Security News

Windows 11 and Red Hat Linux hacked on first day of Pwn2Own
2025-05-15 15:48

On the first day of Pwn2Own Berlin 2025, security researchers were awarded $260,000 after successfully demonstrating zero-day exploits for Windows 11, Red Hat Linux, Docker Desktop, and Oracle...

Apple patched one first, but Microsoft’s blasted five exploited flaws this Pa-Tu
2025-05-14 00:44

Plus: All the fun and frolic of fixes from Adobe, SAP, Ivanti Patch Tuesday It's that time of the month again, and Microsoft has made it extra spicy by revealing five flaws it says are under...

The shift to identity-first security and why it matters
2025-04-07 05:00

In this Help Net Security interview, Arun Shrestha, CEO at BeyondID, discusses how AI is transforming secure access management for both attackers and defenders. He discusses the shift toward...

UK's first permanent facial recognition cameras installed in South London
2025-03-27 10:27

As if living in Croydon wasn't bad enough The Metropolitan Police has confirmed its first permanent installation of live facial recognition (LFR) cameras is coming this summer and the lucky...

RedCurl Shifts from Espionage to Ransomware with First-Ever QWCrypt Deployment
2025-03-26 13:43

The Russian-speaking hacking group called RedCurl has been linked to a ransomware campaign for the first time, marking a departure in the threat actor's tradecraft. The activity, observed by...

Malwoverview: First response tool for threat hunting
2025-03-26 05:30

Malwoverview is an open-source threat hunting tool designed for the initial triage of malware samples, URLs, IP addresses, domains, malware families, IOCs, and hashes. “Malwoverview is simple and...

UK wants dirt on data brokers before criminals get there first
2025-03-18 10:32

Govt wants to learning mistakes of serially breached record holders so it can, er, liberalize data sharing regs under new law The UK government is inviting experts to provide insights about the...

XCSSET macOS malware returns with first new version since 2022
2025-02-17 13:43

Known for popping zero-days of yesteryear, Microsoft puts Apple devs on high alert Microsoft says there's a new variant of XCSSET on the prowl for Mac users – the first new iteration of the...

UK Announces ‘World-First’ Cyber Code of Practice for Companies Developing AI
2025-02-04 21:28

The Cyber Code of Practice applies to developers, system operators, and organisations that create, deploy, or manage AI systems.

Crypto-stealing apps found in Apple App Store for the first time
2025-02-04 20:16

A new campaign dubbed 'SparkCat' has been uncovered, targeting the cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases of Android and iOS users using optical character recognition (OCR) stealers. [...]