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In Other News: Scattered Spider Still Active, EncryptHub Unmasked, Rydox Extraditions
/in General NewsNoteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Scattered Spider still active despite arrests, hacker known as EncryptHub unmasked, Rydox admins extradited to US.
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Sex-Fantasy Chatbots Are Leaking a Constant Stream of Explicit Messages
/in General NewsSome misconfigured AI chatbots are pushing people’s chats to the open web—revealing sexual prompts and conversations that include descriptions of child sexual abuse.
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SonicWall Patches High-Severity Vulnerability in NetExtender
/in General NewsSonicWall has released fixes for three vulnerabilities in NetExtender for Windows, including a high-severity bug.
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1.6 Million People Impacted by Data Breach at Laboratory Services Cooperative
/in General NewsLaboratory Services Cooperative says the personal and medical information of 1.6 million was stolen in an October 2024 data breach.
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SpyNote, BadBazaar, MOONSHINE Malware Target Android and iOS Users via Fake Apps
/in General NewsCybersecurity researchers have found that threat actors are setting up deceptive websites hosted on newly registered domains to deliver a known Android malware called SpyNote.
These bogus websites masquerade as Google Play Store install pages for apps like the Chrome web browser, indicating an attempt to deceive unsuspecting users into installing the malware instead.
“The threat actor utilized a
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Rising Tides: Bryson Bort on Cyber Entrepreneurship and the Needed Focus on Critical Infrastructure
/in General NewsVery few people in the cybersecurity industry do not know, or know of, Bryson Bort. Yes, he’s the CEO/Founder of SCYTHE, but he’s also the co-founder of ICS Village (the next one at RSA Conference from April 28 to May 1, 2025). This event, and all of our industry’s attention on critical infrastructure, is pivotal […]
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Palo Alto Networks Warns of Brute-Force Attempts Targeting PAN-OS GlobalProtect Gateways
/in General NewsPalo Alto Networks has revealed that it’s observing brute-force login attempts against PAN-OS GlobalProtect gateways, days after threat actors warned of a surge in suspicious login scanning activity targeting its appliances.
“Our teams are observing evidence of activity consistent with password-related attacks, such as brute-force login attempts, which does not indicate exploitation of a
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OttoKit WordPress Plugin Admin Creation Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation
/in General NewsA newly disclosed high-severity security flaw impacting OttoKit (formerly SureTriggers) has come under active exploitation within a few hours of public disclosure.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-3102 (CVSS score: 8.1), is an authorization bypass bug that could permit an attacker to create administrator accounts under certain conditions and take control of susceptible websites.
“The
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Nakasone on Cyber Command, NSA firings and the future of the ‘dual-hat’ relationship
/in General NewsNakasone said he didn’t know “what really occurred” and has not spoken to either Haugh or Noble since the presidential decisions were made, but he lauded both of them as “extraordinary leaders.”
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Zero-Day in CentreStack File Sharing Platform Under Attack
/in General NewsGladinet’s platform is widely used among managed service providers, and a critical deserialization flaw could put MSP customers in jeopardy.
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