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The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Monday announced sweeping actions targeting the North Korean information technology (IT) worker scheme, leading to the arrest of one individual and the seizure of 29 financial accounts, 21 fraudulent websites, and nearly 200 computers.
The coordinated action saw searches of 21 known or suspected "laptop farms" across 14 states in the U.S. that were put to

 The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with the FBI, Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center, and National Security Agency, has issued an urgent warning regarding potential cyber attacks by Iranian-affiliated actors targeting U.S. critical infrastructure. Despite ongoing ceasefire…

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 A critical security vulnerability in the widely used Linux Sudo utility has been disclosed, allowing any local unprivileged user to escalate privileges to root access.  Summary1. CVE-2025-32463 affects Sudo versions 1.9.14-1.9.17, enabling privilege escalation to root.2. Exploitation uses the chroot…

Microsoft has said that it's ending support for passwords in its Authenticator app starting August 1, 2025.
The changes, the company said, are part of its efforts to streamline autofill in the two-factor authentication (2FA) app.
"Starting July 2025, the autofill feature in Authenticator will stop working, and from August 2025, passwords will no longer be accessible in Authenticator," Microsoft

 Google has issued an urgent security update for Chrome browser users worldwide, addressing a critical zero-day vulnerability that is actively being exploited by cybercriminals. The high-severity flaw, designated CVE-2025-6554, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems through a…

Microsoft has called the hacker collective one of the most dangerous current cyberthreats. Read More  

According to a government report, El Chapo’s Sinaloa drug cartel used a hacker to spy on people connected to the FBI’s 2018 investigation against the kingpin, which led to deadly consequences. Read More  

Though the company’s video surveillance products will be prohibited for government use, individuals and private businesses can still buy the vendor’s products. Read More  

Systemic cyber-risk models are not accounting for rapidly evolving threats — and a time when organizations are more interconnected than ever. Read More  

The vulnerabilities, which have yet to be published, could allow a threat actor to hijack not only Bluetooth earbuds and headphones but also the devices connected to them. Read More  

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U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have issued a joint advisory warning of potential cyber-attacks from Iranian state-sponsored or affiliated threat actors. 
"Over the past several months, there has been increasing activity from hacktivists and Iranian government-affiliated actors, which is expected to escalate due to recent events," the agencies said.
"These cyber actors often

 Multiple critical vulnerabilities in D-Link router models could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and gain unauthorized access to the network infrastructure.  The vulnerabilities affect all hardware revisions and firmware versions of the non-US DIR-816 models, which have now…

 Microsoft has released RIFT (Rust Identification and Function Tagging), a groundbreaking open-source tool designed to help cybersecurity analysts identify and analyze malware concealed within Rust binaries.  The cybersecurity community has witnessed a significant shift toward Rust-based malware development over the…