Cybersecurity News
Stay informed about the latest cybersecurity incidents, vulnerabilities, and threat landscape changes. We cover data breaches, ransomware campaigns, critical CVEs, and regulatory updates – with context on what it means for you and how to protect yourself.
Windows LNK Vulnerability CVE-2025-9491: Silent Fix, Active Exploitation, and How to Defend
In mid‑2025, the security community learned that Microsoft had quietly changed how Windows handles LNK shortcut files, effectively cutting off ...
Windows 11 KB5066835 Triggers Nvidia GeForce Gaming Slowdowns: What Gamers Need to Know
The October security update for Windows 11, identified as KB5066835, has led to unexpected performance degradation in games on some ...
Shai-Hulud 2.0: Massive npm Supply Chain Attack Exposes GitHub and Cloud Secrets
The self-propagating worm Shai-Hulud has re-emerged in the npm ecosystem, rapidly escalating into one of the most significant software supply ...
IACR Halts Helios E‑Voting Results After Cryptographic Key Loss: What Went Wrong
The International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) has annulled the results of its annual elections after losing a critical component ...
SSD Data Retention and Long-Term Storage: Risks, Limits, and Secure Backup Strategies
Solid-state drives (SSDs) have become the default choice for laptops and workstations thanks to their high performance, low latency, and ...
Australian Man Jailed for Evil Twin Airport Wi‑Fi Attack on Airline Passengers
An Australian court has sentenced a 44‑year‑old man to seven years and four months in prison for operating fake airport ...
ShadowV2: New Mirai-Based IoT Botnet Targets D-Link and TP-Link Devices for DDoS Attacks
A research team at FortiGuard Labs has identified a new Mirai-based IoT botnet named ShadowV2, which weaponizes routers, network video ...
GreyNoise IP Check: How to Find Out If Your IP Address Is in a Botnet or Residential Proxy Network
Public IP addresses of home users and small businesses are increasingly abused as part of botnets and residential proxy networks, ...
OnSolve CodeRED Ransomware Attack Exposes Risks to US Emergency Alert Systems
A significant cybersecurity incident has affected OnSolve CodeRED, an emergency notification platform that Crisis24 describes as a public-safety alerting system ...
OpenAI Confirms Mixpanel Analytics Breach: What API Customers Need to Know
OpenAI has disclosed a security incident at its third‑party analytics provider Mixpanel, used to track user behaviour in the frontend ...
