First Apple-notarized porn app available to iPhone users in Europe
The first Apple-notarized porn app, “Hot Tub,” is now available to iPhone users in Europe through the alternative app marketplace, AltStore PAL. Apple does not allow pornographic or adult content apps on the official Apple App Store. However, to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), Apple is now required as a “gatekeeper” to allow […]
Amazon Redshift gets new default settings to prevent data breaches
Amazon has announced key security enhancements for Redshift, a popular data warehousing solution, to help prevent data exposures due to misconfigurations and insecure default settings. Redshift is widely used by enterprises for business intelligence and big data analytics for data warehousing, competing with Google BigQuery, Snowflake, and Azure Synapse Analytics. It’s valued for its petabyte-scale […]
Google fixes Android kernel zero-day exploited in attacks
The January 2025 Android security updates patch 48 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day kernel vulnerability tagged as exploited in the wild. This high-severity zero-day (tracked as CVE-2024-53104) is a privilege escalation security flaw in the Android Kernel’s USB Video Class driver that allows authenticated local threat actors to elevate privileges in low-complexity attacks. The issue occurs because the driver […]
Canadian charged with stealing $65 million using DeFI crypto exploits
The U.S. Justice Department has charged a Canadian man with stealing roughly $65 million after exploiting two decentralized finance (DeFI) protocols. DeFI platforms are blockchain-based systems that facilitate peer-to-peer financial services, eliminating the need for conventional centralized financial intermediaries like banks or brokerages. These platforms deliver various financial services related to digital assets, enabling their […]
Casio UK online store hacked to steal customer credit cards
Casio UK’s e-shop at casio.co.uk was hacked to include malicious scripts that stole credit card and customer information between January 14 and 24, 2025. Any customers who made purchases between those dates may have had their personal details and credit card data stolen by hackers. The incident was discovered by JSCrambler, who notified Casio on January 28. The […]
Microsoft kills off Defender ‘Privacy Protection’ VPN feature
Microsoft announced it is killing off its Privacy Protection VPN feature in the Microsoft Defender app at the end of the month to focus on other features. The tech giant’s announcement does not give a detailed explanation as to why the feature is being deprecated. However, the wording indicates the feature is not being heavily used, and the […]
DeepSeek AI tools impersonated by infostealer malware on PyPI
Threat actors are taking advantage of the rise in popularity of the DeepSeek to promote two malicious infostealer packages on the Python Package Index (PyPI), where they impersonated developer tools for the AI platform. The packages were named “deepseeek” and “deepseekai” after the Chinese artificial intelligence startup, developer of the R1 large-language model that recently saw […]
PyPI adds project archiving system to stop malicious updates
The Python Package Index (PyPI) has announced the introduction of ‘Project Archival,’ a new system that allows publishers to archive their projects, indicating to the users that no updates are to be expected. The projects will still be hosted on PyPI, and users will still be able to download them but they will see a warning […]
Google says hackers abuse Gemini AI to empower their attacks
Multiple state-sponsored groups are experimenting with the AI-powered Gemini assistant from Google to increase productivity and to conduct research on potential infrastructure for attacks or for reconnaissance on targets. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) detected government-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) groups using Gemini primarily for productivity gains rather than to develop or conduct novel AI-enabled cyberattacks that can […]
What Is a VPN? Everything You Need to Know
Want to know what a VPN is? In this guide, we highlight all the benefits of a VPN, the best features to look out for, and explain how a VPN protects you. A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is an online privacy tool anybody can use to protect themselves online. With a VPN, you can connect to […]