Security News > 2025 > May

Microsoft has announced that all new Microsoft accounts will be "passwordless by default" to secure them against password attacks such as phishing, brute force, and credential stuffing. [...]

A year after Microsoft announced passkeys support for consumer accounts, the tech giant has announced a big change that pushes individuals signing up for new accounts to use the phishing-resistant...

Threat actors are increasingly harnessing automation, commoditized tools, and AI to systematically erode the traditional advantages held by defenders, according to Fortinet. The post AI and...

Phone theft is a rising issue worldwide, and it’s more than just a property crime. It’s a serious cybersecurity threat. In the UK alone, the Metropolitan Police recovers 1,000 phones each week....

35% of Gen Z said they never or rarely update passwords after a data breach affecting one of their accounts, according to Bitwarden. Only 10% reported always updating compromised passwords. 38% of...

Third-party risk management (TPRM) is compromised in many organizations because those holding the relationship with the third-party (relationship owners) don’t escalate red flags to compliance...

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: 1touch.io, Abnormal AI, AppViewX, Arctic Wolf Networks, Bitdefender, BitSight, Bugcrowd, Cato Networks,...

A California man who used the alias "NullBulge" has pleaded guilty to illegally accessing Disney's internal Slack channels and stealing over 1.1 terabytes of internal company data. [...]

House Oversight probes missing Musk disclosures, background checks, data mess at NLRB Elon Musk is backing away from his Trump-blessed government gig, but now House Democrats want to see the...

Russia-aligned hacktivists persistently target key public and private organizations in the Netherlands with distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, causing access problems and service...