Data Privacy Fails: Leaks, Demands, and Erosion of Protections
Hotel systems, travel platforms, and government actions expose sensitive data, highlighting security gaps.
Hotel systems, travel platforms, and government actions expose sensitive data, highlighting security gaps.
A security researcher exposes Russian government-linked hackers and a parallel drug-smuggling scheme
A new report reveals European governments manage over 3,000 tracking sites with 99% using weak encryption, as global experts warn against weakening end-to-end encryption in UK legislation.
Twin brothers erased 96 government databases minutes after termination, highlighting credential management failures.
FCC delays foreign router bans until 2029; data centers guzzle water undetected. The infrastructure stakes.
Anthropic's new AI tool triggers market panic as cybersecurity stocks drop. Explore the implications for AI-driven security.
Regulators mandate US banks report significant cyber incidents within 36 hours, echoing tighter reporting moves at the ICC and Microsoft’s security overhaul.
The Internet Archive has suffered a catastrophic security breach, with a DDoS attack and defacement of its website via a JavaScript library.
Schools scramble after Canvas outage, Let’s Encrypt stops issuing certs, and a retro CPU analysis highlights lasting security challenges.
A former cyber executive stole surveillance software and sold it for $1.3 million to a Russian broker, prompting a $10 million court award to his former defense contractor.
Instructure's Canvas platform shut down after ShinyHunters breach, claiming data from nearly 9,000 schools stolen.
ShinyHunters posted extortion notes on school Canvas portals while another group booted TeamPCP from compromised systems, raising fresh alarm for education IT teams.
U.S. prosecutors charge a ransomware group with aiding Russian government corruption while Braintrust and Daemon Tools warn of breaches.
Thousands of Daemon Tools users infected with backdoor; Instructure suffers data breach.
CISA warns of severe Linux bug, CopyFail, being actively exploited in hacking campaigns, posing a major risk to servers and data centers.
Flock accessed gymnastics room cameras during a sales demo despite privacy risks.
Scam losses hit $2.1 billion in 2025, an eight‑fold jump that outpaces any other fraud channel, prompting a regulatory rethink.
A Chinese national accused of state-backed cyberattacks is extradited to the US as Itron, a provider of energy/water meters, reveals a breach. What's next for cybersecurity?
New spyware app and quantum-safe ransomware family expose growing risks for engineers and security teams.
How a Chinese research vessel's successful 3,500-meter deep-sea test fundamentally alters the security calculus for trans-Pacific data infrastructure.
US-sanctioned currency exchange Grinex claims $15 million heist was done by 'unfriendly states' with exclusive hacking resources.
A spate of hacks exposes systemic flaws in software and governance.
Researchers expose a glaring vulnerability in the EU's new age-verification app, hackable in minutes.
Exploring connections between coding, history, and current events
Nations and individuals face escalating cyber threats, from million-dollar heists to social media breaches.
AI advancements impact national security and consumer prices
Bluesky suffers DDoS attack, Netflix unveils AI-driven features
US government networks and Windows systems compromised by hackers
AI is transforming newsrooms and tech, but at what cost?
Amid security flaws like Windows Recall and AI's impact on open source, the tech world faces evolving challenges. Yet, the spirit of grassroots innovation thrives.
The FCC's sweeping ban on foreign-made routers has a curious exception: Netgear. This conditional approval sparks questions about market fairness and national security.