime strategies. Lastly, the sentencing of the Empire Market co-creator underscores ongoing efforts to dismantle dark web operations.
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The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 9 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 10 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:
US Marines stationed around the Persian Gulf have been receiving WhatsApp messages from strangers suggesting they call home and make their final goodbyes.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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In this era of powerful tools to find software bugs, we now see tools find a lot of problems at a high speed. This causes problems for developers, as dealing with the growing list of issues is hard. It may take a longer time to address the problems than to find them – not to … Continue reading Appro...
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Great idea, guys. Let's keep all of the data in an Excel file with weak password protection
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Great idea, guys. Let's keep all of the data in an Excel file with weak password protection PWNEDÂ Welcome, once again, to PWNED, the weekly column where we recount the adventures of IT explorers who found their own pile of quicksand and then jumped right into it. This week's story involves keeping...
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This is the fifth and final installment of a blog series reflecting on the global digital legacy of the 2011 Arab uprisings. You can read the rest of the series here.
If the Arab Spring was defined by optimism about what the internet could do, the years since have been marked by a more sober underst...
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Bad Bots in the Agentic Age: What the 2026 Thales Bad Bot Report Reveals
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Thu, 04/30/2026 - 07:31
The modern internet is becoming less human by the day. Bot traffic is increasing, and human traffic is shrinking. Malicious automated traffic is getting harder to spot. The Thales 2026...
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