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Cyber Security News From Around The World

Latest news as of 7/14/2025, 12:38:51 AM

Dark Reading

1 month ago

Poisoned npm Packages Disguised as Utilities Aim for System Wipeout

Backdoors lurking in legitimate-looking code contain file-deletion commands that can destroy production systems and cause massive disruptions to software supply chains.

Bleeping Computer

1 month ago

OpenAI working to fix ChatGPT outage affecting users worldwide

OpenAI is working to fix an ongoing outage impacting ChatGPT users worldwide and preventing them from accessing the chatbot on the web or via mobile and desktop apps. [...]

The Register

1 month ago

Trump guts digital ID rules, claims they help 'illegal aliens' commit fraud

Also axes secure software mandates - optional is the new secure, apparently President Donald Trump late Friday signed a cybersecurity-focused executive order that, in the White House's words, "amends problematic elements of Obama and Biden-era Executive Orders."…

The Register

1 month ago

Cloud brute-force attack cracks Google users' phone numbers in minutes

Chocolate Factory fixes issue, pays only $5K A researcher has exposed a flaw in Google's authentication systems, opening it to a brute-force attack that left users' mobile numbers up for grabs.…

The Hacker News

1 month ago

The Hidden Threat in Your Stack: Why Non-Human Identity Management is the Next Cybersecurity Frontier

Modern enterprise networks are highly complex environments that rely on hundreds of apps and infrastructure services. These systems need to interact securely and efficiently without constant human oversight, which is where non-human identities (NHIs) come in. NHIs — including application secrets, API keys, service accounts, and OAuth tokens — have exploded in recent years, thanks to an

Bleeping Computer

1 month ago

Five plead guilty to laundering $36 million stolen in investment scams

Five men from China, the United States, and Turkey pleaded guilty to their involvement in an international crime ring and laundering nearly $37 million stolen from U.S. victims in cryptocurrency investment scams carried out from Cambodia. [...]

The Register

1 month ago

M&S online ordering system operational 46 days after cyber shutdown

A milestone in cyberattack recovery – but deliveries will take a while and normal service not yet back UK retailer Marks & Spencer has reinstated online orders for some customers, marking a major milestone in its recovery from a cyberattack in April.…

The Hacker News

1 month ago

Researcher Found Flaw to Discover Phone Numbers Linked to Any Google Account

Google has stepped in to address a security flaw that could have made it possible to brute-force an account's recovery phone number, potentially exposing them to privacy and security risks. The issue, according to Singaporean security researcher "brutecat," leverages an issue in the company's account recovery feature. That said, exploiting the vulnerability hinges on several moving parts,

The Register

1 month ago

Peep show: 40K IoT cameras worldwide stream secrets to anyone with a browser

Majority of exposures located in the US, including datacenters, healthcare facilities, factories, and more Security researchers managed to access the live feeds of 40,000 internet-connected cameras worldwide and they may have only scratched the surface of what's possible.…

The Hacker News

1 month ago

Rare Werewolf APT Uses Legitimate Software in Attacks on Hundreds of Russian Enterprises

The threat actor known as Rare Werewolf (formerly Rare Wolf) has been linked to a series of cyber attacks targeting Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries. "A distinctive feature of this threat is that the attackers favor using legitimate third-party software over developing their own malicious binaries," Kaspersky said. "The malicious functionality of the campaign