Cyber News & Articles

In March 2024, Mozilla said it was winding down its collaboration with Onerep — an identity protection service offered with the Firefox web browser that promises to remove users from hundreds of people-search sites — after KrebsOnSecurity revealed Onerep’s founder had created dozens of people-search services and was continuing to operate at least one of them. Sixteen months later, however, Mozilla is still promoting Onerep. This week, Mozilla announced their partnership with Onerep will officially end next month.

Oligo Security has warned of ongoing attacks exploiting a two-year-old security flaw in the Ray open-source artificial intelligence (AI) framework to turn infected clusters with NVIDIA GPUs into a self-replicating cryptocurrency mining botnet.
The activity, codenamed ShadowRay 2.0, is an evolution of a prior wave that was observed between September 2023 and March 2024. The attack, at its core,

After years of delays, the UK government has finally introduced landmark cybersecurity legislation that could reshape how British organisations defend against digital attacks.

Read more in my article on the Fortra blog.

Cybersecurity researchers have warned of an actively expanding botnet dubbed Tsundere that’s targeting Windows users.
Active since mid-2025, the threat is designed to execute arbitrary JavaScript code retrieved from a command-and-control (C2) server, Kaspersky researcher Lisandro Ubiedo said in an analysis published today.
There are currently no details on how the botnet malware is propagated;

This week has been crazy in the world of hacking and online security. From Thailand to London to the US, we’ve seen arrests, spies at work, and big power moves online. Hackers are getting caught. Spies are getting better at their jobs. Even simple things like browser add-ons and smart home gadgets are being used to attack people.
Every day, there’s a new story that shows how quickly things are

CTM360 has identified a rapidly expanding WhatsApp account-hacking campaign targeting users worldwide via a network of deceptive authentication portals and impersonation pages. The campaign, internally dubbed HackOnChat, abuses WhatsApp’s familiar web interface, using social engineering tactics to trick users into compromising their accounts.
Investigators identified thousands of malicious URLs

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Android banking trojan called Sturnus that enables credential theft and full device takeover to conduct financial fraud.
“A key differentiator is its ability to bypass encrypted messaging,” ThreatFabric said in a report shared with The Hacker News. “By capturing content directly from the device screen after decryption, Sturnus can monitor

A technical manager at a Dutch wind farm operator has been sentenced after it was discovered he had secretly installed cryptocurrency mining rigs at two wind farm sites – just as the company was recovering from a ransomware attack.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

Stop the press – a company has actually said “sorry” after a data breach, and hotels are helping hackers phish their own guests.

We examine a refreshingly honest breach response (and why legacy systems are still going to ruin your week), dig into a nasty hotel-booking malware campaign that abuses trust in apps and CAPTCHAs, and chat about autonomous pen testing, AI-turbocharged cybercrime, and what CISOs should really be asking on Monday morning.

And lost Doctor Who is brought back to life by one very dedicated animator, and we take a look at Eddie Murphy’s career.

All this and more is discussed in episode 444 of the “Smashing Security” podcast with cybersecurity veteran Graham Cluley, and special guest Tricia Howard.

Plus – don’t miss our featured interview with Snehal Antani from Horizon3.ai!

Threat actors with ties to Iran engaged in cyber warfare as part of efforts to facilitate and enhance physical, real-world attacks, a trend that Amazon has called cyber-enabled kinetic targeting.
The development is a sign that the lines between state-sponsored cyber attacks and kinetic warfare are increasingly blurring, necessitating the need for a new category of warfare, the tech giant’s