Just days after the FBI warned airlines about a surge in 2FA bypass attacks by the hacker group Scattered Spider, Australian airline Qantas has confirmed a major cybersecurity incident. The breach, which targeted a third-party platform used for customer…
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Doctors Warned Over Use of Unapproved AI Tools to Record Patient Conversations
Healthcare professionals in the UK are under scrutiny for using artificial intelligence tools that haven’t been officially approved to record and transcribe conversations with patients. A recent investigation has uncovered that several doctors and medical facilities are relying on…
Thousands of WordPress Sites at Risk as Motors Theme Flaw Enables Admin Account Takeovers
A critical security flaw tracked as CVE-2025-4322 has left a widely used premium WordPress theme exposed to attackers. Cybercriminals have been exploiting this vulnerability in the Motors theme to seize administrator accounts, allowing them to fully compromise websites—modifying information,…
New Report Ranks Best And Worst Generative AI Tools For Privacy
Most generative AI companies use client data to train their chatbots. For this, they may use private or public data. Some services take a more flexible and non-intrusive approach to gathering customer data. Not so much for others. A…
How AI Impacts KYC and Financial Security
Finance has become a top target for deepfake-enabled fraud in the KYC process, undermining the integrity of identity-verification frameworks that help counter-terrorism financing (CTF) and anti-money laundering (AML) systems. Experts have found a rise in suspicious activity using AI-generated media,…
Iranian Hackers Threaten More Trump Email Leaks Amid Rising U.S. Cyber Tensions
Iran-linked hackers have renewed threats against the U.S., claiming they plan to release more emails allegedly stolen from former President Donald Trump’s associates. The announcement follows earlier leaks during the 2024 presidential race, when a batch of messages was…
Navigating AI Security Risks in Professional Settings
There is no doubt that generative artificial intelligence is one of the most revolutionary branches of artificial intelligence, capable of producing entirely new content across many different types of media, including text, image, audio, music, and even video. As…
Russian APT28 Targets Ukraine Using Signal to Deliver New Malware Families
The Russian state-sponsored threat group APT28, also known as UAC-0001, has been linked to a fresh wave of cyberattacks against Ukrainian government targets, using Signal messenger chats to distribute two previously undocumented malware strains—BeardShell and SlimAgent. While the Signal…
Think Twice Before Using Text Messages for Security Codes — Here’s a Safer Way
In today’s digital world, many of us protect our online accounts using two-step verification. This process, known as multi-factor authentication (MFA), usually requires a password and an extra code, often sent via SMS, to log in. It adds an…
FIR Filed After Noida Logistics Company Claims User Data Leaked
High-profile clients’ private information, including that of top government officials, was leaked due to a significant cybersecurity incident at Agarwal Packers and Movers Ltd (APML) in India. Concerns over the security of corporate data as well as possible national…