Security News

DDoS Attacks Now Key Weapons in Geopolitical Conflicts, NETSCOUT Warns
2025-04-04 16:04

Hackers now use AI and botnets to launch powerful DDoS attacks, bypassing security and overwhelming servers as law enforcement struggles to keep up.

Europcar GitLab breach exposes data of up to 200,000 customers
2025-04-04 14:07

A hacker breached the GitLab repositories of multinational car-rental company Europcar Mobility Group and stole source code for Android and iOS applications, as well as some personal information...

OpenAI's $20 ChatGPT Plus is now free for students until the end of May
2025-04-04 13:50

ChatGPT Plus subscription is now free, but only if you're a student based out of the United States of America and Canada. [...]

SpotBugs Access Token Theft Identified as Root Cause of GitHub Supply Chain Attack
2025-04-04 12:28

The cascading supply chain attack that initially targeted Coinbase before becoming more widespread to single out users of the "tj-actions/changed-files" GitHub Action has been traced further back...

30 minutes to pwn town: Are speedy responses more important than backups for recovery?
2025-04-04 11:29

The industry’s approach to keeping quality backups may be masking the importance of other recovery mainstays Maintaining good-quality backups is often seen as the spine of any organization's...

Troy Hunt Gets Phished
2025-04-04 11:02

In case you need proof that anyone, even people who do cybersecurity for a living, Troy Hunt has a long, iterative story on his webpage about how he got phished. Worth reading.

Have We Reached a Distroless Tipping Point?
2025-04-04 10:57

There’s a virtuous cycle in technology that pushes the boundaries of what’s being built and how it’s being used. A new technology development emerges and captures the world's attention. People...

Benchmarks Find ‘DeepSeek-V3-0324 Is More Vulnerable Than Qwen2.5-Max’
2025-04-04 08:37

While the latest iteration of Qwen2.5-Max outperforms DeepSeek-V3 on security, the AI model lags behind its competition in several other areas.

Alan Turing Institute: UK can't handle a fight against AI-enabled crims
2025-04-04 08:30

Law enforcement facing huge gap in 'AI adoption' The National Crime Agency (NCA) will "closely examine" the recommendations made by the Alan Turing Institute after it claimed the UK was...

Windows 11 Forces Microsoft Account Sign In & Removes Bypass Trick Option
2025-04-04 08:26

Microsoft is killing the Windows 11 bypass trick — soon, all setups will require internet and a Microsoft Account, leaving privacy-conscious users with fewer options.