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World’s Biggest Cybercrime Gangs Change Mind About Retirement, Form Supergroup Instead

November 11, 2025

Scattered Spider, ShinyHunters, and LAPSUS$ are the three groups involved, and have collectively been the most active of the major cybercrime gangs over roughly the past year. The groups all had prior ties via "The Com," a broader collection of cyber criminals that loosely affiliate and come together for singular projects in a fluid way.

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Google TIG: Dynamic AI Malware That Adapts to Defense Conditions on the Fly

November 10, 2025

Google's report of novel AI-enabled malware in the wild is a game changer if these capabilities are now being picked up by sophisticated attackers. It identifies two specific new malware families, "PROMPTFLUX" and "PROMPTSTEAL," that are the first to incorporate a "just in time" dynamic function creation feature that draws on an LLM.

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World’s Largest Business News Publisher Nikkei Suffers Data Breach after Hackers Compromise Slack Accounts

November 10, 2025

Nikkei, the world’s largest business news outlet, which owns over 40 affiliates, including The Financial Times, and has more than 3.7 million paid subscribers and over 1.7 million daily readers, has confirmed a data breach that leaked personal information after threat actors compromised its Slack accounts.

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University of Pennsylvania Data Breach Exposes 1.2 Million Records of Personal Information of Students, Alumni and Donors

November 7, 2025

The apparently partially politically motivated attacker claimed to have exfiltrated over 1.2 million records of personal information in the data breach, some of which dates back decades and included banking information.

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Canadian Cyber Centre Warns of Hacktivists Breaching Critical Infrastructure via Internet-Exposed ICS Devices

November 5, 2025

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security has warned of hacktivists breaching critical infrastructure via Internet-exposed ICS devices, posing serious safety risks.

Server rack with digital locks showing telecoms provider security breach by nation-state hackers

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Third-Party Contractor to US Telecoms Reveals Security Breach Tied to Nation-State Hackers

November 4, 2025

Another security breach involving US telecom companies has come to light, with a third-party contractor that interfaces between some of the industry's big names reporting discovery of unauthorized access to their systems by nation-state hackers that began in late 2024 and continued through much of 2025.

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Toys “R” Us Canada Data Breach Leaks Customer Information on the Dark Web

November 4, 2025

Toys “R” Us Canada, a subsidiary of the American toy giant, has confirmed a data breach after threat actors leaked the stolen customer information on the dark web.

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Five Years in the Making, New UN Cybercrime Treaty Signed by 65 Nations Amidst Criticism

November 3, 2025

The UN cybercrime treaty is meeting with some pushback from both the tech industry and human rights activists. Privacy and human rights organizations, to include the UN's own High Commissioner for Human Rights, have aired concerns that the treaty's definitions of crimes are too vague and open to potential abuse.

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Meta Announces New Layoff of Privacy Compliance Employees in Favor of Agentic AI

November 3, 2025

An internal memo sent to Meta risk division workers on October 29 by Protti outlined the company's intention to lay off hundreds of privacy compliance staff, as part of cost-cutting measures that shift more duties from humans to AI.

Skull on chip showing Iranian hackers malware backdoor

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Iranian Hackers Hit Over 100 Government Entities with Version 4 of the Phoenix Malware Backdoor

October 30, 2025

A phishing campaign by state-sponsored Iranian hackers has targeted over 100 government entities and other organizations with version 4 of the Phoenix malware backdoor.

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World’s Biggest Cybercrime Gangs Change Mind About Retirement, Form Supergroup Instead

Google TIG: Dynamic AI Malware That Adapts to Defense Conditions on the Fly

World’s Largest Business News Publisher Nikkei Suffers Data Breach after Hackers Compromise Slack Accounts

University of Pennsylvania Data Breach Exposes 1.2 Million Records of Personal Information of Students, Alumni and Donors

Canadian Cyber Centre Warns of Hacktivists Breaching Critical Infrastructure via Internet-Exposed ICS Devices

Third-Party Contractor to US Telecoms Reveals Security Breach Tied to Nation-State Hackers

Toys “R” Us Canada Data Breach Leaks Customer Information on the Dark Web

Five Years in the Making, New UN Cybercrime Treaty Signed by 65 Nations Amidst Criticism

Meta Announces New Layoff of Privacy Compliance Employees in Favor of Agentic AI

Iranian Hackers Hit Over 100 Government Entities with Version 4 of the Phoenix Malware Backdoor

Leak of Microsoft Meeting Documents Indicates Company Is Struggling to Keep Up With Security Vulnerabilities Uncovered by Mythos

Cyber Attack by Suspected Iranian Hackers Hits 36 Minnesota Water Utilities, Causing Outages

Feds Warn About Iranian Hackers Expanding the List of Targeted PLCs to Compromise Critical Infrastructure

Out-of-Control AI Agent Strikes Again, Hacks Accounts at Four Additional Services