UK quietly scrubs encryption advice from government websites

The UK is no longer recommending the use of encryption for at-risk groups following its iCloud backdoor demands

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Over 1,000 WordPress Sites Infected with JavaScript Backdoors Enabling Persistent Attacker Access

Over 1,000 websites powered by WordPress have been infected with a third-party JavaScript code that injects four separate backdoors.
“Creating four backdoors facilitates the attackers having multiple points of re-entry should one be detected and removed,” c/side researcher Himanshu Anand said in a Wednesday analysis.
The malicious JavaScript code has been found to be served via cdn.csyndication[

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AIceberg Gets $10 Million in Seed Funding for AI Security Platform

AIceberg has launched a solution that helps governments and enterprises with the safe, secure and compliant adoption of AI. 

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Exploited VMware ESXi Flaws Put Many at Risk of Ransomware, Other Attacks

Scans show that tens of thousands of VMware ESXi instances are affected by CVE-2025-22224 and other vulnerabilities disclosed recently as zero-days.

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U.S. Charges 12 Chinese Nationals in State-Backed Hacking Operations

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced charges against 12 Chinese nationals for their alleged participation in a wide-ranging scheme designed to steal data and suppress free speech and dissent globally.
The individuals include two officers of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) Ministry of Public Security (MPS), eight employees of an ostensibly private PRC company, Anxun

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Ransomware Attacks Build Against Saudi Construction Firms

Cybercriminals are ramping up their efforts in the Kingdom and targeting more than just petroleum firms; now, they’re aiming for Middle East organizations in the IT, government, construction, and real estate sectors too.

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Espionage Actor ‘Lotus Blossom’ Targets South East Asia

The threat actor, of unknown origin, is deploying a proprietary backdoor malware known as “Sagerunex” against critical infrastructure in Hong Kong, Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

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SimilarWeb data: This obscure AI startup grew 8,658% while OpenAI crawled at 9%

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China’s Silk Typhoon APT Shifts to IT Supply Chain Attacks

The nation-state threat group has been breaching providers of remote management tools, identity management providers, and other IT companies to access networks of targeted entities, according to Microsoft.

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Two decades of visitor data at the Toronto Zoo stolen in cyberattack

The organization also lost years of wildlife conservation research as a result of the January 2024 cyber incident.

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