A dangerous free VPN extension that was removed in May 2025 has reappeared with over 31,000 installs. Security researchers found it acts as a remote-controlled surveillance tool, intercepting traffic and redirecting users to phishing pages.
Salesforce is investigating a breach of customer data through Gainsight-published applications. The prolific hacking group ShinyHunters claims responsibility and threatens to release stolen data if their demands aren’t met. This follows a similar breach pattern from August involving Salesloft.
NetApp has filed a lawsuit against former CTO Jonsi Stefansson, accusing him of stealing trade secrets related to their Cloud Control Plane technology. The lawsuit alleges Stefansson secretly developed competing technology while still employed at NetApp before selling it to direct competitor Vast Da
Gartner analysts are urging companies to resist overreacting to Cloudflare’s three-hour outage that took down major sites like ChatGPT and Shopify. The research firm says adding redundant providers often introduces unnecessary complexity without significantly improving resilience. Instead, they reco
A China-aligned hacking group has been caught using a previously unknown network implant to redirect software updates to malicious servers. The tool, called EdgeStepper, enables adversary-in-the-middle attacks against organizations worldwide. Researchers discovered the malware while investigating th
Mate’s AI-powered SOC platform aims to solve the alert fatigue crisis where 83% of analysts feel overwhelmed. The startup just raised $15.5 million from Team8 and Insight Partners to scale their solution.
Cloudflare’s recent outage highlights the internet’s vulnerability to single points of failure. With 20% of websites relying on their network, these disruptions affect millions of users and major corporations alike.
A Dutch court sentenced a wind turbine technical manager to community service for stealing electricity to mine cryptocurrency. The incident occurred while Nordex was recovering from a major cyberattack, compounding the company’s security concerns.
Google has issued an emergency Chrome update to patch a high-severity vulnerability already being exploited. The “Type Confusion in V8” flaw could allow attackers to execute code through crafted web pages. All desktop users should restart Chrome immediately to apply the fix.
Jeffrey Epstein spent tens of thousands of dollars on search engine optimization to push down negative articles and manipulate his Wikipedia page. His team used standard SEO practices to clean up his online reputation while he was a convicted sex offender. The efforts appear to have worked, at least
