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Attackers compromised Daemon Tools software to deliver backdoors
Kaspersky researchers uncovered another supply chain compromise involving a popular Windows tool: Daemon Tools, an app for mounting disk image files as virtual drives that is …
15-year-old detained over massive data breach at French government agency
French authorities have detained a 15-year-old suspected of involvement in a data breach at France Titres, the government agency responsible for issuing official documents. …
Users advised to drop passwords and make room for passkeys
In a decisive move that could reshape how users log in online, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is urging consumers to abandon passwords in favour of passkeys, …
Compromised everyday devices power Chinese cyber espionage operations
China-linked threat actors have shifted from individually procured infrastructure to large-scale covert networks, botnets built from compromised routers and other edge …
AI is speeding up nation-state cyber programs
In this Help Net Security interview, Kaja Ciglic, Senior Director, Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy at Microsoft, discusses how nation-state cyber programs have changed over …
If cyber espionage via HDMI worries you, NCSC built a device to stop it
A new cybersecurity device developed by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) should be a helpful solution for protecting governments and businesses from malicious …
CISA flags another Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager bug as exploited (CVE-2026-20133)
CISA added eight new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, including a Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager vulnerability (CVE-2026-20133) that Cisco …
GitHub lays out copyright liability changes and upcoming DMCA review for developers
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling issued in March has settled a question that has circulated among platform operators and developers for years: whether a service provider can be …
Iranian cyber activity hits US energy, water, and government networks
U.S. government agencies on Tuesday warned American organizations about ongoing cyber activity targeting OT and PLC devices, including those manufactured by Rockwell …
TrueConf zero-day vulnerability exploited to target government networks
Suspected China-nexus attackers have leveraged a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2026-3502) in the TrueConf client application to distribute malware within government networks in …
Financial groups lay out a plan to fight AI identity attacks
Generative AI tools have brought the cost of deepfake production low enough that criminals and state-sponsored actors now use them routinely against financial institutions. A …
Attackers are exploiting RCE vulnerability in BIG-IP APM systems (CVE-2025-53521)
A critical unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-53521) in F5’s BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) solution is under active exploitation, the US …
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