Schneier on Security
MAY 5, 2025
Deepfakes are now mimicking heartbeats In a nutshell Recent research reveals that high-quality deepfakes unintentionally retain the heartbeat patterns from their source videos, undermining traditional detection methods that relied on detecting subtle skin color changes linked to heartbeats. The assumption that deepfakes lack physiological signals, such as heart rate, is no longer valid.
Troy Hunt
MAY 15, 2025
Today, we welcome the 40th government onboarded to Have I Been Pwned's free gov service, Malaysia. The NC4 NACSA (National Cyber Coordination and Command Centre of the National Cyber Security Agency) in Malaysia now has full access to query all their government domains via API, and monitor them against future breaches. Malaysia is the first Asian nation to make use of this service, and we look forward to seeing many more from this corner of the world in the future.
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Krebs on Security
MAY 7, 2025
A Texas firm recently charged with conspiring to distribute synthetic opioids in the United States is at the center of a vast network of companies in the U.S. and Pakistan whose employees are accused of using online ads to scam westerners seeking help with trademarks, book writing, mobile app development and logo designs, a new investigation reveals.
Lohrman on Security
MAY 25, 2025
What is the current situation with nation-state cyber attacks in the middle of 2025? Heres a look at some of the biggest cyber threats from Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.
Speaker: Erroll Amacker
Automation is transforming finance but without strong financial oversight it can introduce more risk than reward. From missed discrepancies to strained vendor relationships, accounts payable automation needs a human touch to deliver lasting value. This session is your playbook to get automation right. We’ll explore how to balance speed with control, boost decision-making through human-machine collaboration, and unlock ROI with fewer errors, stronger fraud prevention, and smoother operations.
The Last Watchdog
MAY 1, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO Sometimes, the best insights come not from the keynote stage, but from the hotel lobby. Related: RSAC 2025 top takeaways In between sessions at RSAC 2025 , I slipped over to the Marriott lobby and held quick, off-the-cuff interviews with a handful of cybersecurity vendors each doing something genuinely different, often radical, to help organizations shore up digital defenses.
Tech Republic Security
MAY 23, 2025
The databases exposure duration is unknown. Signs of infostealer malware were found, but no confirmed breach or misuse of user data, says cybersecurity researcher.
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Troy Hunt
MAY 8, 2025
Today we welcome the 39th government and first self-governing British Crown Dependency to Have I Been Pwned, The Isle of Man. Their Office of Cyber-Security & Information Assurance (OCSIA) now has free and open access to query the government domains of their jurisdiction. We're delighted and encouraged to see HIBP put to good use across such a wide variety of government use cases and look forward to seeing many more in the future.
Krebs on Security
MAY 29, 2025
Image: Shutterstock, ArtHead. The U.S. government today imposed economic sanctions on Funnull Technology Inc. , a Philippines-based company that provides computer infrastructure for hundreds of thousands of websites involved in virtual currency investment scams known as pig butchering.” In January 2025, KrebsOnSecurity detailed how Funnull was being used as a content delivery network that catered to cybercriminals seeking to route their traffic through U.S.
The Hacker News
MAY 9, 2025
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged three malicious npm packages that are designed to target the Apple macOS version of Cursor, a popular artificial intelligence (AI)-powered source code editor.
Lohrman on Security
MAY 18, 2025
Whats on the minds of top local government chief information security officers? In this interview, Michael Dent shares current security and technology priorities, career tips and more.
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Many cybersecurity awareness platforms offer massive content libraries, yet they fail to enhance employees’ cyber resilience. Without structured, engaging, and personalized training, employees struggle to retain and apply key cybersecurity principles. Phished.io explains why organizations should focus on interactive, scenario-based learning rather than overwhelming employees with excessive content.
Security Affairs
MAY 6, 2025
A new BYOI technique lets attackers bypass SentinelOne EDR, disable protection, and deploy Babuk ransomware by exploiting the agent upgrade process. Aons Stroz Friedberg discovered a new “Bring Your Own Installer” (BYOI) EDR bypass technique that exploits a flaw in SentinelOnes upgrade process to bypass its anti-tamper protections, leaving endpoints unprotected.
