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/in General NewsIn this online training course, learn about NFTs, blockchain, decentralized apps, and more.
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Financial Organizations Urge CISA to Revise Proposed CIRCIA Implementation
/in General NewsA group of financial organizations is asking CISA to rescind and reissue its proposed implementation of CIRCIA.
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Elastic Releases Urgent Fix for Critical Kibana Vulnerability Enabling Remote Code Execution
/in General NewsElastic has rolled out security updates to address a critical security flaw impacting the Kibana data visualization dashboard software for Elasticsearch that could result in arbitrary code execution.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-25012, carries a CVSS score of 9.9 out of a maximum of 10.0. It has been described as a case of prototype pollution.
“Prototype pollution in Kibana leads to
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Nigerian Accused of Hacking Tax Preparation Firms Extradited to US
/in General NewsMatthew Akande was extradited to the US to face charges for his role in hacking into Massachusetts tax preparation firms’ networks.
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Outsmarting Cyber Threats with Attack Graphs
/in General NewsCyber threats are growing more sophisticated, and traditional security approaches struggle to keep up. Organizations can no longer rely on periodic assessments or static vulnerability lists to stay secure. Instead, they need a dynamic approach that provides real-time insights into how attackers move through their environment.
This is where attack graphs come in. By mapping potential attack paths
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UK quietly scrubs encryption advice from government websites
/in General NewsThe 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
/in General NewsOver 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
/in General NewsAIceberg 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
/in General NewsScans 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
/in General NewsThe 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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