Tag: security
Top Canadian telecom firms may have been hit by Chinese Salt Typhoon hackers
Canadian telecom firms have been hit with a cyberattack Chinese threat actor Salt Typhoon is suspected to be behind the attacks Hackers exploited an existing Cisco flaw to gain access The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, alongside the FBI, have confirmed hackers were able to gain access to three network…
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Meta hits back after US House staffers banned from using WhatsApp over security fears
US Chief Administrative Officer confirms Congress-wide WhatsApp ban Data transparency and encryption are among the key concerns Meta says it disagrees “in the strongest possible terms” The US House’s Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) has banned WhatsApp from all government devices used by congressional staffers amid growing security concerns. A Axios…
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Aflac could be the latest US insurance giant hit by a Scattered Spider cyberattack
Insurance giant AFLAC confirms it has been hit with a cyberattack The attack looks to have been by notorious Scattered Spider group Increasingly infamous group targeted multiple UK retailers earlier in 2025 AFLAC (American Family Life Assurance Company), has confirmed in a statement it has suffered a cyber ‘incident’ in…
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Russian hackers target Gmail passwords to crack down on international critics
International critics of Russia and academics have received phishing emails Slow rapport building with fake US State Department teams Victims are tricked into sharing Google app-specific passwords Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has shared details of a new threat actor tracked as UNC6293, believed to be a Russian state-sponsored group,…
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This mega DDoS attack broke all records – huge 37.4TB bombardment in 45 seconds against a single victim is the largest ever recorded
Huge 38TB DDoS attack targeted a hosting provider Cloudflare’s DDoS protection kicked in and blocked the attack This was the largest DDoS attack ever recorded Distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks usually use a network of compromised devices to bombard a server with an unusually large amount of data in order to render…
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Kali Linux gets a major upgrade with more than 10 new hacking tools, plus VPN IP extension, great for ethical hackers and pentest pros
Kali Linux 2025.2 brings powerful new tools for experienced penetration testers Offensive Security realigns Kali’s interface with MITRE ATT&CK – finally, structure meets hacking function New BloodHound tools hint at deeper Azure and Active Directory targeting than ever before The newest update to Kali Linux, version 2025.2, introduces over a…
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