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437,000 Impacted by Ascension Health Data Breach
/in General NewsAscension 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
/in General NewsAs 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
/in General NewsGerman 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
/in General NewsVaronis 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
/in General NewsThreat 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
/in General NewsAnyproxy 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
/in General NewsThe 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
/in General NewsPlus: 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
/in General NewsGoogle 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
/in General NewsGermany’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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