Teraleak: Pokémon Developer Game Freak Hacked; Decades of Data Leaked

Game Freak’s “Teraleak” appears to expose nearly 1 terabyte of sensitive Pokémon data, including source code, cancelled games,…

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Meet the Chinese ‘Typhoon’ hackers preparing for war

Of the cybersecurity risks facing the United States today, few loom larger than the potential sabotage capabilities posed by China-backed hackers, which top U.S. officials have described as an “epoch-defining threat.” In recent months, U.S. intelligence officials said Chinese government-backed hackers have been burrowing deep into the networks of U.S. critical infrastructure, including water, energy […]

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OilRig Exploits Windows Kernel Flaw in Espionage Campaign Targeting UAE and Gulf

The Iranian threat actor known as OilRig has been observed exploiting a now-patched privilege escalation flaw impacting the Windows Kernel as part of a cyber espionage campaign targeting the U.A.E. and the broader Gulf region.
“The group utilizes sophisticated tactics that include deploying a backdoor that leverages Microsoft Exchange servers for credentials theft, and exploiting vulnerabilities

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‘Chat control’: The EU’s controversial CSAM-scanning legal proposal explained

The European Union has a longstanding reputation for strong privacy laws. But a legislative plan to combat child abuse — which the bloc formally presented back in May 2022 — is threatening to downgrade the privacy and security of hundreds of millions of regional messaging app users. The European Commission, the EU legislative body that […]

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The FBI Made a Crypto Coin Just to Catch Fraudsters

Plus: New details emerge in the National Public Data breach, Discord gets blocked in Russia and Turkey over alleged illegal activity on the platform, and more.

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A Mysterious Hacking Group Has 2 New Tools to Steal Data From Air-Gapped Machines

It’s hard enough creating one air-gap-jumping tool. Researchers say the group GoldenJackal did it twice in five years.

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Pig Butchering Scams Are Going High Tech

Scammers in Southeast Asia are increasingly turning to AI, deepfakes, and dangerous malware in a way that makes their pig butchering operations even more convincing.

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FBI Creates Fake Cryptocurrency to Expose Widespread Crypto Market Manipulation

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced arrests and charges against several individuals and entities in connection with allegedly manipulating digital asset markets as part of a widespread fraud operation.
The law enforcement action – codenamed Operation Token Mirrors – is the result of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) taking the “unprecedented step” of creating its own

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AI Hype Drives Demand For ML SecOps Skills

Companies are putting “AI” in just about all of their products, which opens up new security holes. LLM SecOps and ML SecOps are becoming must-have skills.

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SOC Teams: Threat Detection Tools Are Stifling Us

Threat detection tools yield too many false positives, security pros say, leading to burnout and resentment.

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