Ransomware attacks soared 30% in October to the second-highest total on record, Cyble reported today. The 623 ransomware attacks recorded in October were second only to February 2025’s record attacks, ...

A new vulnerability scoring system has just been announced. The initiative, called the AI Vulnerability Scoring System (AIVSS), aims to fill the gaps left by traditional models such as the Common ...

The Attorneys General of California, Connecticut, and New York have announced a $5.1 million settlement with Illuminate Education, Inc., an educational technology company, for failing to adequately ...

AI malware may be in the early stages of development, but it’s already being detected in cyberattacks, according to new research published this week. Google researchers looked at five AI-enabled ...

China claims it has “irrefutable evidence” that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) launched a two-year cyberattack campaign on China’s National Time Service Center (NTSC). In a WeChat post, China ...

Six weeks after Adobe shipped an emergency fix, attackers have begun weaponizing SessionReaper — and most Magento stores still stand exposed. Security firm Sansec’s forensics team said it blocked ...

Caller ID spoofing causes nearly $1 billion (EUR 850 million) in financial losses from fraud and scams each year, according to a new Europol position paper that calls for technical and regulatory ...

Ransomware attacks have soared 50% in 2025 despite major changes among the leading ransomware groups, according to a new Cyble report. Through October 21, there have been 5,010 ransomware attacks ...

The name said it all: DroneEXEHijackingLoader.dll. That internal file name, buried in malicious code delivered to three European defense contractors, revealed what security researchers now believe ...

Vidar Stealer 2.0 has been released, and the updated infostealer claims to offer improved performance with advanced credential stealing and evasion abilities, features that will necessitate even ...

A new form of attack is targeting browsers with built-in AI assistants. Researchers at Brave have found that seemingly harmless screenshots and web pages can hide malicious instructions that hijack ...

Breathless news stories about a Gmail data breach began to appear online after media outlets misinterpreted a report about Gmail passwords stolen by infostealers. Urgent headlines like “Urgent alert ...