Security News

Germany Shuts Down eXch Over $1.9B Laundering, Seizes €34M in Crypto and 8TB of Data
2025-05-10 06:47

Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office (aka Bundeskriminalamt or BKA) has seized the online infrastructure and shutdown linked to the eXch cryptocurrency exchange over allegations of money...

Friday Squid Blogging: Japanese Divers Video Giant Squid
2025-05-09 21:05

The video is really amazing. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.

Ascension says recent data breach affects over 430,000 patients
2025-05-09 18:48

Ascension, one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, has revealed that a data breach disclosed last month affects the personal and healthcare information of over 430,000...

Google Chrome to use on-device AI to detect tech support scams
2025-05-09 17:49

Google is implementing a new Chrome security feature that uses the built-in 'Gemini Nano' large-language model (LLM) to detect and block tech support scams while browsing the web. [...]

Police dismantles botnet selling hacked routers as residential proxies
2025-05-09 17:47

Law enforcement authorities have dismantled a botnet that infected thousands of routers over the last 20 years to build two networks of residential proxies known as Anyproxy and 5socks. [...]

VC behemoth Insight Partners fears top-secret financial info swiped by cyber-miscreants
2025-05-09 17:30

Weapons-grade fuel for fraud Insight Partners, a mega venture capital firm with more than $90 billion in funds under management, fears network intruders got their hands on internal sensitive data...

BREAKING: 7,000-Device Proxy Botnet Using IoT, EoL Systems Dismantled in U.S. - Dutch Operation
2025-05-09 16:28

A joint law enforcement operation undertaken by Dutch and U.S. authorities has dismantled a criminal proxy network that's powered by thousands of infected Internet of Things (IoT) and end-of-life...

OtterCookie v4 Adds VM Detection and Chrome, MetaMask Credential Theft Capabilities
2025-05-09 16:25

The North Korean threat actors behind the Contagious Interview campaign have been observed using updated versions of a cross-platform malware called OtterCookie with capabilities to steal...

Chinese hackers behind attacks targeting SAP NetWeaver servers
2025-05-09 16:23

Forescout Vedere Labs security researchers have linked ongoing attacks targeting a maximum severity vulnerability impacting SAP NetWeaver instances to a Chinese threat actor. [...]

Germany takes down eXch cryptocurrency exchange, seizes servers
2025-05-09 15:07

The Federal police in Germany (BKA) seized the server infrastructure and shut down the 'eXch' cryptocurrency exchange platform for alleged money laundering cybercrime proceeds. [...]