Infosec pros are losing confidence in their identity providers’ ability to keep attackers out, with Cisco-owned Duo warning that the industry is facing what it

Kids Online Cyberbullying is a fact of life in our digital-centric society, but there are ways to push back Phil Muncaster 27 Aug 2025  • 

Systems Approach I’ve been working on a chapter about infrastructure security for our network security book. The core of the Internet is notoriously vulnerable to

Google has warned customers of a suspected state-backed attack after observing a web traffic hijacking campaign. As explained in a Monday post by Google Threat

ESET Research The discovery of PromptLock shows how malicious use of AI models could supercharge ransomware and other threats 26 Aug 2025  •  , 2

ESET malware researchers Anton Cherepanov and Peter Strycek have discovered what they describe as the “first known AI-powered ransomware,” which they named PromptLock.  The good

Hot Chips Microsoft is one of the biggest names in cybersecurity, but it has a less-than-stellar track record in the department. Given its reputation, Redmond

A Social Security Administration employee has filed a whistleblower complaint alleging that Donald Trump’s DOGE cost-cutting unit has put the records of every single American

Cybercriminals are targeting critical US manufacturers and supply-chain companies, looking to steal sensitive IP and other data while deploying ransomware. Their attack involves a novel

Citrix has pushed out fixes for three fresh NetScaler holes – and yes, they’ve already been used in the wild before the vendor got around

A violent home invader and gunpoint cryptocurrency thief will now spend more than 50 years behind bars after being found guilty of assaulting a witness.

US insurance giant Farmers Insurance says more than a million customers had personal data nicked after a third-party vendor was compromised. The insurer, which sells

Cloud security vendor Zscaler says customers of Google’s Play Store have downloaded more than 19 million instances of malware-laden apps that evaded the web giant’s

Asia In Brief Australia’s University of Melbourne last year used Wi-Fi location data to identify student protestors. The University used Wi-Fi to identify students who

Infosec in brief PLUS The US Department of Justice has thanked Akamai, Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare, Digital Ocean, Flashpoint, Google, PayPal, and Unit 221B for

feature Thirty years ago, Netscape kicked off the first commercial bug bounty program. Since then, companies large and small have bought into the idea, with

Data I/O, a major electronics manufacturer whose customers include Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft, notified federal regulators that it fell victim to a ransomware infection

Ransomware scum breached kidney dialysis firm Davita’s labs database in April and stole about 2.4 million people’s personal and health-related information. In a filing with