Batten down the hatches – ransomware attacks are increasingly targeting firewalls, experts claim

Make sure to secure your firewalls – or face the risk of ransomware attack.

Bug in student admissions website exposed children’s personal information

Ravenna Hub, which lets parents apply and track the status of their kids’ applications across thousands of schools, allowed any logged-in user to access the personally identifiable data associated with any other user, including their children.

Microsoft admits an Office bug exposed confidential user emails to Copilot

M365 Copilot Chat was summarizing your emails, whether you granted it access or not.

How to Organize Safely in the Age of Surveillance

From threat modeling to encrypted collaboration apps, we’ve collected experts’ tips and tools for safely and effectively building a group—even while being targeted and tracked by the powerful.

AI is helping hackers make new malware faster and more complex than ever – and things may only get tougher

Social engineering is still the number one attack vector, but ransomware operators are stepping away from encryptors.

Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein

The Def Con hacking conference banned hackers Pablos Holman and Vincenzo Iozzo, as well as former MIT Media Lab director Joichi Ito, from attending the annual conference after their reported connections with Jeffrey Epstein.

Data breach at fintech giant Figure affects close to a million customers

The Figure data breach allowed hackers to steal customer names, dates of birth, physical addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses.

A Vast Trove of Exposed Social Security Numbers May Put Millions at Risk of Identity Theft

A database left accessible to anyone online contained billions of records, including sensitive personal data that criminals appear to have not yet exploited.