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Bizarre cyberattack blamed on Russia and China-linked hackers permanently breaks dozens of speed cameras in the Netherlands
By Nathaniel Mott published
A hack reportedly left "dozens" of speed cameras in the Netherlands inoperable and unrecoverable.

Russia hacked and took control of a Norwegian dam, police chief claims
By Mark Tyson published
Moscow is to blame for a cyberattack on a dam, which remotely opened the floodgates for a period of around four hours, says Norway's security chief.

Google's AI could be tricked into enabling spam, revealing a user's location, and leaking private correspondence with a calendar invite
By Nathaniel Mott published
Google's AI could be tricked into enabling spam, revealing a user's location, and leaking private correspondence, among other things, with just a calendar invite.

Newly discovered WinRAR exploit linked to Russian hacking group, can plant backdoor malware
By Kunal Khullar published
WinRAR flaw CVE-2025-8088 was serious but has been fixed in version 7.13.

CrowdStrike report details scale of North Korea's use of AI in remote work schemes
By Nathaniel Mott published
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is using generative AI tools to land agents jobs at tech companies to fund its weapons programs.

Leading phone repair and insurance firm collapses after paying crippling ransomware demand
By Mark Tyson published
The Einhaus Group was once a familiar name, with its services available through 5,000 retail outlets in Germany and an annual revenue of around 70 million Euros.

Ukraine strikes back at Russia with cyberattack on forces in Crimea
By Nathaniel Mott published
Ukraine's intelligence agency conducted a sustained distributed-denial of service attack on Russian forces in Crimea while independent hacking groups targeted the airline.

IT provider sued after it simply 'handed the credentials' to hackers
By Jowi Morales published
IT provider sued after it simply 'handed the credentials' to hackers — Clorox claims Cognizant gaffe enabled a $380m ransomware attack

Hacker plants three strains of malware in a Steam Early Access game called Chemia — security company found crypto-jacking infostealers and a backdoor to install yet more malware in the future
By Nathaniel Mott published
Prodaft said the Steam Early Access game contains the Fickle Stealer, Vidar Stealer, and HijackLoader malware.

Microsoft says China-based hackers exploiting critical SharePoint vulnerabilities to deploy Warlock ransomware
By Nathaniel Mott published
Microsoft said that critical vulnerabilities in SharePoint are being exploited by a potentially China-linked threat actor, Storm-2603, to deploy ransomware.
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