The PipeMagic malware, which is credited to the financially motivated threat actor Storm-2460, is a remarkable illustration of how cyber dangers are always changing. It poses as the genuine open-source ChatGPT Desktop Application from GitHub. This sophisticated modular backdoor facilitates targeted attacks by exploiting CVE-2025-29824, an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows Common Log File System...Read More
In possibly the first-of-its-kind initiative, the information is made available in English and Kannada. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Victims of cybe crime can now raise a complaint with the Bengaluru district police’s cybercrime police station at the click of a button and a QR code scan. “In addition to providing required details related to...Read More
Colt Technology Services is experiencing a “cyber incident” that has forced the company to shut down some services temporarily. On August 14, the London-based telecommunications giant publicly confirmed that an internal system was breached. Although this system was disconnected from its customer-facing infrastructure, the company has taken some systems offline in respond to the incident....Read More
– U.S. government sanctions Russian crypto exchanges Garantex and Grinex, offering $6M bounty for leadership arrest to disrupt cybercrime networks. – Garantex processed $96B in crypto transactions (2019-2025), linked to ransomware, hacking, and terrorism financing, with Grinex as its alleged successor. – Treasury targets 3 executives and 6 affiliated entities, aiming to cut financial channels...Read More
August is here, which means it’s time to purchase school supplies and pack school lunches. As your kids head back to their studies, there’s one item on your to-do list you shouldn’t forget: testing for radon. And according to an article published by the American Lung Association last week, as students head back to class...Read More
Cybersecurity myths are like digital weeds: pull one out, and another quickly sprouts in its place. You’ve probably heard them before: Macs don’t get viruses, we’re too small to be a target, or changing passwords often keeps us safer. Experts have been busting these myths for years, yet they still stick around and shape bad...Read More
WarLock ransomware claims breach at Colt and Hitachi, with Colt investigating and working to restore systems while experts review the alleged data theft. When a new ransomware group shows up, many in the industry usually wait to see whether they can actually deliver on their threats. WarLock, which surfaced only two months ago, is trying...Read More
(Reuters) -A cyberattack at U.S. insurance firm Allianz Life in late July compromised the personal data of 1.1 million customers, according to breach notification site Have I Been Pwned on Monday. Allianz Life had previously said that hackers stole personal information of most of its 1.4 million U.S. customers, financial professionals and select employees. According...Read More