Schneier on Security
MAY 27, 2025
One one my biggest worries about VPNs is the amount of trust users need to place in them, and how opaque most of them are about who owns them and what sorts of data they retain. A new study found that many commercials VPNS are (often surreptitiously) owned by Chinese companies. It would be hard for U.S. users to avoid the Chinese VPNs. The ownership of many appeared deliberately opaque, with several concealing their structure behind layers of offshore shell companies.
Troy Hunt
MAY 19, 2025
This has been a very long time coming, but finally, after a marathon effort, the brand new Have I Been Pwned website is now live ! Feb last year is when I made the first commit to the public repo for the rebranded service, and we soft-launched the new brand in March of this year. Over the course of this time, we've completely rebuilt the website, changed the functionality of pretty much every web page, added a heap of new features, and today, we're even launching a merch store 😎
Krebs on Security
MAY 22, 2025
The U.S. government today unsealed criminal charges against 16 individuals accused of operating and selling DanaBot , a prolific strain of information-stealing malware that has been sold on Russian cybercrime forums since 2018. The FBI says a newer version of DanaBot was used for espionage, and that many of the defendants exposed their real-life identities after accidentally infecting their own systems with the malware.
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The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.
The Hacker News
MAY 7, 2025
Cisco has released software fixes to address a maximum-severity security flaw in its IOS XE Wireless Controller that could enable an unauthenticated, remote attacker to upload arbitrary files to a susceptible system. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-20188, has been rated 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system.
Jane Frankland
MAY 16, 2025
After joining Vanessa Feltz on Channel 5 to talk all things scams, I wanted to follow up with a clear guide for anyone whos ever been targeted or worries they might be next. Scams today arent just dodgy emails or shady phone calls. Fraudsters use AI, social engineering, and emotional manipulation to steal not just money, but also trust, time, and peace of mind.
Security Affairs
MAY 18, 2025
Chinese “kill switches” found in Chinese-made power inverters in US solar farm equipment that could let Beijing remotely disable power grids in a conflict. Investigators found “kill switches” in Chinese-made power inverters in US solar farm equipment. These hidden cellular radios could let Beijing remotely cripple power grids during a conflict.
Schneier on Security
MAY 28, 2025
Russia is proposing a rule that all foreigners in Moscow install a tracking app on their phones. Using a mobile application that all foreigners will have to install on their smartphones, the Russian state will receive the following information: Residence location Fingerprint Face photograph Real-time geo-location monitoring This isn’t the first time we’ve seen this.
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Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for people and organizations around the world. Keeper’s affordable and easy-to-use solutions are built on a foundation of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security to protect every user on every device. Our next-generation privileged access management solution deploys in minutes and seamlessly integrates with any tech stack to prevent breaches, reduce help desk costs and ensure compliance.
Troy Hunt
MAY 16, 2025
Funny how excited people can get about something as simple as a sticker. They're always in hot demand and occupy an increasingly large portion of my luggage as we travel around. Charlotte reckoned it would be the same for other merch too, so, while I've been beavering away playing code monkey on the rebranded HIBP website, she built a merch store.
Krebs on Security
MAY 15, 2025
In what experts are calling a novel legal outcome, the 22-year-old former administrator of the cybercrime community Breachforums will forfeit nearly $700,000 to settle a civil lawsuit from a health insurance company whose customer data was posted for sale on the forum in 2023. Conor Brian Fitzpatrick , a.k.a. “ Pompompurin ,” is slated for resentencing next month after pleading guilty to access device fraud and possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
The Hacker News
MAY 13, 2025
A recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting SAP NetWeaver is being exploited by multiple China-nexus nation-state actors to target critical infrastructure networks. "Actors leveraged CVE-2025-31324, an unauthenticated file upload vulnerability that enables remote code execution (RCE)," EclecticIQ researcher Arda Bykkaya said in an analysis published today.
