‘Scattered Spider’ teens plead not guilty to UK transport hack
Two British teenagers have denied charges related to an investigation into the breach of Transport for London (TfL) in August 2024, which caused millions of pounds in damage and exposed customer data. Believed to be members of the Scattered Spider hacking collective, 19-year-old Thalha Jubair from east London and 18-year-old Owen Flowers from Walsall were arrested at their homes […]
Google begins showing ads in AI Mode (AI answers)
Google has started rolling out ads in AI mode, which is the company’s “answer engine,” not a search engine. AI mode has been available for a year and is accessible to everyone for free. If you pay for Google One, AI mode lets you toggle between advanced models, including Gemini 3 Pro, which generates an […]
Google exposes BadAudio malware used in APT24 espionage campaigns
China-linked APT24 hackers have been using a previously undocumented malware called BadAudio in a three-year espionage campaign that recently switched to more sophisticated attack methods. Since 2022, the malware has been delivered to victims through multiple methods that include spearphishing, supply-chain compromise, and watering hole attacks. Campaign evolution From November 2022 until at least September 2025, APT24 […]
Hacker claims to steal 2.3TB data from Italian rail group, Almaviva
Data from Italy’s national railway operator, the FS Italiane Group, has been exposed after a threat actor breached the organization’s IT services provider, Almaviva. The hacker claims to have stolen 2.3 terabytes of data and leaked it on a dark web forum. According to the threat actor’s description, the leak includes confidential documents and sensitive company information. […]
GlobalProtect VPN portals probed with 2.3 million scan sessions
Malicious scanning activity targeting Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect VPN login portals has increased 40 times in 24 hours, indicating a coordinated campaign. Real-time intelligence company GreyNoise reports that activity began climbing on November 14 and hit its highest level in 90 days within a week. “GreyNoise has identified a significant escalation in malicious activity targeting Palo Alto […]
Salesforce investigates customer data theft via Gainsight breach
Salesforce says it revoked refresh tokens linked to Gainsight-published applications while investigating a new wave of data theft attacks targeting customers. The cloud-based software company noted that this doesn’t stem from a vulnerability in its customer relationship management (CRM) platform since all evidence points to the malicious activity being related to the app’s external connection […]
New SonicWall SonicOS flaw allows hackers to crash firewalls
American cybersecurity company SonicWall urged customers today to patch a high-severity SonicOS SSLVPN security flaw that can allow attackers to crash vulnerable firewalls. Tracked as CVE-2025-40601, this denial-of-service vulnerability is caused by a stack-based buffer overflow impacting Gen8 and Gen7 (hardware and virtual) firewalls. “A Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the SonicOS SSLVPN service allows a […]
D-Link warns of new RCE flaws in end-of-life DIR-878 routers
D-Link is warning of three remotely exploitable command execution vulnerabilities that affect all models and hardware revisions of its DIR-878 router, which has reached end-of-service but is still available in several markets. Technical details and proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code demonstrating the vulnerabilities have been published by a researcher using the name Yangyifan. Typically used in homes and small offices, the DIR-878 was […]
TV streaming piracy service with 26M yearly visits shut down
Photocall, a TV piracy streaming platform with over 26 million users annually, has ceased operations following a joint investigation by the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) and DAZN. The piracy service provided users with unauthorized access to 1,127 TV channels from 60 countries, including live sports content. In total, almost 30% of its visitors […]
Crypto mixer founders sent to prison for laundering over $237 million
The founders of the Samourai Wallet (Samourai) cryptocurrency mixing service have been sent to prison for helping criminals launder over $237 million. Samourai CEO Keonne Rodriguez was sentenced to five years in prison on November 6th, while the cryptomixer’s Chief Technology Officer William Lonergan Hill received a four-year sentence on November 19th. Both men were […]