Security News

Google fixes Android kernel zero-day exploited in attacks
2025-02-03 20:10

The February 2025 Android security updates patch 48 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day kernel vulnerability that has been exploited in the wild. [...]

Canadian charged with stealing $65 million using DeFI crypto exploits
2025-02-03 19:20

The U.S. Justice Department has charged a Canadian man with stealing roughly $65 million after exploiting two decentralized finance (DeFI) protocols. [...]

Casio UK online store hacked to steal customer credit cards
2025-02-03 18:51

Casio UK's e-shop at casio.co.uk was hacked to include malicious scripts that stole credit card and customer information between January 14 and 24, 2025. [...]

Microsoft kills off Defender 'Privacy Protection' VPN feature
2025-02-03 17:27

Microsoft announced it is killing off its Privacy Protection VPN feature in the Microsoft Defender app at the end of the month to focus on other features. [...]

DeepSeek AI tools impersonated by infostealer malware on PyPI
2025-02-03 16:33

Threat actors are taking advantage of the rise in popularity of the DeepSeek to promote two malicious infostealer packages on the Python Package Index (PyPI), where they impersonated developer...

This Trusted App Helps Sluggish PCs Work Faster
2025-02-03 14:00

CCleaner speeds up sluggish PCs by clearing junk files, fixing registry issues, and optimizing performance.

768 CVEs Exploited in 2024, Reflecting a 20% Increase from 639 in 2023
2025-02-03 13:57

As many as 768 vulnerabilities with designated CVE identifiers were reported as exploited in the wild in 2024, up from 639 CVEs in 2023, registering a 20% increase year-over-year. Describing 2024...

DeepSeek’s popularity exploited to push malicious packages via PyPI
2025-02-03 13:27

Two malicious packages leveraging the DeepSeek name have been published to the Python Package Index (PyPI) package repository, and in the 30 minutes or so they were up, they have been downloaded...

PyPI Introduces Archival Status to Alert Users About Unmaintained Python Packages
2025-02-03 12:30

The maintainers of the Python Package Index (PyPI) registry have announced a new feature that allows package developers to archive a project as part of efforts to improve supply chain security....

Journalists and Civil Society Members Using WhatsApp Targeted by Paragon Spyware
2025-02-03 12:05

This is yet another story of commercial spyware being used against journalists and civil society members. The journalists and other civil society members were being alerted of a possible breach of...