Latest news as of 11/14/2025, 9:22:21 AM
Graham Cluley
In a significant crackdown against online cybercriminals, German authorities have successfully dismantled a network of fraudulent cryptocurrency investment sites that has targeted millions of unsuspecting people across Europe. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
The Hacker News
The online world is changing fast. Every week, new scams, hacks, and tricks show how easy it’s become to turn everyday technology into a weapon. Tools made to help us work, connect, and stay safe are now being used to steal, spy, and deceive. Hackers don’t always break systems anymore — they use them. They hide inside trusted apps, copy real websites, and trick people into giving up control
The Register
How to avoid your business being felled by an AI-powered ransomware attack that costs less than a laptop. KNP Logistics Group, a British transport company from Northamptonshire that’s been around longer than the mass-produced lightbulb, collapsed after a devastating security breach that left more than 700 employees jobless. The 158-year-old firm fell victim to a ransomware attack.… Passwork
The Hacker News
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a critical security flaw impacting Adobe Experience Manager to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-54253 (CVSS score: 10.0), a maximum-severity misconfiguration bug that could result in arbitrary code execution.
Dark Reading
The deal, which builds on LevelBlue’s recent acquisition of Trustwave and Aon, aims to provide customers with a broad portfolio of extended detection and response (XDR), managed detection and response (MDR), and forensic services.
Have I Been Pwned
In September 2025, . The data breach impacted 17.6M unique email addresses, along with other customer information, including US Social Security numbers. Prosper advised that they did not find any evidence of unauthorised access to customer accounts and funds, and that their customer-facing operations were uninterrupted. Further information about the incident is contained in . Prosper announced that it had detected unauthorised access to their systems, which resulted in the exposure of customer and applicant information Prosper's FAQs
Bleeping Computer
YouTube is currently facing a global outage, with users reporting playback errors on both the website and mobile apps. [...]
Graham Cluley
A critical infrastructure hack hits the headlines - involving default passwords, boasts on Telegram, and a finale that will make a few cyber-crooks wish the ground would swallow them whole. Meanwhile we dig into the bit we don't talk about enough: the human cost of defending companies from hackers - stress, burnout, and how better leadership culture can help security ake teams safer and saner. All this and more is discussed in episode 439 of "Smashing Security" podcast with cybersecurity veteran Graham Cluley, and his special guest Annabel Berry.
Dark Reading
The cyber-espionage group has been using sophisticated custom tools to target government and diplomatic entities in South Asia since early 2025.
Bleeping Computer
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in the UK has fined Capita, a provider of data-driven business process services, £14 million ($18.7 million) for a data breach incident in 2023 that exposed the personal information of 6.6 million people. [...]