Latest news as of 8/7/2025, 10:37:27 PM
The Register
ZKLP system allows apps to confirm user presence in a region without exposing exactly where Computer scientists from universities in Germany, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom have proposed a way to provide verifiable claims about location data without surrendering privacy.…
Bleeping Computer
A new tool called 'Defendnot' can disable Microsoft Defender on Windows devices by registering a fake antivirus product, even when no real AV is installed. [...]
The Register
Phony LinkedIn recruitment ads? Groundbreaking Chinese government snoops - hiding behind the guise of fake consulting companies - are actively trying to recruit the thousands upon thousands of US federal employees who have been fired since President Trump took office.…
The Register
Criminals must be licking their lips at the possibilities Uncle Sam's consumer watchdog has scrapped plans to implement Biden-era rules that would've treated certain data brokers as credit bureaus, forcing them to follow stricter laws when flogging Americans' sensitive data.…
Dark Reading
Coinbase is going Liam Neeson on its attackers, potentially setting a new precedent for incident response in the wake of crypto- and blockchain-targeting cyberattacks.
Dark Reading
If the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures system continues to face uncertainty, the repercussions will build slowly, and eventually the cracks will become harder to contain.
Dark Reading
An internal error led to public disclosure of reams of sensitive data that could be co-opted for follow-on cyberattacks.
Dark Reading
Scattered Spider and other phishers and hacking groups are using rentable subdomains from dynamic DNS providers to obfuscate their activity and impersonate well-known brands.
Dark Reading
Specialization among threat groups poses challenges for defenders, who now must distinguish between different actors responsible for different facets of an attack.
Bleeping Computer
Microsoft has confirmed that some Windows 10 and Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 systems will boot into BitLocker recovery after installing the May 2025 security updates. [...]