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Today's cyber news highlights significant developments in the ongoing battle against cybercrime and privacy issues. Microsoft has successfully dismantled a large criminal marketplace responsible for distributing over 1 billion phishing messages, showcasing the escalating threat of phishing-as-a-service. Meanwhile, Flock's CEO continues to advocate for surveillance technology despite mounting public concern over privacy implications, emphasizing its potential crime-fighting advantages. In product updates, Sophos has enhanced its ITDR capabilities to improve identity protection in an AI-driven landscape, focusing on Microsoft integration and quicker response times. These trends underline the dual challenges of combating cyber threats while navigating privacy and ethical considerations in technology deployment.
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Two weeks ago, Googleâs Quantum AI group published a zero-knowledge proof of a quantum circuit so optimized, they concluded that first-generation quantum computers will break elliptic curve cryptography keys in as little as 9 minutes. Today, Trail of Bits is publishing our own zero-knowledge proof t...
Google claims that its security teams work around the clock using its Gemini AI models to detect and stop harmful ads. âBad actors are using generative AI to create deceptive ads at scale, and Gemini helps us detect and block them in real timeâ said Keerat Sharma, VP and GM, Ads Privacy and Safety,...
OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4-Cyber with Expanded Access for Security Teams OpenAI unveiled GPT-5.4-Cyber this week, a variant of its flagship GPT-5.4 model specifically optimized for defensive cybersecurity use cases, arriving just days after Anthropicâs own controlled release of its Mythos frontier mode...
Google this week announced a new set of Play policy updates to strengthen user privacy and protect businesses against fraud, even as it revealed it blocked or removed over 8.3 billion ads globally and suspended 24.9 million accounts in 2025.
The new policy updates relate to contact and location perm...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Kamerin Stokes sold stolen credentials through an online marketplace even after pleading guilty to his role in the DraftKings attack.Â
The post Another DraftKings Hacker Sentenced to Prison appeared first on SecurityWeek.
There is a certain irony in watching a statute designed to prevent clandestine eavesdropping on telephone calls become one of the most aggressively deployed tools against ordinary website functionality. The federal Wiretap Actâcodified as part of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (âECPAâ),...
Explore the clash between "Vibe Coding" and modern software governance. Learn why high-speed AI generation demands stronger SBOM transparency and accountability in 2026.
The post Vibe Coding vs. SBOM: One Builds Fast. The Other Tells You What You Just Built appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Cryptographic API;
- Drivers core;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- D...
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Drivers core;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- DMA engine subsystem;...
Thursdayâs discussion comes as leaders on Capitol Hill grapple with the dizzying pace of global developments in which technology plays a central role.
The post Lawmakers Gathered Quietly to Talk About AI. Angst and Fears of âDestructionâ Followed appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Drivers core;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- DMA engine subsystem;...
The security researcher who earlier this month published a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a zero-day privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Defender is back with two more. The first, dubbed âRedSun,â is another privilege escalation flaw in the same platform. The second, âUnDefend,â allo...
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Drivers core;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- DMA engine subsystem;...
In two decades, Palo Alto Networks has evolved from a next-generation niche player to one of the largest global cybersecurity giants today. Under its mantra of âplatformization,â the company has catapulted its revenues over its closest competitors and boosted its stock valuati...
University student says he plans to move to Android, but concedes iOS engineers acting fast Apple is finally working on a fix for a bug that has locked some users out of their iPhones for months, The Register understands.âŠ
Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.
Josh Eads, Kristoffer Janke, Eduardo Vela Nava, Tavis Ormandy, and Matteo
Rizzo discovered that some AMD Zen processors did not properly verify the
signature of CPU microcode. This flaw is known as EntrySign. A privileged
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause load malicious CPU
microcode c...
The remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-34197 came to light in early April.
The post Recent Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Josh Eads, Kristoffer Janke, Eduardo Vela Nava, Tavis Ormandy, and Matteo
Rizzo discovered that some AMD Zen processors did not properly verify the
signature of CPU microcode. This flaw is known as EntrySign. A privileged
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause load malicious CPU
microcode c...