Kingsley Uchelue Utulu has been sentenced to more than 5 years in prison for his role in a scheme that involved hacking, fraud and identity theft.
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President Trump says his new cybersecurity executive order amends problematic elements of Biden- and Obama-era executive orders.
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OpenAI has revealed that it banned a set of ChatGPT accounts that were likely operated by Russian-speaking threat actors and two Chinese nation-state hacking groups to assist with malware development, social media automation, and research about U.S. satellite communications technologies, among other things.
“The [Russian-speaking] actor used our models to assist with developing and refining
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A financially motivated group of hackers known as UNC6040 is using a simple but effective tactic to breach…
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Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a supply chain attack targeting over a dozen packages associated with GlueStack to deliver malware.
The malware, introduced via a change to “lib/commonjs/index.js,” allows an attacker to run shell commands, take screenshots, and upload files to infected machines, Aikido Security told The Hacker News, stating these packages collectively account for nearly 1
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Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new campaign targeting Brazilian users since the start of 2025 to infect users with a malicious extension for Chromium-based web browsers and siphon user authentication data.
“Some of the phishing emails were sent from the servers of compromised companies, increasing the chances of a successful attack,” Positive Technologies security researcher
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In a White House fact sheet, the administration claims that Biden’s Executive Order 14144 — signed days before the end of his presidency — was an attempt “to sneak problematic and distracting issues into cybersecurity policy.”
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Over 20 malicious apps on Google Play are stealing crypto seed phrases by posing as trusted wallets and exchanges, putting users’ funds at risk.
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Plus: A 22-year-old former intern gets put in charge of a key anti-terrorism program, threat intelligence firms finally wrangle their confusing names for hacker groups, and more.
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Exclusive: The company’s co-founder and CTO blame a former employee for a breach, but cannot rule out that it wasn’t.
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