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Cyber Security News From Around The World

Latest news as of 7/10/2025, 10:59:02 AM

Dark Reading

6 months ago

Strengthening Our National Security in the AI Era

For the first time in a long while, the federal government and the software sector alike finally have the tools and resources needed to do security well — consistently and cost-effectively.

The Register

6 months ago

North Korean dev who renamed himself 'Bane' accused of IT worker fraud scheme

5 indicted as FBI warns North Korea dials up aggression, plus Russian devs allegedly get in on the act The US is indicting yet another five suspects it believes were involved in North Korea's long-running, fraudulent remote IT worker scheme – including one who changed their last name to "Bane" and scored a gig at a tech biz in San Francisco.…

The Hacker News

6 months ago

RANsacked: Over 100 Security Flaws Found in LTE and 5G Network Implementations

A group of academics has disclosed details of over 100 security vulnerabilities impacting LTE and 5G implementations that could be exploited by an attacker to disrupt access to service and even gain a foothold into the cellular core network. The 119 vulnerabilities, assigned 97 unique CVE identifiers, span seven LTE implementations – Open5GS, Magma, OpenAirInterface, Athonet, SD-Core, NextEPC,

Bleeping Computer

6 months ago

Hackers get $886,250 for 49 zero-days at Pwn2Own Automotive 2025

​The Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 hacking contest has ended with security researchers collecting $886,250 after exploiting 49 zero-days. [...]

The Hacker News

6 months ago

2025 State of SaaS Backup and Recovery Report

The modern workplace has undergone a seismic transformation over recent years, with hybrid work becoming the norm and businesses rapidly adopting cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications to facilitate it. SaaS applications like Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace have now become the backbone of business operations, enabling seamless collaboration and productivity. However, this

The Hacker News

6 months ago

DoJ Indicts 5 Individuals for $866K North Korean IT Worker Scheme Violations

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday indicted two North Korean nationals, a Mexican national, and two of its own citizens for their alleged involvement in the ongoing fraudulent information technology (IT) worker scheme that seeks to generate revenue for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in violation of international sanctions. The action targets Jin Sung-Il (진성일), Pak

Graham Cluley

6 months ago

Be careful what you say about data leaks in Turkey, new law could mean prison for reporting hacks

The Turkish government is proposing a controversial new cybersecurity law that could make it a criminal act to report on data breaches. But might it stifle journalism and free speech? Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

The Hacker News

6 months ago

Android's New Identity Check Feature Locks Device Settings Outside Trusted Locations

Google has launched a new feature called Identity Check for supported Android devices that locks sensitive settings behind biometric authentication when outside of trusted locations. "When you turn on Identity Check, your device will require explicit biometric authentication to access certain sensitive resources when you're outside of trusted locations," Google said in a post announcing the

The Hacker News

6 months ago

CISA Adds Five-Year-Old jQuery XSS Flaw to Exploited Vulnerabilities List

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday placed a now-patched security flaw impacting the popular jQuery JavaScript library to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The medium-severity vulnerability is CVE-2020-11023 (CVSS score: 6.1/6.9), a nearly five-year-old cross-site scripting (XSS) bug that could be

The Register

6 months ago

China and friends claim success in push to stamp out tech support cyber-scam slave camps

Paint a target on Myanmar, pledge more info-sharing to get the job done A group established by six Asian nations to fight criminal cyber-scam slave camps that infest the region claims it’s made good progress dismantling the operations.…