Latest News: Cybersecurity

TIME magazine named Tejasvi Manoj, a 17-year-old Indian American girl, “Kid of the Year 2025” for her work protecting seniors from cybercrime. In 2024, the teenager created a website, Shield Seniors, to educate older adults about online scams and has been raising awareness about malicious actors

Cybercriminals are using a new, sophisticated tool called SpamGPT to launch large-scale email phishing campaigns. The AI-powered software has been promoted in the dark web as a “spam-as-a-service” platform that automates most of the tasks involved in an email phishing attack. According to

Cybersecurity researchers from Trails of Bits have discovered a new vulnerability in AI systems that allows malicious actors to hide commands within images. The team used a prompt injection strategy to exploit the image downscaling feature in several AI models. According to the report, published

The online forum 4chan has engaged legal counsel to formally reject implementing the UK’s new age verification mandates. 4chan had already announced its intention in January to refuse to comply with any form of compulsory age verification requirements for its users. According to the new UK law,

Malicious actors targeted Nevada’s networks and services in a recent ransomware-based cyberattack. Local authorities confirmed that the incident disrupted websites, phone lines, and forced state offices to close. An ongoing investigation has revealed that some data was exfiltrated from the state’s

Researchers from the cybersecurity firm Check Point revealed that hackers had been exploiting Google Classroom to distribute over 115,000 phishing emails. The cybercriminals targeted approximately 13,500 organizations in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America. According to the report

A member of the notorious hacker group Scattered Spider, 20-year-old American Noah Urban, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday. Urban pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including fraud, theft, and targeting cryptocurrency victims and companies. According to Bloomberg, Urban is the

Microsoft published its monthly security update, part of its Patch Tuesday initiative, on August 12, fixing a total of 111 security flaws, including one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability in Windows Kerberos. According to Microsoft’s report, the 111 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

OpenAI released its latest and most advanced AI model, GPT-5, on August 7, and only hours after its launch, researchers were able to jailbreak the system. Cybersecurity experts have been warning about the flagship model's safety and sharing security concerns over the past few days. According to

The privacy-focused company Proton launched a two-factor authentication (2FA) app called Proton Authenticator last Thursday. The open-source app is available for free download and is compatible with Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, and Windows devices. According to the press release, Proton