437,000 Impacted by Ascension Health Data Breach

Ascension Health has notified the HHS that more than 437,000 people were affected by a recently disclosed data breach.

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Deepfakes, Scams, and the Age of Paranoia

As AI-driven fraud becomes increasingly common, more people feel the need to verify every interaction they have online.

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German Authorities Take Down Crypto Swapping Service eXch

German authorities seized the servers of crypto-swapping service eXch for laundering approximately $1.9 billion in fraudulent assets.

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New SEO Poisoning Campaign Targeting IT Admins With Malware

Varonis reveals attackers are using SEO poisoning to trick IT admins into downloading malware, alongside a critical root…

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Fake AI Tools Used to Spread Noodlophile Malware, Targeting 62,000+ via Facebook Lures

Threat actors have been observed leveraging fake artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools as a lure to entice users into downloading an information stealer malware dubbed Noodlophile.
“Instead of relying on traditional phishing or cracked software sites, they build convincing AI-themed platforms – often advertised via legitimate-looking Facebook groups and viral social media campaigns,”

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US Announces Botnet Takedown, Charges Against Russian Administrators

Anyproxy and 5socks, websites offering proxy services through devices ensnared by a botnet, have been disrupted in a law enforcement operation.

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Five things we learned from WhatsApp vs. NSO Group spyware lawsuit

The landmark trial between WhatsApp and NSO Group unearthed several new revelations. We recap some of them here.

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ICE’s Deportation Airline Hack Reveals Man ‘Disappeared’ to El Salvador

Plus: A DOGE operative’s laptop reportedly gets infected with malware, Grok AI is used to “undress” women on X, a school software company’s ransomware nightmare returns, and more.

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Google Pays $1.375 Billion to Texas Over Unauthorized Tracking and Biometric Data Collection

Google has agreed to pay the U.S. state of Texas nearly $1.4 billion to settle two lawsuits that accused the company of tracking users’ personal location and maintaining their facial recognition data without consent.
The $1.375 billion payment dwarfs the fines the tech giant has paid to settle similar lawsuits brought by other U.S. states. In November 2022, it paid $391 million to a group of 40

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Germany Shuts Down eXch Over $1.9B Laundering, Seizes €34M in Crypto and 8TB of Data

Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (aka Bundeskriminalamt or BKA) has seized the online infrastructure and shutdown linked to the eXch cryptocurrency exchange over allegations of money laundering and operating a criminal trading platform.
The operation was carried out on April 30, 2025, authorities said, adding they also confiscated 8 terabytes worth of data and cryptocurrency assets

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