Bhaswati Guha Majumder reports: The cybercrime group ShinyHunters has claimed responsibility for a major breach involving the Council of Europe, threatening to publish hundreds of gigabytes of allegedly stolen data unless its demands are met by 16 June. The claim comes in the wake of a confirmed cybersecurity incident affecting European infrastructure. According to information…
TikTok restored service to users in the United States on Sunday just hours after the popular video-sharing platform went dark in response to a federal ban. The post TikTok Restores Service for US Users Based on Trump’s Promised Executive Order appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Sophos has released hotfixes to address three security flaws in Sophos Firewall products that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution and allow privileged system access under certain conditions. Of the three, two are rated Critical in severity. There is currently no evidence that the shortcomings have been exploited in the wild. The list…
A press release from the Department of Justice Defendant Allegedly Took Part in Global Ransomware Scheme Using “Nefilim” Ransomware Strain Thursday, May 1, 2025 Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, a superseding indictment was unsealed charging Artem Stryzhak with conspiracy to commit fraud and related activity, including extortion, in connection with computers, for his…
Irish Legal News reports: The adult safeguarding toolkit is designed to provide organisations and individuals with guidance and resources to comply with data protection legislation and promote best practices in safeguarding sensitive information. The toolkit offers comprehensive guidance on how to collect, use, store, and share data related to vulnerable adults, while adhering to the principles of…
Google has released out-of-band fixes to address a high-severity security flaw in its Chrome browser for Windows that it said has been exploited in the wild as part of attacks targeting organizations in Russia. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-2783, has been described as a case of “incorrect handle provided in unspecified circumstances in Mojo on…
Microsoft has revealed that one of the threat actors behind the active exploitation of SharePoint flaws is deploying Warlock ransomware on targeted systems. The tech giant, in an update shared Wednesday, said the findings are based on an “expanded analysis and threat intelligence from our continued monitoring of exploitation activity by Storm-2603.” The threat actor…
