China’s Secret Weapon? How EV Batteries Could be Weaponized to Disrupt America

As Xi Jinping advances his vision for China’s dominance by 2049, cybersecurity experts warn that connected technologies—like EV batteries—may quietly serve as tools of influence, espionage, and disruption.

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Ukraine’s largest home improvement retailer disrupted by cyberattack

Epicentr, a home improvement chain that operates more than 70 stores in Ukraine, said it suffered a cyberattack that crippled key IT systems.

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Indian court orders blocking of Proton Mail

The ruling, which has yet to take effect, was ordered under India’s online blocking laws.

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Windows Backdoor Targets Members of Exiled Uyghur Community

A spear-phishing campaign sent Trojanized versions of legitimate word-processing software to members of the World Uyghur Congress as part of China’s continued cyber-espionage activity against the ethnic minority.

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Nova Scotia energy provider takes some servers offline following cyber incident

On Friday, Nova Scotia Power — which provides serves 95% of the power for the region — discovered a cyber incident involving unauthorized access to its systems.

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Millions of Apple Airplay-Enabled Devices Can Be Hacked via Wi-Fi

Researchers reveal a collection of bugs known as AirBorne that would allow any hacker on the same Wi-Fi network as a third-party AirPlay-enabled device to surreptitiously run their own code on it.

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Pistachio Raises $7 Million for Cybersecurity Training Platform

Cybersecurity awareness training platform Pistachio has raised $7 million in a Series A funding round led by Walter Ventures.

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Google Tracked 75 Zero-Days in 2024

The number of exploited zero-days seen by Google in 2024 dropped to 75, from 98 observed in the previous year.

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Cybersecurity Firms Raise Over $1.7 Billion Ahead of RSA Conference 2025

More than 30 companies announced a total of $1.7 billion in funding in weeks leading up to the industry’s largest gathering.

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LayerX Raises $11 Million for Browser Security Solution

Browser security firm LayerX has raised $11 million in a Series A funding round extension led by Jump Capital.

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