23 Dec

21K Nissan customers’ data stolen in Red Hat raid

Thousands of Nissan customers are learning that some of their personal data was leaked after unauthorized access to a Red Hat-managed server, according to the

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23 Dec

Microsoft rushes an out-of-band update for Message Queuing bug

Microsoft has hustled out an out-of-band update to address a Message Queuing issue introduced by the December 2025 update. The patches, released for Windows 10

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23 Dec

A brush with online fraud: What are brushing scams and how do I stay safe?

Have you ever received a package you never ordered? It could be a warning sign that your data has been compromised, with more fraud to

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22 Dec

Poisoned WhatsApp API package steals messages and accounts

A malicious npm package with more than 56,000 downloads masquerades as a working WhatsApp Web API library, and then it steals messages, harvests credentials and

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22 Dec

NIST contemplated pulling the pin on NTP servers after blackout caused atomic clock drift

UPDATED A staffer at the USA’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) tried to disable backup generators powering some of its Network Time Protocol

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22 Dec

Palo Alto’s new Google Cloud deal boosts AI integration, could save on cloud costs

Security vendor Palo Alto Networks is expanding its Google Cloud partnership, saying it will move “key internal workloads” onto the Chocolate Factory’s infrastructure. The outfit

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22 Dec

Spy turned startup CEO: ‘The WannaCry of AI will happen’

Interview “In my past life, it would take us 360 days to develop an amazing zero day,” Zafran Security CEO Sanaz Yashar said. She’s talking

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22 Dec

Hacktivists scrape 86M Spotify tracks, claim their aim is to preserve culture

What would happen to the world’s music collections if streaming services disappeared? One hacktivist group says it has a solution: scrape around 300 terabytes of

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22 Dec

Conman and wannabe MI6 agent must repay £125k to romance scam victim

The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) says a fraudster who claimed to be part of MI6 must repay £125,000 ($168,000) to a former love interest

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22 Dec

Around 1,000 systems compromised in ransomware attack on Romanian water agency

Romania’s cybersecurity agency confirms a major ransomware attack on the country’s water management administration has compromised around 1,000 systems, with work to remediate them still

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22 Dec

Revisiting CVE-2025-50165: A critical flaw in Windows Imaging Component

ESET researchers examined CVE‑2025‑50165, a serious Windows vulnerability described to grant remote code execution by merely opening a specially crafted JPG file – one of

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22 Dec

There’s so much stolen data in the world, South Korea will require face scans to buy a SIM

South Korea’s government on Friday announced it will require local mobile carriers to verify the identity of new customers with facial recognition scans, in the

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22 Dec

Through gritted teeth, Apple and Google allow alternative app stores in Japan

APAC in Brief Google and Apple last week started to allow developers of mobile applications to distribute their wares through third-party app stores and accept

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21 Dec

Google sends Dark Web Report to its dead services graveyard

Infosec In Brief Google will soon end its “Dark Web Report”, an email service that alerts users when their personal information appears on the internet’s

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21 Dec

NIST tried to pull the pin on NTP servers after blackout caused atomic clock drift

A staffer at the USA’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) tried to disable backup generators powering some of its Network Time Protocol infrastructure,

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19 Dec

ATM jackpotting gang accused of unleashing Ploutus malware across US

A Venezuelan gang described by US officials as “a ruthless terrorist organization” faces charges over alleged deployment of malware on ATMs across the country, illegally

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19 Dec

WatchGuard sounds alarm as critical Firebox flaw comes under active attack

WatchGuard is in emergency patch mode after confirming that a critical remote code execution flaw in its Firebox firewalls is under active attack. In an

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19 Dec

Sydney Uni data goes walkabout after criminals raid code repo

The University of Sydney is ringing around thousands of current and former staff and students after admitting attackers helped themselves to historical personal data stashed

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