Cybersecurity
One Week of the Online Safety Act: Cyber Experts Weigh In
The conversation around the UK’s Online Safety Act has transformed over the past week. Since it came into force last Friday (25th July 2025), there has been a lot of public outcry, including a petition, which was signed by over 400,000 people, calling for The Act to be scrapped altogether. The UK government has since…
SpyCloud Enhances Investigations Solution with AI-Powered Insights – Revolutionizing Insider Threat and Cybercrime Analysis
Austin, TX, USA, August 6th, 2025, CyberNewsWire SpyCloud Investigations, now with AI Insights, empowers security teams to act decisively with finished intelligence built from billions of breach, malware, and phishing records. SpyCloud, the leader in identity threat protection, today announced a significant enhancement to its SaaS Investigations solution: the integration of advanced AI-powered insights that…
Security tooling pitfalls for small teams: Cost, complexity, and low ROI – Help Net Security
In this Help Net Security interview, Aayush Choudhury, CEO at Scrut Automation, discusses why many security tools built for large enterprises don’t work well for leaner, cloud-native teams. He explains how simplicity, integration, and automation are key for SMBs with limited resources. Choudhry also shares how AI is beginning to make a difference for mid-market…
Small world: The revitalization of small AI models for cybersecurity
The last few months and years have seen a wave of AI integration across multiple sectors, driven by new technology and global enthusiasm. There are copilots, summarization models, code assistants, and chatbots at every level of an organization, from engineering to HR. The impact of these models is not only professional, but personal: enhancing our…
Why the tech industry needs to stand firm on preserving end-to-end encryption
Restricting end-to-end encryption on a single-country basis would not only be absurdly difficult to enforce, but it would also fail to deter criminal activity 01 Aug 2025 • , 5 min. read The UK Government wants access, when requested, to the end-to-end encrypted messages and data for everyone in the UK. The reasons are to…
CL-STA-0969 Installs Covert Malware in Telecom Networks During 10-Month Espionage Campaign
Telecommunications organizations in Southeast Asia have been targeted by a state-sponsored threat actor known as CL-STA-0969 to facilitate remote control over compromised networks. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 said it observed multiple incidents in the region, including one aimed at critical telecommunications infrastructure between February and November 2024. The attacks are characterized by the use…
Scammers Unleash Flood of Slick Online Gaming Sites – Krebs on Security
Fraudsters are flooding Discord and other social media platforms with ads for hundreds of polished online gaming and wagering websites that lure people with free credits and eventually abscond with any cryptocurrency funds deposited by players. Here’s a closer look at the social engineering tactics and remarkable traits of this sprawling network of more than…
How bright are AI agents? Not very, recent reports suggest
Security researchers are adding more weight to a truth that infosec pros had already grasped: AI agents are not very bright, and are easily tricked into doing stupid or dangerous things by legalese, appeals to authority, or even just a semicolon and a little white space. The latest example comes from researchers at Pangea, who…
How to use the John the Ripper password cracker | TechTarget
What is John the Ripper? John the Ripper is an offline password cracking tool that was developed in 1996 by Openwall Project. It is notable for supporting a diversity of password formats. This tool enables security practitioners to crack passwords, regardless of encrypted or hashed passwords, message authentication codes (MACs) and hash-based MACs (HMACs),…
Cybersecurity Trends 2025: What’s Really Coming for Your Digital Defenses
The cybersecurity world isn’t just changing, it’s getting a complete makeover. With approximately 600 million cyberattacks per day in 2025, translating to 54 victims every second, the stakes have never been higher. If you’re running a business in 2025, cybersecurity isn’t some back-burner IT concern anymore. It’s your digital lifeline. Whether you’re launching a startup…