Google Cloud: Threat Actors Increasingly Target Backups – Take These Steps Now
Defensive strategy best practices are included in Google’s latest cloud security report.
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Inc Ransomware Claims 1.2TB Data Breach at Dollar Tree
The notorious INC Ransomware group is claiming responsibility for a data breach at Dollar Tree, the American retail…
PyPI maintainers alert users to email verification phishing attack
PyPI warns of phishing emails from noreply@pypj[.]org posing as “[PyPI] Email verification” to redirect users to fake package sites. PyPI warns of an active phishing attack using fake “[PyPI] Email verification” messages from noreply@pypj[.]org, aiming to lure users to spoofed PyPI sites. PyPI, short for the Python Package Index, is the official repository for Python […]
Cisco delivers enhanced email protection to the Middle East
Cisco’s new data center in the UAE delivers in-region reliability and increased protection to organizations in the Middle East.
TrickBot Behind More Than $724 Million in Crypto Theft and Extortion
Akamai’s latest Ransomware Report 2025 reveals “quadruple extortion,” new AI-driven tactics by groups like Black Basta, FunkSec, and TrickBot, and growing threats to non-profits. Learn about evolving cyber threats.
“CatAttack” is a Distraction: AI Can’t Handle the Integrity Breach
It isn’t really about cats. Which is why someone wrote a paper about cats defeating AI. How meta. We have reasoning AIs “trained for step-by-step problem solving”, explain the authors of the paper. These can solve maths problems and write compute…
Nevada Issued Concealed Handgun Permit to Mass Shooter
The tragic news of another predictable mass shooter is only made worse by a simple detail: a man with a history of mental health crisis doesn’t need a permit to buy or wave around a loaded semi-automatic rifle. Security video circulated by police…
Surveillance of Finances Reveals Brain Health Decline
Notably, financial services behavior monitoring indicates things like being unable to remember your PIN. The study analysed anonymised banking records from over 66,000 individuals. It compared 16,742 individuals who were registered for power of attorne…
CA Tesla Kills One Cyclist
Tesla doesn’t seem to have any of the collision avoidance capability that it has been promising for a decade. The crash between the bicyclist and a 2018 Tesla took place about 10 p.m. on Main Street, just east of Escondido Avenue. The Tesla was h…
Orange reports major cyberattack, warns of service disruptions
Orange, France’s largest telecom provider, reported a cyberattack on one of its internal systems, impacting its operations in Europe and Africa. Orange is a leading French multinational telecommunications operator providing services to individuals, businesses, and governments across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Formerly known as France Télécom until rebranding in 2013, the company now […]