Security News > 2025 > January

Police dismantles HeartSender cybercrime marketplace network
2025-01-31 11:56

​Law enforcement authorities in the United States and the Netherlands have seized 39 domains and associated servers used by the HeartSender phishing gang operating out of Pakistan. [...]

Top 5 AI-Powered Social Engineering Attacks
2025-01-31 11:15

Social engineering has long been an effective tactic because of how it focuses on human vulnerabilities. There’s no brute-force ‘spray and pray’ password guessing. No scouring systems for...

Italy Bans Chinese DeepSeek AI Over Data Privacy and Ethical Concerns
2025-01-31 11:04

Italy's data protection watchdog has blocked Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firm DeepSeek's service within the country, citing a lack of information on its use of users' personal data. The...

Google Bans 158,000 Malicious Android App Developer Accounts in 2024
2025-01-31 10:45

Google said it blocked over 2.36 million policy-violating Android apps from being published to the Google Play app marketplace in 2024 and banned more than 158,000 bad developer accounts that...

Another banner year for ransomware gangs despite takedowns by the cops
2025-01-31 09:00

And it doesn't take a crystal ball to predict the future If the nonstop flood of ransomware attacks doesn't already make every day feel like Groundhog Day, then a look back at 2024 – and...

Broadcom Patches VMware Aria Flaws – Exploits May Lead to Credential Theft
2025-01-31 05:49

Broadcom has released security updates to patch five security flaws impacting VMware Aria Operations and Aria Operations for Logs, warning customers that attackers could exploit them to gain...

Deploying AI at the edge: The security trade-offs and how to manage them
2025-01-31 05:30

Deploying AI at the edge brings advantages such as low latency, improved efficiency, and real-time decision-making. It also introduces new attack surfaces. Adversaries could intercept models in...

Platformization is key to reduce cybersecurity complexity
2025-01-31 05:00

Organizations are facing security complexity challenges as they juggle an average of 83 different security solutions from 29 vendors, according to a report by IBM and Palo Alto Networks. It also...

Nine out of ten emails are spam
2025-01-31 04:30

Now, more than ever, users can fall prey to word-perfect AI-created phishing campaigns, subtle BEC messages that sound remarkably like the sender, and highly convincing ploys from trusted vendors...

Infosec products of the month: January 2025
2025-01-31 04:00

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: Absolute Security, Atsign, authID, BackBox, BioConnect, BitSight, BreachLock, Cisco, Commvault,...