The Last Watchdog
MAY 13, 2025
The cybersecurity landscape has never moved faster and the people tasked with defending it have never felt more exposed. Related: How real people are really using GenAI Todays Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) operate in a pressure cooker: responsible for protecting critical assets, expected to show up in the boardroom with fluency, yet rarely granted the authority, resources or organizational alignment to succeed.
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Many software teams have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth. This is where Coder comes in. In our 101 Coder webinar, you’ll explore how cloud-based development environments can unlock new levels of productivity. Discover how to transition from local setups to a secure, cloud-powered ecosystem with ease.
Penetration Testing
MAY 3, 2025
Webmin, a popular web-based system administration tool used to manage Unix-like servers and various services with approximately 1,000,000 The post CVE-2025-2774: Webmin Vulnerability Allows Root-Level Privilege Escalation appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity.
Schneier on Security
MAY 15, 2025
On April 14, Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, announced that the United Arab Emirates would begin using artificial intelligence to help write its laws. A new Regulatory Intelligence Office would use the technology to “regularly suggest updates” to the law and “accelerate the issuance of legislation by up to 70%.” AI would create a “comprehensive legislative plan” spanning local and federal law and would be connected to public adminis
Security Affairs
MAY 25, 2025
Operation ENDGAME dismantled key ransomware infrastructure, taking down 300 servers, 650 domains, and seizing 21.2M in crypto. From May 19 to 22, 2025, Operation ENDGAME, coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, disrupted global ransomware infrastructure. Law enforcement took down down 300 servers and 650 domains, and issuing 20 international arrest warrants. “A Command Post was set up at Europol headquarters in The Hague during the action week, with investigators from Canada, Denmark, France,
Krebs on Security
MAY 28, 2025
Authorities in Pakistan have arrested 21 individuals accused of operating “ Heartsender ,” a once popular spam and malware dissemination service that operated for more than a decade. The main clientele for HeartSender were organized crime groups that tried to trick victim companies into making payments to a third party, and its alleged proprietors were publicly identified by KrebsOnSecurity in 2021 after they inadvertently infected their computers with malware.
Speaker: Sierre Lindgren
Fraud is a battle that every organization must face – it’s no longer a question of “if” but “when.” Every organization is a potential target for fraud, and the finance department is often the bullseye. From cleverly disguised emails to fraudulent payment requests, the tactics of cybercriminals are advancing rapidly. Drawing insights from real-world cases and industry expertise, we’ll explore the vulnerabilities in your processes and how to fortify them effectively.
The Hacker News
MAY 2, 2025
Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Tuesday fined popular video-sharing platform TikTok 530 million ($601 million) for infringing data protection regulations in the region by transferring European users' data to China. "TikTok infringed the GDPR regarding its transfers of EEA [European Economic Area] User Data to China and its transparency requirements," the DPC said in a statement.
Zero Day
MAY 9, 2025
The LG Gram 17 (2025) with Intel's Lunar Lake chip feels like a big upgrade in terms of battery life and staying cool.
Jane Frankland
MAY 30, 2025
Everyone’s talking about AI aren’t they, and when I gave a keynote on Artificial Intelligence and cybersecurity recently, I relayed how the rise of AI has brought us to a pivotal moment in historya moment brimming with both extraordinary opportunity and unparalleled risk. Central to this debate, though, is the approach that nations are taking toward regulation.
Schneier on Security
MAY 30, 2025
There’s a new cybersecurity awareness campaign: Take9. The idea is that people—you, me, everyone—should just pause for nine seconds and think more about the link they are planning to click on, the file they are planning to download, or whatever it is they are planning to share. There’s a website —of course—and a video , well-produced and scary.
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How many people would you trust with your house keys? Chances are, you have a handful of trusted friends and family members who have an emergency copy, but you definitely wouldn’t hand those out too freely. You have stuff that’s worth protecting—and the more people that have access to your belongings, the higher the odds that something will go missing.
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